Franca Castiglione

A novel lantibiotic acting on bacterial cell wall synthesis produced by the uncommon actinomycete Planomonospora sp.

Synthesis and preliminary biological characterization of new semisynthetic derivatives of ramoplanin.

Determining the structure and mode of action of microbisporicin, a potent lantibiotic active against multiresistant pathogens.

Interaction of water with the model ionic liquid [bmim][BF4]: molecular dynamics simulations and comparison with NMR data.

Structural organization and transport properties of novel pyrrolidinium-based ionic liquids with perfluoroalkyl sulfonylimide anions.

Spectroscopic and structural investigation of the confinement of D and L dimethyl tartrate in lecithin reverse micelles.

Blending ionic liquids: how physico-chemical properties change.

Selective interaction of 2,6-di-O-methyl-β-cyclodextrin and Pluronic F127 micelles leading to micellar rupture: a nuclear magnetic resonance study.

NMR analysis of unnatural amino acids in natural antibiotics.

Quantum mechanics calculations, basicity and crystal structure: the route to transition metal complexes of azahelicenes.

Organic peracids: a structural puzzle for 17O NMR and ab initio chemical shift calculations.

Networking properties of cyclodextrin-based cross-linked polymers probed by inelastic light-scattering experiments.

Effect of cross-linking properties on the vibrational dynamics of cyclodextrins-based polymers: an experimental-numerical study.

Cyclodextrin nanosponge-sensitized enantiodifferentiating photoisomerization of cyclooctene and 1,3-cyclooctadiene.

Computational 17O-NMR spectroscopy of organic acids and peracids: comparison of solvation models.

Pyrazolium- versus imidazolium-based ionic liquids: structure, dynamics and physicochemical properties.

Phase-controlled supramolecular photochirogenesis in cyclodextrin nanosponges.

Mesoscopic structural organization in triphilic room temperature ionic liquids.

Chiroptical phenomena in reverse micelles: the case of (1R,2S)-dodecyl (2-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-phenylethyl)dimethylammonium bromide (DMEB).

Aza[6]helicene platinum complexes: chirality control of cis-trans isomerism.

Pyrrolidinium-based ionic liquids doped with lithium salts: how does Li(+) coordination affect its diffusivity?

Understanding cage effects in imidazolium ionic liquids by 129Xe NMR: MD simulations and relativistic DFT calculations.

Polymer hydrogel functionalized with biodegradable nanoparticles as composite system for controlled drug delivery.

Synthesis and characterization of a hyper-branched water-soluble β-cyclodextrin polymer.

Anomalous diffusion of Ibuprofen in cyclodextrin nanosponge hydrogels: an HRMAS NMR study.

Drug-Polymer Interactions in Hydrogel-based Drug-Delivery Systems: An Experimental and Theoretical Study.

Cage-Like Local Structure of Ionic Liquids Revealed by a (129)Xe Chemical Shift.

Synthesis and Structural Properties of Aza[n]helicene Platinum Complexes: Control of Cis and Trans Stereochemistry.

Polydisperse methyl β-cyclodextrin-epichlorohydrin polymers: variable contact time (13)C CP-MAS solid-state NMR characterization.

The Role of Drug-Drug Interactions in Hydrogel Delivery Systems: Experimental and Model Study.

Association and Diffusion of Li(+) in Carboxymethylcellulose Solutions for Environmentally Friendly Li-ion Batteries.

Influence of oligo(ethylene oxide) substituents on pyrrolidinium-based ionic liquid properties, Li(+) solvation and transport.