Dr Caterina Bezzu
Postdoctoral Research Associate (with Prof Davide Bonifazi)
Biography
Publications
2020
- Al-Hetlani, E.et al. 2020. Spirobifluorene-based polymers of intrinsic microporosity for the adsorption of methylene blue from wastewater: effect of surfactants. Royal Society Open Science 7(9), article number: 200741. (10.1098/rsos.200741)
- Longo, M.et al. 2020. Correlating gas permeability and Young's modulus during the physical aging of polymers of intrinsic microporosity using atomic force microscopy. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 59(12), pp. 5381-5381. (10.1021/acs.iecr.9b04881)
2019
- Carloni, L., Bezzu, C. G. and Bonifazi, D. 2019. Patterning porous networks through self-assembly of programmed biomacromolecules. Chemistry - A European Journal 25(71), pp. 16179-16200. (10.1002/chem.201902576)
- Comesaña-Gándara, B.et al. 2019. Redefining the Robeson upper bounds for CO2/CH4 and CO2/N2 separations using a series of ultrapermeable benzotriptycene-based polymers of intrinsic microporosity. Energy and Environmental Science 12(9), pp. 2733-2740. (10.1039/C9EE01384A)
- Antonangelo, A. R.et al. 2019. Highly active manganese porphyrin-based microporous network polymers for selective oxidation reactions. Journal of Catalysis 369, pp. 133-142. (10.1016/j.jcat.2018.10.036)
- Bezzu, C. G.et al. 2019. Highly stable fullerene-based porous molecular crystals with open metal sites. Nature Materials 18, pp. 740-745. (10.1038/s41563-019-0361-0)
2018
- Fuoco, A.et al. 2018. Temperature dependence of gas permeation and diffusion in triptycene-based ultrapermeable polymers of intrinsic microporosity. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 10(42), pp. 36475-36482. (10.1021/acsami.8b13634)
- Monteleone, M.et al. 2018. A novel time lag method for the analysis of mixed gas diffusion in polymeric membranes by on-line mass spectrometry: pressure dependence of transport parameters. Membranes 8(3), article number: 73. (10.3390/membranes8030073)
- Bezzu, C. G.et al. 2018. The synthesis, chain-packing simulation and long-term gas permeability of highly selective spirobifluorene-based polymers of intrinsic microporosity. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 6(22), pp. 10507-10514. (10.1039/C8TA02601G)
2017
- Antonangelo, A. R.et al. 2017. Synthesis, crystallographic characterization and homogeneous catalytic activity of novel unsymmetric porphyrins. RSC Advances 7(80), pp. 50610-50618. (10.1039/C7RA08734A)
- Rose, I.et al. 2017. Polymer ultrapermeability from the inefficient packing of 2D chains. Nature Materials 16(9), pp. 932-937. (10.1038/nmat4939)
- Carta, M.et al. 2017. Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity derived from a carbocyclic analogue of Tröger's base. Polymer 126, pp. 324-329. (10.1016/j.polymer.2017.03.037)
- Antonangelo, A. R.et al. 2017. A porphyrin-based microporous network polymer that acts as an efficient catalyst for cyclooctene and cyclohexane oxidation under mild conditions. Catalysis Communications 99, pp. 100. (10.1016/j.catcom.2017.05.024)
2016
- Lee, M.et al. 2016. Enhancing the gas permeability of Tröger’s base derived polyimides of intrinsic microporosity. Macromolecules 49(11), pp. 4147-4154. (10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00351)
- Taylor, R. G. D.et al. 2016. The synthesis of organic molecules of intrinsic microporosity designed to frustrate efficient molecular packing. Chemistry - A European Journal 22(7), pp. 2466-2472. (10.1002/chem.201504212)
- Burt, L. A.et al. 2016. A hindered subphthalocyanine that forms crystals with included aromatic solvent but will not play ball with C60. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines 20(08n11), pp. 1034-1040. (10.1142/S1088424616500528)
