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Peer-Reviewed Articles

Peer-Reviewed Articles

2023

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  • Moro, G.; Dalle Fratte, C.; Polo, F.*; Cinti, S.* Point-of-Care Testing for the Detection of MicroRNAs: Towards Liquid Biopsy on a Chip. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202309135. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202309135]. Just accepted

  • Jouaiti, A.; Ballerini, L.; Shen, H.-L.; Viel, R.; Polo, F.; Kyritsakas, N.; Haacke, S.; Huang, Y.-T.; Lu, C.-W.; Gourlaouen, C.; Su, H.-C.*; Mauro, M.* Binuclear CuI Complexes for Near-infrared Light-emitting Electrochemical Cells. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202305569. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202305569] Just accepted

  • Moro, G.*; Ferrari, L.; Angelini, A.; Polo, F.* An Impedimetric Biosensing Strategy Based on CyclicPeptides as Bioreceptors for Monitoring h-uPA Cancer Biomarkers. Chemosensors 2023, 11, 234. [DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors11040234; ISSN: 2227-9040]

  • Spigariol, N.; Liccardo, L.; Lushaj, E.; Rodríguez-Castellón, E.; Barroso Martin, I.; Polo, F.; Vomiero, A.*; Cattaruzza, E.; Moretti, E.* Titania nanorods array homojunction with sub-stoichiometric TiO2 for enhanced methylene blue photodegradation. Cat. Today 2023, 419, 114134. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2023.114134; ISSN: 0920-5861]

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2022

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  • Moro, G.; Sfragano, P. S.; Ghirardo, J.; Mazzocato, Y.; Angelini, A.; Palchetti, I.*; Polo, F.* Bicyclic peptide-based assay for uPA cancer biomarker. Biosens. Bioelectron. 2022, 213, 114477. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114477; ISSN: 09565663]

  • Karimian, N.*; Polo, F.*; Ugo, P.* Editorial: Advanced Electrochemical and Opto-Electrochemical Biosensors for Qualitative Analysis of Diseases Markers and Viruses. Biosensors 2022, 12, 296. [DOI: 10.3390/bios12050296; ISSN: 20796374]

  • Bonfiglio, A.; Hsiao, P.-W.; Chen, Y.; Gourlaouen, C.; Marchand, Q.; César, V.; Bellemin-Laponnaz, S.; Wang, Y.-X.; Lu, C.-W.; Daniel, C.; Polo, F.; Su, H.-C.*; Mauro, M.* Highly Emissive Red Heterobimetallic IrIII/MI (MI = CuI and AuI) Complexes for Efficient Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells. Chem. Mater. 2022, 34, 1756-1769. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c03972; ISSN: 0897-4756]

 

2021

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  • Severin Sfragano, P.; Moro, G.; Polo, F.; Palchetti, I.* The Role of Peptides in the Design of Electrochemical Biosensors for Clinical Diagnostics. Biosensors 2021, 11, 246. [DOI: 10.3390/bios11080246; ISSN: 2079-6374]

  • Rizzo, F.*; Polo, F.*; Sojic, N.*; Xu, G.* Editorial: Electrochemiluminescence: From Fundamentals to Applications. Frontiers in Chemistry – Analytical Chemistry 2021, 9, 706465. [DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.706465; ISSN: 2296-2646]

  • Martinez, D. M.; Polo, F.; Antonello, S.*; Maran F.* Electrochemically Induced Electron Transfer Through Molecular Bridges. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry 2021, 28, 100700. Invited [DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2021.100700; ISSN: 2451-9103]

  • Asbai, Z.; Bonfiglio, A.; Mercandelli, P.; Polo, F.; Mauro, M.* Cationic rhenium(I) complexes bearing a π-accepting pyridoannulated N-heterocyclic carbene ligand: synthesis, photophysical, electrochemical and theoretical investigation. Polyhedron 2021, 197, 115025. Invited [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2021.115025; ISSN: 0277-5387]

  • Tartaggia, S.*; Meneghello, A.; Bellotto, O.; Poetto, A. S.; Zanchetta, M.; Posocco, B.; Bunka, D.; Polo, F.*; Toffoli, G. An SPR investigation toward the therapeutic drug monitoring of anticancer drug imatinib with selective aptamers operating in human plasma. Analyst 2021, 146, 1714-1724. [DOI: 10.1039/D0AN01860K; ISSN: 0003-2654].

