Publications

Valeria d’Agostinoa, Vincenzo Spinoso, Giusy Curcuruto, Alessandra Longo, Alejandro Martinez-Bueno, Andrea Lanfranchie, Chiara Laferrera, Giuliana Impellizzeri, Paola Lova, Martina Salzano de Luna, Daniele Martella, Photo-Regenerable Liquid Crystalline Polymers for the Adsorption of Organic Pollutants, Responsive Material, (Accepted).

Laura Magnasco, Martina Martusciello, Andrea Escher, Giovanni Manfredi, Paola Lova, Davide Comoretto, Andrea Lanfranchi, Polymer planar microcavities with CdSe-ZnS core-shell quantum dots for label-free vapor sensing, Responsive Materials, 2025, 3, e70017. (link)

Simone Bertucci; Remi Schobinger; Liviana Mummolo; Niklas Schwarz; Paola Lova; Christoph Weder; Davide Comoretto; Ullrich Steiner; Francesco Di Stasio; Andrea Dodero; Tunable Photonic Paints via Block Copolymer Self-Assembly and Refractive Index Engineering; ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 2025, 7, 13, 8743–8754. (link)

Simone Bertucci; Andrea Escher; Gianluca Bravetti; Jean Pierre Miranda Murillo; Gianluca Mazzotta; Sawssen Slimani; Stefano Alberti; Paola Lova; Davide Comoretto; Ullrich Steiner; Davide Peddis; Andrea Dodero; Co-assembly of Block Copolymers and Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles for Magnetic Material Design, Chemistry of Materials, 2025, 37, 14, 5406–5416 (link)

Martusciello, M.; Hervieu, C.; Di Fonzo, D.; Lanfranchi, A.; Lova, P.; Comoretto D.; Dip Coating Fabrication Of All-Polymer Multilayer Photonic Crystals Through 3D Printer Conversion, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2025, 7, 8, 4779–4786. (link)

Bertucci, S.; Piccinotti, D.; Garbarino, M.; Escher, A., Bravetti, G.; Weder, C.; Lova, P.; Comoretto, D.; Steiner U.; Di Stasio, F.; Dodero, A.; One-pot synthesis of photonic microparticles doped with light-emitting quantum dots, Nanoscale, 2025, 17, 10194-10204  (link) 

Jose Mendoza-Carreño, Simone Bertucci, Mauro Garbarino, Matilde Cirignano, Sergio Fiorito, Paola Lova, Miquel Garriga, Maria Isabel Alonso, Francesco Di Stasio, Agustín Mihi; A single nanophotonic platform for producing circularly polarized white light from non-chiral emitters, Nature Communication, 2024 15 (1), 10443 (link)

Escher, A.; Bravetti, G.; Bertucci, S.; Comoretto, D.; Weder, C.; Steiner, U.; Lova, P.; Dodero, A.; Crafting Nanostructured Hybrid Block Copolymer-Gold Nanoparticles by Confined Self-Assembly in Evaporative Droplets, ACS Macro Letters, 2024, 13 (10), 1338-1344. (link)

Magnasco, L.; Lanfranchi, A.; Martusciello, M.; Megahd, E.; Manfredi, G.; Lova, P.;Koszarna, B; Gryko, D. T., Comoretto, D.; Fluorimetric Detection of Vapour Pollutants with Diketopyrrolopyrrole Polymer Microcavities, ACS Omega, 2024, 9 (41), 42375-42385. (link)

Martusciello, M.; Lanfranchi, A.; Castellano, M.; Patrini, M.; Lova, P.; Comoretto D.; Stretchable Distributed Bragg Reflectors as Strain-Responsive Mechanochromic Sensors, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024,  (link)

Escher, A.; Magnasco, L.; Martorelli, F.; Megahd, H.;  Van Büren, B.;  Dodero, A.; Steiner, U.;  Comoretto, D.; and Lova, P.; From Landfill to Photonics: The Upcycling of Plastic Waste, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2024, 6, (12), 6917–6925 (Link) 

Bertucci,S.;  Lova, P.; Exploring Solar Energy Solutions for PFAS Degradation: Advancements and Future Directions in Photocatalytic Processes, Solar RRL, 2024, 8, 9, 2400116 (link)

Escher, A.; Alloisio, M.; Cavallo, D.; Dodero, A.; Lova, P.; Beyond Labeling: Hybrid Planar Photonic Crystals for Anti-tampering Detection of Amines, ACS Applied Optical Materials, 2024, 2, 4, 655–663 (link)

Benvenuti,E.; Lanfranchi, A.; Moschetto,S.; Natali, M.;Angelini,M.; Lova, P.; Prescimone, F.; Ragona,  V.; Comoretto,  D.; Prosa, F.; Bolognesi, M.;  Toffanin,  F.; On-chip organic optoelectronic system for fluorescence detection, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, DOI:doi.org/10.1039/D3TC04321E (link)

Lanfranchi, A.; Megahd, H.; Lova, P.;  Comoretto, D.; Engineering all-polymer planar photonic crystals as aegises against sunlight overheating, Chemical Engineering Science, 2024, 283, 119377 (link). 

