2024

Reabsorption-Free Scintillating Hetero-Ligand MOF Crystals Activated by Ultrafast Energy Transfer

M. Orfano, J. Perego, C. X. Bezuidenhout, I. Villa, R. Lorenzi, B. Sabot, S. Pierre, S. Bracco, S. Piva, A. Comotti and A. Monguzzi
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 2404480

Solid State Machinery of Multiple Dynamic Elements in a Metal–Organic Framework

J. Perego, A. Daolio, C. X. Bezuidenhout, S. Piva, G. Prando, B. Costarella, P. Carretta, L. Marchiò, D. Kubicki, P. Sozzani, S. Bracco and A. Comotti
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202317094

2023

Construction of Multi-Stimuli Responsive Highly Porous Switchable Frameworks by In-Situ Solid-State Generation of Spiropyran Switches

J. Sheng, J. Perego, S. Bracco, W. Czepa, W. Danowski, S. Krause, P. Sozzani, A. Ciesielski, A. Comotti and B. L. Feringa
Adv. Mater. 2024, 36, 2305783

Construction of a three-state responsive framework from a bistable photoswitch

J. Sheng, J. Perego, W. Danowski, S. Bracco, S. Chen, X. Zhu, C. X. Bezuidenhout, S. Krause, W. R. Browne, P. Sozzani, A. Comotti and B. L. Feringa
Chem 2023, 9, 2701-2716

Efficient radioactive gas detection by scintillating porous metal–organic frameworks

M. Orfano, J. Perego, F. Cova, C. X. Bezuidenhout, S. Piva, C. Dujardin, B. Sabot, S. Pierre, P. Mai, C. Daniel, S. Bracco, A. Vedda, A. Comotti and A. Monguzzi
Nature Photonics 2023, 17, 672-678

Benchmark Dynamics of Dipolar Molecular Rotors in Fluorinated Metal-Organic Frameworks

J. Perego, C. X. Bezuidenhout, S Bracco, S. Piva, G. Prando, C. Aloisi, P. Carretta, J. Kaleta, T. P. Le, P. Sozzani, A. Daolio, and A. Comotti
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202215893

2022

Phosphine Oxide Porous Organic Polymers Incorporating Cobalt(II) Ions: Synthesis, Characterization, and Investigation of H2 Production

G. Bonfant, D Balestri, J. Perego, A. Comotti, S. Bracco, M. Koepf, M. Gennari, L. Marchio
ACS Omega 2022, 7, 7, 6104–6112

Collective dynamics of molecular rotors in periodic mesoporous organosilica: a combined solid-state 2H-NMR and molecular dynamics simulation study

A. De Nicola, A. Correa, S. Bracco, J. Perego, P. Sozzani, A. Comotti, G. Milano
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2022, 24, 666-673

Highly luminescent scintillating hetero-ligand MOF nanocrystals with engineered Stokes shift for photonic applications

J. Perego, C. Bezuidenhout, I. Villa, F. Cova, R. Crapanzano, I. Frank, F. Pagano, N. Kratochwill, E. Auffray, S. Bracco, A. Vedda, C. Dujardin, P. Sozzani, F. Meinardi, A. Comotti, A. Monguzzi
Nature Communications 2022, 13, 3504

2021

Cascade Dynamics of Multiple Molecular Rotors in a MOF: Benchmark Mobility at a Few Kelvins and Dynamics Control by CO2

J. Perego, C. Bezuidenhout, S. Bracco, G. Prando, L. Marchio, M. Negroni, P. Carretta, P. Sozzani, A. Comotti
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 33, 13082–13090

Composite fast scintillators based on high-Z fluorescent metal–organic framework nanocrystals

J. Perego, I. Villa, A. Pedrini, E. Padovani, R. Crapanzano, A. Vedda, C. Dujardin, C. Bezuidenhout, S. Bracco, P. Sozzani, A. Comotti, L. Gironi, M. Beretta, M. Salomoni, N. Kratochwil, S. Gundacker, E. Auffray, F. Meinardi, A. Monguzzi
Nature Photonics 2021, 15, 393–400

Calixarene-based porous 3D polymers and copolymers with high capacity and binding energy for CO2, CH4 and Xe capture

A. Pedrini, J. Perego, S. Bracco, C. Bezuidenhout, P. Sozzani, A. Comotti
J. Mater. Chem. A 2021, 9, 27353-27360

Anionic Polymerization in Porous Organic Frameworks: A Strategy to Fabricate Anchored Polymers and Copolymers

J. Perego, S. Bracco, A. Comotti, D. Piga, I. Bassanetti, P. Sozzani
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 6117–6123

2020

Reorientable fluorinated aryl rings in triangular channel Fe-MOFs: an investigation on CO2–matrix interactions