 

2020

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  • Stortini, A. M.; Baldo, M. A.; Moro, G.; Polo, F.; Moretto, L. M. Bio- and biomimetic receptors for electrochemical sensing of heavy metal ions. Sensors 2020, 20, 6800. [DOI: 10.3390/s20236800; ISSN: 1424-8220]

  • Bonfiglio A.; Pallova, L.; César, V.; Gourlaouen, C.; Bellemin-Laponnaz, S.; Daniel, C.; Polo, F.; Mauro, M.* Phosphorescent Cationic Heterodinuclear IrIII/MI Complexes (M=CuI, AuI) with a Hybrid Janus‐Type N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Bridge. Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 11751-11766. Cover page [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002767; ISSN: 0947-6539]

  • Polo, F.* Book review: "Neso Sojic (Ed.): Analytical electrogenerated chemiluminescence: from fundamentals to bioassays". Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2020, 412, 5203-5204. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-020-02744-z; ISSN: 1618-2642]

  • Voci, S.; Verlhac, J.-B.; Polo, F.; Clermont, G.; Daniel, J.; Castet, F.; Blanchard-Desce, M.*; Sojic, N.* Photophysics, Electrochemistry and Efficient Electrochemiluminescence of Trigonal Truxene-core Dyes. Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 8407-8416. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202000474; ISSN: 0947-6539]

  • Bonfiglio A.; Magra, K.; Cebrian Avila, C.; Polo, F.; Gros, P.; Mercandelli, P.; Mauro, M.* Red-emitting neutral rhenium(I) complexes bearing a pyridyl pyridoannelated N-heterocyclic carbene. Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 3102-3111. Internal cover page [DOI: 10.1039/c9dt04890a; ISSN: 1477-9226]

  • Bonazza, G.; Tartaggia, S.; Toffoli, G.; Polo, F.; Daniele, S.* A fast method for the detection of irinotecan in plasma samples by combining solid phase extraction and differential pulse voltammetry. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2020, 412, 1585-1595. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-020-02386-1; ISSN: 1618-2642]

  • Agnolon, V.; Contato, A.; Meneghello, A.; Tagliabue, E.; Toffoli, G.; Gion, M.; Polo, F.*; Fabricio, A. S. C.* ELISA assay employing epitope-specific monoclonal antibodies to quantify circulating HER2 with potential application in monitoring cancer patients undergoing therapy with trastuzumab. Sci. Rep. 2020, 10, 3016. [DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-59630-y; ISSN: 2045-2322]

 

2019

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  • Dinel, M.-P.; Tartaggia, S.; Wallace, G. Q.; Boudreau, D.; Masson, J.-F.*; Polo, F.* The Fundamentals of real-time surface plasmon resonance-electrogenerated chemiluminescence. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 131, 18370-18374. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201909806; ISSN: 1433-7851]

 

2018

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  • Bonazza, G.; Tartaggia, S.; Toffoli, G.; Polo, F.; Daniele, S.* Voltammetric Behaviour of the Anticancer Drug Irinotecan and its Metabolites in Acetonitrile. Implications for Electrochemical Therapeutic Drug Monitoring. Electrochimica Acta 2018, 289, 483-493. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.09.094; ISSN: 0013-4686]

  • Tartaggia, S.*; Alvau, M. D.; Meneghello, A.; Casetta, B.; Polo, F.*; Toffoli, G. Practical Fluorimetric Assay for the Detection of Anticancer Drug SN-38 in Human Plasma. J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal. 2018, 159, 73-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2018.06.032; ISSN: 0731-7085]

  • Kudruk, S.; Villani, E.; Polo, F.; Lamping, S.; Körsgen, M.; Arlinghaus, H. F.; Paolucci, F.; Ravoo, B. J.; Valenti, G.*; Rizzo F.* Solid state electrochemiluminescence from homogeneous and patterned monolayers of bifunctional spirobifluorene. Chem. Comm. 2018, 54, 4999-5002. [DOI: 10.1039/C8CC02066C; ISSN: 1359-7345]

