Marcella Bonchio

Name	Marcella Bonchio
Work Groups	Work Group 1 - Synthesis
Laboratory	ITM-CNR
Organisation	University of Padova
Website	http://www.itm.cnr.it/English/Marcella%20Bonchio.htm
Areas of Research	homogeneous catalysis, molecular materials
Research Keywords	nanocatalysis, carbon nanostructures, polyoxometalates
Areas of Future Interest	material/surface chemistry

Selected Publications:

M. Bonchio et al. Water Oxidation at a Tetraruthenate Core Stabilized by Polyoxometalate Ligands: Experimental and Computational Evidence to Trace the Competent Intermediates. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 16051–16053.
M. Bonchio et al. Microwave-Assisted Functionalization of Carbon Nanostructures in Ionic Liquids. Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 46, 12837-12845.
M. Bonchio et al. Metal-free, retro-cycloaddition of fulleropyrrolidines in ionic liquids under microwave irradiation. Chem. Commun. 2009, 3940-3942.
M. Bonchio Chiral Strandberg-type Molybdates [(RPO3)2Mo5O15]2- as Molecular Gelators: Self-Assembled Fibrillar Nano-Structures with Enhanced Optical Activity Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 120, 7385-7389
Polyoxometalate Embedding of a Catalytically ActiveM. Bonchio et al tetra-Ruthenium(IV)-oxo-core by Template-Directed Metalation of [γ-SiW10O36]8- J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 5006-5007

Brief CV
The Padova team (ITM/UNITS) has established a highly interdisciplinary research program, where the interplay of synthetic organic and inorganic chemistry, material science and physical organic methods are applied to the design of innovative nano-structured catalysts and functional materials. The current research activity focusses on novel synthetic protocols for the functionalization of carbon nanostructures, by a supramolecular or a covalent approach as well as catalytic oxidation mediated by multi-transition metal complexes. Dr Marcella Bonchio has a PhD in Physical Organic chemistry. Her research activities cover the broad area of catalysis and functional materials.