J. Perego, C. Bezuidenhout, A. Pedrini, S. Bracco, M. Negroni, A. Comotti, P. Sozzani
J. Mater. Chem. A 2020, 8, 11406-11413

Modulation of porosity in a solid material enabled by bulk photoisomerization of an overcrowded alkene

F. Castiglioni, W. Danowski, J. Perego, F. Leung, P. Sozzani, S. Bracco, S. Wezenberg, A. Comotti, B. Feringa
Nature Chemistry 2020, 12, 595–602

Fast motion of molecular rotors in metal–organic framework struts at very low temperatures

J. Perego, S. Bracco, M. Negroni, C. Bezuidenhout, G. Prando, P. Carretta, A. Comotti, P. Sozzani
Nature Chemistry 2020, 12, 845–851

Carbonization of single polyacrylonitrile chains in coordination nanospaces

X. Zhang, T. Kitao, D. Piga, R. Hongu, S. Bracco, A. Comotti, P. Sozzani, T. Uemura
Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 10844-10849

Molecular Rotors in a Metal-Organic Framework: Muons on a Hyper-Fast Carousel

G. Prando, J. Perego, M. Negroni, M. Riccò, S. Bracco, A. Comotti, P. Sozzani, P. Carretta
Nano Lett. 2020, 20, 10, 7613–7618

Synthesis, crystal structure, and optical properties of fluorinated poly(pyrazole) ligands and in silico assessment of their affinity for volatile organic compounds

A. Pedrini, A. Maspero, S. Bracco, A. Comotti, S. Galli, L. Marchio, L. Nardo, A. Penoni, L. Scapinello, P. Sozzani, G. Vesco, M. Mella
New J. Chem. 2020, 44, 6443-6455

Visible-light-driven rotation of molecular motors in a dual-function metal-organic framework enabled by energy transfer

W. Danowski, F. Castiglioni, A. Sardjan, S. Krause, L. Pfeifer, D. Roke, A. Comotti, W. Browne, B. Feringa
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 19, 9048–9056

2019

A double helix of opposite charges to form channels with unique CO2 selectivity and dynamics

G. Xing, I. Bassanetti, S. Bracco, M. Negroni, C. Bezuidenhout, T. Ben, P. Sozzani, A. Comotti
Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 730

Fluorinated porous organic frameworks for improved CO2 and CH4 capture

A. Comotti, F. Castiglioni, S. Bracco, J. Perego, A. Pedrini, M. Negroni, P. Sozzani
Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 8999-9002 

Tight Xenon Confinement in a Crystalline Sandwich-like Hydrogen-Bonded Dimeric Capsule of a Cyclic Peptide

A. Pizzi, H. Ozores, M. Calvelo, R. Garcia-Fandino, M. Amorin, N. Demitri, G. Terraneo, S. Bracco, A. Comotti, P. Sozzani, C. Bezuidenhout, P. Metrangolo, J. Granja
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 14472-14476

Engineering Porous Emitting Framework Nanoparticles with Integrated Sensitizers for Low-Power Photon Upconversion by Triplet Fusion

J. Perego, J. Pedrini, C. Bezuidenhout, P. Sozzani, F. Meinardi, S. Bracco, A. Comotti, A. Monguzzi
Adv. Mater. 2019, 31, 1903309

2018

Atomistic Model of Realistic Crystalline Mesoporous Organosilica Materials Including Nanochannels

A. De Nicola, A. Correa, A. Comotti, P. Sozzani, G. Milano
J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 31, 17825–17835

Multifunctional Organosulfonate Anions Self-Assembled with Organic Cations by Charge-Assisted Hydrogen Bonds and the Cooperation of Water

G. Xing, I. Bassanetti, T. Ben, S. Bracco, P. Sozzani, L. Marchiò, A. Comotti
Cryst. Growth Des. 2018, 18, 4, 2082–2092

Expandable porous organic frameworks with built-in amino and hydroxyl functions for CO2 and CH4 capture

J. Perego, D. Piga, S. Bracco, P. Sozzani, A. Comotti
Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 9321-9324

Flexible porous molecular materials responsive to CO2, CH4 and Xe stimuli

I. Bassanetti, S. Bracco, A. Comotti, M. Negroni, C. Bezuidenhout, S. Canossa, P. Mazzeo, L. Marchió, P. Sozzani
J. Mater. Chem. A 2018, 6, 14231-14239 

Changing the Dress to a MOF through Fluorination and Transmetalation. Structural and Gas-Sorption Effects

D. Balestri, I. Bassanetti, S. Canossa, C. Gazzurelli, A. Bacchi, S. Bracco, A. Comotti, P. Pelagatti
Cryst. Growth Des. 2018, 18, 11, 6824–6832