  • Alvau, M. D.; Tartaggia, S.; Meneghello, A.; Casetta, B.; Calia, G.; Serra, P. A.; Polo, F.*; Toffoli, G. Enzyme-based Electrochemical Biosensor for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Anticancer Drug Irinotecan. Anal. Chem. 2018, 90, 6012-6019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b04357; ISSN: 0003-2700]

  • Meneghello, A.; Tartaggia, S.; Alvau, M. D.; Polo, F.*; Toffoli G. Biosensing Technologies for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring. Current Medicinal Chemistry 2018, 25, 4354-4377. [DOI: 10.2174/0929867324666170720101736; ISSN: 1875-533X]

 

2017

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  • Guryanov, I.*; Polo, F.; Ubyvovk, E. V.; Korzhikova-Vlakh, E.; Tennikova, T.; Rad, A. T.; Nieh, M.-P.; Maran, F.* Polylysine-Grafted Au144 Nanoclusters: Birth and Growth of a Healthy Surface-Plasmon-Resonance-like Band. Chemical Science 2017, 8, 3228-3238. [DOI: 10.1039/C6SC05187A; ISSN: 2041-6520]

  • Rizzo, F.*; Polo, F.*; Bottaro, G.; Fantacci, S.; Antonello, S.; Armelao, L.; Quici, S.; Maran, F.* From Blue to Green: Fine Tuning of Photoluminescence and Electrochemiluminescence in Bifunctional Organic Dyes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 2060-2069. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b12247; ISSN: 0002-7863]

 

2016

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  • Gobbo, P.; Antonello, S.; Guryanov, I.; Polo, F.; Soldà, A.; Zen, F.; Maran, F.* Dipole Moment Effect on the Electrochemical Desorption of Self-assembled Monolayers of 310-Helicogenic Peptides on Gold. ChemElectroChem 2016, 3, 2063-2070. Cover Page [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201600573; ISSN: 2196-0216]

  • Bizzarri, C.; Fléchon, C.; Fenwick, O.; Cacialli, F.; Polo, F.; Gálvez-López, M. D.; Yang, C.-H.; Scintilla, S.; Sun, Y.; Fröhlich, R.; De Cola, L.* Luminescent Neutral Cu(I) Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization and Application in Solution-Processed OLED. ECS J. Solid State Sci. Technol. 2016, 5, R83-R90. [DOI: 10.1149/2.0021606jss; ISSN: 2162-8769]

  • Fernández-Hernández, J.; Longhi, E.; Cysewski, R.; Polo, F; Josel, H.-P.*; De Cola, L.* Photophysics and electrochemiluminescence of bright cyclometalated Ir(III) complexes in aqueous solutions. Anal. Chem. 2016, 88, 4174-4178. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b00312; ISSN: 0003-2700]

 

2015

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  • Mydlak, M.; Yang, C.-H.; Polo, F.; Galstyan, A.; Daniliuc, C.; Felicetti, M.; Leonhardt, J.; Strassert, C. A.*; De Cola, L.* Sterically Hindered Luminescent Pt(II)-Phosphite Complexes for Electroluminescent Devices. Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 5161-5172. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201405839; ISSN: 0947-6539]

 

2014

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  • Bizzarri, C.; Strabler, C.; Prock, J.; Trettenbrein, B.; Ruggenthaler, M.; Yang, C.-H.; Polo, F.; Iordache, A.; Brüggeller, P.*; De Cola, L.* Luminescent dinuclear Cu(I) complexes containing rigid diphosphine ligands. Synthesis, photophysics and electroluminescent device. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 10944-10951. [DOI: 10.1021/ic5012204; ISSN: 0020-1669]

  • Becucci, L.*; Guidelli, R.; Polo, F.; Maran, F.* Interaction of Mixed-Ligand Monolayer-Protected Au144 Clusters with Biomimetic Membranes as a Function of the Transmembrane Potential. Langmuir 2014, 30, 8141-8151. [DOI: 10.1021/la500909j; ISSN: 0743-7463]

 

2013

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  • Fernández-Hernández, J. M.*; Beltrán, J. I.; Lemaur, V.; Gálvez-López, M. D.; Chien, C.-H.; Polo, F.; Orselli, E.; Fröhlich, R.; Cornil, J.*; De Cola, L.* Iridium(III) Emitters Based on 1,4-disubstituted-1H- 1,2,3-triazoles as Cyclometalating Ligand. Synthesis, Characterization and Electroluminescent Devices. Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 1812-1824. [DOI: 10.1021/ic3018419; ISSN: 0020-1669]

