2026

Au(I)-Ynaminyl Complexes for Photocatalysis

Year: 2026 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6c02803

Authors: Nestor Bracho Pozsoni, Yi-Jyun Lien, Sayan Dutta, Francis Bru, Pierre Arnaut, Bholanath Maity, Luigi Cavallo, Kristof Van Hecke, Mark E Thompson, Catherine SJ Cazin, Steven P Nolan

Inorganic Chemistry

Metal Speciation in Hierarchical ZSM-5 Programs Ethylene Oligomerization Selectivity

Year: 2026 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6c03322

Authors: Hend Omar Mohamed, Vijay K. Velisoju, Rushana Khairova, Polina Tolstova, Stefan Adrian F. Nastase, David Trueba, Naydu Zambrano, Muhammad Arief Shafarifky, Mohamed Ben Hassine, Mohamed N Hedhili, Edy Abou-Hamad, Selvedin Telalovic, Takato Mitsudome, Luigi Cavallo, Pedro Castaño

ACS Catalysis

hierarchical ZSM-5
ethylene dimerization
Brønsted–Lewis acid balance
metal speciation
density functional theory

Hydrogen-Bond Cooperativity in Bisurea Catalyzed ROP: Molecular Level Optimization of Activity and Selectivity

Year: 2026 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6c02612

Authors: Rachele Zunino, Jia Zhang, Kai Hin Lui, Niklas Warlin, Robert M Waymouth, Luigi Cavallo, Giovanni Talarico

ACS Catalysis

organocatalysis
DFT calculations
ring-opening polymerization
noncovalent interactions
hydrogen-bond

Impact of Intrinsic Defects on the Electronic Structure and Band Alignment of (010) and (001) BiVO4 Surfaces for Photocatalytic Water Splitting: A Hybrid DFT Study

Year: 2026 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.6c08384

Authors: Sheikha Lardhi, Bassim Arkook, Luigi Cavallo, Moussab Harb

ACS Omega

Atomically Precise Rigid Copper Nanocluster as an Air-Stable Photocatalyst for Three-Component Coupling Reactions

Year: 2026 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.5768398

Authors: Renqian Zhou, Arunachalam Sagadevan, Wentao Wu, Sultan Al Saud, Bholanath Maity, Liang Yi, Mohammad Bodiuzzaman, Kathiravan Murugesan, Mengtian Jin, Yu‐Ying Yang, Peng Yuan, Lijie Wang, Mohammed Faihan Alotaibi, Abdul‐Hamid Emwas, Mutalifu Abulikemu, Omar F Mohammed, Luigi Cavallo, Kathiravan Murugesan, Magnus Rueping

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Oxypnictide Anti-perovskite (Ca4Pn2–xNx)O and (Ca4–xMgx)Pn2O (Pn = P, As; 0.125 ≤ x ≤ 0.25) Materials as Promising Candidates for Solar Fuel Generation: Rational Insights from DFT

Year: 2026 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.6c01190

Authors: Ahmed N Halool, Saeed A Aissan, Abdesslem Jedidi, Bassim Arkook, AM Abdel-Daiem, Luigi Cavallo, Moussab Harb

ACS Applied Energy Materials

DFT-HSE06 calculations
VASP
visible-light-responsive photocatalysis
green H2 production
CO2 photoreduction
et.al.

Near-Atomic Indium Catalysts Enable Cost-Efficient High-Pressure Reverse Water–Gas Shift

Year: 2026 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6c04882

Authors: Xinhuilan Wang, Saleh Ibrahim S Altuwayjiri, Polina Tolstova, Alejandra Rendón-Patiño, Rafia Ahmad, Motaz Khawaji, Mohnnad H Alabsi, Luigi Cavallo, Jean Marcel R Gallo

ACS Catalysis

high-pressure reverse water–gas shift
CO2 hydrogenation
near-atomic indium sites
metal-support interactions
oxygen-vacancy-mediated catalysis
interfacial In–O–Zr structure

From ynones to alkynes via nickel catalyzed decarbonylative reconstructive C–C bond coupling

Year: 2026 DOI:10.1039/d6sc02777f

Authors: Watchara Srimontree, Manoj V. Mane, Luigi Cavallo, Magnus Rueping

Chemical Science

Synthesis of polymethylene-linked bis(cyclobutane-fused chromanones) mediated by gold photocatalysis