2017

Solid-State NMR of Supramolecular Materials

A. Comotti, S. Bracco, P. Sozzani
in: Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry II, (pp. 75-99). Elsevier.

Porous dipeptide crystals as volatile-drug vessels

S. Bracco, D. Asnaghi, M. Negroni, P. Sozzani, A. Comotti
Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 148-151

CO2 regulates molecular rotor dynamics in porous materials

S. Bracco, T. Miyano, M. Negroni, I. Bassanetti, L. Marchio, P. Sozzani, N. Tohnai, A. Comotti
Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 7776-7779

Molecular tectonics: Gas adsorption and chiral uptake of (L)- and (D)-tryptophan by homochiral porous coordination polymers

D. Asnaghi, R. Corso, P. Larpent, I. Bassanetti, A. Jouaiti, N. Kyritsakas, A. Comotti, P. Sozzani, M. Hosseini
Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 5740-5743

Porous 3D polymers for high pressure methane storage and carbon dioxide capture

S. Bracco, D. Piga, I Bassanetti, J. Perego, A. Comotti, P Sozzani
J. Mater. Chem. A 2017, 5, 10328-10337 

Ultrafast Molecular Rotors and Their CO2 Tuning in MOFs with Rod-Like Ligands

S. Bracco, F. Castiglioni, A. Comotti, S. Galli, M. Negroni, A. Maspero, P. Sozzani
Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 11210-11215

2016

Recognition of 1,3-Butadiene by a Porous Coordination Polymer

K. Kishida, Y. Okumura, Y. Watanabe, M. Mukoyoshi, S. Bracco, A. Comotti, P. Sozzani, S. Horike, S. Kitagawa
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 13784-13788

Molecular Rotors Built in Porous Materials

A. Comotti, S. Bracco, P. Sozzani
Acc. Chem. Res. 2016, 49, 9, 1701–1710

2015

Polimerizzazioni allo stato solido in materiali nanoporosi

S. Bracco, D. Asnaghi, P. Sozzani, A. Comotti
La Chimica e L’Industria 2015, 3, 42-47

Confined Polymerization in Highly Ordered Mesoporous Organosilicas

A. Comotti, S. Bracco, M. Beretta, J. Perego, M. Gemmi, P. Sozzani
Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 18209-18217

Photoinduced reversible switching of porosity in molecular crystals based on star-shaped azobenzene tetramers

M. Baroncini, S. D’Agostino, C. Bergamini, P. Ceroni, A. Comotti, P. Sozzani, I Bassanetti, F. Grepioni, T. Hernandez, S. Silvi, M. Venturi, A. Credi
Nature Chemistry 2015, 7, 634–640

Confinement of single polysilane chains in coordination nanospaces

T. Kitao, S. Bracco, A. Comotti, P. Sozzani, M. Naito, S. Seki, T. Uemura, S. Kitagawa
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 15, 5231–5238

Porous materials explored by hyperpolarized xenon NMR

P. Sozzani, S. Bracco, A. Comotti
Hyperpolarized Xenon-129 Magnetic Resonance: Concepts, Production, Techniques and Applications. Royal Society of Chemistry

Microporous Molecular Materials from Dipeptides Containing Non-proteinogenic Residues

V. Yadav, A. Comotti, P. Sozzani, S. Bracco, T. Bonge Hansen, M. Hennum, C. Görbitz
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 15684-15688

Dipolar rotors orderly aligned in mesoporous fluorinated organosilica architectures

S. Bracco, M. Beretta, A. Cattaneo, A. Comotti, A. Falqui, K. Zhao, C. Rogers, P. Sozzani
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 4773-4777

2014

Molecular Rotors in Porous Organic Frameworks

A. Comotti, S. Bracco, T. Ben, S. Qiu, P. Sozzani
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 1043-1047

Porous molecular crystals by macrocyclic coordination supramolecules

I. Bassanetti, A. Comotti, P. Sozzani, S. Bracco, G. Calestani, F. Mezzadri, L. Marchiò
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 42, 14883–14895

Microporous hyper-cross-linked aromatic polymers designed for methane and carbon dioxide adsorption

M. Errahali, G. Gatti, L. Tei, G. Paul, G. Rolla, L. Canti, A. Fraccarollo, M. Cossi, A. Comotti, P. Sozzani, L. Marchese
J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118, 49, 28699–28710

When Long Bis (pyrazolates) Meet Late Transition Metals: Structure, Stability and Adsorption of MOFs Featuring Large Parallel Channels

S. Galli, A. Maspero, C. Giacobbe, G. Palmisano, L. Nardo, A. Comotti, I. Bassanetti, P. Sozzani, M. Masciocchi
J. Mater. Chem. A 2014, 2, 12208-12221 

The first route to highly stable crystalline microporous zirconium phosphonate metal–organic frameworks

M. Taddei, F. Costantino, F. Marmottini, A. Comotti, P. Sozzani, R. Vivani
Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 14831-14834

