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  1. Small-sized platinum nanoparticles in soil organic matter: Influence on water holding capacity, evaporation and structural rigidity

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, December 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  2. Comparing different processing methods in apple slice drying. Part 2 solid-state Fast Field Cycling 1H-NMR relaxation properties, shrinkage and changes in volatile compounds

    Article • Biosystems Engineering, December 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  3. Look for methods, not conclusions

    Article • Cell Death and Disease, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Piero Carninci, Professor Pellegrino Conte, Professor Roberto Bassi

  4. Standardizing the use of fast-field cycling NMR relaxometry for measuring hydrological connectivity inside the soil

    Article • Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, July 2019, Wiley

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  5. Designing biochar properties through the blending of biomass feedstock with metals: Impact on oxyanions adsorption behavior

    Article • Chemosphere, January 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  6. Factors influencing structural heat-induced structural relaxation of dissolved organic matter

    Article • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, January 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  7. Structural and Mechanical Modification Induced by Water Content in Giant Wild Reed (A. donax L.)

    Article • ACS Omega, December 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  8. Microstructural and associated chemical changes during the composting of a high temperature biochar: Mechanisms for nitrate, phosphate and other nutrient retention and release

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, March 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  9. Measuring hydrological connectivity inside a soil by low field nuclear magnetic resonance relaxometry

    Article • Hydrological Processes, December 2017, Wiley

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  10. Soil-Water Interactions Unveiled by Fast Field Cycling NMR Relaxometry

    Article • December 2017, Wiley

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  11. Biochar based remediation of water and soil contaminated by phenanthrene and pentachlorophenol

    Article • Chemosphere, November 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  12. Organic coating on biochar explains its nutrient retention and stimulation of soil fertility

    Article • Nature Communications, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  13. Assessing hydrological connectivity inside a soil by fast-field-cycling nuclear magnetic resonance relaxometry and its link to sediment delivery processes

    Article • Environmental Earth Sciences, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  14. Mechanisms of Organic Coating on the Surface of a Poplar Biochar

    Article • Current Organic Chemistry, January 2017, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  15. Influence of Adsorbed Water on the Activation Energy of Model Photocatalytic Reactions

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, January 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  16. Cooking influence on physico-chemical fruit characteristics of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)

    Article • Food Chemistry, March 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  17. Water Dynamics and Its Role in Structural Hysteresis of Dissolved Organic Matter

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, February 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  18. Evaluation of the surface affinity of water in three biochars using fast field cycling NMR relaxometry

    Article • Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, January 2016, Wiley

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  19. Research and Application of Biochar in Europe

    Article • October 2015, Soil Science Society of America

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  20. Erratum: Plant growth improvement mediated by nitrate capture in co-composted biochar

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  21. Plant growth improvement mediated by nitrate capture in co-composted biochar

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  22. Understanding biochar chemistry and physics

    Article • Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, January 2015, Wiley

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  23. Effects of ions on water structure: a low-field1HT1NMR relaxometry approach

    Article • Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, October 2014, Wiley

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  24. Biochar, soil fertility, and environment

    Article • Biology and Fertility of Soils, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  25. Hydration and water holding properties of cross-linked lignite humic acids

    Article • Geoderma, October 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  26. Effect of pruning-derived biochar on heavy metals removal and water dynamics

    Article • Biology and Fertility of Soils, September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  27. Structure alteration of a sandy-clay soil by biochar amendments

    Article • Journal of Soils and Sediments, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  28. Mechanisms of Water Interaction with Pore Systems of Hydrochar and Pyrochar from Poplar Forestry Waste

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, May 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  29. Effect of Heating Time and Temperature on the Chemical Characteristics of Biochar from Poultry Manure

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, February 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  30. Editorial (Thematic Issue: Recent Advances in Environmental Organic and Bio-Organic Chemistry)

    Article • Current Organic Chemistry, December 2013, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  31. Effect of Organic Amendments on the Evolution of Soil Organic Matter in Soils Stressed by Intensive Agricultural Practices

    Article • Current Organic Chemistry, December 2013, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  32. Nature of Interactions at the Interface of Two Water-Saturated Commercial TiO 2 Polymorphs

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, March 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  33. Combined proton NMR wideline and NMR relaxometry to study SOM-water interactions of cation-treated soils

    Article • Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, March 2013, De Gruyter

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  34. Reconstruction of the environmental evolution of a Sicilian saltmarsh (Italy)

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  35. Nature of water-biochar interface interactions

    Article • GCB Bioenergy, October 2012, Wiley

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  36. Spatial patterns of, and environmental controls on, soil properties at a riparian–paddock interface

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, June 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  37. Effects of afforestation with four unmixed plant species on the soil–water interactions in a semiarid Mediterranean region (Sicily, Italy)

