Publications
1) Structural and morphological characterization of synthetic chrysotile single crystals. Falini, G.; Foresti, E.; Lesci, G.; Roveri, N. Chemical Communications (Cambridge, United Kingdom) (2002), (14), 1512-1513.
2) A new method for the detection of low levels of free fibres of chrysotile in contaminated soils by X-ray powder diffraction. Falini, G.; Foresti, E.; Gazzano, M.; Gualtieri, A. F.; Lesci, I. G.; Pecchini, G.; Renna, E.; Roveri, N. Journal of Environmental Monitoring (2003), 5(4), 654-660.
3) Determination of low levels of free fibers of chrysotile in contaminated soils by X-ray diffraction and FTIR spectroscopy. Foresti, E.; Gazzano, M.; Gualtieri, A. F.; Lesci, I. G.; Lunelli, B.; Pecchini, G.; Renna, E.; Roveri, N. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (2003), 376(5), 653-658.
4) Leoni, Matteo; Gualtieri, Alessandro F.; Roveri, Norberto. Simultaneous refinement of structure and microstructure of layered materials. Journal of Applied Crystallography (2004), 37(1), 166-173. CODEN: JACGAR ISSN:0021-8898. CAN 140:383452 AN 2004:52136 CAPLUS
5) Bergamini, C.; Fato, R.; Biagini, G.; Pugnaloni, A.; Giantomassi, F.; Foresti, E.; Lesci, G. I.; Roveri, N.; Lenaz, G. Mitochondrial changes induced by natural and synthetic asbestos fibers: studies on isolated mitochondria. Cellular and Molecular Biology (Sarreguemines, France, Print) (2004), 50(Suppl.).
6) Falini, Giuseppe; Foresti, Elisabetta; Gazzano, Massimo; Gualtieri, Alessandro F.; Leoni, Matteo; Lesci, Isidoro G.; Roveri, Norberto. Tubular-shaped stoichiometric chrysotile nanocrystals. Chemistry--A European Journal (2004), 10(12), 3043-3049.
7) Gazzano, Elena; Foresti, Elisabetta; Lesci, Isidoro Giorgio; Tomatis, Maura; Riganti, Chiara; Fubini, Bice; Roveri, Norberto; Ghigo, Dario. Different cellular responses evoked by natural and stoichiometric synthetic chrysotile asbestos. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology (2005), 206(3), 356-364.
8) Foresti, Elisabetta; Hochella, Michael F., Jr.; Kornishi, Hiromi; Lesci, Isidoro G.; Madden, Andrew S.; Roveri, Norberto; Xu, Huifang. Morphological and chemical/physical characterization of Fe-doped synthetic chrysotile nanotubes. Advanced Functional Materials (2005), 15(6), 1009-1016.
9) Falini, Giuseppe; Foresti, Elisabetta; Lesci, Isidoro G.; Lunelli, Bruno; Sabatino, Piera; Roveri, Norberto. Interaction of bovine serum albumin with chrysotile: spectroscopic and morphological studies. Chemistry--A European Journal, 2006, 12(7), 1968-1974.
10) N. Roveri, G. Falini, E. Foresti, G. Fracasso, I. G. Lesci, P. Sabatino, Geoinspired Synthetic Chrysotile Nanotubes, J. Mat. Research, 2006, 21(11), 2711-2725.
11) Gazzano E.; Turci F.; Foresti E.; Putzu M.G.; Aldieri E.; Silvagno F.; Lesci I.G.; Tomatis M.; Riganti C.; Romano C.; Fubini B.; Roveri N.; Ghigo D. (2007). Iron-Loaded Synthetic Chrysotile: A New Model Solid for Studying the Role of Iron in Asbestos Toxicity. CHEMICAL RESEARCH IN TOXICOLOGY. vol. 20, pp. 380 - 387.
12) S. PIPERNO, I. KAPLAN-ASHIRI, S. R.COHEN, R. POPOVITZ-BIRO, H. D. WAGNER, R. TENNE, E. FORESTI, I.G. LESCI, N. ROVERI. (2007). Characterization of Geoinspired and Synthetic Chrysotile Nanotubes by Atomic Force Microscopy and Transmission Electron Microscopy. ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS. vol. 17(13), pp. 3332 - 3338.
