Affiliation: Universidad Nacional de San Martin,Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Scientific Representative at DCCI: Francesco Pineider
Visiting Period: 17.06 / 09.08 - 2019

Activity:
Preparation of a paper on a simple fabrication method of bimetallic Ag/Ni periodic particles array (Ag/Ni PPA) substrates for magnetoplasmonics.

Web Page:
http://www.unsam.edu.ar/i/Cardinal-Maria-Fernanda
http://www.unsam.edu.ar/institutos/ins/integrantes.asp

Affiliation: Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland)
Scientific Representative at DCCI: Lorenzo Di Bari
Visiting Period: 09.01 / 31.12 - 2019

Activity:
Gol: The objective of this project was to develop, construct and demonstrate a new microsampling device (NanoCD) for a regular circular dichroism (CD) spectropolarimeter and to use it directly for solving relevant problems appearing during chiral analysis.
Results: The NanoCD for a regular CD spectropolarimeter is easy to handle tool for obtaining reliable results and solving diverse stereochemical challenges which cannot be faced with standard CD instrumentation and accessories available on market (e.g. such us measurements of CD spectra of products with limited amount of sample and characterization of solid thin films and pellets).
- Scientific dissemination activities through the DCCI social channel with the creation of the videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNVyKyvDd3I&t=1s.

Mobility Agreement: The Bekker Programme, Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA).

Affiliation: TATE London (UK)
Scientific Representative at DCCI: Ilaria Bonaduce
Visiting Period: 04.09 / 30.09 - 2019

Activity:
- Preparation of a paper on "MS based evaluation of the residues from cleaning materials on paint mock-ups";
- Analysis of model paints by GC-MS and Py-GC-MS to investigate into the water sensitivity of modern oil paints;
- Analysis of cleaning residues of model paints by means of analytical pyrolysis based techniques.

Affiliation: University of Chemistry and Technology Prague (UCT), Prague, CZ
Scientific Representative at DCCI: Benedetta Mennucci
Visiting Period: 01.10.2019 / 30.09.2020

Activity:
The research activity focuses on modelling techniques for novel X-ray spectroscopies in the liquid phase. A key and novel part of the research is to adapt the state-of-the-art schemes for the description of environmental effects developed in Mennucci’s laboratory (MOLECoLab) and to bring them into a new domain. The modelling combines polarizable embeddings (both implicit, dielectric, models and explicit Molecular Mechanics, MM, models) with high-level quantum mechanical descriptions and molecular dynamics simulations. The model and simulation protocols will allow interpretation of experimental data obtained by X-ray spectroscopy, assessment of reactivity of ionized molecules in solvated systems and prediction of accurate energetics.

Mobility Agreement: Hosting Agreement UCT-DCCI, (CHEMFELLS III projet)

Web Page:
https://ufch.vscht.cz/research/researchgroups/theoretical_photodynamics

Affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Stuttgart Universität, Stuttgart (Germany)
Scientific Representative at DCCI: Gaetano Angelici
Visiting Period: 14.09 / 14.10 - 2019

Activity:
- Preparation of a paper on "Electrochemistry communication in ferrocenyl derivatives of isohexydes" to be published in Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.;
- Synthesis of metallocene conjugate peptides to amplify VCD signal. On this project, it was agreed to start a collaboration with Prof. Angelici, Prof. Pescitelli and Prof. Di Bari. We will encourage students to apply for DAAD and Erasmus Plus fellowships, to spend part of their Master thesis in Germany;
- Seminar on "(Spectro)electrochemistry of organometallic complexes, uncovering the non-innocence of ferrocene-based ligands" held on Sept. 20, 2019;
- Individual discussions with students of the DSCM doctoral school on their research activities;
- Scientific dissemination activities through the DCCI social channel with the creation of the videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR7mmTqpMv8.

Web Page:
https://www.iac.uni-stuttgart.de/institut/team/Ringenberg-00003/

Affiliation: J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sci. (CZ)
Scientific Representative at DCCI: Ilaria Degano
Visiting Period: 28.08 / 28.09 - 2019

Activity:
- Jakub Wantulok, Ilaria Degano, Miroslav Gal, Jacek E. Nycz, Romana Sokolova "IR spectroelectrochemistry as efficient technique for elucidation of reduction mechanism of chlorine substituted 1,10-phenanthrolines" Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Volume 859, 2020, 113888, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2020.113888;
- Preparation of a paper on "Oxidation and Reduction of Symmetrical 4,7-di(9H-carbazol-9-yl)-1,10-Phenanthrolines" to be submitted to Electrochimica Acta;
- Draft of a paper on "Electrochemical Generation of Intermediates and Subcellular Fractions of Human Liver as Efficient Tool for Determination of Synthetic Cannabinoid JWH-018 Metabolism", to be submitted to Chemical Communications;
- Preparation of a chapter for the publication in the book "Lab protocol serires Methods in Molecular Biology" entitled "Electrochemistry investigation of Drugs Encapsulated in Cyclodextrins", Springer Nature, edited by Andreas G. Tzakos;
- Discussion about the possibilty to submit a COST application.

Web Page:
https://web.jh-inst.cas.cz/jh_employee/sokolova

Affiliation: University of Oxford Oxford (UK)
Scientific Representative at DCCI: Erika Ribechini
Visiting Period: 25.08 / 25.09 - 2019

Activity:
- Lecturer at the Summer School on “Diagnosis in Heritage Science: 2. Focus on organic materials in archaeology”, 2-6 Sept. 2019
Lecture title “Compound specific radiocarbon analysis in archaeology”;
- Scientific meetings for reasearch and training activities;
- Preparation of a paper on “New analytical approach to evaluate preservation and contamination of archaeological samples prior to radiocarbon dating and stable isotope analyses”.

Web Page:
https://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/people/deviese-thibaut