Norberto Masciocchi - Ricerca - Research


Please, feel free to contact me at norberto.masciocchi@uninsubria.it


Present Research Activities: 

* Stereochemical characterization of metal-containing diazolato derivatives, with particular emphasis on groups 7-12 metals;
* Development of methodological aspects of powder diffraction methods and their application into the coordination and organometallic chemistry fields;

* Use of combined single-crystal X-rays and powder neutron diffraction techniques in the structural characterization of 3rd row transition metal hydrides;

*  Structural studies of high-nuclearity platinum carbonyl clusters;

* Studies of poorly crustalline or amorphous inorganic and organometallic systems by total scattering methods.

NATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

S.Cenini, G.D'Alfonso
S.Bruni
Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Metallorganica ed Analitica, Università di Milano
M.Muccini Istituto di Spettroscopia Molecolare, CNR Bologna
A.Medici
G.Fantin
Dipartimento di Chimica Organica, Università di Ferrara
G.A.Ardizzoia
G.La Monica
Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Fisiche e Matematiche Università dell'Insubria
A.Sironi Dipartimento di Chimica Strutturale e Stereochimica Inorganica, Università di Milano
G.Giunchi, L.Malpezzi Edison Italia and Dipartimento di Chimica, Politecnico di Milano

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

J.Vicente Departamento de Quìmica Inorganica, Universidad de Murcia
C.Rovira
J.Veciana

CSIC - ICMAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona)
P.Rabu Institut de Physique et Chimie des Materiaux, CNRS Strasbourg
S.Chardon
A.Deronzier
Institut Joseph Fourier, Université de Grenoble
J.A.R.Navarro
J.M.Salas
E.Barea
Departamento de Quìmica Inorganica, Universidad de Granada

CO-ORGANIZED EVENTS

March 1995: Gargnano sul Garda (Palazzo Feltrinelli).
Giornate di Studio sulla Diffrazione da Materiali Policristallini,
IV Edizione

July 1996: Como (Villa Olmo).
II EUCHEM - Nitrogen Ligan
ds in Coordination Chemistry and Homogeneous Catalysis

June 1999: Como (Villa Olmo).
XXVII Congresso Nazionale di Chimica Inorganica

June 2003: Strasbourg (Palais de la Musique et des Congrès).
Design, Characterization and Modelling of Molecule-based Magnetic Materials
European Material Research Society Spring Meeting

September 2004: Camerino (Università).
III EUCHEM - Nitrogen Ligands in Coordination Chemistry and Homogeneous Catalysis,
Jointly organized by the Universities of Insubria - Como (Northern Italy) and Camerino (Central Italy)

EDITORIAL ACTIVITY

European Editor (1997-present) Powder Diffraction, ICDD
International Center for Diffraction Data, Swarthmore, PA, USA;

CPD Newsletters # 31, May 2004, IUCr Commission on Powder Diffraction.