2014
- Taylor, R.et al. 2014. Triptycene-based organic molecules of intrinsic microporosity. Organic Letters 16(7), pp. 1848-1851. (10.1021/ol500591q)
- Vile, J.et al. 2014. Centrotriindane- and triptindane-based polymers of intrinsic microporosity. Polymer 55(1), pp. 326-329. (10.1016/j.polymer.2013.07.035)
2013
- Natarajan, R.et al. 2013. Tunable porous organic crystals: structural scope and adsorption properties of nanoporous steroidal ureas. Journal of the American Chemical Society 135(45), pp. 16912-16925. (10.1021/ja405701u)
- El-Betany, A. M.et al. 2013. The synthesis and study of fluorescent PAMAM-based dendritic molecules. Tetrahedron 69(39), pp. 8439-8445. (10.1016/j.tet.2013.07.054)
- Jeffs, C. A.et al. 2013. A polymer of intrinsic microporosity as the active binder to enhance adsorption/separation properties of composite hollow fibres. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 170, pp. 105-112. (10.1016/j.micromeso.2012.11.039)
- Bezzu, C. G.et al. 2013. In-situ coordination chemistry within cobalt-containing phthalocyanine nanoporous crystals. CrystEngComm 15(8), pp. 1545-1550. (10.1039/c2ce26463c)
- Abbott, L. J.et al. 2013. Characterizing the structure of organic molecules of intrinsic microporosity by molecular simulations and X-ray scattering. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 117(1), pp. 355-364. (10.1021/jp308798u)
- Mughal, S.et al. 2013. The tetratriptycenoporphyrazines revisited. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines 17(08n09), pp. 778-784. (10.1142/S1088424613500351)
2012
- Bezzu, C. G.et al. 2012. A spirobifluorene-based polymer of intrinsic microporosity with improved performance for gas separation. Advanced Materials 24(44), pp. 5930-5933. (10.1002/adma.201202393)
- Forde, M. M.et al. 2012. Methane oxidation using silica-supported N-bridged di-iron phthalocyanine catalyst. Journal of Catalysis 290, pp. 177-185. (10.1016/j.jcat.2012.03.013)
- Vile, J.et al. 2012. The unexpected formation of a dihydroisobenzofuran derivative from the addition of a Grignard reagent to a 1,3-indanedione. ARKIVOC 2012(7) (10.3998/ark.5550190.0013.712)
2011
- Bezzu, C. G.et al. 2011. Synthesis and crystal structure of a novel phthalocyanine-calixarene conjugate. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines 15(7-8), pp. 686-690. (10.1142/S1088424611003628)
- Short, R. B.et al. 2011. Hexaphenylbenzene-based polymers of intrinsic microporosity. Chemical Communications 47(24), pp. 6822-6824. (10.1039/c1cc11717c)
- Hashem, M.et al. 2011. Enhancing the rigidity of a network polymer of intrinsic microporosity by the combined use of phthalocyanine and triptycene components. Polymer Chemistry 2(10), pp. 2190-2192. (10.1039/c1py00288k)
- Vile, J.et al. 2011. Tribenzotriquinacene-based polymers of intrinsic microporosity. Polymer Chemistry 2(10), pp. 2257-2260. (10.1039/c1py00294e)
2010
- Bezzu, C. G.et al. 2010. Heme-like coordination chemistry within nanoporous molecular crystals. Science 327(5973), pp. 1627-1630. (10.1126/science.1184228)
2008
- Makhseed, S.et al. 2008. Clathrate formation from octaazaphthalocyanines possessing bulky phenoxyl substituents: A new cubic crystal containing solvent-filled, nanoscale voids. Chemistry - a European Journal 14(16), pp. 4810-4815. (10.1002/chem.200701980)
2007
- Makhseed, S.et al. 2007. The synthesis of metal-free octaazaphthalocyanine derivatives containing bulky phenoxy substituents to prevent self-association. Tetrahedron Letters 48(41), pp. 7358-7361. (10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.08.022)