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Updated on 21/05/2026
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name, Surname Mauro Riccò
Address Via B. Schreiber 17/1, 43124 Parma, Italy
Telephone +39 0521 905217
E-mail Mauro.Ricco@unipr.it
Website / ORCID https://personale.unipr.it/it/ugovdocenti/person/18913
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6879-2687
Nationality Italian
Place and date of birth Virgilio (MN), 24/07/1959

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
In chronological order
• From 01/04/2018 to present: Full Professor in SSD FIS/01 (Experimental Physics), Department of Mathematical, Physical and Computer Sciences, University of Parma.
• From 01/01/2005: Confirmed Associate Professor in SSD FIS/03 (Physics of Matter), Department of Mathematical, Physical and Computer Sciences, University of Parma.
• From 01/01/2005 to 01/01/2008: Associate Professor in SSD FIS/03 (Physics of Matter), Faculty of Engineering, University of Parma, affiliated with the Department of Physics.
• From 01/09/1990 to 31/12/2004: Researcher, group B01A (General Physics), Faculty of Engineering, University of Parma, affiliated with the Department of Physics.
• From 01/11/1988 to 31/08/1990: Permanent Physics teacher at ITIS “L. da Vinci”, Parma.
Employer University of Parma, Via Università 12, 43121 Parma, Italy
Type or sector of activity Academic staff (Full Professor)
Main duties and responsibilities Lecturer in charge of General Physics 1 for the Degree Programme in Information Systems Engineering; General Physics 2 for the Degree Programme in Management Engineering; and Carbon-Based Nanostructured Materials for the Master’s Degree Programme in Physics. Founder and coordinator of the Carbon Nanostructures Laboratory (CNL, https://nanocarb.unipr.it/), active in the Department of Physics since 1991. Principal Investigator of the European FP6-IRSES project “Ferrocarbon”.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
• 27/07/2017: Italian National Scientific Qualification as Full Professor in the sector Physics of Matter (02/B1).
• 01/11/1985–31/10/1988: PhD in Physics (2nd cycle). Thesis title: “Dynamics and order of mesomorphic phases studied by QENS, NMR and μSR”.
• 1986: Qualification to teach Physics in upper secondary schools.
• 01/11/1978–26/07/1984: Degree in Physics, University of Parma. Thesis title: “Muonium as a probe of the dynamic and structural properties of molecular crystals”. Final mark: 110/110 cum laude.
Name and type of education or training institution Department of Physics, University of Parma
Main subjects and professional skills acquired Since 1991 I have coordinated the research group on carbon nanostructures (CNL, https://nanocarb.unipr.it/). The group works on the chemical synthesis of nanostructure derivatives (fullerenes, graphene-based materials, biochar), and on the preparation of superconducting materials, hydrogen-absorbing materials, components for ion batteries/supercapacitors, and composites for mechanical applications. The physical study of these materials is carried out by my group using X-ray diffraction, synchrotron and neutron radiation (also in situ), muon spin spectroscopy (μSR), inelastic neutron scattering, solid-state NMR, SQUID magnetometry, impedance spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic analysis. Other analytical techniques are accessed through external collaborations.

During my academic training (degree and PhD), I gained experience in three main investigative techniques: solid-state NMR, muon spin spectroscopy (μSR), and quasi-elastic/inelastic neutron scattering. During my research career these skills were complemented by structural investigation techniques (X-ray and neutron powder diffraction and PDF analysis) and magnetometry (SQUID).
Certificate or diploma obtained Italian National Scientific Qualification as Full Professor, sector 02/B1; PhD in Physics; Degree in Physics

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Organisational roles
• Coordinator of the PhD Programme in Materials Science and Technology (since January 2024).
• Member of the Scientific Council of the SMFI Department (since October 2024).
• Chair of the Quality Assurance Committee of the Department of Mathematical, Physical and Computer Sciences (PQD), January 2019 to December 2023.
• Chair of the International Mobility Committee of the Department of Mathematical, Physical and Computer Sciences (Erasmus delegate), November 2018 to December 2023.
• Secretary of the Degree Board in Physics, 2016 to 2022.
• Member of the Teaching Committee of the Degree Programme in Physics since 2016.
• Member of the Board of the Department of Physics, 1998 to 2013.
• Director’s delegate for safety in the Physics Complex since 2013.
• Safety manager of the Department of Physics, 1999 to 2013 (Italian Law 626/94).
• Member of the Spaces Committee of the Department/Physics Complex since 1998.
• Fire-safety officer of the Department/Physics Complex since 1999.
PhD programmes
• Member of the Academic Board of the PhD Programme in Materials Science and Technology since 2004.
• Member of the Academic Board of the PhD Programme in Physics from 1991 to 2003.
Participation in committees (recent)
• Member of selection committees for PhD candidates in Materials Science and Technology (2004, 2006, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2021).
• Member of final examination committees for PhDs in Physics, University of Parma (2016, 2018, 2025).
• Member of final examination committees for PhDs in Physics, University of Pavia (2018).
• External expert on the final examination committee for PhDs in Physics, Umeå University, Sweden (2012).
• Member of the evaluation committee for the appointment of a fixed-term researcher (RTDA), Department of Physics, University of Pavia (2017).
Conference organisation (recent)
• Chair of the International Advisory Committee of the 15th “Muon Spin Rotation, Relaxation and Resonance” Conference (MuSR2020), Parma, 6–10 July 2020.
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the 7th International Conference on “Carbon for Energy Storage and Environment Protection”, Lyon, France, 23–26 October 2017.
• Member of the Organising Committee of the Joint European Magnetic Symposia (JEMS2012), Parma, Italy, 9–14 September 2012.
International and national appointments
• Member of the neutron-scattering experiment selection panel of the Bragg Institute (ANSTO), Sydney, Australia, since 2005.
• Member of the Experiment Selection Panel (FAP-6), Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, ISIS Facility, Oxford, UK, 2005 to 2008.
• Referee for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
• Referee for numerous high-impact international journals (e.g. Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications, Carbon, Nano Letters).
• Registered in the MIUR REPRISE register of scientific experts (basic research).
TEACHING ACTIVITY
Courses taught
• General Physics 1, Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology Engineering (9 ECTS), since 2018 (Department of Engineering and Architecture).
• General Physics 2, Bachelor’s Degree in Management Engineering (6 ECTS), since 2009 (Department of Engineering and Architecture; Faculty of Engineering 2009–2012).
• General Physics C, Degree Programme in Mechanical Engineering (5 ECTS), 2002–2008.
• General Physics B, Degree Programme in Civil Engineering (3 ECTS), 2004.
• General Physics C, Degree Programme in Computer Engineering (5 ECTS), 2005–2008.
• General Physics 2, University Diploma in Infrastructure Engineering, 1998–2003.
• General Physics 2, University Diploma in Computer and Automation Engineering, 1996–1998.
• General Physics 2, University Diploma in Computer Engineering, distance-learning format, 1998–2003.
• General Physics 2, University Diploma in Electronic Engineering, 1994–1998.
• “Carbon-Based Nanostructured Materials” (6 ECTS), Master’s Degree in Physics since 2009 (Department of Mathematical, Physical and Computer Sciences); also offered to the Master’s Degree in Materials Science since 2024.
• Physics Laboratory 1, Bachelor’s Degree in Physics (2013).
• “Chemical-Physical Foundations of Materials Technologies” (5 ECTS), 2008.
• “Carbon-Based Nanostructured Materials”, Specialist Degree in Materials Science and Technology (6 ECTS), 2004–2008.
• “Carbon-Based Nanostructured Materials”, PhD Programme in Materials Science and Technology (6 ECTS), since 2004.
Master’s theses supervised
Supervisor of 16 Master’s theses in Physics/Materials Science (G. Viola, L. Mavilla, M. Grassi, L. Menozzi, G. Antonioli, G. Fumera, S. Virdis, G. Riva, O. Ligabue, F. Gianferrari, M. Mazzani, G. C. Antonioli, F. Giglio, B. Galante, N. Sarzi Amadè, S. Scaravonati, A. Morenghi), 2 Master’s theses in Industrial Chemistry (G. Magnani, G. Ecclesia), and several Bachelor’s theses.
