Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase
Center for Colloid and Surface Science

Personal information

Position: Permanent Staff

Email: nunzio.tuccitto@unict.it

Phone: +39 0957385091

Location: Catania


Fields of Interest and Expertise

Investigation of physico-chemical processes involved in biomolecules-surface interaction.

Study of ordered self-assembled mono- and multilayers based on molecular and supramolecular functional assemblies.

Secondary ion mass spectrometry and study of the related phenomena induced by ion-surface interaction.

Teaching

Nanostrutture Organiche (University of Catania)

Chimica Fisica e Laboratorio (University of Catania)

Chimica Organica dei Materiali funzionali (University of Catania)

Chimica dei Materiali per l’Ambiente (University of Catania)

 

Curriculum Vitae

2003: Degree in Chemistry at the University of Catania

2003-2006: Ph.D in Chemistry at the University of Catania

2007-2009: Post.Doc at the Department of Chemistry, University of Catania

2009-2014: Project Specialisty, R&D at Ecocontrol Sud. S.r.l., Siracusa

2014 – present: Researcher at the Department of Chemistry, University of Catania

 

Awards

Beynon Prize “Best Paper published 2009-10”

 

Unit

Publications

Intrinsically photoluminescent hydrogels to measure peptides‑copper binding affinities

- Distefano A. - Corsaro P. - Nunzio Tuccitto - Laneri F. - Monasson O. - Peroni E. - Grasso G.
Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry

Detection of human salivary stress biomarkers using an easy-to-use array sensor based on fluorescent organic molecules

- Santonocito R. - Alessia Cavallaro - Pappalardo A. - Puglisi R. - Marano A. - Andolina M. - Nunzio Tuccitto - Trusso Sfrazzetto G.
Biosensors and Bioelectronics

A Synthetic Molecular Communication Testbed for Agrotechnology Application

- Nunzio Tuccitto - Santa Olga Cacciola - Fabrizio Pappalardo - Alessia Cavallaro
NanoCom 2024 - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication

Fast detection of penicillium rot and the conservation status of packaged citrus fruit using an optical array sensor

- Alessia Cavallaro - Santonocito R. - Puglisi R. - Pappalardo A. - La Spada F. - Parlascino R. - Riolo M. - Santa Olga Cacciola - Nunzio Tuccitto - Trusso Sfrazzetto G.
Chemical Communications

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