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Silvia Giordani

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Professor Chair of Nanomaterials
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Silvia Giordani is full Professor Chair of Nanomaterials at the School of Chemical Sciences at Dublin City University. She received her PhD in Chemistry from the University of Miami, USA and carried out postdoctoral research at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Ireland and at the University of Trieste, Italy. In 2007 she received the prestigious President of Ireland Young Researcher Award and was a Research Assistant Professor at TCD from 2007 to 2013. In September 2013 she founded the new “Nano Carbon Materials” research lab at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) and in December 2016 she was appointed Associate Professor in Organic Chemistry at the University of Turin, Italy. She acted as Head of School of Chemical Sciences at DCU from 2020 to 2023.

Her main research interests are in the design, synthesis, and characterization of a wide range of nanomaterials for applications in smart and responsive bio-related nanotechnologies. She has authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications in International journals from 2001 to date, including Chemistry Society Reviews, Nature Nanotechnology, PNAS, Advanced Materials, ACS Nano and J. Am. Chem. Soc. that collectively have received over 9,000 citations and her results have been highlighted in journals such as Science, Nature, and New Scientist. Prof. Giordani has also presented her work at numerous conferences around the world e.g. in United States, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, India, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and across most of Europe. She has served as the thesis/dissertation advisor or mentor to over 50 undergraduate, postgraduate and postdoctoral fellows. In 2012 she was awarded the L’Oréal UK & Ireland Fellowship For Women in Science and in 2014 she has been invited to give a “Women in Science” Masterclass at the Royal Irish Academy. In 2018 she was awarded the William Evans Fellowship from the University of Otago (New Zealand) and was a Visiting Scientist to the Bio-Nano Institute at Toyo University (Japan). She is Associate Editor for Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology and for Frontiers in Chemistry - Supramolecular Chemistry.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=HgoGbTQAAAAJ&hl=it

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2023	Bartkowski, M.; Giordani, S. (2023) 'Fluorescent Carbon Nanoparticles' In: Fluorescent Chemosensors. Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry.
	2022	Stefania Lettieri, Marta d'Amora, Silvia Giordani (2022) 'Carbon Nanomaterials for Imaging' In: Supramolecular Chemistry in Biomedical Imaging. UK : Royal Society of Chemistry.
	2021	d’Amora, M.; Giordani, S. (2021) 'Zebrafish Models of Nanotoxicity: A Comprehensive Account' In: Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences. [Link] [DOI]
	2018	d'Amora, M; Giordani, S (2018) 'Carbon Nanomaterials for Nanomedicine' In: SMART NANOPARTICLES FOR BIOMEDICINE. AMSTERDAM : ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. [DOI]
	2018	Camisasca, A; Giordani, S (2018) 'Carbon Nano-onions for Bioimaging and Cancer Therapy Applications' In: NANOONCOLOGY: ENGINEERING NANOMATERIALS FOR CANCER THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS. CHAM : SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG. [DOI]
	2018	S. Lettieri and S. Giordani (2018) 'Carbon Nanomaterials for Deep-Tissue Imaging in the NIR Spectral Window' In: Carbon Nanomaterials for Bioimaging, Bioanalysis and Therapy. USA : Wiley.
	2012	Movia D. and Giordani S. (2012) 'Handbook of Green Chemistry – Green Processes' In: Green Nanoscience. Weinheim, Germany : Wiley.
	2008	Bianco A., Sainz R., Li S., Dumortier H., Lacerda L., Kostarelos K., Giordani S. and Prato M. (2008) 'Biomedical applications of functionalised carbon nanotubes' In: Medicinal Chemistry and pharmacological potential of fullerenes and carbon nanotubes. USA : Springer.
	2006	Giordani S., Bergin S.D., Drury A., Mhuircheartaigh E.N., Coleman J.N. and Blau W. (2006) 'Effect of solvent and dispersant on the bundle dissociation of single-walled carbon nanotubes'* In: Carbon Nanotubes: From Basic Research To Nanotechnology. Netherlands : Kluwer Acad. Publ. Springer.
	2004	Raymo F.M. and Giordani S. (2004) 'Molecular Logic Gates' In: Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. San Diego (CA), USA : American Scientific Publishers.