PhD theses supervised
Supervisor of 16 PhD theses in Physics/Materials Science (L. Cristofolini, T. Shiroka, M. Belli, D. Pontiroli, M. Mazzani, A. Goffredi, M. Pagliari, F. Gianferrari, M. Gaboardi, M. Aramini, C. Cavallari, G. Magnani, S. Scaravonati, M. Sidoli, V. Vezzani, A. Rinaldi) and co-supervisor of 1 PhD thesis in Earth Sciences (D. D’Alessio).
RESEARCH ACTIVITY
Research projects coordinated
• National Coordinator (PI) of the PNRR-M2-C2/Inv. 3.5 hydrogen research project “CIRCOLARE” — Carbon Nanostructures from Agricultural Waste for Solid-State Hydrogen Storage (partners: UNIPR, UNIPV, UNICT, UNISS). Funding: €2,500,000.
• Local PI of “Food waste for dietary supplements and energy storage”, submitted to Fondazione Cariplo under the call “Circular economy: research for a sustainable future”, 2018. Partners: Department of Chemistry (coordinator), Department of Pharmacy, University of Pavia. Requested funding: €280,000.
• International Coordinator (PI) of the European FP6-NEST project FERROCARBON (Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in Graphite and Fullerenes), Contract no. 12881, 2005–2008. Partners included the University of Parma, CSIC, University of Leipzig, Umeå University, Institute for Superhard Carbon Materials, Imperial College London, and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory/ISIS. Total funding: €1.3 million.
• Coordinator of “Hydrogen storage in nanostructured carbon”, funded by Fondazione Cariparma, 01/08/2010–31/07/2013. Total funding: €40,000.
• Local PI of the Sinergia-SNSF project HyCarbo (Smart Carbon Based Materials for Hydrogen Storage), 01/04/2010–31/03/2013. Partners: EMPA, ETH Zurich, PSI Villigen, University of Parma. Total funding: CHF 1.5 million.
• Local PI of “Carbon based nanostructures for innovative hydrogen storage systems”, funded by Fondazione CARIPLO, 01/04/2014–31/03/2016. Total funding: €297,673.
• Local PI of the European FP7-Marie Curie-IRSES project MagNonMag (Magnetic order induced in nonmagnetic solids), 01/04/2012–31/03/2016. Total funding: €524,700.
• Local PI of COFIN-2008 “Molecular clusters in Nanoscience”, funded by the Ministry of Research, 01/06/2010–31/05/2012. Total funding: €131,000.
• Local scientific PI of co-funded projects on metal-carbonyl clusters functional to nanomaterials (2004–2005 and 1999–2001), the FIRB project “New materials and mechanisms of superconductivity in fullerenes” (2004–2006), the PAIS-INFM project “Non-adiabatic isotope effects in K3C60” (2002–2003), the INFM-Pirelli research contract on superconductivity in C60 intercalated compounds (1999–2000), and the GNSM-CNR project “Electronic, Vibrational and Structural Properties of Fullerene Compounds” (1993–1994).
Research contracts
• Commissioned research contract with ESANanotech S.R.L., “Study and optimisation of the application of Laser-Induced Graphene (LIG) as an anode electrode in lithium-ion batteries” (2025), €110,000.
• Commissioned research contract with ESANanotech S.R.L., “Study and optimisation of the synthesis of Laser-Induced Graphene” (2021), €60,000.
• Commissioned research contract with Carbon Fiber S.R.L., “Study of the mechanical properties of epoxy resins with added carbon nanostructures” (2018), €30,000.
• Commissioned research contract with C1P8 S.R.L., “Study of nanostructured carbon-based materials for magnesium-battery electrodes” (2016), €85,000.
• Research contract with Pirelli Cavi e Sistemi S.p.A., “Superconductivity in intercalated C60 compounds” (1998), 40 million Italian lire.
Patents
• M. Riccò, G. Magnani, D. Pontiroli, “Process for separating fullerenes from a solid mixture of fullerenes of different molecular weight and amorphous carbon”, Italian industrial invention patent no. 102017000037252, 05/04/2017.
• A. Zaopo, Y. A. Dubitzky, M. Riccò, A. Sartori, “Process for producing a metal fulleride”, European Patent EP 1199281 A1 (2002), PIRELLI CAVI E SISTEMI S.p.A.
Current international collaborations
Current collaborations concern nanostructured carbon-based materials for energy storage, superconductivity of fullerene intercalation compounds, carbon magnetism, and metal-carbonyl clusters. International partners include the School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia); École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Sion, Switzerland; Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France; Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg, Germany; Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-Sud, France; LUT School of Engineering Science, Lappeenranta, Finland; and the Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Novosibirsk, Russia. National and international collaborations also include the University of Pavia, University of Bologna, University of Parma, UNSW, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory/ISIS, IMEM-CNR, and other research institutions working on hydrogen storage, solid electrolytes, NMR, neutron spectroscopy, μSR, XPS and TEM analyses of carbon nanostructures.
Invited specialist seminars (recent)
• CECAM Workshop “Chemical Energy at the Nanoscale: Simulation Meets Experiment”, Zaragoza, Spain: “Hydrogen absorption mechanism in fullerides” (2016).
• Physics Department, University of Sydney, Australia: “Hydrogen storage in cluster intercalated fullerides” (2014).
• School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia: “Muons probe hydrogen interactions with carbon nanostructures” (2013).
• 5th International Symposium Hydrogen & Energy, Stoos, Switzerland: “Smart carbon based materials for hydrogen storage” (2011).
• EMPA, Energy Division, Dübendorf, Switzerland: “New carbon based materials and their possible application for the storage of hydrogen” (2008).
Scientific output
• 141 publications in international peer-reviewed books or journals.
• 19 invited seminars.
• 92 posters and participations in national and international conferences with proceedings publications.
• 1 European patent and 2 national patent applications filed.
Bibliometric indicators
• H-index: 30.
• Number of articles in international peer-reviewed journals: 141.
• Total citations: 3,581.
Current research fields
• Development of new nanostructured carbon-based materials for electrodes and solid electrolytes in innovative ion batteries and supercapacitors.
• Study of superconductivity in fullerides.
• Improvement of the mechanical performance of polymers, resins and carbon fibres through the addition of nanostructured carbon.
• Hydrogen storage in fullerides intercalated with alkali-metal clusters.
• Hydrogen storage in graphene decorated with transition-metal clusters.
• Study of ionic conductivity in Li, Na and Mg fullerides.
• Study of magnetic properties induced by defects in graphene.
• Study of the magnetic properties of metal-carbonyl clusters.
Detailed description of current research
1. The increasing cost of lithium, its limited availability and the strong geopolitical concentration of its sources have recently driven research toward alternative elements such as sodium and magnesium for ion batteries, also in view of the growing demand for energy-storage devices in smart grids and the transport industry. Carbon is the main constituent of ion batteries, but the move from lithium to other elements requires new materials for both electrodes, especially anodes, and solid electrolytes. In recent years we have studied several materials based on C60 and graphene suitably decorated or intercalated with metals. Mesoporous carbon materials of biological origin (activated biochars), and graphene- or modified-graphite-based materials, have proved very suitable for high-performance supercapacitors.
2. Superconductivity in A3C60 compounds (A = alkali metal) has been widely studied over the past 20 years. Experimental evidence still does not provide a fully clear picture of the roles played by electron-phonon coupling, the Jahn-Teller effect, magnetism (Hund’s energy) and, more generally, electronic correlations in inducing the superconducting phase. More recently, Cs3C60 was found to undergo a transition from a magnetic Mott-insulating phase to a metallic and superconducting phase under pressure. Through high-pressure NMR studies, we observed that both phases (fcc and A15) of this compound have similar phase diagrams, and that electronic correlations appear to play an important role in stabilising the metallic phase and promoting superconductivity. We also prepared a fullerenium salt for the first time, showing that the extreme reactivity of the C60 cation induces molecular polymerisation and therefore prevents the formation of a metallic phase. A major recent discovery concerns the induction of a superconducting phase in K3C60 by optical excitation of the Hg vibrational modes of C60, known to mediate attractive electronic interaction; the transition temperature of this non-equilibrium phase is much higher (~100 K) than that of the equilibrium system (Tc = 19 K). Pressure-dependent experiments have further supported its genuinely superconducting nature.
3. We recently discovered that C60 compounds (fullerides) intercalated with alkali-metal clusters (Li and Na) are excellent hydrogen absorbers. Up to 6 wt% hydrogen can be reversibly absorbed by these materials at around 200–300 °C. In situ neutron diffraction during absorption showed that hydrogen produces both hydrofullerene (C60Hx with x up to 48) and alkali-metal hydrides. In fullerides, these compounds are produced at much lower temperatures and reversibly. μSR studies clarified the hydrogenation mechanism and suggested modifications to optimise it. Following these indications, co-intercalation with transition-metal clusters improved the absorbing properties of these materials, reaching performances above the U.S. Department of Energy targets for 2020.