 

2012

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  • Yang, C.-H.; Mauro, M.; Polo, F.; Watanabe, S.; Muenster, I.; Fröhlich, R.; De Cola, L.* Deep-Blue Emitting Heteroleptic Iridium(III) Complexes for Highly Efficient Phosphorescent OLEDs. Chem. Mater. 2012, 24, 3684-3695. [DOI: 10.1021/cm3010453; ISSN: 0897-4756; ISSN: 0897-4756]

  • Polo, F.*; Rizzo, F.*; Veiga Gutierrez, M.; De Cola, L.; Quici, S. Efficient Greenish Blue Electrochemiluminescence from Fluorene and Spirobifluorene Derivatives. J. Am Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 15402-15409. [DOI: 10.1021/ja3054018; ISSN: 0002-7863]

  • Antonello, S.*; Hesari, M.; Polo, F.; Maran, F.* Electron Transfer Catalysis with Monolayer Protected Au25 Clusters. Nanoscale 2012, 4, 5333-5342. [DOI: 10.1039/c2nr31066j; ISSN: 2040-3364]

  • Ruggi, A.; Mauro, M.; Polo, F.; Reinhoudt, D. N.; De Cola, L.*; Velders, A. H.* Structure–Photoluminescence Quenching Relationships of Iridium(III)–Tris(phenylpyridine) Complexes. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 1025-1037. Cover Page [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201101315; ISSN: 1434-1948]

 

2011

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  • Mydlak, M.; Mauro, M.; Polo, F.; Felicetti, M.; Leonhardt, J.; Diener, G.; De Cola, L.*; Strassert, C. A.* Controlling aggregation in highly emissive Pt(II) complexes bearing tridentate dianionic N^N^N ligands. Synthesis, photophysics and electroluminescence. Chem. Mater. 2011, 23, 3659-3667. [DOI: 10.1021/cm2010902; ISSN: 0897-4756]

  • Fernández-Hernández, J. M.*; Yang, C.-H.; Beltrán, J.; Lemaur, V.; Polo, F.; Frölich, R.; Cornil, J.; De Cola, L.* Control of the mutual arrangement of cyclometalated ligands in cationic iridium(III) complexes. Synthesis, spectroscopy and electroluminescence of the different isomers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 10543-10558. [DOI: 10.1021/ja201691b; ISSN: 0002-7863]

  • Ramachandra, S.; Polo, F.; Edafe, F.; Schuermann, K. C.; Nijhuis, C. A.; Belser, P.*; Reus, W. F.; Whitesides, G. M.; De Cola, L.* Luminescent acetylthiol derivative tripodal Osmium(II) and Iridium(III) complexes. Spectroscopic properties in solution and on solid surfaces. Pure Appl. Chem. 2011, 83, 779-799. [DOI: 10.1351/PAC-CON-10-11-07; ISSN: 0033-4545]

 

2007

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  • Fabris, L.; Antonello, S.; Armelao, L.; Donkers, R. L.; Polo, F.; Toniolo, C.; Maran, F.* Gold Nanoclusters Protected by Conformationally Constrained Peptides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 326-336. [DOI: 10.1021/ja0560581; ISSN: 0002-7863]

 

2005

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  • Polo, F.; Antonello, S.; Formaggio, F.; Toniolo, C.; Maran, F.* Evidence Against the Hopping Mechanism as an Important Electron Transfer Pathway for Oligopeptides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 492-493. [DOI: 10.1021/ja043607e; ISSN: 0002-7863]

Proceedings

Published Conference Proceedings

2021

 

  • Masson, J.-F.; Polo, F. Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Electrochemiluminescence Sensors for detecting Biomarkers and Drugs. May 30 - June 3, 2021. 239th ECS Meeting, 18th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors (IMCS), Digital Meeting. MA2021-01, 1350. Invited [DOI: 10.1149/MA2021-01551350mtgabs]

 

2012

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  • Antonello, S.; Polo, F.; Maran, F. Electron Transfer to and from Au25 Nanocluster. 221st ECS Meeting, Seattle, Washington (USA). May 6-10, 2012. 10th Manual M. Baizer Memorial Symposium on Organic Electrochemistry. MA2012-01, 613.