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2023	Mokwebo, K.V.; Murphy, E.; Guin, S.K.; Camisasca, A.; Giordani, S.; Breslin, C.; Iwuoha, E.I.; Dempsey, E. (2023) 'Copper-modified carbon nano-onions as electrode modifiers for the electroanalysis of the antiretroviral drug Efavirenz'. Electrochimica Acta, 461 . [Link] [DOI]
	2023	Tan, YZ; Thomsen, LR; Shrestha, N; Camisasca, A; Giordani, S; Rosengren, R (2023) 'Short-Term Intravenous Administration of Carbon Nano-Onions is Non-Toxic in Female Mice'. International journal of nanomedicine, 18 . [DOI]
	2023	Mohan, H; Fagan, A; Giordani, S (2023) 'Carbon Nanomaterials (CNMs) in Cancer Therapy: A Database of CNM-Based Nanocarrier Systems'. Pharmaceutics, 15 (5). [DOI]
	2022	Marin, D; Bartkowski, M; Kralj, S; Rosetti, B; D'Andrea, P; Adorinni, S; Marchesan, S; Giordani, S (2022) 'Supramolecular Hydrogels from a Tripeptide and Carbon Nano-Onions for Biological Applications'. Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 13 (1). [DOI]
	2022	Fitzmaurice, O; Bartkowski, M; Giordani, S (2022) 'Molecular Switches-Tools for Imparting Control in Drug Delivery Systems'. FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY, 10 . [DOI]
	2022	Mohan, H; Bincoletto, V; Arpicco, S; Giordani, S (2022) 'Supramolecular Functionalisation of B/N Co-Doped Carbon Nano-Onions for Novel Nanocarrier Systems'. Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 15 (17). [DOI]
	2021	Mazza, Mercedes M. A.; Cardano, Francesca; Baker, James D.; Giordani, Silvia; Raymo, Francisco M. (2021) 'Switchable Coumarins for Ratiometric pH Sensing'. Frontiers in Materials, 8 . [DOI]
	2021	d'Amora, M; Camisasca, A; Arenal, R; Giordani, S (2021) 'In Vitro and In Vivo Biocompatibility of Boron/Nitrogen Co-Doped Carbon Nano-Onions'. Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 11 (11). [DOI]
	2021	Bartkowski, M; Giordani, S (2021) 'Carbon nano-onions as potential nanocarriers for drug delivery'. Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), 50 (7). [DOI]
	2021	Mancinelli, Rosa; Di Filippo, Ester Sara; Tumedei, Margherita; Marrone, Mariangela; Fontana, Antonella; Ettorre, Valeria; Giordani, Silvia; Baldrighi, Michele; Iezzi, Giovanna; Piattelli, Adriano; Fulle, Stefania (2021) 'Human Dental Pulp Stem Cell Osteogenic Differentiation Seeded on Equine Bone Block with Graphene and Melatonin'. Applied Sciences-Basel, 11 (7). [DOI]
	2019	d'Amora, M; Liendo, F; Deorsola, FA; Bensaid, S; Giordani, S (2019) 'Toxicological profile of calcium carbonate nanoparticles for industrial applications'. Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces, 190 . [DOI]
	2019	d'Amora, M; Camisasca, A; Boarino, A; Arpicco, S; Giordani, S (2019) 'Supramolecular functionalization of carbon nano-onions with hyaluronic acid-phospholipid conjugates for selective targeting of cancer cells'. Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces, 188 . [DOI]
	2020	Di Carlo, R.; Di Crescenzo, A.; Pilato, S.; Ventrella, A.; Piattelli, A.; Recinella, L.; Chiavaroli, A.; Giordani, S.; Baldrighi, M.; Camisasca, A.; Zavan, B.; Falconi, M.; Cataldi, A.; Fontana, A.; Zara, S. (2020) 'Osteoblastic differentiation on graphene oxide-functionalized titanium surfaces: An in vitro study'. Nanomaterials, 10 . [Link] [DOI]
	2020	Gianoncelli, A.; Delfino, R.; Sala, S.; Kourousias, G.; Giordani, S.; Romano, F.; Ricci, G.; Pascolo, L. (2020) 'Synchrotron soft X-ray microscopy and XRF to image Single-walled carbon nanotubes in epithelial cells'. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS, 465 . [DOI]
	2020	d'Amora, Marta; Lamberti, Andrea; Fontana, Marco; Giordani, Silvia (2020) 'Toxicity assessment of laser-induced graphene by zebrafish during development'. JPhys Materials, 3 (3). [DOI]
	2020	d'Amora, M; Alfe, M; Gargiulo, V; Giordani, S (2020) 'Graphene-Like Layers from Carbon Black: In Vivo Toxicity Assessment'. Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 10 (8). [DOI]
	2020	Ventrella, A; Camisasca, A; Fontana, A; Giordani, S (2020) 'Synthesis of green fluorescent carbon dots from carbon nano-onions and graphene oxide'. RSC Advances, 10 (60). [DOI]
	2020	Arpicco, S; Bartkowski, M; Barge, A; Zonari, D; Serpe, L; Milla, P; Dosio, F; Stella, B; Giordani, S (2020) 'Effects of the Molecular Weight of Hyaluronic Acid in a Carbon Nanotube Drug Delivery Conjugate'. FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY, 8 . [DOI]
	2020	Camisasca, Adalberto; Giordani, Silvia (2020) 'Surfactant-mediated dispersions of carbon nano-onions in aqueous solution'. Nano Express, 1 (1). [DOI]
	2020	Bartelmess, J; Milcovich, G; Maffeis, V; d'Amora, M; Bertozzi, SM; Giordani, S (2020) 'Modulation of Efficient Diiodo-BODIPY in vitro Phototoxicity to Cancer Cells by Carbon Nano-Onions'. FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY, 8 . [DOI]
	2020	Cumba, LR; Camisasca, A; Giordani, S; Forster, RJ (2020) 'Electrochemical Properties of Screen-Printed Carbon Nano-Onion Electrodes'. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 25 (17). [DOI]
	2019	d'Amora, M; Maffeis, V; Brescia, R; Barnes, D; Scanlan, E; Giordani, S (2019) 'Carbon Nano-Onions as Non-Cytotoxic Carriers for Cellular Uptake of Glycopeptides and Proteins'. Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 9 (8). [DOI]