4. Graphene, because of its high specific surface area, is an excellent candidate for gas and hydrogen absorption. The interaction of molecular hydrogen with the graphene plane is weak, whereas defects show strong trapping activity. One possible solution is to induce hydrogen chemisorption by graphene (forming graphane), which requires molecular dissociation promoted by transition-metal clusters or atoms (spillover effect). Graphenes decorated with Ni, Pt and Co have been prepared and characterised; Pt-decorated single-atom systems have recently been obtained, and hydrogen absorption by these systems is under study.
5. The unique nanostructural properties of the graphene produced in our laboratory (high exfoliation, high vacancy density, high reactivity) have proved highly effective in improving the mechanical properties of polymer- and resin-based composites, owing to the relatively strong interaction between graphene active centres and polymer molecules. The addition of small quantities of graphene (<0.1 wt%) significantly improves the tensile strength and deformation resistance of resins and polymers used in several applications.
6. Some fullerides intercalated with small alkali ions undergo polymerisation of C60 molecules, forming a rigid carbon lattice with large interstitial regions. Alkali-ion diffusion through these interstices is particularly favoured, and these compounds show exceptional superionic conductivity. Li4C60 and Mg2C60 can therefore be used as new materials for solid electrolytes in ion batteries.
7. Several theoretical studies predict that defects in the graphene plane, especially vacancies and chemisorbed hydrogen atoms, are associated with a magnetic moment, and that polarisation of graphene’s two sublattices due to these moments may induce extended magnetic order. Our SQUID magnetometry and μSR studies show that, although defects are associated with paramagnetic centres, no magnetic order emerges. By following the reactions of Muonium (Mu, an isotope of hydrogen) on the graphene plane, we also observed a marked trapping action of vacancies for Mu and H. Conversely, functionalisation of graphene with nitroaniline complexes showed clear evidence of antiferromagnetic order.
8. Metal-carbonyl clusters are the smallest metallic aggregates that can be experimentally obtained in large quantities and, being molecular, are strictly monodisperse. They are therefore ideal model systems for studying the onset of metallicity and magnetism as a function of metallic-cluster nuclearity. SQUID magnetometry and conductivity measurements clarified how structural properties, valence and electronic structure influence the bulk properties of these systems.
THIRD MISSION
Public engagement
• Scientific Degree Project since 2004.
• School–work alternation activities since 2016.
• European Researchers’ Night since 2006.
• Nanoday (2014, 2017).
Relations with companies
• ESAnanotech S.R.L. — industrial applications of laser-produced graphene: radiant panels and batteries.
• C1P8 S.R.L., Pordenone — synthesis and purification of fullerene, synthesis of graphene, and study of magnesium-ion batteries since 2016.
• Carbon Fiber S.R.L., Pordenone — addition of carbon nanostructures to improve the mechanical properties of resins since 2016.
• Polynt S.p.A., Scanzorosciate (BG) — addition of carbon nanostructures to improve the mechanical properties of carbon fibres since 2017.
• Leonardo, Aircraft Division (formerly Alenia-Aermacchi), Venegono (VA) — addition of carbon nanostructures to carbon-fibre materials to improve the mechanical performance of aircraft components since 2018.
• Pirelli Pneumatici — addition of graphene to improve the performance of tyres for special uses since 2018.
• Pirelli Cavi e Sistemi — study of new superconducting fullerides (1999–2000).
SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS
• P. Mauron, A. Remhof, A. Bliersbach, A. Borgschulte, A. Zuttel, D. Sheptyakov, M. Gaboardi, M. Choucair, D. Pontiroli, M. Aramini, A. Gorreri and M. Riccò, “Reversible hydrogen absorption in sodium intercalated fullerenes”, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 37 (2012) 14307.
• P. Mauron, M. Gaboardi, D. Pontiroli, A. Remhof, M. Riccò, A. Züttel, “Hydrogen Desorption Kinetics in Metal Intercalated Fullerides”, J. Phys. Chem. C 119 (2015) 1714–1719.
• M. Gaboardi, S. Duyker, C. Milanese, G. Magnani, V. Peterson, D. Pontiroli, N. Sharma, M. Riccò, “In Situ neutron powder diffraction of Li6C60 for hydrogen storage”, J. Phys. Chem. C 119 (2015) 19715.
• M. Mitrano, A. Cantaluppi, D. Nicoletti, S. Kaiser, A. Perucchi, S. Lupi, P. Di Pietro, D. Pontiroli, M. Riccò, S. Clark, D. Jaksch, A. Cavalleri, “Giant THz photoconductivity and possible non-equilibrium superconductivity in metallic K3C60”, Nature 530 (2016) 461–464.
• M. Riccò, M. Belli, M. Mazzani, D. Pontiroli, D. Quintavalle, A. Janossy and G. Csanyi, “Superionic Conductivity in the Li4C60 fulleride polymer”, Physical Review Letters 102 (2009) 145901.
PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
Publications in highest-impact journals include: 1 Nature, 3 Nature Physics, 1 Physical Review X, 1 ACS Nano, 3 Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1 Nano Letters, 4 Physical Review Letters, 1 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and 8 Carbon publications. The publication list below is reported in bibliographic form; titles are retained as published.
Pubblicazioni su riviste ad impatto più elevato: 1 Nature (IF 42), 3 Nature Physics (IF 23), 1 Phys. Rev. X (IF 15) 1 ACS Nano (IF 14), 3 J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF 14), 1 Nano Lett. (IF 12), 4 Phys. Rev. Lett. (IF 8), 1 ACS Appl. Mat. & Interf. (IF 8), 8 Carbon (IF 7).
Vezzoni V., Setti M., Magnani G., Fornasini L., Scaravonati S., Rinaldi A., Ahmad N., Pasetti L., Bersani D., Bertoni G., Sidoli M., Genovese G., Riccò M., Pontiroli D., “Simultaneous Laser Reduction of Sn/Sb Salts and Graphene Formation as Innovative Anode Material for Li- and Na-Ion Batteries”(2026) Global Challenges, 10 (5), art. no. e00356 DOI: 10.1002/gch2.202500356
Marchetti D., Scaravonati S., Anyfanti G., Aversa L., Verucchi R., Riccò M., Massera C., Gemmi M., Pontiroli D., Pedrini A. “A green and efficient strategy for fabricating supercapacitor electrodes using a mechanochemically synthesised Cu-HHTP MOF” (2026) Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 14 (27), pp. 17207 - 17217
De Vecchi G., Buzzi M., Jotzu G., Fava S., Gebert T., Magnani G., Pontiroli D., Riccò M., Cavalleri A. Upper limit on magnetic field expulsion in optically driven K3C60 (2025) Physical Review Research, 7 (4), art. no. 043270, DOI: 10.1103/21g5-x5bj
Wang W., Nakasu P.Y.S., Costa J.M., D’Acierno F., Ahmad N., Titirici M.M., Pontiroli D., Riccò M., Hu C., Hallett J.P., Pectin Extracted by a Recyclable Molecular Mixture: A Promising Material for Porous Membranes in Quasi-Solid-State Na-Ion Batteries (2025) ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 13 (42), pp. 18061 – 18074, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c07306
Rinaldi A., Ahmad N., Magnani G., Sidoli M., Scaravonati S., Setti M., Bermont M., Janot R., Huo D., Vezzoni V., Milanese C., Riccò M., Pontiroli D., Hydrothermally Carbonized Corncob-Derived Hard Carbon Anodes for High-Performance Sodium-Ion Batteries (2025) ChemElectroChem, 12 (24), art. no. e202500396 DOI: 10.1002/celc.202500396
Michele Setti, Eoghan Vaughan, Richard Murray, Labrini Sygellou, Aidan J. Quinn, Mauro Riccò, Daniele Pontiroli, Daniela Iacopino,”Sustainable electrochemical sensors from cork-derived laser induced graphene: Non-enzymatic glucose detection in urine”, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical,430 (2025) 137352, DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2025.137352.
