Maria Rosaria Acocella

Dr. Maria Rosaria Acocella

Department of Chemistry and Biology and INSTM Research Unit, Università di Salerno, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy

Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

26Years (2001-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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21 October 2004 in The Journal of Organic Chemistry
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Maria Rosaria AcocellaMaria Rosaria Acocella
Maria Rosaria Acocella
OMOlga Garcı́a Mancheño
Olga Garcı́a Mancheño
MBMarco Bella
Marco Bella
KJKarl Anker Jørgensen
Karl Anker Jørgensen

25 February 2016 in RSC Advances
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Maria Rosaria AcocellaMaria Rosaria Acocella
Maria Rosaria Acocella
Carola Esposito CorcioneCarola Esposito Corcione
Carola Esposito Corcione
AGA. Giuri
A. Giuri
MMM. Maggio
M. Maggio
AMA. Maffezzoli
A. Maffezzoli
GGG. Guerra
G. Guerra
The influence of different graphite-based nanofillers on epoxide ring opening reactions, as induced by amines for diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA), is studied. Direct kinetic studies, with full chemical characterization and quantitative evaluation of the low molecular mass products, for reactions of DGEBA with primary and secondary monoamines as well with alcohols, are conducted. Moreover, the kinetic behavior of a commercial epoxy resin based on DGEBA and a diamine, leading to crosslinked insoluble networks, is studied by indirect methods, such as differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and rheometry. The reported results show a relevant catalytic activity of graphene oxide on epoxy resin crosslinking by amines. For instance, for a graphene oxide content of 3 wt%, the exothermic crosslinking DSC peak is shifted (upon heating at 10 °C min−1) from 113 °C down to 96 °C, while the gel time at 50 °C is reduced by a factor of 2.5. This behavior is due to the ability of graphene oxide to catalyze primary amine–epoxy, secondary amine–epoxy and mainly hydroxyl–epoxy additions.

1 October 2014 in Polymer
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MMMarco Mauro
Marco Mauro
Maria Rosaria AcocellaMaria Rosaria Acocella
Maria Rosaria Acocella
Carola Esposito CorcioneCarola Esposito Corcione
Carola Esposito Corcione
Alfonso MaffezzoliAlfonso Maffezzoli
Alfonso Maffezzoli
GGGaetano Guerra
Gaetano Guerra

27 December 2013 in ACS Catalysis
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Maria Rosaria AcocellaMaria Rosaria Acocella
Maria Rosaria Acocella
MMMarco Mauro
Marco Mauro
LFLaura Falivene
Laura Falivene
LCLuigi Cavallo
Luigi Cavallo
GGGaetano Guerra
Gaetano Guerra

19 October 2014 in ChemSusChem
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Maria Rosaria AcocellaMaria Rosaria Acocella
Maria Rosaria Acocella
MMMarco Mauro
Marco Mauro
GGGaetano Guerra
Gaetano Guerra

1 September 2015 in Vacuum
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SRSimona Rella
Simona Rella
AGAntonella Giuri
Antonella Giuri
Carola Esposito CorcioneCarola Esposito Corcione
Carola Esposito Corcione
Maria Rosaria AcocellaMaria Rosaria Acocella
Maria Rosaria Acocella
Silvia ColellaSilvia Colella
Silvia Colella
CMCosimino Malitesta
Cosimino Malitesta