ROBERTA RAGNI

EDUCATION

Roberta Ragni graduated in Chemistry in 2001 and received her PhD in Chemical Sciences at the University of Bari, Italy, in 2004. In 2006, she was visiting researcher at the Instituut voor Moleculaire Chemie-Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Physikalisches Institut, Germany. She presently holds a position as Researcher in Organic Chemistry at the University of Bari since 2008.

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY

Her research interests deal with the synthesis and the study of photophysical properties of (electro)luminescent organic polymers, organometallic complexes and photoactive molecules. Her research is also focused on the development of biohybrid systems for solar energy conversion, biomedicine and photonics via chemical modification of biomaterials produced by photosynthetic organisms.

CONTRIBUTION TO OUR SCHOOL

Smart Materials for Photonics, Biomedicine and Electronics from nanostructured silica of Diatoms microalgae

LAST 5 RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS

Synthetic Antenna Functioning As Light Harvester in the Whole Visible Region for Enhanced Hybrid Photosynthetic Reaction Centers
O. Hassan, S. la Gatta, R. R. Tangorra, F. Milano, R. Ragni, A. Operamolla, R. Argazzi, C. Chiorboli, A. Agostiano, M. Trotta and G. M. Farinola
Bioconjugate Chem. 27, 1614 (2016)

Chemically Modified Diatoms Biosilica for Bone Cell Growth with Combined Drug-Delivery and Antioxidant Properties
S. R. Cicco, D. Vona, E. De Giglio, S. Cometa, M. Mattioli-Belmonte, F. Palumbo, R. Ragni and G. M. Farinola
ChemPlusChem, 80, 1104 (2015)

"Garnishing" the photosynthetic bacterial reaction center for bioelectronics
A. Operamolla, R. Ragni, F. Milano, R. R. Tangorra, A. Antonucci, A. Agostiano, M. Trotta and G. Farinola
J. Mater. Chem. C, 3, 6471 (2015)

Influence of electronic and steric effects of substituted ligands coordinated to Ir(III) complexes on the solution processed OLED properties
Wojciech Mróz, R. Ragni, F. Galeotti, E. Mesto, C. Botta, L. De Cola, G. M. Farinola and U. Giovanella
J. Mater. Chem. C, 3, 7506 (2015)

Enhancing the Light Harvesting Capability of a Photosynthetic Reaction Center by a Tailored Molecular Fluorophore
F. Milano, R. R. Tangorra, O. Hassan, R. Ragni, A. Operamolla, A. Agostiano, G. M. Farinola and M. Trotta
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51, 11019 (2012)