    Article • Journal of Soils and Sediments, April 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  38. Fast field cycling NMR relaxometry characterization of biochars obtained from an industrial thermochemical process

    Article • Journal of Soils and Sediments, February 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  39. Palynological, physico-chemical and aroma characterization of Sicilian honeys

    Article • Journal of ApiProduct and ApiMedical Science, October 2011, International Bee Research Association

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  40. Thermal transformation of micro-crystalline cellulose in phosphoric acid

    Article • Cellulose, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  41. Applicability of solid state fast field cycling NMR relaxometry in understanding relaxation properties of leaves and leaf-litters

    Article • Organic Geochemistry, September 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  42. Effect of ramp size and sample spinning speed on CPMAS 13C NMR spectra of soil organic matter

    Article • Organic Geochemistry, September 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  43. Preface to the Special Issue on “Applications and developments of magnetic resonance techniques in geosciences”

    Article • Organic Geochemistry, September 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  44. Adsorption of dissolved organic matter on clay minerals as assessed by infra-red, CPMAS 13C NMR spectroscopy and low field T1 NMR relaxometry

    Article • Organic Geochemistry, September 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  45. DSC study on hyaluronan drying and hydration

    Article • Thermochimica Acta, August 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  46. Dynamics of pistachio oils by proton nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation dispersion

    Article • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  47. Synthesis and characterization of a novel high luminescent gold-2-mercapto-1-methyl-imidazole complex

    Article • Luminescence, October 2010, Wiley

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  48. Editorial: [Applications and New Developments of Magnetic Resonance Techniques in Soil Science]

    Article • The Open Magnetic Resonance Journal, July 2010, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  49. Interaction of a Recombinant Prion Protein with Organo-Mineral Complexes as Assessed by FT-IR and CPMAS 13C NMR Analysis~!2009-07-21~!2009-12-07~!2010-06-18~!

    Article • The Open Magnetic Resonance Journal, July 2010, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  50. CPMAS 13C NMR Characterization of Leaves and Litters from the Reafforestated Area of Mustigarufi in Sicily (Italy)~!2009-06-15~!2009-12-07~!2010-06-18~!

    Article • The Open Magnetic Resonance Journal, July 2010, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  51. Effect of RF Field Inhomogeneity and Sample Restriction on Spectral Resolution of CP/MAS-13C NMR Spectra of Natural Organic Matter~!2009-07-15~!2009-12-11~!2010-06-18~!

    Article • The Open Magnetic Resonance Journal, July 2010, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  52. Editorial - Applications and New Developments of Magnetic Resonance Techniques in Soil Science

    Article • The Open Magnetic Resonance Journal, June 2010, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  53. CPMAS 13C NMR Characterization of Leaves and Litters from the Reafforestated Area of Mustigarufi in Sicily (Italy)

    Article • The Open Magnetic Resonance Journal, June 2010, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  54. Dynamics of hyaluronan aqueous solutions as assessed by fast field cycling NMR relaxometry

    Article • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  55. Chemical and Spectroscopic Characteristics of the Wood of Vitis vinifera Cv. Sangiovese Affected by Esca Disease

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, December 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  56. Dissolution of cellulose

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, October 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  57. Solid-State1H-NMR Relaxation Properties of the Fruit of a Wild Relative of Eggplant at Different Proton Larmor Frequencies

    Article • Spectroscopy Letters, July 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  58. Interactions between 2-Aminobenzothiazole and Natural Organic Matter as Evidenced by CPMAS Nitrogen-15 NMR Spectroscopy

    Article • Vadose Zone Journal, January 2009, Soil Science Society of America

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  59. Synthesis and thermoelectric characterisation of bismuth nanoparticles

    Article • Journal of Nanoparticle Research, October 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  60. 1H NMR Spectroscopy with Multivariate Statistical Analysis as a Tool for a Rapid Screening of the Molecular Changes Occurring During Micro-Oxygenation of an Italian Red Wine

    Article • The Open Magnetic Resonance Journal, July 2008, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  61. Evaluation of the factors affecting direct polarization solid state31P-NMR spectroscopy of bulk soils

    Article • European Journal of Soil Science, June 2008, Wiley

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  62. Dynamics of Cross Polarization in Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Experiments of Amorphous and Heterogeneous Natural Organic Substances

    Article • Analytical Sciences, January 2008, Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  63. Spectroscopic and conformational properties of size-fractions separated from a lignite humic acid

    Article • Chemosphere, October 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  64. Precise measurement of 1H 90° pulse in solid-state NMR spectroscopy for complex and heterogeneous molecular systems

    Article • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, February 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  65. Structural Characterization of Isomeric Dimers from the Oxidative Oligomerization of Catechol with a Biomimetic Catalyst

    Article • Biomacromolecules, February 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  66. NMR-investigation of the mechanism of silver mercaptide thermolysis in amorphous polystyrene

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  67. Advanced CPMAS-13C NMR techniques for molecular characterization of size-separated fractions from a soil humic acid

    Article • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, August 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  68. Iodofluorination of Alkenes and Alkynes Promoted by Iodine and 4-Iodotoluene Difluoride.

