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Maria Letizia Focarete

Full Professor

Department of Chemistry "Giacomo Ciamician"

Academic discipline: CHEM-04/A Industrial Chemistry

Head of Department of Chemistry "Giacomo Ciamician"

Publications

C. Gualandi; M. Govoni; L. Foroni; S. Valente; M. Bianchi; E. Giordano; G. Pasquinelli; F. Biscarini; M.L. Focarete, Ethanol disinfection affects physical properties and cell response of electrospun poly(L-lactic acid) scaffolds, «EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL», 2012, 48, pp. 2008 - 2018 [Scientific article]

S. Panzavolta; B. Bracci; M. L. Focarete; C. Gualandi ; A. Bigi., Fiber reinforcement of a biomimetic bone cement., «JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE. MATERIALS IN MEDICINE», 2012, 23, pp. 1363 - 1370 [Scientific article]

R. Palazzetti; A. Zucchelli; C. Gualandi; M.L. Focarete; L. Donati; G. Minak; S. Ramakrishna, Influence of electrospun Nylon 6,6 nanofibrous mats on the interlaminar properties of Gr–epoxy composite laminates, «COMPOSITE STRUCTURES», 2012, 94, pp. 571 - 579 [Scientific article]

C. Gualandi; M. Soccio; M. Govoni; S. Valente; N. Lotti; A. Munari; E. Giordano; G. Pasquinelli; M. L. Focarete, Poly(butylene/diethylene glycol succinate) multiblock copolyester as a candidate biomaterial for soft tissue engineering: Solid-state properties, degradability, and biocompatibility., «JOURNAL OF BIOACTIVE AND COMPATIBLE POLYMERS», 2012, 27, pp. 244 - 264 [Scientific article]

F. Croce; M.L. Focarete; J. Hassoun; I. Meschini; B. Scrosati, A safe, high-rate and high-energy polymer lithium-ion battery based on gelled membranes prepared by electrospinning, «ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE», 2011, 4, pp. 921 - 927 [Scientific article]

E. Saino; M.L. Focarete; C. Gualandi; E. Emanuele; A.I. Cornaglia; M. Imbriani; L. Visai, Effect of electrospun fiber diameter and alignment on macrophage activation and secretion of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines, «BIOMACROMOLECULES», 2011, 12, pp. 1900 - 1911 [Scientific article]

S. Mukherjee; C. Gualandi; M.L. Focarete; R. Ravichandran; J.R. Venugopal; M. Raghunath; S. Ramakrishna, Elastomeric electrospun scaffolds of poly(L-lactide-co-trimethylene carbonate) for myocardial tissue engineering, «JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE. MATERIALS IN MEDICINE», 2011, 22, pp. 1689 - 1699 [Scientific article]

E. Saino; M.L. Focarete; C. Gualandi; N. Bloise; M. Imbriani; L. Visai, Electrospun fiber morphology effect on immune response, «CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY», 2011, 22S, pp. S152 - S152 [Abstract]

E. Saino; M.L. Focarete; C. Gualandi; N. Bloise ; M. Imbriani; L. Visai, Electrospun fiber morphology effect on immune response, «CYTOMETRY. PART A», 2011, 79A, pp. 1068 - 1068 [Abstract]

S. Panzavolta; M. Gioffrè; M. L. Focarete; C. Gualandi; L. Foroni; A. Bigi., Electrospun gelatin nanofibers: optimization of genipin crosslinking to preserve fiber morphology after exposure to water., «ACTA BIOMATERIALIA», 2011, 7, pp. 1702 - 1709 [Scientific article]

A. Zucchelli; M.L. Focarete; C. Gualandi; S. Ramakrishna, Electrospun nanofibers for enhancing structural performance of composite materials, «POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES», 2011, 22, pp. 339 - 349 [Scientific article]

M. L.Focarete; C. Gualandi; M. Scandola; M. Govoni; E. Giordano; L. Foroni; S. Valente; G. Pasquinelli; W. Gao; R. A.Gross, Electrospun scaffolds of a polyhydroxyalkanoate consisting of omega-hydroxylpentadecanoate repeat units: fabrication and in vitro biocompatibility studies, «JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE POLYMER EDITION», 2010, 21, pp. 1283 - 1296 [Scientific article]

Foroni L; Dirani G; Gualandi C; Focarete ML; Pasquinelli G, Paraffin embedding allows effective analysis of proliferation, survival, and immunophenotyping of cells cultured on poly(l-lactic acid) electrospun nanofiber scaffolds., «TISSUE ENGINEERING, PART C: METHODS», 2010, 16(4), pp. 751 - 760 [Scientific article]

M. Scandola; M.L. Focarete; R.A. Gross, Polymers from biocatalysis: materials with a broad spectrum of physical properties, in: Green polymer chamistry: biocatalysis and biomaterials, WASHINGTON, American Chemical Society, 2010, pp. 201 - 211 (ACS Symposium Series) [Chapter or essay]

Patent n. WO 2010/044112 Al, PROCESS FOR CONTROLLED DEGRADATION OF POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES AND PRODUCTS OBTAINABLE THEREFROM.

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