 

2006

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  • Antonello, S.; Barone, V.; Improta, R.; Polo, F.; Toniolo, C.; Maran, F. Electron Transfer To Flat Peptides. 209th ECS Meeting, Denver, Colorado (USA). May 7-11, 2006. Manuel M. Baizer Award Symposium on Organic Electrochemistry VII, in Honor of Ikuzo Nishiguchi. MA2006-01, 953.

  • Toniolo, C.; Crisma, M.; Peggion, C.; Polo, F.; Antonello, S.; Maran, F.; Improta, R.; Barone, V.; Tsuji, Y.; Yamaguchi, Y.; Wakamiya, T. Electron Transfer to Flat Peptides. J. Pep. Sci. 2006, 12, 243. [ISSN: 1075-2617]

 

2005

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  • De Zotti, M.; Antonello, S.; Polo, F.; Formaggio, F.; Maran, F.; Toniolo, C. Electron transfer across Aib oligopeptides. 3rd International Peptide Symposium/28th European Peptide Symposium. September 5-10, 2004, Prague (Czech Republic). 2005, 1005-1006.

  • Maran, F.; Antonello, S.; Fabris, L.; Polo, F. Electron Transfer Through Conformationally Constrained Oligopeptides. 207th ECS Meeting, Québec City (Canada). May 15-20, 2005. Electron Transfer Through Organic and Biological Bridges II MA2005-01, 1410.

  • De Zotti, M.; Antonello, S.; Formaggio, F.; Polo, F.; Toniolo, C.; Maran, F. Electron Transfer across Aib Oligopeptides. Peptides 2004, Proceedings: Bridges between disciplines. 2005, 10, 1005-1006. [ISSN: 1075-2617]

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2004

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  • De Zotti, M.; Antonello, S.; Formaggio, F.; Polo, F.; Maran, F.; Toniolo, C. Electron Transfer across Aib Oligopeptides. J. Pep. Sci. 2004, 10, 270.

  • 9.    Barone, V.; Formaggio, F.; Improta, R.; Polo, F.; Maran, F. Electron Transfer to and Conformational Preferences of Aib Oligo-Peptides. 205th ECS Meeting, San Antonio, Texas (USA). May 9-14, 2004. 6th International Manuel M. Baizer Symposium in honor of Dennis H. Evans and Masao Tokuda. MA2004-01, 29.

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2003

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  • Antonello, S.; Formaggio, F.; Moretto, A.; Toniolo, C.; Maran, F.; Polo, F. Anomalous Distance Dependence of Electron Transfer across Aib Oligo-Peptide Bridges. 203rd ECS Meeting, Paris (France). April 27 – May 2, 2003. MA2003-01, 2490.

Patents

Patents

2019

 

  • Bonazza, G.; Daniele, S.; Polo, F.; Tartaggia, S.; Toffoli, G. Metodo per la determinazione della concentrazione di 4-[(4-metil-1-piperazinil)metil]-n-(4-metil-3-{[4-(3-piridinil)-2-pirimidinil]-ammino}fenil)benzamide (imatinib) in campioni di plasma. Patent #WO2020250200. 

  • Bonazza, G.; Daniele, S.; Polo, F.; Tartaggia, S.; Toffoli, G. Metodo per la determinazione della concentrazione di 7-etil-10-[4-(piperidino)-1-piperidino]-carbonilossicamptotecina (irinotecan) in campioni di plasma. Italian Patent Office. Patent # WO2020250201.

 

2014

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  • DeMeo, R. F.; Bradshaw, J. A.; Polo, F. Metal Nanoparticles. United States Patent Office, Patent No.: US 8,816,115 B2. August 26, 2014.

Book Chapters

Book Chapters

2022

 

  • Advanced Electrochemical and Opto-Electrochemical Biosensors for Qualitative Analysis of Diseases Markers and Viruses. Karimian, N., Polo, F. and Ugo, P. (Eds.). Pages: 166. Biosensors 2022, MDPI [DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-4500-4; ISBN: 978-3-0365-4499-1 (Hbk); ISBN: 978-3-0365-4500-4 (PDF)]

Invited Talks

Invited Talks

2023

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  • “Effect of selenium integration on the electrochemical properties of Ni-hexacyanoferrate-based nanocubes: the oxygen evolution reaction”. Polo, F. 47th International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC 2022), Daytona Beach, USA. January 22-26, 2023.