13) Sabatino P., Casella L., Granata A., Iafisco M., Lesci I.G., Monzani E., Roveri N. (2007). Synthetic chrysotile nanocrystals as a reference standard to investigate surface-induced serum albumin structural modifications. JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE. vol. 314(2), pp. 389 - 397.
14) Roberto Artali, Antonio Del Pra, Elisabetta Foresti, Isidoro Giorgio Lesci, Norberto Roveri, and Piera Sabatino, Adsorption of human serum albumin on the chrysotile surface: a molecular dynamics and spectroscopic investigation, INTERFACE (2008) vol. 5 (20), pp. 273 - 283.
15) A.F. Gualtieri, E. Foresti , I.G. Lesci, N. Roveri, M. Lassinantti Gualtieri, M. Dondi, M. Zapparoli. The thermal transformation of Man Made Vitreous Fibers (MMVF) and safe recycling as secondary raw materials (SRM). Journal of Hazardous Materials, (2009), 162, 1494–1506.
16) Elisabetta Foresti , Elisa Fornero, Isidoro Giorgio Lesci, Caterina Rinaudo,
Tommaso Zuccheri, Norberto Roveri. Asbestos health hazard: A spectroscopic study of synthetic geoinspired Fe-doped chrysotile. Journal of Hazardous Materials (2009), 167, 1070-1079.
17) G. De Luca, A. Romeo, V. Villari, N. Micali, I. Foltran, E. Foresti, I. G. Lesci, N. Roveri, T. Zuccheri, L. Monsù Scolaro. Self-Organizing Functional Materials via Ionic Self Assembly: Porphyrins H- and J-Aggregates on Synthetic Chrysotile Nanotubes. J. Am. Chem. Soc., Article ASAP • DOI: 10.1021/ja901273h • Publication Date (Web): 30 April 2009
18) Alessandro F. Gualtieri, Dario Mangano, Magdalena Lassinantti Gualtieri, Anna Ricchi, Ambient monitoring of asbestos in selected Italian living areas.
Journal of Environmental Management 90 (2009) 3540–3552
19) Borghi, Elena; Occhiuzzi, Manlio; Foresti, Elisabetta; Lesci, Isidoro Giorgio; Roveri, Norberto. Spectroscopic characterization of Fe-doped synthetic chrysotile by EPR, DRS and magnetic susceptibility measurements. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, (2010), 12(1), 227-238
20)E. Foresti, G. Fracasso, M. Lanzi, I. G. Lesci, L. Paganin, T. Zuccheri, N. Roveri. (2008). New thiophene monolayer-protected copper nanoparticles: synthesis and chemical-physical characterization. JOURNAL OF NANOMATERIALS. vol. 2008, pp. 1 - 6.
21)The Iron-Related Molecular Toxicity Mechanism of Synthetic Asbestos Nanofibres: A Model Study for High-Aspect-Ratio Nanoparticles Francesco Turci,[a] Maura Tomatis,[a] Isidoro G. Lesci,[b] Norberto Roveri,[b] and Bice Fubini*[a]Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 350 – 358
1) Palazzo, B.; Sidoti, M. C.; Roveri, N.; Tampieri, A.; Sandri, M.; Bertolazzi, L.; Galbusera, F.; Dubini, G.; Vena, P.; Contro, R. Controlled drug delivery from porous hydroxyapatite grafts: An experimental and theoretical approach. Materials Science & Engineering, C: Biomimetic and Supramolecular Systems (2005), 25(2), 207-213.
2) A. Tampieri, M. Sandri, E. Landi, G. Celotti, N. Roveri M. Mattioli-Belmonte, L. Virgili, F. Gabbanelli, G. Biagini, “ HA/arginate hybrid composites prepared trough bioinspired nucleation” Acta Biomaterialia (2005), 1, 343-351
3) N. Roveri, B. Palazzo. (2006). Hydroxyapatite Nanocrystals as Bone Tissue Substitute. In Tissue, Cell and Organ Engineering. (pp. 283 - 307). Challa S.S. R. Kumar Weinheim: WILEY-VCH.