Year: 2026 DOI:10.1039/d6ob00903d

Authors: Junying Wang, Vladislav A. Voloshkin, Sayan Dutta, Yuan Zhao, Tommaso Ruggiero, Kristof Van Hecke, Bholanath Maity, Luigi Cavallo, Steven P. Nolan

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

Effect of Aluminum Distribution in ZSM-22 Zeolite on Ethylene Oligomerization

Year: 2026 DOI:10.1039/D6CC02736A

Authors: Teng Li, Yazeed Alfawaz, Stefan Adrian F. Nastase, Juan Carlos Navarro, Luigi Cavallo, Javier Ruiz Martinez

Chemical Communications

Cobalt/Photoredox Catalyzed Desymmetrization of Oxo and Azabicycles via Asymmetric Reductive Coupling With Alkynes

Year: 2026 DOI:10.1002/advs.202523407

Authors: Subhankar Pradhan, Arko Saha, Bholanath Maity, Sayan Dutta, Luigi Cavallo, Basker Sundararaju

Advanced Science

Tailoring polymers of intrinsic microporosity as photoredox catalysts for continuous-flow reaction–separation processes

Year: 2026 DOI:10.1038/s41467-026-73833-3

Authors: Martin Gede, Gergo Ignacz, Catherine S. P. De Castro, Busra Dereli, Mariia Ferree, Frederic Laquai, Luigi Cavallo, Gyorgy Szekely

Nature Communications

Catalyst components for the polymerization of olefins

Year: 2026

Authors: Leonardo BRUSTOLIN, Luigi CAVALLO, Antonio Cristofori, Laura FALIVENE, Alessandro Mignogna, Giampiero Morini, Fabrizio Piemontesi, Lorenzo Veronese, Gianni Vitale, Gianni Collina, Benedetta Gaddi, Ofelia Fusco, Piero Gessi

US Patent

Mechanochemically assembled organometallic complexes: a mechanistic study

Year: 2026 DOI:10.1039/D6SC01038E

Authors: Lama Hamdouna, Gianmarco Pisanò, Andrew G. M. Rankin, Julien Trébosc, Ida Ritacco, Olivier Devos, Laurent Delevoye, Pascal Roussel, Lucia Caporaso, Luigi Cavallo, Steven P. Nolan, Olivier Lafon, Catherine S. J. Cazin

Chemical Science

Photoinduced Palladium-Catalyzed Site-Selective Meta-Alkylation of Pyridines

Year: 2026 DOI:10.1002/ange.5426146

Authors: Anurag Singh, Rajesh Kancherla, Sayan Dutta, Arnab Dey, Kuntal Pal, Bholanath Maity, Lennard Kloene, Luigi Cavallo, Rene M. Koenigs, Magnus Rueping

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Engineering edge-rich, highly dispersed, and stable MoS₂ sites for the catalytic splitting of H₂S for H₂ production

Year: 2026 DOI:10.21203/rs.3.rs-8597696/v1

Authors: Pedro Castaño, Hend Mohamed, Vijay Velisoju, Mohammed Obaid, Rafia Ahmed, Yuma Hirayama, Mohamed Hassine, Gontzal Lezcano, Ildar Mukhambetov, Zainab Alaithan, Muhammad Shafarifky, Ali Almofleh, Polina Tolstova, Omar El Tall, Takato Mitsudome, Huabin Zhang, Luigi Cavallo, Noreddine Ghaffour, Hassan Aljama

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Pulsed electrolysis enables unexpected lactonization of bicyclobutane carboxylic acids

Year: 2026 DOI:10.1039/d6sc01541g

Authors: Anton S. Makarov, Liang Yi, Bholanath Maity, Luigi Cavallo, Magnus Rueping

Chemical Science

NiCoOx@NiCo core–shell nanoparticles supported on Ti3C2Tx as cathode electrocatalyst for microbial fuel cells

Year: 2026 DOI:10.1039/d6ta03240k

Authors: Pewee D. Kolubah, Hend Omar Mohamed, Mohamed Nejib Hedhili, Mohamed Ben Hassine, Rafia Ahmad, Vijay K. Velisoju, Abdul-Hamid Emwas, Pia Dally, Luigi Cavallo, Pedro Castaño

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Sensing the Artificially Expanded Genetic Information System DNA Using Janus MoSSe Monolayers: A Density Functional Theory Investigation

Year: 2026 DOI:10.1021/acsanm.5c05088

Authors: Sitansh Sharma, Vasudeo Babar, Abdul Rajjak Shaikh, Hosna Jabbari, Romina Oliva, Mohit Chawla, Luigi Cavallo

ACS Applied Nano Materials