	2019	Mazza, MMA; Cardano, F; Cusido, J; Baker, JD; Giordani, S; Raymo, FM (2019) 'Ratiometric temperature sensing with fluorescent thermochromic switches'. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 55 (8). [DOI]
	2020	Maffeis, Viviana; Moni, Lisa; Di Stefano, Daniele; Giordani, Silvia; Riva, Renata (2020) 'Diversity-oriented synthesis of blue emissive nitrogen heterocycles and their conjugation with carbon nano-onions'. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 14 (1). [DOI]
	2019	Le Gratiet, A; d'Amora, M; Duocastella, M; Marongiu, R; Bendandi, A; Giordani, S; Bianchini, P; Diaspro, A (2019) 'Zebrafish structural development in Mueller-matrix scanning microscopy'. Scientific Reports, 9 (1). [DOI]
	2019	Cardano, F; Del Canto, E; Giordani, S (2019) 'Spiropyrans for light-controlled drug delivery'. Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), 48 (41). [DOI]
	2019	Lettieri, Stefania and Giordani, Silvia (2019) 'Carbon Nanomaterials for Deep-Tissue Imaging in the NIR Spectral Window'. :87-114.
	2018	Giordani, S; Camisasca, A; Maffeis, V (2018) 'Carbon Nano-onions: A Valuable Class of Carbon Nanomaterials in Biomedicine'. Current Medicinal Chemistry, 26 (38). [DOI]
	2018	Trusel M; Baldrighi M; Marotta R; Gatto F; Pesce M; Frasconi M; Catelani T; Papaleo F; Pompa PP; Tonini R; Giordani S; (2018) 'Internalization of Carbon Nano-onions by Hippocampal Cells Preserves Neuronal Circuit Function and Recognition Memory'. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 10 (20). [DOI]
	2018	(2018) 'Biodistribution and biocompatibility of passion fruit-like nano-architectures in zebrafish'. Nanotoxicology, . [DOI]
	2018	(2018) 'Photocatalytic Initiation of Radical Thiolâene Reactions Using Carbon-Bi2O3 Nanocomposites'. Acs Applied Nano Materials, . [DOI]
	2018	(2018) 'Iron-related toxicity of single-walled carbon nanotubes and crocidolite fibres in human mesothelial cells investigated by Synchrotron XRF microscopy'. Scientific Reports, . [DOI]
	2018	Cardano F.; Frasconi M.; Giordani S. (2018) 'Photo-responsive graphene and carbon nanotubes to control and tackle biological systems'. FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY, 6 (APR). [DOI]
	2019	Gianoncelli, A.; Cammisuli, F.; Altissimo, M.; Salomé, M.; Radillo, O.; Ricci, G.; Giordani, S.; Rizzardi, C.; Pascolo, L. (2019) 'Iron-related toxicity effects of single-walled carbon nanotubes in human placental cells (BeWo) investigated by X-ray fluorescence microscopy'. X-Ray Spectrometry, 48 . [Link] [DOI]
	2018	d'Amora, M; Giordani, S (2018) 'The Utility of Zebrafish as a Model for Screening Developmental Neurotoxicity'. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12 . [DOI]
	2018	Camisasca, Adalberto; Sacco, Adriano; Brescia, Rosaria; Giordani, Silvia (2018) 'Boron/Nitrogen-Codoped Carbon Nano-Onion Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction'. Acs Applied Nano Materials, 1 (10). [DOI]
	2018	Maffeis, Viviana and McCourt, Ruair\'\i O and Petracca, Rita and Laethem, Olivier and Camisasca, Adalberto and Colavita, Paula E and Giordani, Silvia and Scanlan, Eoin M (2018) 'Photocatalytic Initiation of Radical Thiol--ene Reactions Using Carbon-Bi2O3 Nanocomposites'. 1 (8):4120-4126.
	2018	Nunn N; d'Amora M; Prabhakar N; Panich AM; Froumin N; Torelli MD; Vlasov I; Reineck P; Gibson B; Rosenholm JM; Giordani S; Shenderova O; (2018) 'Fluorescent single-digit detonation nanodiamond for biomedical applications'. Methods And Applications In Fluorescence, 6 (3). [DOI]
	2017	d'Amora, M; Camisasca, A; Lettieri, S; Giordani, S (2017) 'Toxicity Assessment of Carbon Nanomaterials in Zebrafish during Development'. Journal of Nanomaterials, 7 . [DOI]
	2017	Lettieri, S; Camisasca, A; d'Amora, M; Diaspro, A; Uchida, T; Nakajima, Y; Yanagisawa, K; Maekawa, T; Giordani, S (2017) 'Far-red fluorescent carbon nano-onions as a biocompatible platform for cellular imaging'. RSC Advances, 7 :45676-45681. [DOI]
	2017	Lettieri S; d'Amora M; Camisasca A; Diaspro A; Giordani S; (2017) 'Carbon nano-onions as fluorescent on/off modulated nanoprobes for diagnostics'. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 8 . [DOI]
	2017	Camisasca, A.; Giordani, S.; (2017) 'Carbon nano-onions in biomedical applications: Promising theranostic agents'. Inorganica Chimica Acta, . [DOI]
	2017	(2017) 'Porous graphite oxide pillared with tetrapod-shaped molecules'. Carbon, . [DOI]
	2017	(2017) 'Recent advances in smart biotechnology: Hydrogels and nanocarriers for tailored bioactive molecules depot'. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, . [DOI]
	2016	(2016) 'Probing Metal Ion Complexation of Ligands with Multiple Metal Binding Sites: The Case of Spiropyrans'. CHEMISTRY - A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, . [DOI]
	2016	(2016) 'Biocompatibility and biodistribution of functionalized carbon nano-onions (f-CNOs) in a vertebrate model'. Scientific Reports, . [DOI]
	2016	(2016) 'Carbon Nanomaterials Interfacing with Neurons: An In vivo Perspective'. Frontiers in Neuroscience, . [DOI]
	2015	(2015) 'Surface analysis of zinc-porphyrin functionalized carbon nano-onions'. Biointerphases, . [DOI]
	2015	(2015) 'Synthesis and Characterization of Far-Red/NIR-Fluorescent BODIPY Dyes, Solid-State Fluorescence, and Application as Fluorescent Tags Attached to Carbon Nano-onions'. CHEMISTRY - A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, . [DOI]