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2022

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  • “Aptamer-based Sensing Platform for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Oncology”. Polo, F. African Materials Research Society (AMRS) Meeting 2022, Dakar (Senegal). December 11-16, 2022 

  • “Implementing Fine-Tuning of the Electrochemiluminescence Properties of Bifunctional Organic Molecular Systems”. Polo, F.; Fantacci, S.; Mattiello, L.; Rocco, D.; Pandolfi, F.; Maran, F. Giornate dell’Elettrochimica Italiana (GEI) 2022, Orvieto (Italy). September 11-15, 2022. Keynote

  • “Aptamer-Based Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensing Platform for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Oncology”. Polo, F. 46th International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC 2022), Daytona Beach, USA. January 23-28, 2022. 

  • “Aptamer-Based Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensing Platform for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Oncology”. Polo, F. 46th International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC 2022), Daytona Beach, USA. January 23-28, 2022.

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2021

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  • “Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Electrochemiluminescence Sensors for Detecting Biomarkers and Drugs”. Masson, J.-F.; Polo, F. 18th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors (IMCS) at 239th ECS Meeting, Chicago, USA. May 30 – June 3, 2021.

  • “Coupling Electrochemiluminescence and Surface Plasmon resonance: A Powerful Tool for Cancer Diagnostics”. Polo, F.; Angelini, A.; Pachauri, V.; Masson, J.-F. 45th International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC 2021), Daytona Beach, USA. February 8-11, 2021.

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2020

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  • “Coupling electrochemiluminescence and surface plasmon resonance to develop biosensing platform for cancer diagnostics”. Polo, F.; Masson, J.-F.; Symposium on Nanomaterials at IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE Nano 2020), Montréal, Canada. July 28-31, 2020.

  • “Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Electrochemiluminescence Sensors for Detecting Biomarkers and Drugs”. Masson, J.-F.; Polo, F. 18th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors (IMCS). 237th ECS Meeting, Montréal, Canada. May 10-14, 2020.

  • “Fine-tuning of photoluminescence and electroluminescence in bifunctional organic dyes”. Polo, F.; Rizzo, F.; Valenti, G. 44th International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC 2020), Daytona Beach, USA. January 26-31, 2020.

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2019

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  • “Fine-tuning of the electrogenerated chemiluminescence in polyaromatic organic dyes in solution”. Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Luleå Tekniska Universitet, Luleå, Sweden. March 13, 2019.

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2018

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  • “Therapeutic drug monitoring in oncology: the next challenge for analytical chemists”. Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, USA. October 16, 2018.

  • “Electrochemical properties of newly developed organic dyes in solution: fine-tuning of the electrogenerated chemiluminescence”. Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Varennes, Canada. October 9, 2018.

  • “Current Electrochemistry Research”. School of Chemistry, University College of Dublin, IRE. January 19, 2018.

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2017

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  • “Investigating the electrochemical properties of a new class of bifunctional organic dyes (How to fine-tune the electrogenerated chemiluminescence)”. Department of Chemistry, Newcastle University, UK. October 24, 2017.

  • “Molecular electrochemistry meets clinical practice”. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers University, USA. September 11, 2017.

  • “Fine-Tuning of Photoluminescence and Electrochemiluminescence in Bifunctional Organic Dyes”. Deptartment of Informatics and Microsystem Technology,
University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, Germany. April 27, 2017.

  • “Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence (ECL). A Case Study: Tuning the Emission of Fluorene and Spirobifluorene Derivatives”. Invited talk in the framework of Transregio 61 Colloquium, sponsored by the German Science Foundation (DFG). Physics Institute and Center for Nanotechnology (CeNTech), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany. December 5, 2014.

Contributed Talks

Contributed Talks

2022

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  • “Implementing Fine-Tuning of the Electrochemiluminescence Properties of Bifunctional Organic Molecular Systems”. Polo, F.; Fantacci, S.; Mattiello, L.; Rocco, D.; Pandolfi, F.; Maran, F. Giornate dell'Elettrochimica Italiana (GEI) 2022, Orvieto (Italy). September 11-15, 2022. Keynote

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2020

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  • “Lab-on-a-chip device for in-parallel optical and electrical detection of antibiotics”. Ingebrandt, S.; Suranglikar, M.; Mohajerani, P.; Vu, X. T.; Polo, F.; Pachauri, V. 71st Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Belgrade (Serbia). September 2-7, 2020.

