Main Research Interests

• Synthesis and characterisation of new chiral oligothiophenes for innovative optoelectronic applications

• Carbonylative cross coupling reactions and their application to the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds

• Synthesis of polyaromatic molecules as potential Luminescent Solar Concentrators

•  Silylformylation – fluoride-assisted aryl migration reactions as  versatile approach to polyfunctionalised compounds

•  Preparation of metal (Pd, Rh, Pt, Au) nanoparticles  by means of the MVS technique and their applications as catalytic precursors in cross-coupling reactions