	2015	(2015) 'CCDC 1051088: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination'. Cambridge Structural Database, . [DOI]
	2015	(2015) 'Carbon nanomaterials: multi-functional agents for biomedical fluorescence and Raman imaging'. Chemical Society Reviews, . [DOI]
	2015	Frasconi, M.; Maffeis, V.; Bartelmess, J.; Echegoyen, L.; Giordani, S. (2015) 'Highly surface functionalized carbon nano-onions for bright light Bioimaging'. Methods And Applications In Fluorescence, 3 . [Link] [DOI]
	2015	(2015) 'CCDC 1051089: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination'. Cambridge Structural Database, . [DOI]
	2015	(2015) 'Highly surface functionalized carbon nano-onions for bright light bioimaging'. Methods And Applications In Fluorescence, . [DOI]
	2015	(2015) 'Impact of Carbon Nano-Onions on Hydra vulgaris as a Model Organism for Nanoecotoxicology'. Journal of Nanomaterials, . [DOI]
	2015	(2015) 'Multi-Functionalized Carbon Nano-onions as Imaging Probes for Cancer Cells'. CHEMISTRY - A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, . [DOI]
	2015	(2015) 'Non-covalent functionalization of carbon nano-onions with pyrene-BODIPY dyads for biological imaging'. RSC Advances, . [DOI]
	2015	(2015) 'Recent developments in carbon nanomaterial sensors'. Chemical Society Reviews, . [DOI]
	2014	Ventura, Claudia and Thornton, Paul and Giordani, Silvia and Heise, Andreas (2014) 'Synthesis and photochemical properties of spiropyran graft and star polymers obtained by ‘click’chemistry'. 5 (21):6318-6324.
	2014	(2014) 'Boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) functionalized carbon nano-onions for high resolution cellular imaging'. Nanoscale, . [DOI]
	2014	(2014) 'Carbon nano-onions (multi-layer fullerenes): chemistry and applications'. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, . [DOI]
	2014	(2014) 'COD ID: 4022399'. Crystallography Open Database, .
	2014	(2014) 'COD ID: 4022400'. Crystallography Open Database, .
	2014	(2014) 'COD ID: 7026158'. Crystallography Open Database, .
	2014	(2014) 'COD ID: 7211780'. Crystallography Open Database, .
	2014	(2014) 'COD ID: 7211781'. Crystallography Open Database, .
	2014	(2014) 'COD ID: 7211782'. Crystallography Open Database, .
	2014	(2014) 'NIR fluorescence labelled carbon nano-onions: synthesis, analysis and cellular imaging'. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, . [DOI]
	2014	Ventura, Claudia; Thornton, Paul; Giordani, Silvia; Heise, Andreas (2014) 'Synthesis and photochemical properties of spiropyran graft and star polymers obtained by 'click' chemistry'. Polymer Chemistry, 5 (21). [DOI]
	2013	(2013) 'Functionalization of Carbon Nanoparticles Modulates Inflammatory Cell Recruitment and NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation'. Small, . [DOI]
	2013	(2013) 'Native Chemical Ligation,Thiol-Ene Click: A Methodology for the Synthesis of Functionalized Peptides'. Journal of Organic Chemistry, . [DOI]
	2013	(2013) 'Surface-enhanced Raman scattering spectra of radial breathing and G band modes in functionalised nanotubes'. Chemical Physics Letters, . [DOI]
	2013	d’Amoraad, Marta and Bartelmess, Juergen and Abdelrasoul, Gaser N and Lavagnino, Zeno and Sancataldo, Giuseppe and Galeno, Lauretta and Zanacchi, Francesca Cella and Giordani, Silvia and Diaspro, Alberto (2013) 'LIGHT SHEET FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY TO STUDY NANOMATERIALS IMPACT ON ZEBRAFISH DEVELOPMENT'. 9 :4194-4206.
	2013	Yang, Marie and Flavin, Kevin and Kopf, Ilona and Radics, Gabor and Hearnden, Claire HA and McManus, Gavin J and Moran, Barry and Villalta-Cerdas, Adrian and Echegoyen, Luis A and Giordani, Silvia and others (2013) 'Carbon Nanotubes: Functionalization of Carbon Nanoparticles Modulates Inflammatory Cell Recruitment and NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation (Small 24/2013)'. 9 (24):4280-4280.
	2012	(2012) 'Interaction studies between photochromic spiropyrans and transition metal cations: the curious case of copper'. Organic &Amp; Biomolecular Chemistry, . [DOI]
	2012	(2012) 'Investigation of covalent functionalized single-wall carbon nanotubes using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering'. Organic Photonics V, . [DOI]
	2012	(2012) 'Lipophilic guanosine derivatives as carbon nanotube dispersing agents'. Carbon, . [DOI]
	2012	(2012) 'Molecular switches as photocontrollable "smart" receptors'. Chemical Society Reviews, . [DOI]
	2012	Flavin K., Kopf I., Murtagh J., Grossi M., O’Shea D.* and Giordani S.* (2012) 'Excited state on/off switching of a boron azadipyrromethene single-wall carbon nanotube conjugate'. Supramolecular Chemistry, . [DOI]
	2012	(2012) 'Photo-controlled release of zinc metal ions by spiropyran receptors anchored to single-walled carbon nanotubes'. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, . [DOI]
	2012	(2012) 'Surface-enhanced Raman scattering from small numbers of purified and oxidised single-walled carbon nanotubes'. Chemical Physics Letters, . [DOI]
	2012	Natali, Manuel and Giordani, Silvia (2012) 'Molecular switches as photocontrollable “smart” receptors'. 41 (10):4010-4029.
