RELEVANT INSTRUMENTATION: Benchtop and portable potentiostats and bipotentiostats, potentiostat for electrochemiluminescence, potentiostat for impedance measurements, potentiostat/galvanostat for electrochemical and semi-preparative electrochemical studies, polarograph.

Contact: Rosanna Toniolo, Rossella Svigelj

ANALYSIS AND DESCRIPTION:activities focus on the study and development of sustainable analytical approaches (Green Analytical Chemistry, GAC) based on the use of benchtop and portable analytical devices.

RELEVANT INSTRUMENTATION: benchtop and portable spectrophotometers for measurements in transmittance and reflectance, benchtop and portable potentiostats and bipotentiostats, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with UV detection, capillary electrophoresis (CE) both benchtop and on microchips (lab-on-chip) with spectrophotometric and amperometric detectors, instrumentation for dual-mode electrochemical and optical measurements, flow-injection systems, Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) 3D printer, tools for creating fluidic systems on paper (paper-based devices) or  using other unconventional materials, and for assembling analytical devices using open-source and Do-It-Yourself approaches

Contact: Nicolò Dossi, Franco Tubaro

ANALYSIS AND DESCRIPTION: the laboratory is devoted to the synthesis of ruthenium and other transition metal complexes which can find application in catalytic hydrogenation and oxidation reactions for the synthesis of fine chemicals, including natural chiral products. Particular attention is aimed to the environmental sustainability, through the improvement of traditional transformations and the development of innovative and advanced procedures (photochemistry and mechanochemistry) with lower environmental impact.

RELEVANT INSTRUMENTATION: the laboratory is fully equipped for the synthesis procedures and catalytic processes and is equipped with Schlenk lines, solar simulator, gas chromatograph.

Contact: Walter Baratta

ANALYSIS AND DESCRIPTION: the platform is devoted to the identification of the molecular structure and chemical composition of samples of different nature including matrices of agri-food and environmental origin.

RELEVANT INSTRUMENTATION: NMR spectrometer (Bruker Avance III HD NMR 400) equipped with 24 sample carousel, IconNMR automation program and metabolomics database.

Contact: Daniele Zuccaccia

ANALYSIS AND DESCRIPTION: Synthesis of amino acid-derived antimetabolites. Development of new process strategies for the synthesis of molecules of biological and industrial interest, in particular new functionalized materials.

RELEVANT INSTRUMENTATION: GC-MS, HPLC-MS; EI, ESI, APCI; HPLC preparative; UV-Vis, FTIR, SPPS.

Contact: Paolo Strazzolini, Clara Comuzzi, Rossella De Marco

ANALYSIS AND DESCRIPTION: laboratory equipped for organic synthesis, purification of complex mixtures and analysis of organic molecules and for the characterization of bioactive molecules of food origin and study of their modifications induced by biological or technological processes. Extraction, purification and chemical characterization of biomolecules by spectroscopic (NMR, UV-Vis and FT-IR) and chromatographic methods.

RELEVANT INSTRUMENTATION: GC-MS, HPLC-MS; EI, ESI, APCI; HPLC preparative; UV-Vis, FTIR, SPPS.

Contact: Clara Comuzzi

ANALYSIS AND DESCRIPTION: the research activity is focused on: chemical composition/transformation of food, development of matrix-tailored analytical methods for the determination of bioactive compounds and contaminants in foods (mineral oils, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, biogenic amines, mycotoxins, packaging contaminants, etc.), studying contamination sources and mitigation strategies, studying barrier properties of different materials against chemical migration from food packaging.

RELEVANT INSTRUMENTATION: the laboratory is equipped with microwave assisted extraction and pressurized liquid extraction systems, HPLC and UHPLC instrumentation connected to various detectors (UV, diode array, refractive index, spectrofluorometer), GC-FID/MS instrumentation and advanced multidimensional chromatographic instrumentation such as on-line HPLC-GC-FID and GC×GC-FID/MS.

Contact: Sabrina Moret, Laura Barp