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The Board of SCI Giovani launches the new edition of the Primo Levi Award, to be assigned to a young SCI member author of a research performed in Italy, original and of wide interest in the Chemical Sciences, published on an international scientific journal in its final version in the timespan January 1 ‒ December 31, 2019.


 red-icon Call for applications (ITA) [1]


-- APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED --


THE FINALISTS


The SCI Giovani Board has granted 10 candidates access to the second evaluation step of the Primo Levi Award, which is being performed by a commission appointed on purpose with SCI members and Italian scientists working abroad.
Each finalist has produced a short video to show their work in a concise and original fashion.
Here the 10 finalists of the Primo Levi Award 2019! Good luck to all of you! 


Serena ARNABOLDI (UniMI)
Thiahelicene-based inherently chiral films for enantioselective electroanalysis
Chem. Sci. 10 (2019) 1539-1548
Video (ITA) [2]  |  Article [3]


Carlo BRAVIN (Univ. Cambridge)
A diastereodynamic probe transducing molecular length into chiroptical readout
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141 (2019) 11963-11969
Video (ITA, subENG) [4]  |  Article [5]


Rosaria BRUNO (UniCAL)
Multivariate Metal–Organic Frameworks for the simultaneous capture of organic and inorganic contaminants from water
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141 (2019) 13601-13609
Video (ITA) [6]  |  Article [7]


Luca CAPALDO (UniPV)
Visible light uranyl photocatalysis: direct C–H to C–C bond conversion
ACS Catal. 9 (2019) 3054-3058
Video (ITA) [8]  |  Article [9]


Stefano CORRÀ (UniBO)
Chemical on/off switching of mechanically planar chirality and chiral anion recognition in a [2]rotaxane molecular shuttle
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141 (2019) 9129-9133
Video (ITA) [10]  |  Article [11]


Giuseppe DILAURO (UniBA)
Water and sodium chloride: Essential ingredients for robust and fast Pd‐catalysed cross‐coupling reactions between organolithium reagents and (hetero)aryl halides
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 58 (2019) 1799-1802
Video (ITA) [12]  |  Article [13]


Matteo LANZI (UniPR)
Visible‐light‐promoted polycyclizations of dienynes
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 58 (2019) 6703-6707
Video (ITA) [14]  |  Article [15]


María Del Carmen MARÍN-PÉREZ (UniSI)
Fluorescence enhancement of a microbial rhodopsin via electronic reprogramming
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141 (2019) 262-271
Video (ITA) [16]  |  Article [17]


Simona RANALLO (UniROMA2)
Orthogonal regulation of DNA nanostructure self-assembly and disassembly using antibodies
Nat. Commun. 10 (2019) art. no. 5509
Video (ITA) [18]  |  Article [19]


Vincenzo RUSSO (UniNA)
Self-activating catalyst for glucose hydrogenation in the aqueous phase under mild conditions
ACS Catal. 9 (2019) 3426-3436
Video (ITA) [20]  |  Article [21]


WALL OF FAME


► Primo Levi Award 2018


Winners: 




Luka Đorđević (UniTS, Chemistry of Biological Chemistry)


Design principles of chiral carbon nanodots help convey chirality from molecular to nanoscale level
Nat. Comm. 9 (2018) art. no 3442
Video [22]  |  Article [23]


Eleonora Macchia (UniBA, Analitical Chemistry)


Single-molecule detection with a millimetre-sized transistor
Nat. Comm. 9 (2018) art. no. 3223
Video [24]  |  Article [25]




Honorable mentions: 




Serena Bertoni (UniBO, Pharmaceutical Technology)


pH and reactive oxygen species-sequential responsive nano-in-micro composite for targeted therapy of inflammatory bowel disease
Adv. Func. Mater. 28 (2018) art no. 1806175
Video [26]  |  Article [27]


Stefano Crespi (UniPV, Organic Chemistry)


Tuning the thermal isomerization of phenylazoindole photoswitches from days to nanoseconds
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140 (2018) 2940-2946
Video [28]  |  Article [29]


"The Most Popular Video" Carla Rizzo (UniPA, Organic Chemistry)


Nitrogen-doped carbon nanodots-ionogels: Preparation, characterization, and radical scavenging activity
ACS Nano 12 (2018) 1296-1305
Video [30]  |  Article [31]




red-icon   [1]List of finalists [32]  |  Call for Applications (ITA) [33]  |  Final report (ITA) [34]




► Primo Levi Award 2017


Winners: 




Claudia Bonfio (UniTN, Chemistry of Biological Systems)


UV-light-driven prebiotic synthesis of iron-sulfur clusters
Nat. Chem. 9 (2017) 1229-1234
Video [35]  |  Article [36]


Daniele Martella (UniFI, Industrial Chemistry)


Photonic microhand with autonomous action
Adv. Mater. 29 (2017) art. no. 1704047
Video [37]  |  Article [38]




Honorable mentions: 




Riccardo Rigo (UniPV, Medicinal Chemistry)


Conformational profiling of a G-rich sequence within the c-KIT promoter
Nucleic Acids Res. 45 (2017) 13056-13067
Video [39]  |  Article [40]


Sergio Rossi (UniMI, Organic Chemistry)


Stereoselective catalytic synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients in homemade 3D-printed mesoreactors
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56 (2017) 4290-4294
Video [41]  |  Article [42]


"The Most Popular Video" Francesco Tavanti (UniMORE, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry)


Site-selective surface-enhanced Raman detection of proteins
ACS Nano 11 (2017) 918-926
Video [43]  |  Article [44]




red-icon  [1] List of finalists [45]  |  Call for Applications (ITA) [46]  |  FInal report (ITA) [47]