	2011	Yang, M and Flavin, K and Delany, E and Echegoyen, L and Giordani, S and Lavelle, E (2011) 'Carbon nanoparticles activate the NLRP3 inflammasome and efficiently target draining lymph nodes following injection: 760'. 135 .
	2011	(2011) 'Synthesis and Characterization of Boron Azadipyrromethene Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Electron Donor-Acceptor Conjugates'. ACS Nano, . [DOI]
	2011	Soldi, Laura and Cullen, Ronan J and Jayasundara, Dilushan R and Scanlan, Eoin M and Giordani, Silvia and Colavita, Paula E (2011) 'Photochemically triggered alkylthiol reactions on highly ordered pyrolytic graphite'. 115 (20):10196-10204.
	2011	Blau, W.J.; NÃ Mhuircheartaigh, Ã.M.; Giordani, S.; MacKernan, D.; King, S.M.; Rickard, D.; Val Verde, L.M.; Senge, M.O.; (2011) 'Molecular engineering of nonplanar porphyrin and carbon nanotube assemblies: A linear and nonlinear spectroscopic and modeling study'. Nanotechnology, . [DOI]
	2011	(2011) 'Structural modifications of ionic liquid surfactants for improving the water dispersibility of carbon nanotubes: an experimental and theoretical study'. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, . [DOI]
	2011	(2011) 'Screening the Cytotoxicity of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Using Novel 3D Tissue-Mimetic Models'. ACS Nano, . [DOI]
	2011	(2011) 'Potochemically Triggered Alkylthiol Reactions on Highly Ordered Pyrolytic Graphite'. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, . [DOI]
	2011	(2011) 'Effect of Surfactant Structure on Carbon Nanotube Sidewall Adsorption'. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, . [DOI]
	2011	(2011) 'Critical Investigation of Defect Site Functionalization on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes'. Chemistry of Materials, . [DOI]
	2011	(2011) 'Controlled carboxylic acid introduction: a route to highly purified oxidised single-walled carbon nanotubes'. Materials Chemistry, . [DOI]
	2011	(2011) 'Conjugated Quantum Dots Inhibit the Amyloid beta (1-42) Fibrillation Process'. International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, . [DOI]
	2011	(2011) 'Carbon nanoparticles activate the NLRP3 inflammasome and efficiently target draining lymph nodes following injection'. Journal of Immunology, .
	2011	Thakur, Garima and Micic, Miodrag and Yang, Yuehai and Li, Wenzhi and Movia, Dania and Giordani, Silvia and Zhang, Hongzhou and Leblanc, Roger M (2011) 'Conjugated quantum dots inhibit the amyloid $\beta$ (1--42) fibrillation process'. 2011 .
	2010	(2010) 'The balance between closed and open forms of spiropyrans in the solid state'. CrystEngComm, . [DOI]
	2010	(2010) 'The role of metal ions and counterions in the switching behavior of a carboxylic acid functionalized spiropyran'. Dalton Transactions, . [DOI]
	2010	(2010) 'Structural, Spectroscopic, and Anion-Binding Properties of 5,10-Porphodimethenes, An Unusual Class of Calixphyrins'. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, . [DOI]
	2010	(2010) 'Purified and Oxidized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Robust Near-IR Fluorescent Probes for Molecular Imaging'. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, . [DOI]
	2010	(2010) 'Functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes with optically switchable spiropyrans'. Carbon, . [DOI]
	2010	(2010) 'A photoswitchable Zn (II) selective spiropyran-based sensor'. Tetrahedron, . [DOI]
	2010	(2010) 'Functionalization of multilayer fullerenes (carbon nanoonions) using diazonium compounds and click chemistry'. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, .
	2010	(2010) 'Functionalization of Multilayer Fullerenes (Carbon Nano-Onions) using Diazonium Compounds and "Click" Chemistry'. Organic Letters, . [DOI]
	2010	(2010) 'Determination of Spiropyran Cytotoxicity by High Content Screening and Analysis for Safe Application in Bionanosensing'. Chemical Research in Toxicology, . [DOI]
	2010	(2010) 'Balance between closed and open forms of spiropyrans in the solid state'. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, .
	2010	Flavin, Kevin and Chaur, Manuel N and Echegoyen, Luis and Giordani, Silvia (2010) 'Functionalization of multilayer fullerenes (carbon nano-onions) using diazonium compounds and “click” chemistry'. 12 (4):840-843.
	2010	Movia, Dania and Giordani, Silvia (2010) 'Toxicity of carbon nanotubes'. :175-216.
	2009	(2009) 'Organic functionalisation and characterisation of single-walled carbon nanotubes'. Chemical Society Reviews, . [DOI]
	2009	(2009) 'Multifunctional hybrid materials composed of [60]fullerene-based functionalized-single-walled carbon nanotubes'. Carbon, . [DOI]
	2009	(2009) 'Effect of carbon nanotube surface modification on dispersion and structural properties of electrospun fibers'. Applied Physics Letters, . [DOI]
	2009	(2009) 'Diffusion-Ordered NMR Spectroscopy in the Structural Characterization of Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes'. Journal of the American Chemical Society, . [DOI]
	2009	(2009) 'Spectroscopy of single-walled carbon nanotubes in aqueous surfactant dispersion'. Physica Status Solidi B-Basic Solid State Physics, . [DOI]
	2009	Cellot G; Cilia E; Cipollone S; Rancic V; Sucapane A; Giordani S; Gambazzi L; Markram H; Grandolfo M; Scaini D; Gelain F; Casalis L; Prato M; Giugliano M; Ballerini L; (2009) 'Carbon nanotubes might improve neuronal performance by favouring electrical shortcuts'. Nature Nanotechnology, 4 (2). [DOI]