Megahd, H.;  Carlotti,  M.; Martusciello, A.;  Magnasco, L.;  Pucci, A.;  Comoretto, D.;  Lova, P.;  Controlled Molecular Diffusion in Fluorescent Polymer Films for Label‐Free Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds, Advanced Sensor Research, 2024, 3, 1, 2300114  (link)

Escher, A.;  Megahd, H.;  Tavella, C.;  Comoretto, D.; Lova, P.;  Colorimetric polymer sensors for smart packaging, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 2023 224 (14), 2300022 (link)

Bertucci, S.; Escher, A.; Cirignano, M.; De Franco, M.; Locardi, F.; Patrini, M.; Comoretto, D.; Lova, P.; Di Stasio, F.;  High Quality Factor in Solution-Processed Inorganic Microcavities Embedding CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals, 2023, ACS Applied Optical  Materials 2023, 1, 7, 1343–1349 (link)

Megahd, H.; Villarreal Brito, M.; Lanfranchi, A.; Stagnaro, P.; Lova, P.;  Comoretto, D.; Control of Near-infrared Dye Fluorescence Lifetime in All-Polymer Microcavities, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2022, 6, 2413-2421. (link)

Bertucci, S.; Megahd, H.; Dodero, A.; Fiorito, S.; Di Stasio, F.; Patrini, M.; Comoretto, D.; Lova, P.; Mild sol-gel conditions and high dielectric contrast: a facile processing towards large-scale hybrid photonic crystals for sensing and photocatalysis,  ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 14, 17, 19806–19817  (link)

Lanfranchi A.; Megahd, H.; Lova, P.; Comoretto, D. Multilayer Polymer Photonic Aegises Against Near-Infrared Solar Irradiation Heating, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 14, 12, 14550–14560.  (link)

Megahd, H.; Comoretto, D.; Lova, P., Planar microcavities: Materials and processing for light control, Optical Materials: X, 2022, 13, 100130. (link)

Megahd, H.; Lova, P.; Sardar S.; D'Andrea C.; Lanfranchi A.; Koszarna B.; Patrini M.; Gryko D. T.; Comoretto D. All-Polymer Microcavities for Fluorescence Radiative Rate Modification of a Diketopyrrolopyrrole Derivative, ACS Omega, 2022, 7, 18, 15499–15506, (link)

Tavella, C.; Luciano, G.; Lova, P.; Patrini, M.; D'Arrigo, C.; Comoretto, D.; Stagnaro, P., 2,5-Diisopropenylthiophene by Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction and its exploitation in inverse vulcanization: a case study, RSC Advances, 2022, 12, 8924-8935. (link)

Capurro, P.; Ricciardiello, V.; Lova, P.; Lambruschini, C.; Protti, S.; Basso, A., Visible-Light-Driven Solventylation Strategy for Olefin Functionalization, ACS Omega 2022, 7, 51, 48564–48571 (link)

Dodero, A.; Escher, A.; Bertucci, S.; Castellano, M.; Lova P.; Intelligent Packaging for Real-Time Monitoring of Food: Current and Future Developments, Applied Science, Applied Sciences, 2021, 11 (8), 3532. (link)

Costanzo, A.; Spotorno, R; Lova, P.;  Smerieri, M.; Carraro, G.; Cavallo, D., Light scattering approach to the in-situ measurement of polymer crystallization during 3D printing: a feasibility study. Polymer Crystallization, 2021, 4, 4, e10182. (link)

Izzotti, A.; Fracchia, E.; Au, W.; Colombo, M.; Pfeffer, U.; Emionite, L.; Pavan, S.; Miotto, D.; Lova, P.; Grasselli, E.; Faelli, E.; Piero, R.; Tiso, M.; Pulliero, A., Prevention of Covid-19 Infection and Related Complications by Ozonized Oils. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2021, 11 (3), 226. (link) 

