Francesco Zinna

Dr. Francesco Zinna

Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Academic Career Length

13Years (2014-Present)

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

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29 July 2020 in Chemistry – A European Journal
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Lorenzo Arrico
LBLorenzo Di Bari
Lorenzo Di Bari
Francesco ZinnaFrancesco Zinna
Francesco Zinna

16 October 2014 in Chirality
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Francesco Zinna
LBLorenzo Di Bari
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21 January 2015 in Advanced Materials
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Francesco ZinnaFrancesco Zinna
Francesco Zinna
Umberto GiovanellaUmberto Giovanella
Umberto Giovanella
LBLorenzo Di Bari
Lorenzo Di Bari

3 November 2016 in Advanced Functional Materials
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Francesco Zinna
Mariacecilia PasiniMariacecilia Pasini
Mariacecilia Pasini
Francesco GaleottiFrancesco Galeotti
Francesco Galeotti
CBchiara botta
chiara botta
LBLorenzo Di Bari
Lorenzo Di Bari
Umberto GiovanellaUmberto Giovanella
Umberto Giovanella

8 October 2020 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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JWJessica Wade
Jessica Wade
JBJochen R. Brandt
Jochen R. Brandt
DRDavid Reger
David Reger
Francesco ZinnaFrancesco Zinna
Francesco Zinna
KAKonstantin Y. Amsharov
Konstantin Y. Amsharov
MFMatthew John Fuchter
Matthew John Fuchter
Strongly dissymmetric circularly polarised (CP) luminescence from small organic molecules could transform a range of technologies, such as display devices. However, highly dissymmetric emission is usually not possible with small organic molecules, which typically give dissymmetric factors of photoluminescence (gPL) less than 10−2. Here we describe an almost 103‐fold chiroptical amplification of a π‐extended superhelicene when embedded in an achiral conjugated polymer matrix. This combination increases the |gPL| of the superhelicene from approximately 3×10−4 in solution to 0.15 in a blend film in the solid‐state. We propose that the amplification arises not simply through a chiral environment effect, but instead due to electrodynamic coupling between the electric and magnetic transition dipoles of the polymer donor and superhelicene acceptor, and subsequent CP Förster resonance energy transfer. We show that this amplification effect holds across several achiral polymer hosts and thus represents a simple and versatile approach to enhance the g‐factors of small organic molecules.

19 May 2017 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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NHNora Hellou
Nora Hellou
MSMonika Srebro-Hooper
Monika Srebro-Hooper
LFLudovic Favereau
Ludovic Favereau
Francesco ZinnaFrancesco Zinna
Francesco Zinna
ECElsa Caytan
Elsa Caytan
JCJeanne Crassous
Jeanne Crassous