Vurro Davide, Liboà Aris, D’Onofrio Ilenia, De Giorgio Giuseppe, Scaravonati Silvio, Crepaldi Marco, Barcellona Alessandro, Sciancalepore Corrado, Galstyan Vardan, Milanese Daniel, Riccò Mauro, D’Angelo Pasquale, Tarabella Giuseppe,"Sericin Electrodes with Self-Adhesive Properties for Biosignaling",ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering (2025) DOI:10.1021/acsbiomaterials.4c02234
N. Ahmad, A. Rinaldi, M. Setti, M. Sidoli, S. Scaravonati, V. Vezzoni, G. Magnani, M. Riccò, C. Milanese, M. M. Titirici, D. Pontiroli, “Redox-Additive Gel Polymer Electrolyte Based on the Biodegradable Polymer Pectin for Supercapacitors with Enhanced Thermal Stability”, ACS Applied Energy Materials 8 (13) (2025), Pag. 9391. DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.5c01039
Hamidi H., Murray R., Vezzoni V., Bozorgzadeh S., O'Riordan A., Pontiroli D., Riccò M., Quinn A.J., Iacopino D.” A high performance laser induced graphene (LIG) dual biosensor for simultaneous monitoring of glucose and lactate”, Biosensors and Bioelectronics,24 (2025) 100600, DOI: 10.1016/j.biosx.2025.100600.
Michele Setti, Eoghan Vaughan, Richard Murray, Labrini Sygellou, Aidan J. Quinn, Mauro Riccò, Daniele Pontiroli, Daniela Iacopino,”Sustainable electrochemical sensors from cork-derived laser induced graphene: Non-enzymatic glucose detection in urine”, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical,430 (2025) 137352, DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2025.137352.
Vurro Davide, Liboà Aris, D’Onofrio Ilenia, De Giorgio Giuseppe, Scaravonati Silvio, Crepaldi Marco, Barcellona Alessandro, Sciancalepore Corrado, Galstyan Vardan, Milanese Daniel, Riccò Mauro, D’Angelo Pasquale, Tarabella Giuseppe,"Sericin Electrodes with Self-Adhesive Properties for Biosignaling",ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering (2025) DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.4c02234
Niyaz Ahmad, Alessia Rinaldi, Michele Sidoli, Giacomo Magnani, Alberto Morenghi, Silvio Scaravonati, Vincenzo Vezzoni, Lorenzo Pasetti, Laura Fornasini, Francesca Ridi, Chiara Milanese, Mauro Riccò, Daniele Pontiroli, “High performance quasi-solid-state supercapacitor based on activated carbon derived from asparagus waste”, J. of Energy Storage 99° (2024) 113267. DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2024.113267
V. Vit, S. Scaravonati, F. Cugini, D. Pontiroli, F. Orlandi, M. Solzi, M. Riccò, L. Righi, “Proton-conduction under mild humid conditions in [NH4][M(HCOO)3] (M=Mn2+, Co2+) frameworks”, J. Solid State Chemistry, 338 (2024) 124911. DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2024.124911
Vannini, A.; Pagano, L.; Bartoli, M.; Fedeli, R.; Malcevschi, A.; Sidoli, M.; Magnani, G.; Pontiroli, D.; Riccò, M.; Marmiroli, M.; et al. Accumulation and Release of Cadmium Ions in the Lichen Evernia prunastri (L.) Ach. and Wood-Derived Biochar: Implication for the Use of Biochar for Environmental Biomonitoring” Toxics 2024, 12, 66. DOI: 10.3390/toxics12010066.
E. Rowe, B. Yuan, M. Buzzi, G. Jotzu, Y. Zhu, M. Fechner, M. Först, B. Liu, D. Pontiroli, M. Riccò, A. Cavalleri “Resonant enhancement of photo-induced superconductivity in K3C60”. Nat. Phys. 19, 1821–1826 (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41567-023-02235-9
M. Sidoli, G. Magnani, L. Fornasini, S. Scaravonati, A. Morenghi, V. Vezzoni, D. Bersani, G. Bertoni, M. Gaboardi, M. Riccò, D. Pontiroli,"Defective graphene decorated with TiO2 nanoparticles as negative electrode in Li-ion batteries", Journal of Alloys and Compounds 958 (2023) 170420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.170420.
G. Jotzu, G. Meier, A. Cantaluppi, A. Cavalleri, D. Pontiroli, M. Riccò, A. Ardavan, M. S. Nam, “Superconducting fluctuations observed far above Tc in the isotropic superconductor K3C60”, Phys. Rev X (2023) 13(2), 021008.
C. Coppi, F. Cugini, G. Magnani, C. Milanese, L. Nasi, L. Lazzarini, D. Pontiroli, M. Riccò, M. Solzi "Graphene-Based Magnetocaloric Composites for Energy Conversion", Advanced Engineering Materials, 2023, 25(1), 2200811
S. Vantadori, G. Magnani, L. Mantovani, A. Zanichelli,M. Riccò et al. "Effect of GO nanosheets on microstructure, mechanical and fracture properties of cement composites", Construction and Building Materials, (2022), 361, 129368.
S. Scaravonati, M. Sidoli, G. Magnani, A. Morenghi, M. Canova, J. H. Kim, M. Riccò, D. Pontiroli, “Combined capacitive and electrochemical charge storage mechanism in high-performance graphene-based lithium-ion batteries”, Materials Today Energy 24, 100928 (2022) DOI: 10.1016/j.mtener.2021.100928
A. Morenghi, S. Scaravonati, G. Magnani, M. Sidoli, L. Aversa, R. Verucchi, G. Bertoni, M. Riccò, D. Pontiroli, Electrochimica Acta 424, 140626 (2022) DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.140626
C. Cesari, B. Berti, T. Funaioli, C. Femoni, M. Iapalucci, D. Pontiroli, G. Magnani, M. Riccò, M. Bortoluzzi, F. M. Vivaldi, S. Zacchini, "Atomically Precise Platinum Carbonyl Nanoclusters: Synthesis, Total Structure and Electrochemical Investigation of Pt27(CO)314– Displaying a Defective Structure", Inorganic Chemistry (2022), DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00965
A. N. Zaderko, L. M. Grishchenko, D. Pontiroli, S. Scaravonati, M. Riccò, V. E. Diyuk, V. A. Skryshevsky, V. V. Lisnyak, “Enhancing the performance of carbon electrodes in supercapacitors through medium-temperature fluoroalkylation”, Appl. Nanosci. (2021) DOI:10.1007/s13204-020-01651-0
L. Fornasini, S. Scaravonati, G. Magnani, A. Morenghi, M. Sidoli, D. Bersani, G. Bertoni, L. Aversa, R. Verucchi, M. Riccò, P. P. Lottici, D. Pontiroli, “In situ decoration of laser-scribed graphene with TiO2 nanoparticles for scalable high-performance micro-supercapacitors”, Carbon 176, 296-306 (2021). DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2021.01.129
M. Budden, T. Gebert, M. Buzzi, G. Jotzu, E. Wang, T. Matsuyama, G. Meier, Y. Laplace, D. Pontiroli, M. Riccò, F. Schlawin, D. Jaksch, A. Cavalleri, “Evidence for metastable photo-induced superconductivity in K3C60”, Nat. Phys. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-020-01148-1.
Prando G., Perego J., Negroni M., Ricco M., Bracco S., Comotti A., Sozzani P., Carretta P.
“Molecular Rotors in a Metal-Organic Framework: Muons on a Hyper-Fast Carousel”
(2020) Nano Letters, 20 (10) , pp. 7613-7618.
M. Aramini, G. Magnani, D. Pontiroli, C. Milanese, A. Girella, G. Bertoni, M. Gaboardi, S. Zacchini, A. Marini, M. Riccò, “Nickel addition to optimize the hydrogen storage performance of lithium intercalated fullerides”, Materials Research Bulletin (2020) , DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2020.110848
M. Gaboardi, R. Tatti, G. Bertoni, G. Magnani, R. Della Pergola, L. Aversa, R. Verucchi, D. Pontiroli, and M. Riccò, “Platinum carbonyl clusters decomposition on defective graphene surface”, Surface Science 691, 121499 (JAN 2020). DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2019.121499
C. Cavallari, S. Rols, H. E. Fischer, M. Brunelli, M. Gaboardi, G. Magnani, M. Riccò and D. Pontiroli, “Neutron scattering study of nickel decorated thermally exfoliated graphite oxide”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 44(59), 30999-31007 (NOV 2019). DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.09.226.