Dodero, A.; Donati, I.; Scarfì, S. Mirata, S.; Alberti, S.; Lova, P.; Comoretto, D.; Alloisio, M. Vicini, S., Castellano, M.;  Effect of sodium alginate molecular structure on electrospun membrane cell adhesion, Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2021,  124,  112067. (link)

Capurro, P.; Lambruschini, C.; Lova, P.; Moni, L.; Basso, A.; Into the Blue: Ketene Multicomponent Reactions under Visible Light, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2021, 86 (8), 5845-5851. (link)

Viviani, M., Lova, P., Portale, G.; Structural Transitions During Formation and Rehydration of Proton Conducting Polymeric Membranes; Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2021, 42, 12, 2000717. (link)  

Dodero, A.; Castellano, M.; Lova, P.; Ottonelli, M.; Brunengo, E.; Vicini, S.; Alloisio M.; Composite Poly (vinyl alcohol)-Based Nanofibers Embedding Differently-Shaped Gold Nanoparticles: Preparation and Characterization. Polymers, 2021, 13 (10), 1604. (link)

Dodero, A.; Vicini, S.; Lova, P.; Alloisio, M.; Castellano M.; Nanocomposite alginate-based electrospun membranes as novel adsorbent systems, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules,2021, 165, 1939-1948.(link)

Raccosta Leone, E.; Ferraraccio, L. S.; Damonte G.; Lova, P.;  Bertoncello, P; Monticelli O., On the development of electrochemical sensors coated with polycaprolactone, Electrochemistry Communications, 2021, 129, 107089 (link)

​Dodero, A.; Vicini, S.; Lova, P.; Alloisio, M.; Castellano, M., Nanocomposite alginate-based electrospun membranes as novel adsorbent systems, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2020, 165, 1939-1948. (link)

Giusto, P.; Arazoe, H.; Cruz, D.; Lova, P.; Heil, T.; Aida, T.; Antonietti, M., Boron Carbon Nitride Thin Films: From Disordered to Ordered Conjugated Ternary Materials, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142, 20883-20891. (link)

Giusto, P.; Cruz, D.; Heil, T.; Arazoe, H.; Lova, P.; Aida, T.; Comoretto, D.; Patrini, M.; Antonietti, M., Shine Bright Like a Diamond: New Light on an Old Polymeric Semiconductor, Advanced Materials, 2020, 32, 1908140. (link)

Tavella, C.; Lova, P.; Marsotto, M.; Luciano, G.; Patrini, M.; Stagnaro, P.; Comoretto, D., High Refractive Index Inverse Vulcanized Polymers for Organic Photonic Crystals, Crystals, 2020, 10, 154-10.(link)

Lova, P.; Olivieri, M.; Surace, A.; Topcu, G.; Emirdag-Eanes, M.; Demir, M. M.; Comoretto, D., Polymeric Planar Microcavities Doped with a Europium Complex, Crystals, 2020, 10, 287-10. (link)

Dodero, A.; Lova, P.; Vicini, S.; Castellano, M.; Comoretto, D., Sodium Alginate Cross-Linkable Planar 1D Photonic Crystals as a Promising Tool for Pb2+ Detection in Water, Chemosensors, 2020, 8, 37. (link)

Lova, P.; Megahd, H.; Stagnaro, P.; Alloisio, M.; Patrini, M.; Comoretto, D., Strategies for Dielectric Contrast Enhancement in 1D Planar Polymeric Photonic Crystals, Applied Sciences, 2020, 10, 4122. (link) 

Lova, P.; Manfredi, G.; Bastianini, C.; Mennucci, C.; Buatier de Mongeot, F.; Servida, A.; Comoretto, D., Flory-Huggins Photonic Sensors for the Optical Assessment of Molecular Diffusion Coefficients in Polymers, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11, 16872-16880. (link)

Iasilli, G.; Francischello, R.; Lova, P.; Silvano, S.; Surace, A.; Pesce, G.; Alloisio, M.; Patrini, M.; Shimizu, M.; Comoretto, D.; Pucci, A., Luminescent Solar Concentrators: Boosted Optical Efficiency by Polymer Dielectric Mirrors, Meterial Chemistry Frontiers, 2019, 3, 429-436. (link) 

​Lova, P.; Cortecchia, D.; Soci, C.; Comoretto, D., Solution Processed Polymer-ABX4 Perovskite-Like Microcavities, Applied Science, 2019, 9. (link)

