Dario Braga

Utilization of mechanochemical methods (manual grinding and ball milling) to prepare co-crystals and coordination compounds for applications as fertilizers, nutrients and/or inhibitors (of urease, for example)  and antimicrobial agents (in the quest for new antibiotics or enhanced activity of known anticbiotics) and their characterization by solid state methods. Work in collaboration with microbiologists and biochemists to evaluate performance.

1. Shemchuk O.; Andre V.; Duarte M.T.; Braga D.; Grepioni F., Mechanochemical preparation of molecular and ionic co-crystals of the hormone melatonin, «CRYSTENGCOMM», 2019, 21, pp. 2949 – 2954
2. Mazzei L.; Broll V.; Casali L.; Silva M.; Braga D.; Grepioni F.; Baltrusaitis J.; Ciurli S., Multifunctional urea cocrystal with combined ureolysis and nitrification inhibiting capabilities for enhanced nitrogen management, «ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING», 2019, 7, pp. 13369 – 13378
3. Casali, Lucia; Mazzei, Luca; Shemchuk, Oleksii; Honer, Kenneth; Grepioni, Fabrizia*; Ciurli, Stefano; Braga, Dario; Baltrusaitis, Jonas, Smart urea ionic co-crystals with enhanced urease inhibition activity for improved nitrogen cycle management, «CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS», 2018, 54, pp. 7637 – 7640
4. Dario Braga;Lucia Maini;Fabrizia Grepioni, Mechanochemical preparation of co- crystals, «CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS», 2013, 42, pp. 7638 – 7648
5. S. L. James; C. J. Adams; C. Bolm; D. Braga; P. Collier; T. Friscic; F. Grepioni; K. D. M. Harris; G. Hyett; W. Jones; A. Krebs; J. Mack; L. Maini; A. G. Orpen; I. P. Parkin; W. C. Shearouse; J. W. Steed; D. C. Waddell;, Mechanochemistry: opportunities for new and cleaner synthesis., «CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS», 2012, 41, pp. 413 - 447

1. 1. Shemchuk O.; Braga D.; Grepioni F., Ionic Cocrystals of Levodopa and Its Biological Precursors l-Tyrosine and l-Phenylalanine with LiCl, «CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN», 2019, 19, pp. 6560 – 6565
2. Casali L.; Mazzei L.; Shemchuk O.; Sharma L.; Honer K.; Grepioni F.; Ciurli S.; Braga D.; Baltrusaitis J., Novel Dual-Action Plant Fertilizer and Urease Inhibitor: Urea·Catechol Cocrystal. Characterization and Environmental Reactivity, «ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING», 2019, 7, pp. 2852 – 2859
3. Dario Braga, Fabrizia Grepioni, Lucia Maini, Simone d'Agostino, From Solid-State Structure and Dynamics to Crystal Engineering, «EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY», 2018, 32, pp. 3597 – 3605
4. Shemchuk, Oleksii; Song, Lixing; Robeyns, Koen; Braga, Dario; Grepioni, Fabrizia*; Leyssens, Tom, Solid-state chiral resolution mediated by stoichiometry: Crystallizing etiracetam with ZnCl2, «CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS», 2018, 54, pp. 10890 – 10892
5. Braga, Dario; Grepioni, Fabrizia; Maini, Lucia; D'Agostino, Simone, Making crystals with a purpose; A journey in crystal engineering at the University of Bologna, «IUCRJ», 2017, 4, pp. 369 - 379

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