Pontiroli, D., Scaravonati, S., Magnani, G., Fornasini, L., Bersani, D., Bertoni, G., Milanese, C., Girella, A., Ridi, F., Verucchi, R., Mantovani, L., Malcevschi, A., Riccò, M. “Super-activated biochar from poultry litter for high-performance supercapacitors” Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 285, (2019) pp. 161-169.
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D'Alessio, D., Tribaudino, M., Mezzadri, F., Mantovani, L., Milanese, C., Gaboardi, M., Magnani, G., Pontiroli, D., Riccò, M. “Degassing and phase transitions with temperature in melanophlogite”
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 286, (2019) pp. 9-17.
Pontiroli, D., Scaravonati, S., Sidoli, M., Magnani, G., Fornasini, L., Milanese, C., Riccò, M. “Fullerene mixtures as negative electrodes in innovative Na-ion batteries” Chemical Physics Letters, (2019) art. no. 136607,
A. Cantaluppi, M. Buzzi, G. Jotzu, D. Nicoletti, M. Mitrano, D. Pontiroli, M. Riccò, A. Perucchi, P. Di Pietro, A. Cavalleri, “Pressure tuning of light-induced superconductivity in K3C60”, Nat. Phys. 14 (2018) 837-841, DOI: 10.1038/s41567-018-0134-8
M. Gaboardi, N. Sarzi Amadé, C. Milanese, A. Girella, F. Fernandez-Alonso, M. Riccò, “Synthesis and characterization of mixed sodium and lithium fullerides for hydrogen storage”, Int. J. of Hydrogen Energy 43 (2018) 16766, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.03.210.
S. Scaravonati, G. Magnani, M. Gaboardi, G. Allodi, M. Riccò, D. Pontiroli, “Electrochemical intercalation of fullerene and hydrofullerene with sodium”, Carbon 130 (2018) 11-18. DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.12.107
M. Gaboardi, C. Milanese, G. Magnani, A. Girella, D. Pontiroli, P. Cofrancesco, A. Marini, M. Riccò, “Optimal hydrogen storage in sodium substituted lithium fullerides” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 19 (2017) 21980. DOI: 10.1039/C7CP04353H
M. Gaboardi, N. Sarzi Amadè, M. Aramini, C. Milanese, G. Magnani, S. Sanna, M. Riccò, D. Pontiroli, “Extending the hydrogen storage limit in fullerene”, Carbon 130 (2017) 77-82. DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.05.025.
H. Alloul, P. Wzietek, T. Mito, D. Pontiroli, M. Aramini, M. Riccò, “Mott Transition in the A15 phase of Cs3C60: Absence of pseudogap and charge order”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 118 (2017) 237601 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.237601.
D. Bulushev, A. Chuvilin, V. I. Sobolev, S. Stolyarova, Y. Shubin, I. P. Asanov, A. V. Ishchenko, G. Magnani, M. Ricco, A. V. Okotrub, L. G. Bulusheva, “Copper on Carbon Materials: Stabilization by Nitrogen Doping” Journal of Materials Chemistry A 5 (2017) 10574-10583, DOI: 10.1039/c7ta02282d.
Y. V. Fedoseeva, A. S. Orekhov, G. N. Chekhova, V. O. Koroteev, M. A. Kanygin, B. V. Senkovskiy, A. Chuvilin, D. Pontiroli, M. Riccò, L. G. Bulusheva, and A. V. Okotrub, Single-Walled Carbon “Nanotube Reactor for Redox Transformation of Mercury Dichloride” ACS Nano (2017) 11 (9), 8643-8649, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b04361.
N. Sarzi Amadè, M. Gaboardi, G. Magnani, M. Riccò, D. Pontiroli, C. Milanese, A. Girella, P. Carretta, S. Sanna, “H and Li dynamics in Li12C60 and Li12C60Hy”, Int. J. of Hydrogen Energy 42 (2017) 22544-22550 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.02.182.
Pontiroli, D., Magnani, G., Gaboardi, M., Riccò, M., Milanese, C., Pramudita, J.C., Sharma, N., “Decorated and Modified Graphenes as Electrodes in Na and Li-Ion Batteries”, in Carbon Nanostructures, (2017) p. 153-162 (book chapter), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-58134-7_11
N. Sarzi Amadè, D. Pontiroli, L. Maidich, M. Riccò, M. Gaboardi, G. Magnani, P. Carretta, S. Sanna, “Molecular and Ionic Dynamics in NaxLi6–xC60”, J. of Phys. Chem. C,121 (2017) 6554-6560, doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b00887.
A. A. Komlev, T. L. Makarova, E. Lahderanta, P. Semenikhin, A. I. Veinger, I. Kochman, G. Magnani, G. Bertoni, D. Pontiroli, M. Riccò, "Antiferromagnetic transition in graphene functionalized with nitroaniline" J. of Nanophotonics 11 (2017) 032512, DOI: 10.1117/1.JNP.11.032512.
J. C. Pramudita, A. Rawal, M. Choucair, D. Pontiroli, G. Magnani, M. Gaboardi, M. Riccò, and N. Sharma, “Mechanisms of Sodium Insertion/Extraction on the Surface of Defective Graphenes”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 9 (2017) 431-438 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b13104 (I.F. 7.14)
C. Cavallari, D. Pontiroli, M. Jimenez-Ruiz, M. Aramini, M. Gaboardi, S. Parker, M. Riccò and S.Rols, “Hydrogen Motions in Defective Graphene: the Role of Surface Defects”, Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys. 18 (2016) 24820, DOI: 10.1039/C6CP04727K
D. Quintavalle, B. G. Markus, A. Janossy, F. Simon, G. Klupp, M. A. Gyori, K. Kamaras, G. Magnani, D. Pontiroli and M. Riccò, “Electronic and ionic conductivities in superionic Li4C60” , Phys Rev. B 93 (2016) 205103 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.93.205103
A.S. Cattaneo, V. Dall’Asta, D. Pontiroli, M. Riccò, G. Magnani, C. Milanese, C. Tealdi, E. Quartarone, P. Mustarelli, “Tailoring ionic-electronic transport in PEO-Li4C60: Towards a new class of all solid-state mixed conductors”, Carbon, 100 (2016) 196-200.
M. Mitrano, A.Cantaluppi, D.Nicoletti, S.Kaiser, A.Perucchi, S.Lupi, P.DiPietro, D.Pontiroli, M.Riccò, S.Clark, D.Jaksch, A.Cavalleri, "Giant THz photoconductivity and possible non-equilibrium superconductivity in metallic K3C60", Nature 530 (2016) 461-464.
L. Maidich, D. Pontiroli, M. Gaboardi, S. Lenti, G. Magnani, G. Riva, P. Carretta, C. Milanese, A. Marini, M. Riccò, S. Sanna, “Investigation of Li and H dynamics in Li6C60 and Li6C60Hy”, Carbon, 96 (2016) 276-284.
A. A. Komlev, T. L. Makarova, E. Lahderanta, P. Semenikhin, A. I. Veinger, T. V. Tinsek, G. Magnani, G. Bertoni, D. Pontiroli, M. Riccò, “Magnetism of aniline modified graphene-based materials” J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 415 (2016) 45-50. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2015.11.053
L. Baldassarre, A. Perucchi, M. Mitrano, D. Nicoletti, C. Marini, D. Pontiroli, M. Mazzani, M. Aramini, M. Riccò, G. Giovannetti, M. Capone, S. Lupi, “The strength of electron electron correlation in Cs3C60”, Sci. Rep. 5 (2015) 15240. DOI: 10.1038/srep15240
D. Pontiroli, D. D’Alessio, M. Gaboardi, G. Magnani, C. Milanese, S. Duyker, V. K. Peterson, N. Sharma, M. Riccò, “Ammonia-storage in lithium intercalated fullerides”, J. Mat. Chem. A 3 (2015) 21099-21105. DOI: 10.1039/C5TA05226B.
M. Gaboardi, S. Duyker, C. Milanese, G. Magnani, V. Pererson, D. Pontiroli, N. Sharma, M. Riccò, “In Situ neutron powder diffraction of Li6C60 for hydrogen storage”, J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 19715 (2015).
S. Rols, D. Pontiroli, C. Cavallari, M. Gaboardi, M. Aramini, D. Richard, M. R. Johnson, J. M. Zanotti, E. Suard, M. Maccarini, M. Riccó, “Structure and dynamics of the fullerene polymer Li4C60 studied with neutron scattering” Phys. Rev. B 92 (2015) 014305. (I. F. 3.5)
J. C. Pramudita, D. Pontiroli, G. Magnani, M. Gaboardi, M. Riccò, C. Milanese, H. E. A. Brand, N. Sharma “Graphene and Selected Derivatives as Negative Electrodes in Sodium- and Lithium-Ion Batteries” ChemElectroChem 2 (2015) 600-610. DOI: 10.1002/celc.201402352.
