Laura Maggini was born in La Spezia (Italy) in 1984. She achieved her Master Degree in Organic Chemistry at the University of Rome, “Sapienza”, under the supervision of Prof. Lanzalunga, working on sulfoxide chemistry. She then earned a Marie Curie Fellowship to pursue a Ph.D. in the field of Nanotechnology, under the supervision of Prof. Bonifazi at the University of Namur (UNamur, Belgium). Specifically, her research focused on the preparation of novel luminescent material based on carbon nanotubes for photonic applications. After a short research experience in the laboratory of Prof. Takuzo Aida at the Riken Institute in Tokyo (Japan), she joined the group of Prof. De Cola, at the Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (I.S.I.S.) in Strasbourg (France) as a post-doc research fellow, working on the preparation of luminescent mesoporous silica materials for biomedical applications.

Email: maggini@unistra.fr

Tel: +33 (0)3 68855171

Linkedin link: http://be.linkedin.com/pub/laura-maggini/23/b87/374

Dr. Laura Maggini developed her research activity at the interface between organic supramolecular and material chemistry. Even though working on different materials, spanning from carbon-based nanostructures to metal and silica nanoparticles, her aim has always been their modification in a supramolecular fashion with the aim of emphasizing their intrinsic properties or adding new functionalities.

Publications:

9) L. Maggini, M. Liu, Y. Ishida, D. Bonifazi, “Anisotropically luminescent hydrogels containing magnetically-aligned MWCNTs-Eu(III) hybrids”. Adv. Mater. 2013, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201204698 (VIP paper, back cover page).

8) L. Maggini, J.-M. Raquez, R. Marega, J. Jensen-Ahrens, F. Pineux, F. Meyer, Ph. Dubois, D. Bonifazi, “Magnetic Poly(vinylpyridine)-Coated Carbon Nanotubes: An Efficient Supramolecular Tool for Wastewater Purification”. ChemSusChem 2013, 6, 367.

7) L. Maggini, T. Marangoni, B. Georges, J. M. Malicka, K. Yoosaf, A. Minoia, R. Lazzaroni, N. Armaroli, D. Bonifazi, “Azobenzene-based supramolecular polymers for processing MWCNTs”. Nanoscale, 2013,5, 634-645.

6) L. Maggini, F. Toma, L. Feruglio, J. Malicka, T. Da Ros, N. Armaroli, M. Prato and D. Bonifazi, “Luminescent Blooming of Dendronic Carbon Nanotubes through Ion-pairing Interactions with an Eu(III) Complex”. Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 5889-5897 (VIP paper, cover page).

5) L. Maggini, F. De Leo, R. Marega, H. Tohati, K. Kamaras and D. Bonifazi. “CNTs-based Metal-Ion Catchers as Supramolecular Depolluting Materials”. ChemSusChem 2011, 4, 1464-1469.

4) L. Maggini and D. Bonifazi. “Hierarchised luminescent organic architectures: design, synthesis, self-assembly, self-organisation and functions”.  Chem. Soc. Rev. 2012, 41, 211-241.

3) L. Maggini, J. Mohanraj, H. Traboulsi, A. Parisini, G. Accorsi, N. Armaroli and D. Bonifazi. “A Luminescent Host–Guest Hybrid between a EuIII Complex and MWCNTs”. Chem.-Eur. J. 2011, 17, 8533-8537.

2) L. Maggini, H. Traboulsi, K. Yoosaf, J. Mohanraj, J. Wouters, O. Pietraszkiewicz, M. Pietraszkiewicz, N. Armaroli and D. Bonifazi. “Electrostatically-driven assembly of MWCNTs with a europium complex” Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 1625-1627.

1) E. Baciocchi, O. Lanzalunga, A. Lapi and L. Maggini. “Stereochemistry of the C-S Bond Cleavage in cis-2-Methylcyclopentyl Phenyl Sulfoxide Radical Cation” J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 1805-1808.

Oral presentations:

3) 4^th EuCheMS Chemistry Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, August 26-30, 2012. “Supramolecular functionalisation of MWCNTs with Eu(III) Complexes: Novel Luminescent Materials for Photonic Applications”.

2) FNRS Contact Group on “Electronic Interactions in Supramolecular Systems and Nanomaterials”, Universitè Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium, September 13, 2010. "Light-triggered solubilization of CNTs".

1) Summer Workshop on “Supramolecular Functional Materials”, Bibione, Italy, May 20-22, 2010. "Coulombic interactions in CNT's functionalization"