	2008	(2008) 'Towards solutions of single-walled carbon nanotubes in common solvents'. Journal of Advanced Materials, . [DOI]
	2008	(2008) 'Quantifying the contributions of inner-filter, re-absorption and aggregation effects in the photoluminescence of high-concentration conjugated polymer solutions'. Luminescence, . [DOI]
	2008	(2008) 'Antibody gold quantum dot PAMAM dendrimer complex as an immunoglobulin immunoassay'. The Analyst, . [DOI]
	2007	(2007) 'Exfoliation in ecstasy: liquid crystal formation and concentration-dependent debundling observed for single-wall nanotubes dispersed in the liquid drug gamma-butyrolactone'. Nanotechnology, . [DOI]
	2007	Bergin, Shane D and Nicolosi, Valeria and Giordani, Silvia and de Gromard, Antoine and Carpenter, Leslie and Blau, Werner J and Coleman, Jonathan N (2007) 'Exfoliation in ecstasy: liquid crystal formation and concentration-dependent debundling observed for single-wall nanotubes dispersed in the liquid drug $\gamma$-butyrolactone'. 18 (45).
	2007	Ni Mhuircheartaigh, EM and Blau, WJ and Prato, M and Giordani, S (2007) 'Sonication of porphyrin--nanotube composites: a cautionary tale'. 244 (11):4227-4230.
	2007	(2007) 'Spectroscopic changes induced by sonication of porphyrin-carbon nanotube composites in chlorinated solvents'. Carbon, . [DOI]
	2007	(2007) 'Reversible microwave-assisted cycloaddition of aziridines to carbon nanotubes'. Journal of the American Chemical Society, . [DOI]
	2006	Giordani, S and Bergin, S and Nicolosi, V and Lebedkin, S and Blau, WJ and Coleman, JN (2006) 'Fabrication of stable dispersions containing up to 70\% individual carbon nanotubes in a common organic solvent'. 243 (13):3058-3062.
	2006	(2006) 'Linear and nonlinear optical characterization of a tetraphenylporphyrin-carbon nanotube composite system'. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, . [DOI]
	2006	(2006) 'Debundling of single-walled nanotubes by dilution: Observation of large populations of individual nanotubes in amide solvent dispersions'. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, . [DOI]
	2006	(2006) 'Immunoasssay based on the antibody-conjugated PAMAM-dendrimer-gold quantum dot complex'. Chemical Communications, . [DOI]
	2005	(2005) 'Fluorescence modulation in polymer bilayers containing fluorescent and photochromic dopants'. Advanced Functional Materials, . [DOI]
	2004	(2004) 'Photoinduced proton exchange between molecular switches'. Tetrahedron, . [DOI]
	2003	(2003) 'A switch in a cage with a memory'. Organic Letters, . [DOI]
	2003	(2003) 'All-optical processing with molecular switches'. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, .
	2003	(2003) 'Digital processing with a three-state molecular switch'. Journal of Organic Chemistry, . [DOI]
	2003	(2003) 'Memory effects based on intermolecular photoinduced proton transfer'. Journal of the American Chemical Society, . [DOI]
	2002	(2002) 'Signal communication at the molecular level'. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, .
	2002	(2002) 'All-optical processing with molecular switches'. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, . [DOI]
	2002	(2002) 'Multichannel digital transmission in an optical network of communicating molecules'. Journal of the American Chemical Society, . [DOI]
	2001	(2001) 'Signal processing at the molecular level'. Journal of the American Chemical Society, . [DOI]
	2001	(2001) 'Digital communication through intermolecular fluorescence modulation'. Organic Letters, . [DOI]
	2001	(2001) 'Signal communication between molecular switches'. Organic Letters, . [DOI]
	2019	Gianoncelli, Alessandra; Cammisuli, Francesca; Altissimo, Matteo; Salome, Murielle; Radillo, Oriano; Ricci, Giuseppe; Giordani, Silvia; Rizzardi, Clara; Pascolo, Lorella (2019) 'Iron-related toxicity effects of single-walled carbon nanotubes in human placental cells (BeWo) investigated by X-ray fluorescence microscopy'. X-Ray Spectrometry, 48 (5). [DOI]
	2021	Kearns, O; Camisasca, A; Giordani, S (2021) 'Hyaluronic Acid-Conjugated Carbon Nanomaterials for Enhanced Tumour Targeting Ability'. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 27 (1). [DOI]
	2021	Rozhin, P; Abdel Monem Gamal, J; Giordani, S; Marchesan, S (2021) 'Carbon Nanomaterials (CNMs) and Enzymes: From Nanozymes to CNM-Enzyme Conjugates and Biodegradation'. Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 15 (3). [DOI]
	2021	Fagan, A; Bartkowski, M; Giordani, S (2021) 'Spiropyran-Based Drug Delivery Systems'. FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY, 9 . [DOI]
	2013	Gazzillo, Francesco; Lingiardi, Vittorio; Peloso, Anna; Giordani, Silvia; Vesco, Serena; Zanna, Valeria; Filippucci, Ludovica; Vicari, Stefano (2013) 'Personality subtypes in adolescents with anorexia nervosa'. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 54 (6):702-712. [DOI]
	2008	Bianco, Alberto; Sainz, Raquel; Li, Shouping; Dumortier, Helene; Lacerda, Lara; Kostarelos, Kostas; Giordani, Silvia; Prato, Maurizio (2008) 'Biomedical Applications of Functionalised Carbon Nanotubes'. MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACOLOGICAL POTENTIAL OF FULLERENES AND CARBON NANOTUBES, 1 :23-+.