4) B. Palazzo, M. Iafisco, M. Laforgia, N. Margiotta, G. Natile, D. Walsh, S. Mann, C. Bianchi, N. Roveri. (2007). Biomimetic hydroxyapatite-drug nanocrystals as potential bone substitutes with antitumor drug delivery. ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS. vol. 17, pp. 2180 - 2188.
5) L. Rimondini, B. Palazzo, M. Iafisco, L. Canegallo, F. Demarosi, M. Merlo, N. Roveri. (2007). The remineralizing effect of carbonate-hydroxyapatite nanocrystals on dentine. MATERIALS SCIENCE FORUM. vol. 539-543, pp. 602 - 605.
6) Manara S., Paolucci F., Palazzo B., Marcaccio M., Foresti E., Tosi G., Sabbatini S., Sabatino P., Altankov G., Roveri N., Electrochemically-assisted deposition of biomimetic hydroxyapatite-collagen coatings on titanium plate, Inorganica Chimica Acta (2008), 361(6), 1634-1645.
7) N. Roveri, E. Battistella, I. Foltran, E. Foresti, M. Iafisco, M, Lelli, B. Palazzo and L. Rimondini. Synthetic Biomimetic carbonate- Hydroxyapatite Nanocrystals for Enamel Remineralization, Advanced Materials Research Vols 47-50 pp 821-824 (2008).
8) Iafisco, Michele; Palazzo, Barbara; Falini, Giuseppe; Di Foggia, Michele; Bonora, Sergio; Nicolis, Stefania; Casella, Luigi; Roveri, Norberto, Adsorption and Conformational Change of Myoglobin on Biomimetic Hydroxyapatite Nanocrystals Functionalized with Alendronate, Langmuir (2008), 24(9), 4924-4930.
9) Norberto Roveri, Barbara Palazzo, Michele Iafisco, The role of biomimetism in developing nanostructured inorganic matrices for drug delivery, Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery (2008), 5(8), 861-877
10) Barbara Palazzo, Dominic Walsh, Michele Iafisco, Elisabetta Foresti,
Luca Bertinetti, Gianmario Martra, Claudia Letizia Bianchi,
Giuseppe Cappelletti, Norberto Roveri. Amino acid synergetic effect on structure, morphology and surface properties of biomimetic apatite nanocrystals. Acta Biomaterialia (2009), 5, 1241–1252.
11) Norberto Roveri, Elisa Battistella, Claudia Letizia Bianchi, Ismaela Foltran,
Elisabetta Foresti, Michele Iafisco, Marco Lelli, Alberto Naldoni, Barbara Palazzo,
Lia Rimondini. Surface Enamel Remineralization: Biomimetic Apatite
Nanocrystals and Fluoride Ions Different Effects. Journal of Nanomaterials
Volume 2009, Article ID 746383, 9 pages doi:10.1155/2009/746383.
12) A. Tampieri, S. Sprio, A. Ruffini, G. Celotti, I. G. Lesci, N. Roveri.
From wood to bone: multi-step process to convert wood hierarchical structures into biomimetic hydroxyapatite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19 (28) 4973- 4980.
13) Michele Iafisco, Marco Marchetti, Jaime Gomez Morales,
Marıa Angeles Hernandez-Hernandez, Juan Manuel Garcıa Ruiz, and
Norberto Roveri, Silica Gel Template for Calcium Phosphates Crystallization.
DOI: 10.1021/cg900702p Crystal Growth & Design, Vol. XXX, No. XX, XXXX
14) Norberto Roveri, Elisabetta Foresti, Marco Lelli , Isidoro G. Lesci, Recent Advancements in Preventing Teeth Health Hazard: The Daily Use of Hydroxyapatite Instead of Fluoride. Recent Patents on Biomedical Engineering 2(3), (2009) 198-215.
15) Iafisico Michele, Palazzo Barbara, Roveri Norberto. Interaction-between proteins and biomimetic inorganic substrates. Chimica e l'Industria (2009), 91(2), 80-81
16) Michele Iafisco, Barbara Palazzo, Marco Marchetti, Nicola Margiotta, Rosa
Ostuni, Giovanni Natile, Margherita Morpurgo, Valentina Gandin, Cristina Marzano
and Norberto Roveri. Smart delivery of antitumoral platinum complexes from
biomimetic hydroxyapatite nanocrystals. J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 8385-8392.