► Primo Levi Award 2016


Winners: 




Alessia Amodio (UniROMA2, Analitical Chemistry)


pH-controlled assembly of DNA tiles
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138 (2016) 12735-12738
Video [48]  |  Article [49]


Giovanni Valenti (UniBO, Electrochemistry)


Coaxial heterostructures integrating palladium/titanium dioxide with carbon nanotubes for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution
Nat. Commun. 7 (2016) 13549
Video [50]  |  Article [51]




Honorable mentions: 




Francesca Arcudi (UniTS, Chemistry of Biological Systems)


Synthesis, separation, and characterization of small and highly fluorescent nitrogen-doped carbon nanodots
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55 (2016) 2107-2112
Video [52]  |  Article [53]


Matteo Atzori (UniFI, Inorganic Chemistry)


Quantum coherence times enhancement in vanadium(IV)-based potential molecular qubits: the key role of the vanadyl moiety
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138 (2016) 11234-11244
Video [54]  |  Article [55]


"The Most Popular Video" Anna Laura Capriotti (UniROMA1, Analitical Chemistry)


New magnetic graphitized carbon black TiO2 composite for phosphopeptide selective enrichment in shotgun phosphoproteomics
Anal. Chem. 88 (2016) 12043-12050
Video [56]  |  Article [57]




red-icon [1]  [1] List of finalists [58]  |  Call for Applications (ITA) [59]  |  Final report (ITA) [60]




► Primo Levi Award 2015


Winners: 




Cristian Pezzato (UniPD e CNR-ISTM, Organic Chemistry)


Transient signal generation in a self-assembled nanosystem fueled by ATP
Nat. Commun. 6 (2015) 7790
Video [61]  |  Article [62]


Letizia Monico (UniPG, Chemistry of the Environment and of Cultural Heritage)


Evidence for degradation of the chrome yellows in Van Gogh’s sunflowers: a study using noninvasive in situ methods and synchrotron-radiation-based X-ray techniques
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54 (2015) 13923
Video [63]  |  Article [64]




Honorable mentions: 




Giulio Ragazzon (UniBO, Inorganic Chemistry)


Light-powered autonomous and directional molecular motion of a dissipative self-assembling system
Nat. Nanotechnol. 10 (2015) 70
Video [65]  |  Article [66]


Chiara Samorì (CIRI EA e UniBO, Organic Chemistry)


Dimethyl carbonate and switchable anionic surfactants: two effective tools for the extraction of polyhydroxyalkanoates from microbial biomass
Green Chem. 17 (2015) 1047
Video [67]  |  Article [68]


"The Most Popular Video" Luca Catalano (PoliMI, Physical Chemistry)


Dynamic characterization of crystalline supramolecular rotors assembled through halogen bonding
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137 (2015) 15386
Video [69]  |  Article [70]




red-icon [1]  List of finalists [71]  |  Call for Applications (ITA) [72]  |  Final report (ITA) [73]




► Primo Levi Award 2014


Winners: 




Alessandra Campana (CNR-ISMN, Physical Chemistry)


Electrocardiographic recording with conformable organic electrochemical transistor fabricated on resorbable bioscaffold
Adv. Mater. 26 (2014) 3874
Article [74]


Alessandro Minguzzi (UniMI e INSTM, Electrochemistry)


Observing the oxidation state turnover in heterogeneous iridium-based water oxidation catalysts
Chem. Sci. 5 (2014) 3591
Article [75]




Honorable mentions: 




Andrea Idili (UniROMA2, Analitical Chemistry)


Programmable pH-triggered DNA nanoswitches
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136 (2014) 5836
Article [76]


Alberto Ceccon (UniVR, Organic Chemistry)


Dynamics of a globular protein adsorbed to liposomal nanoparticles
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136 (2014) 13158
Article [77]




red-icon [1]  List of finalists [78]  |  Call for Applications (ITA) [79]  |  Final report (ITA) [80]




► Primo Levi Award 2013


Vincitori: 




Francesco Pineider (UniFI e CNR-ISTN, Inorganic Chemistry)


Circular magnetoplasmonic modes in gold nanoparticles
Nano Lett. 13 (2013) 4785-4789
Article [81]


Alessandro Porchetta (UniROMA2 e INBB, Analitical Chemistry)


Allosterically tunable, DNA-based switches triggered by heavy metals
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135 (2013) 13238-13241
Article [82]




Honorable mentions: 




Denis Gentili (CNR-ISMN)


Logic-gate device based on printed polymer semiconducting nanostripes
Nano Lett. 13 (2013) 3643-3647
Article [83]


Ivan Carnimeo (SNS e INFN)


Computational spectroscopy of large system in solution: the DFTB/PCM and TD-DFTB/PCM approach
J. Chem. Theor. Comput. 9 (2013) 2052-2071
Article [84]




red-icon   [1]Call for Applications (ITA) [85]  |  Final report (ITA) [86]




► Primo Levi Award 2012


Winner: 




Matteo Cargnello (CNR-ICCOM)


Exceptional activity for methane combustion over modular Pd@CeO2 subunits on fuctionalized Al2O3
Science 337 (2012) 713-717
Article [87]




Honorable mentions: 




Tommaso Avellini (UniBO)


Davide Ravelli (UniPV)


Alessandro Porchetta (UniROMA2)




red-icon   [1]Call for Applications (ITA) [88]




► Primo Levi Award 2010


Winner: 




Elisabetta Collini (UniPD, Physical Chemistry)


Coherently wired light-harvesting in photosynthetic marine algae at ambient temperature
Nature 463 (2010) 644-647
Article [89]





	

      



    

    

    
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