Crystallization of nanoheterogeneities in Ga-containing germanosilicate glass: Dielectric and refractive response changes

A. Paleari, V. Sigaev, N. Golubev, E. Ignat’Eva, S. Bracco, A. Comotti, A. Azarbod, R. Lorenzi
Acta Materialia 2014, 70, 19-29

Oltre le molecole: un viaggio dalla chimica supramolecolare alla nanomedicina

D. Asnaghi, A. Comotti, P. Sozzani
La Chimica e L’Industria 2014, 7

2013

Highly ordered alignment of a vinyl polymer by host-guest cross-polymerization

G.Distefano, H. Suzuki, M. Tsujimoto, S. Isoda, S. Bracco, A. Comotti, P. Sozzani, T. Uemura, S. Kitagawa
Nature Chemistry 2013, 5, 335–341

Mohlau’s Anthradipyrazole Revisited: A New Look at an Old Molecular System

A. Maspero, G. Giovenzana, N. Masciocchi, G. Palmisano, A. Comotti, P. Sozzani, I. Bassanetti, L. Nardo
Cryst. Growth Des. 2013, 13, 11, 4948–4956

Synthesis, breathing, and gas sorption study of the first isoreticular mixed-linker phosphonate based metal-organic frameworks

M. Taddei, F. Costantino, A. Ienco, A. Comotti, P. Dau, S. Cohen
Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 1315-1317

Engineering Switchable Rotors in Molecular Crystals with Open Porosity

A. Comotti, S. Bracco, A. Yamamoto, M. Beretta, H. Tohnai, M. Miyata, P. Sozzani
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 2, 618–621

Porous dipeptide crystals as selective CO2 absorbents: experimental isotherms vs Grand Canonical Monte Carlo simulations and MAS NMR spectroscopy

A. Comotti, A. Fraccarollo, S. Bracco, M. Beretta, G. Distefano, M. Cossi, L. Marchese, C. Riccardi, P. Sozzani
CrystEngComm 2013, 15, 1503-1507 

Characterization of Elephant and Mammoth Ivory by Solid State NMR

S. Bracco, A. Brajkovic, A. Comotti, V. Rolandi
Periodico DI Mineralogia 2013, 82, 2 

2012

Porous Dipeptide Crystals as Polymerization Nanoreactors

G. Distefano, A. Comotti, S. Bracco, M. Beretta, P. Sozzani
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 9258-9262

Inclusion Compound Based Approach to Arrays of Artificial Dipolar Molecular Rotors. A Surface Inclusion

L. Kobr, K. Zhao, Y. Shen, A. Comotti, S. Bracco, R. Shoemaker, P. Sozzani, N. Clark, J. Price, C. Rogers, J. Michl
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 24, 10122–10131

Solvent dependent synthesis of micro- and nano- crystalline phosphinate based 1D tubular MOF: structure and CO2 adsorption selectivity

T. Bataille, S. Bracco, A. Comotti, F. Costantino, A. Guerri, A. Ienco, F. Marmottini
CrystEngComm 2012, 14, 7170-7173

Confined Polymerization in Porous Organic Frameworks with an Ultrahigh Surface Area

A. Comotti, S. Bracco, M. Mauri, S. Mottadelli, T. Ben, S. Qiu, P. Sozzani
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 10136-10140

Dynamics of Molecular Rotors Confined in Two Dimensions: Transition from a 2D Rotational Glass to a 2D Rotational Fluid in a Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica

C. Vogelsberg, S. Bracco, M. Beretta, A. Comotti, P. Sozzani, M. Garcia Garibay
J. Phys. Chem. B 2012, 116, 5, 1623–1632
I. Bassanetti, F. Mezzadri, A. Comotti, P. Sozzani, M. Gennari, G. Calestani, L. Marchio

Influence of Anions in Silver Supramolecular Frameworks: Structural Characteristics and Sorption Properties

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 22, 9142–9145
Chemical Communication 2018 Cover

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Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 148

Chemistry A European Journal 2017 Cover

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Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 11210-11215

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2015 Cover

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Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 4773-4777

Angewandte Communications 2015 Cover

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Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 15684-15688

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2014 Cover

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Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 201453, 1043-1047

Cryst Eng Comm 2013 Cover

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Cryst. Eng. Comm., 2013, 15, 1503

Angewandte Communications 2012 Cover

Dr. Vitthal N. Yadav et al.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 15684-15688

Cryst Eng Comm 2010 Cover

Silvia Bracco et al.
Cryst. Eng. Comm., 2010, 12, 2269-2504

Angewandte Chemie International Editions 2010 Cover

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Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 1760-1764

Chemical Communications 2007 Cover

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Chem. Commun., 2007, 350-352

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Chem. Comm., 2006, 18, 1893-1988

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Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 1816-1820

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2000 Cover

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J. Phys. Chem. A 2000, 104, 11665-11670