Publications
The following is an overview of key contributions - check the full publications list on GoogleScholar, ResearchGate or ORCID iD
PezLab (selected)
X. Dai, C. Berton, D. J. Kim and C. Pezzato*
"Wiring proton gradients for energy conversion"
Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 19745-19751
Featured as outside back cover in the 47/2024 issue of Chem. Sci.
C. Berton and C. Pezzato*
"Photoacidity of indolinospirobenzopyrans in water"
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2023, 26, e202300070
Featured as front cover in the 17/2023 issue of Eur. J. Org. Chem. and highlighted by the editor as "very important paper"
V. J. Périllat, E. Del Grosso, C. Berton, F. Ricci and C. Pezzato*
"Controlling DNA nanodevices with light-switchable buffers"
V. J. Périllat, C. Berton and C. Pezzato*
"The effect of temperature on the photoacidity of merocyanine photoacids in water"
Mater. Today. Chem. 2022, 25, 100918
Dedicated to Professor J. Fraser Stoddart on the occasion of his 80th birthday
C. Berton, D. M. Busiello, S. Zamuner, R. Scopelliti, F. Fadaei-Tirani, K. Severin and C. Pezzato*
"Light-switchable buffers"
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 21737-21740
Highlighted by the editor as "hot paper"
C. Berton, D. M. Busiello, S. Zamuner, S. Solari, R. Scopelliti, F. Fadaei-Tirani, K. Severin and C. Pezzato*
"Thermodynamics and kinetics of protonated merocyanine photoacids in water"
Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 8457-8468
Highlighted by D. Schilter in Nature Rev. Chem. 2020, 4, 505
Pez as Postdoc (selected)
Y. Qiu, B. Song, C. Pezzato, [...], R. Astumian, X. Li and J. F. Stoddart
"A precise polyrotaxane synthesizer"
Highlights include: C&EN’s Molecules of the year for 2020
C. Pezzato, M. T. Nguyen, D. J. Kim, O. Anamimoghadam, L. Mosca and J. F. Stoddart
"Controlling dual molecular pumps electrochemically"
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 9325-9329
Highlighted by the editor as "hot paper"
C. Pezzato, M. T. Nguyen, C. Cheng, D. J. Kim, M. T. Otley and J. F. Stoddart
"An efficient artificial molecular pump"
Tetrahedron 2017, 73, 4849-4857
Dedicated to Professor Ben L. Feringa (2016 Tetrahedron Prize For Creativity in Organic Chemistry)
Pez as PhD (selected)
C. Pezzato, J. L.-Y. Chen, P. Galzerano, M. Salvi, L. J. Prins
"Catalytic signal amplification for the discrimination of ATP and ADP using functionalised gold nanoparticles"
C. Pezzato and L. J. Prins
"Transient signal generation in a self-assembled nanosystem fueled by ATP"
C. Pezzato, P. Scrimin, L. J. Prins
"Zn2+-regulated self-sorting and mixing of phosphates and carboxylates on the surface of functionalized gold nanoparticles"