Conference Publication

	Year	Publication
	2016	Giordani, Silvia and Frasconi, Marco and Marotta, Roberto (2016) European Microscopy Congress 2016: Proceedings *Functionalized Carbon Nano-onions as Imaging Probes for Cancer Cells*
	2011	Del Canto, E.; Flavin, K.; Movia, D.; Giordani, S.; (2011) Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings *Oxidized single-walled carbon nanotubes: Removal of carbonaceous functionalized material by washing with solvents or base* [DOI]
	2010	Natali, Manuel and Soldi, Laura and Giordani, Silvia (2010) ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY *Spiropyran as a reversible Zn selective receptor*
	2008	Ramirez-Garcia, Sonia and Natali, Manuel and Giordani, Silvia (2008) ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY *PMSE 232-Toward new intelligent materials based on conducting polymers and molecular switches*
	2008	Giordani, Silvia and Natali, Manuel and del Canto, Elisa (2008) ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY *ORGN 566-Molecular switches on tubes*
	2007	(2007) 21st International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials *21st International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials* [DOI]
	2006	(2006) 20th International Winterschool/Euroconference on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials *20th International Winterschool/Euroconference on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials* [DOI]
	2005	Bergin, S.D.; Giordani, S.; Mac Kernan, D.; Minett, A.; Coleman, J.N.; Blau, W.J.; (2005) AIP Conference Proceedings *Characterisation of single-walled carbon nanotube bundle dissociation in amide solvents* [DOI]
	2005	Giordani, S.; Bergin, S.D.; Drury, A.; Mhuircheartaigh, E.N.; Coleman, J.N.; Blau, W.J.; (2005) AIP Conference Proceedings *Effect of solvents and dispersants on the bundle dissociation of single-walled carbon nanotube* [DOI]
	2005	Giordani S., Bergin S., Drury A., Mhuircheartaigh E.N., Coleman J.N. and Blau W. (2005) Electronic Properties of Novel Nanostructures Effect of Dispersants on the Bundle Dissociation of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube*
	2005	Giordani S., Bergin S., Drury A., Mhuircheartaigh E.N., Coleman J.N. and Blau W. (2005) Opto-Ireland 2005: Nanotechnology and Nanophotonics Effect of dispersant on the bundle dissociation of single-wall carbon nanotube* [DOI]
	2008	Giordano, Andrea and Poler, Jordan C (2008) ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY *PHYS 452-Aggregation kinetics of novel carbon nanotube and ruthenium metallodendrimer supramolecular assemblies*
	2005	Giordani, Silvia and Bergin, Shane D and Drury, Anna and Mhuircheartaigh, \'Eimh\'\in N\'\i and Ruther, Manuel and Coleman, Jonathan N and Blau, Werner J (2005) Opto-Ireland 2005: Nanotechnology and Nanophotonics *Effect of solvent and dispersant on the bundle dissociation of single-walled carbon nanotube*

Review Articles

	Year	Publication
	2019	Giordani, Silvia; Camisasca, Adalberto; Maffeis, Viviana (2019) Carbon Nano-onions: A Valuable Class of Carbon Nanomaterials in Biomedicine. REV [DOI]
	2021	Mohan, Hugh; Bartkowski, Michal; Giordani, Silvia (2021) Biocompatible Dispersants for Carbon Nanomaterials. REV [DOI]

Editorial

	Year	Publication
	2021	Gewin, Virginia; Giordani, Silvia (2021) Designing nano-sized chemotherapy. ED [DOI]
	2021	De Sousa, Frederico B.; Alexis, Frank; Giordani, Silvia (2021) Editorial: Photochromic Materials: Design and Applications. ED [DOI]

Other Publication

	Year	Publication
	2020	Bartkowski, M.; Giordani, S. (2020) Supramolecular chemistry of carbon nano-onions. [Link] [DOI]
	2020	Heller, D.A.; Jena, P.V.; Pasquali, M.; Kostarelos, K.; Delogu, L.G.; Meidl, R.E.; Rotkin, S.V.; Scheinberg, D.A.; Schwartz, R.E.; Terrones, M.; Wang, Y.H.; Bianco, A.; Boghossian, A.A.; Cambré, S.; Cognet, L.; Corrie, S.R.; Demokritou, P.; Giordani, S.; Hertel, T.; Ignatova, T.; Islam, M.F.; Iverson, N.M.; Jagota, A.; Janas, D.; Kono, J.; Kruss, S.; Landry, M.P.; Li, Y.; Martel, R.; Maruyama, S.; Naumov, A.V.; Prato, M.; Quinn, S.J.; Roxbury, D.; Strano, M.S.; Tour, J.M.; Weisman, R.B.; Wenseleers, W.; Yudasaka, M. (2020) Banning carbon nanotubes would be scientifically unjustified and damaging to innovation. [Link] [DOI]
	2011	Yang, M.; Flavin, K.; Delany, E.; Echegoyen, L. A.; Giordani, S.; Lavelle, E. C. (2011) Carbon nanoparticles activate the NLRP3 inflammasome and efficiently target draining lymph nodes following injection.
	2010	Giordani, Silvia; Natali, Manuel; Douglawi, Antoin; Aakeroy, Christer B.; Hurley, Evan P.; Desper, John (2010) Balance between closed and open forms of spiropyrans in the solid state.
	2010	Natali, Manuel; Soldi, Laura; Giordani, Silvia (2010) Spiropyran as a reversible Zn selective receptor.
	2010	Flavin, Kevin; Chaur, Manuel; Echegoyen, Luis; Giordani, Silvia (2010) Functionalization of multilayer fullerenes (carbon nanoonions) using diazonium compounds and click chemistry.
	2008	Giordani, Silvia; Natali, Manuel; del Canto, Elisa (2008) ORGN 566-Molecular switches on tubes.
	2008	Ramirez-Garcia, Sonia; Natali, Manuel; Giordani, Silvia (2008) PMSE 232-Toward new intelligent materials based on conducting polymers and molecular switches.
	2021	Lojou, E; Giordani, S; Ivanova, S; Li, Q; Schaefer, JL (2021) Editorial: Women in Science: Chemistry. [DOI]
	2004	Giordani, Silvia (2004)

Professional Associations

	Association	Function	From / To
	American Chemical Society	Member	-
	American Nano Society	Invited member	-

Honors and Awards

Date	Title	Awarding Body
01/01/2009	Biogenous Ceramics Project Award	Okayama University, Japan
01/01/2012	L’Oréal UK & Ireland Fellowship For Women in Science	L’Oréal, UNESCO & Royal Society
01/01/2018	William Evans visiting fellow award	University of Otago, New Zealand
01/01/2007	President of Ireland Young Researcher Award	Science Foundation Ireland
01/01/2012	Leonardo-UGIS Award for a young researcher/communicator	Italian National Museum of Science and Technology, Italian Scientific Journalists Union, Federchimica Plastics Europe

