Franco MAZZEI

Professore ordinario
Settore Scientifico-Disciplinare: 
CHIM/02
Settore concorsuale: 
03/A2
Informazioni professionali
Curriculum vitae (it): 
Curriculum vitae (en): 
Didattica
Aree di afferenza: 
- Area Farmaceutica
- Corso di Laurea in Chimica e Tecnologia Farmaceutiche
Disponibilità tesi: 
  • Nanotechnology based biosensors
Ricerca
Finanziamenti: 
  • Finanziamento MIUR 2013
Aree di interesse: 
  • Realization of enzymatic electrochemical biosensors and their application to environmental, pharmaceutical and food analysis.
  • Nanotechnologies applied for the development of optical and electrochemical biosensors.
  • Study of the electrochemical properties of new substances that can be used as redox mediators in the realization of mediated electron transfer based biosensors.
  • Evaluation and optimization of the different immobilization procedures of enzymes and mediators, that can be used in the development of enzymatic screen printed electrodes.
  • Application of Electrochemical Surface Plasmon Resonance (ESPR) in the evaluation of the growth of proteins, mediators and SAMs on gold surfaces.
  • Development of ESPR based immunosensors and their application in clinical, toxicological and pharmacological fields.
  • Realization of biocatalyst-based bioreactors for the biodegradation of environmental pollutants.
  • Evaluation of the potential use of electrochemical and optical biosensors for the detection of doping substances and methods.
Pubblicazioni e brevetti
Pubblicazioni: 
  • Frasconi M, D'Annibale A, Favero G, Mazzei F, Santucci R, Ferri T (2009).
    "Ferrocenyl Alkanethiols-Thio β-Cyclodextrin Mixed Self-Assembled Monolayers: Evidence of Ferrocene Electron Shuttling Through the β-Cyclodextrin Cavity".
    Langmuir 25 12937-12944.
  • Frasconi M, Favero G, Di Fusco M, Mazzei F (2009).
    "Polyazetidine-based immobilization of redox proteins for electron-transfer-based biosensors".
    Biosens. Bioelectron. 24 1424-1430.
  • Frasconi M, Favero G, Tortolini C, Mazzei F (2009).
    "Bioelectrochemical Characterization of Horseradish and Soybean Peroxidases".
    Electroanalysis 21 2378-2386.
  • Frasconi M, Mazzarino M, Botre F, Mazzei F (2009).
    "Surface plasmon resonance immunosensor for cortisol and cortisone determination".
    Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 394 2151-2159.
  • Frasconi M, Mazzei F (2009).
    "Electrochemical and surface plasmon resonance characterization of β-cyclodextrin-based self-assembled monolayers and evaluation of their inclusion complexes with glucocorticoids".
    Nanotechnology 20 285502/1-285502/8.

  • Frasconi M, Rea S, Matricardi P, Favero G, Mazzei F (2009).
    "Scleroglucan-Borax Hydrogel: A Flexible Tool for Redox Protein Immobilization".
    Langmuir 25 11097-11104.

  • Mazzarino M, de la Torre X, Mazzei F, Botre F (2009).
    "Rapid screening of beta-adrenergic agents and related compounds in human urine for anti-doping purpose using capillary electrophoresis with dynamic coating".
    J. Sep. Sci. 32 3562-3570.

  • Mazzei F, Botre F, Favero G, Podesta E, Botre C (2009).
    "Partially disposable biosensors for the quick assessment of damage in foodstuff after thermal treatment".
    Microchem. J. 91 209-213.

  • Mazzei F, Favero G, Frasconi M, Tata A, Pepi F (2009).
    "Electron-Transfer Kinetics of Microperoxidase-11 Covalently Immobilised onto the Surface of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Reactive Landing of Mass-Selected Ions".
    Chem.--Eur. J. 15 7359-7367.

  • Petruccioli M, Frasconi M, Quaratino D, Covino S, Favero G, Mazzei F, Federici F, D'Annibale A (2009).
    "Kinetic and redox properties of MnP II, a major manganese peroxidase isoenzyme from Panus tigrinus CBS 577.79".
    JBIC, J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 14 1153-1163.

  • delle Noci S, Frasconi M, Favero G, Tosi M, Ferri T, Mazzei F (2008).
    "Electrochemical kinetic characterization of redox mediated glucose oxidase reactions: a simplified approach".
    Electroanalysis 20 163-169.

  • Deriu D, Favero G, D'Annibale A, Mazzei F (2008).
    "Study of ferrocene-modified G4-PAMAM dendrimer for reagentless biosensor development. "E
    CS Trans.
    16 105-113.

  • Mazzei F, Favero G, Frasconi M, Tata A, Tuccitto N, Licciardello A, Pepi F (2008).
    "Soft-Landed Protein Voltammetry: A Tool for Redox Protein Characterization".
    Anal. Chem. (Washington, DC, U. S.) 80 5937-5944.

  • Romagnoli E, Mascia ML, Cipriani C, Fassino V, Mazzei F, D'Erasmo E, Carnevale V, Scillitani A, Minisola S (2008).
    "Short and long-term variations in serum calciotropic hormones after a single very large dose of ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) or cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) in the elderly".
    J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 93 3015-3020.

  • Botre C, Tosi M, Mazzei F, Bocca B, Petrucci F, Alimonti A (2007).
    "Automotive catalytic converters and environmental pollution: role of the platinum group elements in the redox reactions and free radicals production".
    Int. J. Environ. Health 1 142-152.

  • Mazzei F, Botre F (2007).
    "Enzymatic inhibition-based electrochemical biosystems: general aspects and applications for the monitoring of aquatic ecosystems".
    Int. J. Environ. Health 1 185-198.

  • Mazzei F, Botre F, Favero G (2007).
    "Peroxidase based biosensors for the selective determination of D,L-lactic acid and L-malic acid in wines".
    Microchem. J. 87 81-86.

  • Pepi F, Ricci A, Tata A, Favero G, Frasconi M, Delle Noci S, Mazzei F (2007).
    "Soft landed protein voltammetry".
    Chem. Commun. (Cambridge, U. K.) 3494-3496.

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