M. Gaboardi, C. Cavallari, G. Magnani, D. Pontiroli, S. Rols, M. Riccò, “Hydrogen storage mechanism and lithium dynamics in Li12C60 investigated by µSR”, Carbon, 90 (2015) 130-137. (I. F. 6.16)
P. Mauron, M. Gaboardi, D. Pontiroli, A. Remhof, M. Riccò, A. Züttel “Hydrogen Desorption Kinetics in Metal Intercalated Fullerides” J. Phys. Chem. C 119 (2015) 1714-1719. DOI: 10.1021/jp511102y.
G. P. M. Bignami, A. Ceriotti, P. R. Mussini, C. Oliva, G. Longoni, S. Zacchini, M. Gaboardi, M. Mazzani, M. Riccò, Comparative Investigations on Platinum Cluster Salts. Johnson Matthey Technol. Rev. 58, (2014) 114–123. doi:10.1595/147106714x682409
C. Cavallari, D. Pontiroli, M. Jiménez-Ruiz, A. Ivanov, M. Mazzani, M. Gaboardi, M. Aramini, M. Brunelli, M. Riccò and S. Rols, “Hydrogen on graphene investigated by inelastic neutron scattering”, J. of Physics: Conference series 554 (2014) 012009. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/554/1/012009
C. Femoni, M. C. Iapalucci, G. Longoni, S. Zacchini, I. Ciabatti, R. G. Della Valle, M. Mazzani, and M. Riccò, “The Chemistry of Ni–Sb Carbonyl Clusters – Synthesis and Characterization of the [Ni19Sb4(CO)26]4– Tetraanion and the Viologen Salts of [Ni13Sb2(CO)24]n– Carbonyl Clusters” Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2014 4151-4158, DOI:10.1002/ejic.201402289.
F. Giglio, D. Pontiroli, M. Gaboardi, M. Aramini, C. Cavallari, M. Brunelli, P. Galinetto, C. Milanese, M. Riccò, “Li12C60: a lithium clusters intercalated fulleride” Chem. Phys. Lett. 609 (2014) 155-160. DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2014.06.036
P. Wzietek, T. Mito, H. Alloul, D. Pontiroli, M. Aramini, and M. Riccò, “NMR Study of the Superconducting Gap Variation near the Mott Transition in Cs3C60” Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, (2014) 066401.
L. G. Bulusheva, V. A. Tur, E. O. Fedorovskaya, I. P. Asanov, D. Pontiroli, M. Riccò, A. V. Okotrub, “Structure and supercapacitor performance of graphene materials obtained from brominated and fluorinated graphites”, Carbon 78 137-146 (2014) doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2014.06.061
D. Pontiroli, M. Aramini, M. Gaboardi, G. Vlahopoulou, M. Mazzani, M. Riccò, S. Sanna, P. Carretta, C. Cavallari, S. Rols, “Tracking the Hydrogen Motion in Defective Graphene” J. Phys Chem. C, 118 (2014) 7110-7116 DOI: 10.1021/jp408339m
M. Gaboardi, A. Bliersbach, G. Bertoni, M. Aramini, G. Vlahopoulou, D. Pontiroli, P. Mauron, G. Magnani, G. Salviati, A. Züttel and M. Riccò; “Decoration of graphene with nickel nanoparticles: study of the interaction with hydrogen”, J. Mat. Chem. A, 2 (2014) 1039-1046. (I. F. 6.1)
M. Aramini, C. Milanese, D. Pontiroli, M. Gaboardi, A. Girella, M. Riccò, “Transition metals addition to alkali-metal intercalated fullerides enhances hydrogen storage properties”, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 39 (2014), 2124-2131. (I. F. 4.08)
M. Aramini , M. Gaboardi , G. Vlahopoulou, D. Pontiroli, C. Cavallari, C. Milanese , M. Riccò, “Muon spin relaxation reveals the hydrogen storage mechanism in light alkali metal fullerides” Carbon 67 (2014) 92-97. (I. F. 5.38)
I. Ciabatti, C. Femoni, M. Gaboardi, M. C. Iapalucci, G. Longoni, D.Pontiroli, M. Riccò, S. Zacchini, “Structural rearrangements induced by acid-base reactions in metal carbonyl clusters: the case of [H3–nCo15Pd9C3(CO)38]n– (n = 0-3)”, Dalton Transactions, 43 (11) (2014) 4388-99.
M. Riccò, M. Aramini, M. Mazzani, D. Pontiroli, M. Gaboardi, O. V. Yazyev, “Muons probe magnetism and hydrogen interaction in graphene” Phys. Scr. 88 (2013) 068508. (I. F. 1.03)
P. Mauron, M. Gaboardi, A. Remhof, A. Bliersbach, D. Sheptyakov, M. Aramini, G. Vlahopoulou, F. Giglio, D. Pontiroli, M. Riccò, A. Züttel, “Hydrogen sorption in Li12C60”, J. Phys. Chem C 117 (2013) 22598-22602. (I. F. 4.8)
H. Alloul, Y. Ihara, T. Mito, P. Wzietek, M. Aramini, D. Pontiroli and M. Riccò, “NMR investigation of the pressure induced Mott transition to superconductivity in Cs3C60 isomeric compounds”, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 449 (2013) 012030.
D. Pontiroli, M. Aramini, M. Gaboardi, M. Mazzani, A. Gorreri, M. Riccò, I. Margiolaki and D. Sheptyakov, “Ion conductivity in the Mg intercalated fullerene polymer Mg2C60”, Carbon, 51 (2013) 143-147. (I. F. 6.16)
P. Mauron, A. Remhof, A. Bliersbach, A. Borgschulte, A. Zuttel, D. Sheptyakov, M. Gaboardi, M. Choucair, D. Pontiroli, M. Aramini, A. Gorreri and M. Riccò, “Reversible hydrogen absorption in sodium intercalated fullerenes”, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 37 (2012) 14307. (I. F. 4.05).
M. Riccò, D. Pontiroli, M. Mazzani, M. Choucair, J. A. Stride, O. V. Yazyev, “Muons probe strong hydrogen interactions with defective graphene” Nano Letters 11 (2011) 4919-4922. (I. F. 13.02)
J. Kausteklis, P. Cevc, D. Arcon, L. Nasi, D. Pontiroli, M. Mazzani, M. Riccò, “Electron paramagnetic resonance study of nanostructured graphite”, Phys. Rev. B 84 (2011) 125406.
Y. Ihara, H. Alloul, P. Wzietek, D. Pontiroli, M. Mazzani, M. Riccò, “Spin dynamics at the Mott transition and in the metallic state of the Cs3C60 superconducting phase” Europhys. Lett. 94 (2011) 37007.
M. Delferro, C. Graiff, L. Marchiò, L. Elviri, M. Mazzani, M. Riccò, and G. Predieri, "Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Magnetic Properties of the Heteroleptic Dinuclear Nickel Selenite Complex [2]," Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., (2011), 3327-3333.
Y. Ihara, H. Alloul, P. Wzietek, D. Pontiroli, M. Mazzani, M. Riccò, “NMR Study of the Mott transition to Superconductivity in the two Cs3C60 phases” Phys. Rev. Lett. 104 (2010) 256402.
C. Femoni, M. C. Iapalucci, G. Longoni, J. Wolowska, S.Zacchini, P. Zanello, S. Fedi, M. Riccò, D. Pontiroli, M. Mazzani, “Magnetic Behavior of Odd- and Even-Electron Metal Carbonyl Clusters: the Case Study of [Co8Pt4C2(CO)24]n– (n = 1, 2) Carbide Cluster”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132 (2010) 2919-2927.
M. Riccò , D. Pontiroli, M. Mazzani, F. Gianferrari, M. Pagliari, A. Goffredi, M. Brunelli, G. Zandomeneghi, B. H. Meier and T. Shiroka, “Fullerenium salts: a new class of C60 based compounds”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132 (2010) 2064-2068.
Roy, P.; Nandi, M.; Manassero, M.; Ricco, M.; Mazzani, M.; Bhaumik, A.; Banerjee, P., Four µ4-oxo-bridged copper(II) complexes: magnetic properties and catalytic applications in liquid phase partial oxidation reactions. Dalton Transactions (2009), 43, 9543-9554.