Lova, P.; Meghad, H.; Comoretto, D., A new method for the determination of molecular diffusion coefficient in polymer films by simple UV-VIS spectroscopy, AIP Conference Proceedings, 2019, 2196, 020010. (link)

Lova, P.; Cortecchia, D.; S. Krishnamoorthy, H. N.; Giusto, P.; Bastianini, C.; Bruno, A.; Comoretto, D.; Soci, C., Engineering the Emission of Broadband 2D Perovskites by Polymer Distributed Bragg Reflectors, ACS Photonics, 2018, 5, 867-874. (link)

Manfredi, G.; Lova, P.; Di Stasio, F.; Rastogi, P.; Krahne, R.; Comoretto, D., Lasing From Dot-In-Rod Nanocrystals in Planar Polymer Microcavities, RSC Advances, 2018, 8, 13026-13033. (link)

Giusto, P.; Lova, P.; Manfredi, G.; Gazzo, S.; Srinivasan, B.; Radice, S. V.; Comoretto, D., Colorimetric Detection of Perfluorinated Compounds by All-Polymer Photonic Transducers, ACS Omega, 2018, 3, 7517-7522. (link)

Lova, P., Selective Polymer Distributed Bragg Reflector Vapor Sensors, Polymers, 2018, 10, 1161-9. (link)

Lova, P.; Robbiano, V.; Cacialli, F.; Comoretto, D.; Soci, C., Black GaAs by Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10, 33434-33440. (link)

Martinelli, A.; Alberti, S.; Caratto, V.; Lova, P.; Locardi, F.; Pampararo, G.; Villa, S.; Ferretti, M., Structural studies on copper and nitrogen doped nanosized anatase, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials, 2018, 233, 867. (link)

Lova, P.; Comoretto, D., Label-free vapor selectivity by polymer-inorganic composite photonic crystals sensors, AIP Conf. Proc., 2018, 1981, 020097-5. (link)

Manfredi, G.; Lova, P.; Di Stasio, F.; Krahne, R.; Comoretto, D., Directional Fluorescence Spectral Narrowing in All-Polymer Microcavities Doped with CdSe/CdS Dot-in-rod Nanocrystals, ACS Photonics, 2017, 4, 1761–1769. (link)

Lova, P.; Grande, V.; Manfredi, G.; Patrin, M.; Herbst, S.; Würthner, F.; Comoretto, D., All-Polymer Photonic Microcavities Doped with Perylene Bisimide J-Aggregates, Advanced Optical Materials, 2017, 5, 1700523-8. (link)

Manfredi, G.; Lova, P.; Di Stasio, F.; Krahne, R.; Comoretto, D. In Directional Fluorescence Shaping and Lasing in All-Polymer Microcavities Doped with CdSe/CdS Dot-in-Rod nanocrystals, 2017 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and European Quantum Electronics Conference, Munich, 2017/06/25; Optical Society of America: Munich, 2017; p CK_10_2. (link)

Lova, P.; Bastianini, C.; Giusto, P.; Patrini, M.; Rizzo, P.; Guerra, G.; Iodice, M.; Soci, C.; Comoretto, D., Label-free Vapor Selectivity in Poly(p-phenylene oxide) Photonic Crystal Sensors, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016, 8, 31941–31950. (link)

Lova, P.; Manfredi, G.; Boarino, L.; Comite, A.; Laus, M.; Patrini, M.; Marabelli, F.; Soci, C.; Comoretto, D., Polymer Distributed Bragg Reflectors for Vapor Sensing, ACS Photonics, 2015, 2, 537-543. (link)

Lova, P.; Soci, C., Nanoimprint Lithography: Toward Polymer Photonic Crystals. In Organic and Hybrid Photonic Crystals, 1st ed.; Comoretto, D., Ed. Springer: Cham, 2015; Vol. 1, p 493. (link)

​Lova, P.; Manfredi, G.; Boarino, L.; Laus, M.; Urbinati, G.; Losco, T.; Marabelli, F.; Caratto, V.; Ferretti, M.; Castellano, M.; Soci, C.; Comoretto, D., Hybrid ZnO:Polystyrene Nanocomposite for All-Polymer Photonic Crystals, Phys. Status Solidi C, 2015, 12, 158-162. (link) 

Yin, J.; Migas, D. B.; Panahandeh-Fard, M.; Chen, S.; Wang, Z.; Lova, P.; Soci, C., Charge redistribution at GaAs/P3HT heterointerfaces with different surface polarity, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2013, 4, 19, 3303. (link)