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2019

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  • “Perspectives on Nanostructured Architectures for Biosensing Applications and New Analytical Tools: Toward Precision Medicine”. Polo, F.; Angelini, A.; Pachauri, V.; Masson, J.-F. Nano Day IV, Milano (Italy). December 11-14, 2019.

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2018

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  • “Bright Green Photoluminescence and Electrochemiluminescence of Symmetric Organic Dyes”. Polo, F.; Voci, S.; Daniel, J.; Verlhac, J.-B.; Blanchard-Desce, M.; Sojic, N. 69th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Bologna (Italy). September 2-7, 2018.

  • “Enzyme-based electrochemical biosensor for therapeutic drug monitoring of anticancer drug irinotecan”. Polo, F.; Alvau, M. D.; Toffoli, G. Giornate dell’elettrochimica Italiana (GEI 2018), Sestriere (Italy). January 21-25, 2018.

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2017

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  • “Nanodiagnostics and Automated Therapeutic Tools for Oncology”. Polo, F.; Giribona, P.; Pianigiani, M. Euro BioHighTech, Trieste (Italy). September 21-22, 2017.

  • “Fine-Tuning of Electrochemiluminescence and Photoluminescence in Bifunctional Organic Dyes”. Polo, F.; Rizzo, F.; Maran, F. 68th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Providence (RI, USA). August 27 – September 1, 2017.

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2015

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  • “Tuning the Electrochmiluminescence Emission of Bifunctional Organic Dyes”. Polo, F.; Rizzo, F.; Bottaro, G.; Armelao, L.; Quici, S.; Maran, F. Giornate dell’Elettrochimica Italiana (GEI) 2015, Bertinoro (Italy). September 20-24, 2015.

  • “A Novel Method for the preparation of poly(aminoacid) capped ultrasmall gold nanocluster”. Guryanov, I.; Polo, F.; Antonello, S.; Maran, F.; Ubyivovk, E. V.; Vlakh, E.; Tennikova, T. Nanotech France 2015, Paris (France). June 15-17, 2015.

  • “Nanomaterial-Based Biosensors for Near-Patient Testing”. BioMedX Bootcamp, sponsored by Roche Diagnostics, Heidelberg (Germany). June 11-15, 2015.

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2014

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  • “Tuning the ECL emission of fluorene and spirobifluorene derivatives”. Polo, F.; Rizzo, F.; Bottaro, G.; Armelao, L.; Quici, S.; Maran, F. ECL2014, Bertinoro (Italy). September 7-10, 2014.

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2011

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  • “Tuning the Metallophilic Interaction in Blue-Emitting Neutral Platinum complexes through the Ancillary Ligand”. Mauro, M.; Mydlak, M; Polo, F.; Cebrián Ávila, C.; Fröhlich, R.; De Cola, L.; Strassert, C. A. XIX International Symposium on the Photophysics and Photochemistry of Coordination Compounds (ISPPCC), Strasbourg (France). July 3-7, 2011.

  • “A New Class of Luminescent Platinum Complexes Bearing an Asymmetric Dianionic N^N^N Ligand”. Cebrián Ávila, C.; Mauro, M.; Polo, F.; Fröhlich, R.; De Cola, L.; Strassert, C. A. XIX International Symposium on the Photophysics and Photochemistry of Coordination Compounds (ISPPCC), Strasbourg (France). July 3-7, 2011.

  • “Tuning the metallophilic interaction in blue-emitting neutral platinum complexes through the ancillary ligand”. Mauro, M.; Mydlak, M.; Polo, F.; Cebrián Ávila, C.; Fröhlich, R.; De Cola, L.; Strassert, C. A. International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT), Suntec (Singapore). June 26-July 1, 2011.

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2010

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  • “New Class of Blue Iridium(III) Emitters Based on 4-Aryl-1H-1,2,3-Triazole as Cyclometalating ligand”. Fernandez-Hernandez, J. M.; Polo, F.; Chien, C.-H.; De Cola, L.; Beltran, J.; Cornil, J. IX International Symposium on Functional π-Electron Systems (F-π-9), Atlanta (USA). May 23-28, 2010.