    Article • ChemInform, May 2006, Wiley

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  69. Corrigendum to “Iodofluorination of alkenes and alkynes promoted by iodine and 4-iodotoluene difluoride”

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, May 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  70. Changes of humic substances characteristics from forested to cultivated soils in Ethiopia

    Article • Geoderma, May 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  71. O-Alkylation of a lignite humic acid by phase-transfer catalysis

    Article • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  72. Iodofluorination of alkenes and alkynes promoted by iodine and 4-iodotoluene difluoride

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, January 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  73. Soil remediation: humic acids as natural surfactants in the washings of highly contaminated soils

    Article • Environmental Pollution, June 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  74. Influence of land use on the characteristics of humic substances in some tropical soils of Nigeria

    Article • European Journal of Soil Science, June 2005, Wiley

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  75. Increased Conformational Rigidity of Humic Substances by Oxidative Biomimetic Catalysis

    Article • Biomacromolecules, January 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  76. State of the Art of CPMAS13C-NMR Spectroscopy Applied to Natural Organic Matter

    Article • ChemInform, October 2004, Wiley

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  77. State of the art of CPMAS 13C-NMR spectroscopy applied to natural organic matter

    Article • Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, July 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  78. Carbohydrates and aggregation in lowland soils of Nigeria as influenced by organic inputs

    Article • Soil and Tillage Research, February 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  79. Effects of humic substances and soya lecithin on the aerobic bioremediation of a soil historically contaminated by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

    Article • Biotechnology and Bioengineering, January 2004, Wiley

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  80. Chemical properties of humic substances in soils of an Italian volcanic system

    Article • Geoderma, December 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  81. Potential availability of heavy metals to phytoextraction from contaminated soils induced by exogenous humic substances

    Article • Chemosphere, July 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  82. COMMENTS ON “MODERN ANALYTICAL STUDIES OF HUMIC SUBSTANCES” BY HATCHER ET AL.

    Article • Soil Science, January 2003, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  83. Increased soil organic carbon sequestration through hydrophobic protection by humic substances

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, December 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  84. Elemental Quantitation of Natural Organic Matter by CPMAS 13C NMR Spectroscopy

    Article • Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, May 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  85. Reduced Heterogeneity of a Lignite Humic Acid by Preparative HPSEC Following Interaction with an Organic Acid. Characterization of Size-Separates by Pyr-GC-MS And 1 H-NMR Spectroscopy

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, January 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  86. Effect of concentration on the self-assembling of dissolved humic substances

    Article • January 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  87. Conformational changes of humic substances induced by some hydroxy-, keto-, and sulfonic acids

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, April 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  88. CHROMATOGRAPHIC AND SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF DISSOLVED HUMIC SUBSTANCES COMPARED WITH MACROMOLECULAR POLYMERS

    Article • Soil Science, March 2001, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  89. Combined effects of an oxidative enzyme and dissolved humic substances on 13 C-labelled 2,4-D herbicide as revealed by high-resolution 13 C NMR spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, February 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  90. Molecular Sizes and Association Forces of Humic Substances in Solution

    Article • January 2001, Soil Science Society of America

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  91. Increased retention of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils induced by soil treatment with humic substances

    Article • Environmental Pollution, January 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  92. Effects of mineral and monocarboxylic acids on the molecular association of dissolved humic substances

    Article • European Journal of Soil Science, December 1999, Wiley

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  93. Conformational Arrangement of Dissolved Humic Substances. Influence of Solution Composition on Association of Humic Molecules

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, May 1999, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  94. High pressure size exclusion chromatography (HPSEC) of humic substances: Molecular sizes, analytical parameters, and column performance

    Article • Chemosphere, February 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  95. Atrazine Interactions with Soil Humic Substances of Different Molecular Structure

    Article • Journal of Environmental Quality, January 1998, American Society of Agronomy

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  96. Quantitative differences in evaluating soil humic substances by liquid- and solid-state 13C-NMR spectroscopy

    Article • Geoderma, November 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  97. Quantitative aspects of solid-state 13C-NMR spectra of humic substances from soils of volcanic systems

    Article • Geoderma, November 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  98. Environmental NMR: Fast-field-cycling Relaxometry

    Article • March 1996, Wiley

    Professor Pellegrino Conte

  99. Chapter 10. Environmental Applications of Fast Field-cycling NMR Relaxometry

    Article • Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Pellegrino Conte