Odda Ruiz de Ballesteros

Prof. Odda Ruiz de Ballesteros

Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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Academic Career Length

28Years (1999-Present)

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

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1 August 2019 in Composites Science and Technology
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VMV. Mazzanti
V. Mazzanti
RPR. Pariante
R. Pariante
ABA. Bonanno
A. Bonanno
Odda Ruiz de BallesterosOdda Ruiz de Ballesteros
Odda Ruiz de Ballesteros
FMF. Mollica
F. Mollica
GFG. Filippone
G. Filippone

17 June 2014 in Macromolecules
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CRClaudio De Rosa
Claudio De Rosa
Odda Ruiz de BallesterosOdda Ruiz de Ballesteros
Odda Ruiz de Ballesteros
Finizia AuriemmaFinizia Auriemma
Finizia Auriemma
RGRocco DI GIROLAMO
Rocco DI GIROLAMO
CSCarmela Scarica
Carmela Scarica
ICIsabella Camurati
Isabella Camurati

21 January 2014 in Macromolecules
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CRClaudio De Rosa
Claudio De Rosa
Finizia AuriemmaFinizia Auriemma
Finizia Auriemma
Maurizio VillaniMaurizio Villani
Maurizio Villani
Odda Ruiz de BallesterosOdda Ruiz de Ballesteros
Odda Ruiz de Ballesteros
RGRocco DI GIROLAMO
Rocco DI GIROLAMO
AMAnna Malafronte
Anna Malafronte

3 February 2020 in POLYMER CRYSTALLIZATION
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Claudio De RosaClaudio De Rosa
Claudio De Rosa
MSMiriam Scoti
Miriam Scoti
RGRocco DI GIROLAMO
Rocco DI GIROLAMO
Odda Ruiz de BallesterosOdda Ruiz de Ballesteros
Odda Ruiz de Ballesteros
Finizia AuriemmaFinizia Auriemma
Finizia Auriemma
AMAnna Malafronte
Anna Malafronte

15 November 2019 in Macromolecules
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Claudio De RosaClaudio De Rosa
Claudio De Rosa
Odda Ruiz de BallesterosOdda Ruiz de Ballesteros
Odda Ruiz de Ballesteros
Finizia AuriemmaFinizia Auriemma
Finizia Auriemma
GTGiovanni Talarico
Giovanni Talarico
MSMiriam Scoti
Miriam Scoti
GMGiampiero Morini
Giampiero Morini

18 May 2020 in Macromolecules
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Claudio De RosaClaudio De Rosa
Claudio De Rosa
MSMiriam Scoti
Miriam Scoti
Odda Ruiz de BallesterosOdda Ruiz de Ballesteros
Odda Ruiz de Ballesteros
RGRocco DI GIROLAMO
Rocco DI GIROLAMO
Finizia AuriemmaFinizia Auriemma
Finizia Auriemma
AMAnna Malafronte
Anna Malafronte
Isotactic propylene–butene copolymers [i(P-co-B)] with precise and controlled molecular structures were synthesized with various organometallic catalysts having different stereoselectivities. Stereoregular and stereodefective samples of i(P-co-B) with 1-butene (B) content variable in the whole range of composition were synthesized. All samples crystallize regardless of composition, indicating cocrystallization of propene and 1-butene units, which are incorporated in the unit cells of polymorphic forms of isotactic poly(propylene) (iPP) and isotactic poly(1-butene) (iPB). The copolymers show a continuum change of crystal morphology with the composition, transforming from big spherulites to bundle-like and needle-like crystals, to granular crystals. The cocrystallization allows maintaining high crystallinity of copolymers for any composition and provides an opportunity to develop outstanding mechanical properties that can be tailored by changing the isotacticity and composition. This allows, ideally, combining in the same material the different properties of stiffness of iPP and flexibility of iPB. These copolymers show, indeed, mechanical properties intermediate between iPP and iPB, ranging from stiffness/brittleness and ductility/flexibility depending on the composition and isotacticity, with high strength and Young’s modulus that may be regulated by the stereoregularity of the iPP and iPB sequences, which is, in turn, dictated by the catalyst structure.