M. Riccò, M. Belli, M. Mazzani, D. Pontiroli, D. Quintavalle, A. Janossy and G. Csanyi, “Superionic Conductivity in the Li4C60 fulleride polymer”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (2009) 145901.
Article selected and presented by the following scientific journals: 1- Physical Review Focus 23 (story 11), 10 April 2009.2- Virt. J. Nanosc. Sci. and Techn. 19 issue 16. 3- La Recherche 431 (2009) p.11 4- Pour la Science 380 (2009) p.105- MRS Bulletin 34 (2009) 475
C. Femoni, R. Della Pergola, M. C. Iapalucci, G. Longoni, M. Riccò and S. Zacchini, “Copolymerization of Fe4Cu2C(CO)12 Moieties with Bidentate N-Ligands: Synthesis and Crystal Structure of the [Fe4Cu2(6-C)(CO)12(-bipy)]4•2THF Square Tetramer and the Infinite [Fe4Cu2(6-C)(CO)12(-N-Ar-N)]∞ Zigzag Chains” Dalton Trans. (2009) 1509-11.
T. Makarova, M. Riccò, D. Pontiroli, M. Mazzani, M. Belli, A. Goffredi, “Ageing effects in Nanographite monitored by Raman spectroscopy”, Physica Status Solidi (b), 245 (2008) 2082-5 .
M. Riccò, T. Shiroka, F. Gianferrari, D. Pontiroli and M. Belli, “Nonadiabatic signatures effects of superconducting fullerides”, Europhys. Lett. 81 (2008) 57002.
D. Arcon, A. Zorko, M. Mazzani, M. Belli, D. Pontiroli, M. Riccò and S. Margadonna “The structural and electronic evolution of Li4C60 through the polymer–monomer transformation”, New J. of Phys. 10 (2008) 033021.
D. Pontiroli, M. Pagliari, M. Belli, M. Riccò and S. Buga in “Instability of the doped high-pressure rhombohedral C60 polymer structure”, Chem. Phys. Lett. 446 (2007) 56.
M. Riccò, M. Belli, D. Pontiroli, M. Mazzani, T. Shiroka, D. Arcon, A. Zorko, S. Margadonna, G. Ruani, “Recovering metallicity in A4C60: the case of monomeric Li4C60” Phys. Rev. B Rapid Comm. 75 (2007) 081401.
D. Pontiroli, M. Riccò, T. Shiroka, M. Belli, G. Ruani, D. Palles, S. Margadonna, “New Polymeric Phase in Low-Doped Lithium Intercalated Fullerides”, Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures (2006) 14, pp. 391-400 ISSN: 1536-383X
C. Petrillo, F. Sacchetti, A. Orecchini, R. De Renzi, and M. Riccò, “Electron-electron correlations in fullerene C60 probed by incoherent scattering of x rays”, Phys. Rev. B 74 (2006) 085404.
T. Shiroka, G. Fumera, O. Ligabue, M. Riccò, G. C. Antonioli, “NMR structural investigations of ammonia-doped fullerides”, J. Chem. Phys. 124 (2006) 204717.
M. Riccò, M. Belli, T. Shiroka, D. Pontiroli, M. Pagliari, F. Gianferrari, and A. Gorreri, “µSR and SQUID Investigation of Ammoniated Lithium Fullerides”, Physica B, 374-375 (2006) 255.
M. Riccò, T. Shiroka, O. Ligabue, M. Belli, D. Pontiroli, M. Pagliari, G. Ruani, D. Palles, S. Margadonna, M. Tomaselli, “Unusual polymerization in the Li4C60 fulleride” Phys. Rev. B 72 (New York, USA, 2005) 155437.
M. Riccò, T. Shiroka, S. Carretta, F. Bolzoni, C. Femoni, M. C. Iapalucci and G. Longoni, “The Magnetic Behaviour of the [NBu4]4[Ni16Pd16(CO)40] Salt: An Even-Electron Homoleptic Carbonyl Metal Cluster Anion Displaying a J = 2 Ground State” Chemistry: A European Journal, 11 (2005) 2856.
S. Margadonna, D. Pontiroli, M. Belli, T. Shiroka, M. Riccò and M. Brunelli, “Li4C60: A Polymeric Fulleride with a Two-Dimensional Architecture and Mixed Interfullerene Bonding Motifs” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126 (2004) 15032.
T. Shiroka, M. Riccò, G. Fumera, O. Ligabue, C. Bucci, "Influence of Structural Effects on the Superconductivity of Ammonia-Doped NaK2C60", Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures (2004) vol. 12, pp. 71-79 ISSN: 1536-383X
T. Shiroka, M. Riccò, O. Ligabue, F. Bolzoni, G. Concas and G. Spano, "Investigation of Eu6C60 magnetic properties", J. of Magn. and Mag. Mat. 272-276 (2004) 544-545
M. Riccò, T. Shiroka, O. Ligabue, M. Belli, D. Pontiroli, G. Ruani, D. Palles, S. Margadonna, “Structural and electronic properties of Lithium doped Fullerides” Fullerenes and Nanotubes 13 , (2003) 463.
M. Riccò, G. Fumera, T. Shiroka, O. Ligabue, C. Bucci, F. Bolzoni, “Metal to insulator transition in (NH3)xNaK2C60”, Phys. Rev. B 68 (New York, USA, 2003) 035102.
T. Shiroka, M. Riccò, F. Barbieri, E. Zannoni, M. Tomaselli, “Clustering and Polymerization of Li15 C60”, Physics of the Solid State 44 (2002) 521–524.
D. Palles, T. Shiroka, F. Barbieri, M. Riccò, G. Ruani, “Raman Investigation of Charge-Doped C60 polymer formed in heavily intercalated Li15C60 Fulleride” ” in “Electronic properties of molecular nanostructures”, Ed. H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, S. Roth, A.I.P. (New York, 2001) 145.
M. Riccò, T. Shiroka, F. Barbieri, E. Zannoni, M. Tomaselli, “NMR Studies of Li15C60 fulleride” in “Electronic properties of molecular nanostructures”, Ed. H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, S. Roth, A.I.P. (New York, 2001) 141.
T. Shiroka, M. Riccò, F. Barbieri, E. Zannoni, F. Bolzoni, M. Tomaselli, “Anomalous superconductivity in (NH3)xNaK2C60” in “Electronic properties of molecular nanostructures”, Ed. H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, S. Roth, A.I.P. (New York, 2001) 127.
M. Riccò, T. Shiroka , A. Sartori , F. Bolzoni, M. Tomaselli, “Electronic properties of (NH3)xNaK2C60” Europh. Lett. 53 (2001) 762.
M. Tomaselli, B. H. Meier, M. Riccò, T. Shiroka, A. Sartori, “A multiple-quantum NMR study of interstitial Li clusters in LixC60” J. Chem. Phys. 115 (2001) 472.
M. Tomaselli, B. H. Meier, M. Riccò, T. Shiroka, A. Sartori, “NMR evidence for sp3 carbons in the low-temperature phase of LixC60” Phys. Rev. B 63 , (New York, USA, 2001) 113405.
M. I. Boyer, G. Ruani, C. Taliani, A. Sartori and M. Riccò, “Raman features of LixC60 with 10<15 acquired at room temperature" in “Electronic Properties of Novel Materials - Progress in molecular nanostructures” Ed. by H. Kuzmany et al., A.I.P. (Woodbury 2000).
M. Riccò, R. De Renzi, A. Sartori, “London penetration depth and coherence peak in ammonia intercalated Fulleride Superconductors”, Appl. Magn. Reson. 19 (New York 2000) 517.
E. Dalcanale, G. Antonioli, M. Riccò, H. Groothues, F. Kremer “Molecular dynamics and conformational behavior of mesogenic resorcinarenes” Liquid Crystals 27 (London, UK, 2000) 1161.
L. Cristofolini, G. Cicognani, A. J. Dianoux, P. Facci, M. P. Fontana, M. Riccò, “Li diffusion and fullerene dynamics in lithium fulleride Li12C60 from inelastic neutron scattering experiment”, Philosophical Magazine B 79 (London, UK, 1999) 2065.
L. Cristofolini, M. Riccò, R. de Renzi, "NMR and high-resolution x-ray diffraction evidence for an alkali-metal fulleride with large interstitial clusters : Li12C60" Phys. Rev. B 59 , (New York, USA, 1999) p.8343.