  • “New Ir(III) complexes and their application in electroluminescent devices”. Fernández-Hernández, J. M.; Yang, C.-H.; Polo, F.; Beltrán, J.; Cornil, J.; De Cola, L. VII Simposio de Jovenes Investigadores RSEQ, Sigma-Aldrich, Valencia (Spain). November 10-12, 2010.

  • “Novel Iridium(III) Complexes with Tridentate Ligands”. Tinker, L. L.; Pawelczyk, M. D.; Polo, F.; De Cola, L. 3rd EuChemMS Chemistry Congress, Nurnberg (Germany). August 29-September 2, 2010.

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2009

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  • “Unexpected Ir(III) chloride dimers base on 4-aryl-1,2,3-triazole. Synthesis of new blue and green phosphorescent Ir(III) emitters”. Fernandez-Hernandez, J. M.; Polo, F.; Fröhlich, R.; De Cola, L. First International Meeting on Organic Materials for a Better Future (FUTURMAT1), Ostuni (Italy). July 12-16, 2009.

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2005

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  • “A combined Mercury Sessile Drop – Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM) System for the Study of Defects in Biomimetic Model Systems”. Polo, F.; Maran, F.; Mizaikoff, B.; Janata, J.; Kranz, C. Georgia Local Section of the Electrochemical Society “Workshop on Electrochemistry, MEMS and Nanotechnology”, Atlanta (Georgia, U. S. A.). September 23, 2005

  • “Peptide Protected Gold Nanoclusters”. Fabris, L.; Antonello, L.; Donkers, R. L.; Polo, F.; Toniolo, C.; Maran, F. 1st ECHEMS Meeting “Electrochemistry in Nanosciences”, Venice (Italy). June 30-July 3, 2005.

  • “Electron Transfer Through Conformationally Constrained Oligopeptides”. Antonello, S.; Fabris, L.; Polo, F.; Maran, F. Symposium “Electron Transfer Through Organic and Biological Bridges II”, 207th ECS Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec (Canada). May 15-20, 2005.

  • “Electron Transfer to and Conformational Preferences of Aib Oligo-Peptides”. Barone, V.; Formaggio, F.; Improta, R.; Polo, F.; Maran, F. “Organic and Biological Electrochemistry, The Sixth International Baizer Symposium in Honor of Dennis Evans and Masao Tokuda”, 205th ECS Meeting, San Antonio, TX (USA). May 9-13, 2005.

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2004

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  • “Electron Transfer across Aib Oligopeptides”. De Zotti, M.; Antonello, S.; Formaggio, F.; Polo, F.; Toniolo, C.; Maran, F. 28th European and 3rd International Peptide Symposium (EPS), Prague (Czech Republic). September, 5-10, 2004.

  • “Electron Transfer through Aib Oligo-Peptides”. Antonello, S.; Barone, V.; Formaggio, F.; Improta, R.; Polo, F.; Toniolo, C.; Maran, F. Giornate dell’Elettrochimica Italiana 2004, Padova (Italy). September 5-9, 2004.

  • “Electron Transfer, Peptides and Gold Nanoparticles”. Antonello, S.; Fabris, L; Polo, F.; Maran, F. 2nd Italian-German Workshop of Electrochemistry, Bologna (Italy). May 19-21, 2004.

  • “Effect of Peptide Ligands on the Quantized Charging Behaviour of Monolayer-protected Au38 Clusters”. Antonello, S.; Donkers, R. L.; Fabris, L.; Polo, F.; Maran, F. Convegno Nano.org, Marghera (Venice, Italy). April 1-4, 2004.

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2003

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  • “Synthesis and Conformational Characterization of Structurally-defined Peptide Systems for Electron Transfer Studies”. De Zotti, M.; Polo, F.; Moretto, A.; Formaggio, F.; Antonello, S.; Toniolo, C.; Maran, F. Design, XXI Congresso della Società Chimica Italiana, Torino (Italy). June 22-27, 2003.

  • “Anomalous Distance Dependence of Electron Transfer across Aib Oligo-Peptide Bridges”. Antonello, S.; Formaggio, F.; Moretto, A.; Toniolo, C.; Maran, F.; Polo, F. 203rd ECS Meeting, Paris (France). April 27- May 2, 2003.

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