PhD student at University of Catania. Francesca Lo Presti graduated in Materials Chemistry at the University of Catania [UNICT] in 2020, with an experimental thesis regarding "Synthesis and Characterisation of Barium Fluoride Thin Films doped with Luminescent Elements for Energy Conversion Applications" with tutors Prof. Graziella Malandrino and Dr. Anna Lucia Pellegrino. In November 2020, she started her PhD in Materials Science and Nanotechnology within the same research group. Her research project focuses on synthesizing, engineering and characterizing new single precursors defined as 'third generation precursors' for vapor deposition and solution processes. In addition, she is currently working on the synthesis and characterization of Metal-Organic Frameworks doped with luminescent ions.