M. Riccò, L. Menozzi, R. de Renzi, F. Bolzoni, "Korringa relation and Hebel-Slichter peak in ammonia intercalated fullerides", Physica C 306 , (Amsterdam, NL, 1998) 136.
L. Cristofolini, M. Riccò, R. de Renzi, "Lithium Doping of Fullerene: Li12C60", in "Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Fullerenes and related Materials: Vol. 6", Ed. K.M. Kadish and R.S. Ruoff, The Electrochemical Society Inc. (Pennington NJ, USA, 1998) p.687.
M. Riccò, L. Menozzi, R. de Renzi, F. Bolzoni, "NMR Investigation of Ammonia Intercalated Fullerene Superconductors", in "Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Fullerenes and related Materials: Vol. 6", Ed. K.M. Kadish and R. S. Ruoff, The Electrochemical Society Inc., (Pennington NJ, USA, 1998) p.416.
V. Buntar,F. M. Sauerzopf, H. W. Weber, M. Riccò, L. Cristofolini, F. Bolzoni, "Mixed state properties of Superconducting RbCs2C60" in "Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Fullerenes and Related Materials: Vol. 5" Ed. K. M. Kadish and R. S. Ruoff, The Electrochemical Society Inc. (Pennington, NJ, 1997), p. 1021.
M. Corti, F. Tabak, M. Riccò, "85,87Rb NMR relaxation rates T1 and T2 in Rb3C60 in the normal and in the superconducting phase", Mol. Phys. Reports 18/19 (Poznan, Poland, 1997) 107.
M. Riccò, M. Bisbiglia, R. de Renzi, F. Bolzoni, "Observation of Superconductivity in TDAE-C60", Solid State Comm. 101 , (Oxford, UK, 1997) 413.
M. Riccò, M. Bisbiglia, R. de Renzi, A. Deriu, M. Solzi, F.Malizia, F. Bolzoni, "SANS and Magnetometry investigation of carbon coated Ni nanoparticles", in "Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Fullerenes and Related Materials: Vol. 3" Ed. K. M. Kadish and R. S. Ruoff, The Electrochemical Society Inc. (Pennington, NJ, 1996), p. 794.
V. Buntar, H. W. Weber, M. Riccò, "Magnetic Irreversibility of C60 , C70 and IC60 Fullerenes at Low Temperature: Transition to a Frozen Magnetic Glass State?" Solid State Comm. 98 (Oxford, UK, 1996) 175.
L. Cristofolini, A. Lappas, K. Vavekis, K. Prassides, R. De Renzi, M. Riccò, A. Schenck, A. Amato, F. N. Gygax, M. Kosaka, K. Tanigaki, "SR study of zero field magnetic ordering in CsC60" J. Phys. Condens. Matter 7 (Bristol, UK, 1995) L567.
M. Riccò, L. Cristofolini, R. de Renzi, P. Ruani, "Long Range Magnetic Order in TDAE-C60 " in "Physics and Chemistry of Fullerenes and Derivatives" Ed. H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, S. Roth, World Scientific Pub. (Singapore, 1995) 500.
V. Buntar, M. Riccò, L. Cristofolini, M. Grassi, F. Bolzoni, "Critical Current Density and Irreversibility line of RbCs2C60 superconductor" in "Physics and Chemistry of Fullerenes and Derivatives" Ed. H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, S. Roth, World Scientific Pub. (Singapore, 1995) 440.
V. Buntar, M. Riccò, L. Cristofolini, H. W. Weber, F. Bolzoni, "Critical fields of the superconducting fullerene RbCs2C60 " Phys. Rev. B 52 (New York, USA, 1995) 4432.
L. Cristofolini, M. Riccò, R. de Renzi, E. Dalcanale, L. Mavilla, "Observation of Endohedral Muonium in C61H2" Chem. Phys. Lett. 234 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1995) 260.
M. Riccò, L. Cristofolini, R. de Renzi, P. Ruani, "Muon Spin Relaxation and NMR Study of Magnetism in TDAE- C60 " in "Fullerenes" ed. K. M. Kadish, R. S. Ruoff, The Electrochemical Society Inc. (Pennington NJ, USA, 1994), p.1187.
M. Riccò, E. Dalcanale, "Molecular Conformation and Magnetic Behavior of Macrocyclic Columnar Liquid Crystals" J. Phys. Chem. 98 (Washington, USA, 1994) 9002.
L. Cristofolini, M. Riccò, R. de Renzi, G.P. Ruani, S. Rossini, G. Taliani "Zero Field SR and NMR on Magnetic TDAE-C60" in Progress in Fullerene Research ed. by H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, S. Roth, World Scientific Publ. Co. (Singapore, 1994), p.279.
M. Riccò, L. Cristofolini, G. Viola, E. Dalcanale, "QENS and NMR investigation of reorientational dynamics in C61H2", J. Phys. Chem. Solids 54 (Oxford, UK, 1993) 1487.
L. Cristofolini, M. Riccò, G. Viola, E. Dalcanale, "QENS and NMR investigation of reorientational dynamics in C61H2 ", in Electronic Properties of Fullerenes ed. by H. Kuzmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring, S. Roth, Springer Series in Solid State Science vol. 117 (Berlino, Germania, 1993) p. 354.
M. Riccò, M. P. Fontana, "Molecular Dynamics in Nematic Phases: QENS and NMR Spectroscopy" in "Phase Transitions in Liquid Crystals" ed. S. Martellucci, A. N. Chester, NATO ASI Series n. 290, (New York, USA, 1992) p.273.
M. Riccò, M. P. Fontana, B. Rosi, C. Vignali, M. Cavazza, "QENS and NMR investigation of molecular diffusion in the nematic phase of EBBA" Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 212 (New York, USA, 1992) 139.
M. P. Fontana, M. Riccò, C. J. Carlile, B. Rosi-Schwartz"Anomalous Translational Diffusion in Nematic Phases by Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering", Physica B 180-181 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1992) 726.
M. Riccò, R. de Renzi," Orientational Disorder and Dynamics in Liquid Crystalline and Plastic Mesophases studied with SR and NMR, in "Physics of Liquid Crystalline Materials", Ed. I. C. Khoo and F. Simoni, Gordon and Breach Publish , (Philadelphia, USA, 1991).
M. Riccò, R. de Renzi, "Order and Dynamics of Molecular Reorientations in Norbornene: What SR, NMR and Neutrons can say" Hyperf. Inter. 65 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1990) 873.
E. Roduner, I. D. Reid, M. Riccò, R. de Renzi,"Anisotropy of 2-Norbornyl Radical Reorientational Dynamics in the Plastic Phase of Norbornene as Determined by ALC-SR", Ber. Bunsenges. Phys. Chem. 93 (Weinheim, Germania, 1989) 1194.
M. P. Fontana, B. Rosi, M. Riccò, "Quasielastic Neutron Scattering Investigation of Molecular Dynamics in EBBA Nematic Phase" Physica B 157 Amsterdam (1989) 363-366.
M. Riccò, R. de Renzi, E. Roduner, "Probing the Rotational Disorder of Molecules in Plastic Bicyclo(2.2.1)hept-2-ene with Implanted Muons" Phys. Lett. A 129 Amsterdam (6 June 1988) 390.
M. Riccò, G. Guidi, R. de Renzi, C. Vignali, "Measurements of the Order Parameter by Proton N.M.R. on N-(4-alkoxybenzylidene)4'-toluidines", Liq. Crystals 6-7 London (1988) 705.
C. Bucci, R. de Renzi, G. Guidi, M. Riccò, R. Tedeschi, F. Licci, G. H. Eaton, C. A. Scott, "Muon Spin Rotation Evidence for a Glassy Superconducting State in YBa2Cu3O7-y" Phys. Lett. A 127 Amsterdam (8 February 1987) 115.
M. Riccò, C. Bucci, R. de Renzi, G. Guidi, P. Podini, R. Tedeschi, C. A. Scott, "Study of the Plastic Phase of Norbornene and Bicyclooctene by means of Muonic Radicals" J. Chem. Phys. 86 (New York, 1987) 4198.
M. Riccò, R. de Renzi, G. Guidi, C. Bucci, P. Podini, R. Tedeschi, C. A. Scott,"Muonium Radicals in Molecular Plastic Crystals Norbornene and Bicyclooctene", Hyperf. Inter. 32 (Basel,1986) 757.
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