Committees

Committee	Function	From / To
Research Network EU COST Action CA15107 “Multi Functional Nano Carbon Composite Materials Network”		01/04/2016 - 30/09/2020
EU COST Action CA21126 - Carbon molecular nanostructures in space (NanoSpace)		27/10/2022 - 26/10/2026
EU COST Action CA20121 Bench to Bedside transition for Pharmacological regulation of NRF2 in non communicable diseases	https://benbedphar.org/about-benbedphar/	01/04/2022 - 31/03/2026

Employment

Employer	Position	From / To
University of Dublin Trinity College	Research Assistant Professor	01/09/2007 - 31/08/2013
Dublin City University	FULL PROFESSOR CHAIR	01/10/2018 -
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia	Senior Researcher / Head of the Nano Carbon Materials Lab	01/09/2013 - 22/12/2016
University of Dublin Trinity College	Lecturer	01/09/2005 - 01/07/2006
UniversitÃ degli Studi di Torino	Asssociate Professor	23/12/2016 - 30/09/2018

Education

	Start date	Institution	Qualification	Subject
		University of Miami	Master of Science
		University of Miami	PhD
		Università degli Studi di Milano	Laurea

Languages

Language	Reading	Writing	Speaking
Spanish	Fluent	Functional	Fluent
Italian	Fluent	Fluent	Fluent
English	Fluent	Fluent	Fluent
French	Basic	Basic	Functional

Reviews

	Journal	Role
	Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology	Editor
	ACS applied materials & interfaces	Reviewer
	FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY	Editor
	Frontiers in Neuroscience	Editor
	Nature Communications	Reviewer
	ACS Nano	Reviewer
	Frontiers In Bioengineering And Biotechnology	Series Editor

Outreach Activities

	Year	Engagement Type	Organisation	Description
	2022	Educational Outreach/Public Engagement	ISIS Giulio Natta	Lecturer and Mentor. External examiner of projects and jury member of “Roberto e Quirino Sestini” fellowships, high school G. Natta, Bergamo, Italy
	2022	Educational Outreach/Public Engagement	Bergamo Scienza Science Festival	previously organised Molecular Day in 2011

Research Interests

My research interests are in the design, synthesis, and characterization of hybrid smart nanomaterials for biomedical, energy and environmental applications. The research is highly multidisciplinary, since it conjugates competencies coming from different backgrounds, such as organic chemistry, chemical physics, materials engineering, pharmaceutical chemistry and biology.

Research Projects

Title	Role	Start date	End date
Engineering of nanomaterials for cancer therapy (ENACT) [Michal Bartkowski]	DCU PI	01/09/2019	31/08/2023
Functional carbon nano onions for the design and development of advanced bioelectrodes	DCU PI	01/09/2021	31/08/2022
Carbon Nano-onions for theranostic Applications - Hugh Mohan	DCU PI	01/09/2021	31/08/2025
Synthesis and functionalisation of carbon nano-onions for targeted delivery of DOX	DCU PI	08/05/2023	07/07/2023
Functional carbon nano-onions for the design and development of advanced (bio-)electrodes	DCU PI	01/09/2020	03/10/2020
design of Carbon bAsed nanoplatfoRm tO TargEt paNcreatic cancEr	DCU PI	01/09/2023	31/08/2025
Bio-inspired functionalization of nanoplatforms for targeted delivery of therapeutics	PI	01/05/2024	30/04/2029

Contract Researchers

	Researcher Name	Project	Funding Body
	Adalberto Camisasca	Non-covalent modification of Carbon Nano Onions
	Tyler Nguyen	physics-chemical characterisation of carbon nano materials
	Alessia Ventrella	synthesis of carbon dots
	Michal Bartkowski	functionalization of carbon nano onions
	Kellyjean Courtney	drug loading onto carbon nanoparticles

Current Postgraduate Students

Student Name	Degree	Supervision
Conway ,Adriana	PhD-track	Supervisor
Zhou ,Yingru	PhD-track	Supervisor
Mohan ,Hugh	PhD	Supervisor

Internal Collaborators

	Type	Name	Company	Role
	Internal	Prof. Robert Forster	Chemistry Dept., Dublin, City University	Academic

External Collaborators

Type	Name	Company	Role
External	Dr. Raffaella Tonini	Neuroscience and Brain Technologies Dept., IIT, Genova	Academic
External	Prof. Silvia Arpicco	University of Turin	Academic
External	Dr. Tiziano Bandiera	Drug Discovery and Development Dept., IIT, Genova	Academic
External	Prof. Donal O’Shea	Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry Dept., Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Dublin	Academic
External	Prof. Eoin Scanlan	Chemistry Dept., Trinity College Dublin	Academic
External	Prof. Paula Colavita	Chemistry Dept., Trinity College Dublin	Academic
External	Prof. Andreas Heise	Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry Dept., RCSI,	Academic
External	Prof. Christer Aakeroy	Kansas State University	Academic
External	Prof. Toru Maekawa	Biomedical Engineering, Bio-Nano Institute, Toyo University	Academic
External	Prof. Sally Brooker	Chemistry Dept., Univ. of Otago	Academic
External	Prof. Francisco M. Raymo	Chemistry Dept., Univ. of Miami, FL	Academic
External	Fabrizio Pirri	Advanced Materials for Sustainable Future Technologies, IIT Turin	Academic

Modules Coordinated

Term	Title	Subject
2022	Bio-organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry	CS206
2022	Bioinspired Synthesis	CS424
2022	Inorganic & Physical Chemistry Lab	CS260
2022	Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory	CS254
2020	Synthesis and Analysis of Pharmaceuticals	CS363