Matteo Cargnello

Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Trieste
via L. Giorgieri 1
34127 Trieste (ITALY)

tel. +39 040 558 2412
fax. +39 040 558 3903
e-mail: mcargnello@gmail.com

Curriculum Vitae
Matteo Cargnello was born in 1984. He obtained the bachelor's degree in Chemistry in 2006 at the University of Trieste discussing a thesis titled "Syntheses of pyridine-containing thiols for the preparation of mixed monolayers onto gold nanoparticles" under the supervision of Prof. L. Pasquato.
From January, 2007 he works in the group of Professors Fornasiero and Graziani. In July, 2008, with his thesis "Nanostructures based on palladium and gold as heterogeneous catalysts", written under the supervision of Prof. P. Fornasiero, he obtained the "Laurea Specialistica" in Chemistry.
He has been visiting student in various institutions, including the ICCOM-CNR in Florence (Italy, February 2009, Dr. G. Giambastiani) and the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras (India, April 2009, Prof. G. Ranga Rao).
From September until December 2008 he joined the group of Prof. Raymond J. Gorte at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, to spend a research period as Visiting Undergraduate Student working on core-shell catalysts.
In June-July 2010 and March 2011 he was Visiting Graduate Student at the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering and Inorganic Chemistry of the University of Cadiz, Spain, in the group of Dr. Juan José Delgado and Prof. Serafin Bernal, for the characterization of core-shell Pd@CeO2 catalysts with advanced TEM techniques.
In April-September 2011 he was Visiting Graduate Student at the Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, in the group of Prof. Chris B. Murray, working on tailored nanomaterials for catalytic applications.
In March, 2012 he obtained the PhD in Nanotechnology at the University of Trieste with the thesis "Tailored nanoarchitecture based on transition metals for heterogeneous catalysis".

Honors and Awards
- University College for Sciences "L. Fonda" Scholarship, 2006;
- US Air Force fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 2008;
- "Fernando Tommasini" award, 2011;
- Blue ribbon as best poster presentation, Catalysis Club of Philadelphia, "Supported d8 metal nanocrystals for catalytic energy conversion." by Vicky Doan-Nguyen, Matteo Cargnello, Thomas R. Gordon, Kevin Bakhmutsky, Paolo Fornasiero, Raymond J. Gorte, Christopher B. Murray, November 17th 2011.

Actual scientific interests
1. Thermally stable catalysts for H2 production and purification.
2. Synthesis of dispersible materials made of metal nanoparticles embedded into mixed organic-inorganic supports.
3. Photocatalysts with core-shell structures.

Publications
11. Gordon, T. R.; Cargnello, M.; Paik, T.; Mangolini, F.; Weber, R. T.; Fornasiero, P.; Murray, C. B. "Nonaqueous Synthesis of TiO2 nanocrystals Using TiF4 to Engineer Morphology, Oxygen Vacancy Concentration, and Photocatalytic Activity.", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 6751, doi:10.1021/ja300823a.
10. Bakhmutsky, K.; Wieder, N. L.; Cargnello, M.; Galloway, B.; Fornasiero, P.; Gorte, R. J. "A Versatile Route to Core-Shell Catalysts: Synthesis of Dispersible M@Oxide (M = Pd, Pt; Oxide = TiO2, ZrO2) Nanostructures by Self-Assembly.", ChemSusChem 2012, 5, 140, doi:10.1002/cssc.201100491.
9. Cargnello, M.; Gasparotto, A.; Gombac, V.; Montini, T.; Barreca, D.; Fornasiero, P. "Photocatalytic H2 and added-value byproducts: the role of metal oxide systems in their synthesis from liquid oxygenates.", Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 2011, 4309, doi:10.1002/ejic.201100532, selected as cover article.
8. Cargnello, M.; Wieder, N. L.; Canton, P.; Montini, T.; Giambastiani, G.; Benedetti, A.; Gorte, R. J.; Fornasiero, P. "A Versatile Approach to the Synthesis of Functionalized Thiol-protected Palladium Nanoparticles.", Chem. Mater. 2011, 23, 3961, doi:10.1021/cm2014658.
7. Kim, J.-S.; Wieder, N. L.; Abraham, A. J.; Cargnello, M.; Fornasiero, P.; Gorte, R. J.; Vohs, J. M. "Highly Active and Thermally Stable Core-Shell Catalysts for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells.", J. Electrochem. Soc. 2011, 158, B596, doi:10.1149/1.3571039.
6. Wieder, N. L.; Cargnello, M.; Bakhmutsky, K.; Montini, T.; Fornasiero, P.; Gorte, R. J. "A study of the water-gas-shift reaction over Pd@CeO2/Al2O3 core-shell catalysts.", J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 915, doi:10.1021/jp102965e.
5. Cargnello, M.; Gentilini, C.; Montini, T.; Fonda, E.; Mehraeen, S.; Chi, M.; Herrera-Collado, M.; Browning, N. D.; Polizzi, S.; Pasquato, L.; Fornasiero, P. "Active and stable embedded Au@CeO2 catalysts for preferential oxidation of CO.", Chem. Mater. 2010, 22, 4335, doi:10.1021/cm101499x.
4. Gombac, V.; Sordelli, L.; Montini, T.; Delgado, J. J.; Adamski, A.; Adami, G.; Cargnello, M.; Bernal, S.; Fornasiero, P. “CuOx-TiO2 Photocatalysts for H2 Production from Ethanol and Glycerol Solutions.”, J. Phys. Chem. A 2010, 114, 3916, doi:10.1021/jp907242q.
3. Cargnello, M.; Wieder, N. L.; Montini, T.; Gorte, R. J.; Fornasiero, P. "Synthesis of dispersible Pd@CeO2 nanostructures by self-assembly.", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 1402, doi:10.1021/ja909131k.
2. Cargnello, M.; Montini, T.; Polizzi, S.; Wieder, N. L.; Gorte, R. J.; Graziani, M.; Fornasiero, P. “Novel embedded Pd@CeO2 catalysts: a way to active and stable catalysts.”, Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 2122,doi:10.1039/b916035c.
1. de Rogatis, L.; Cargnello, M.; Gombac, V.; Lorenzut, B.; Montini, T.; Fornasiero, P. “Embedded phases: a way to active and stable catalysts.”, ChemSusChem 2010, 3, 24, doi:10.1002/cssc.200900151.

Book Chapters
1. de Rogatis, L.; Montini, T.; Gombac, V.; Cargnello, M.; Fornasiero, P. “Stabilized metal nanoparticles embedded into porous oxides: a challenging approach for robust catalysts.”, Chapter 2 in Nanorods, Nanotubes and Nanomaterials Research Progress, Wesley V. Prescott and Arnold I. Schwartz Editors, Nova Science Publishers, 2008, New York, pp. 71-123.

Participation at international conferences or lectures (as speaker)
6. M. Cargnello, R. J. Gorte and P. Fornasiero, "Synthesis of dispersible core-shell metal@oxide materials and their application as stable fuel cell catalysts.", ICTP-SISSA Workshop on New Materials for Renewable Energy, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 17th-21st October 2011.
5. M. Cargnello, N. Wieder, R. J. Gorte and P. Fornasiero, "Synthesis of dispersible core-shell metal@oxide materials and their application as stable fuel cell catalysts.", invited speaker at the conference "Chemically synthesized nanoparticles and catalysis", Argonne National Lab (Argonne, IL, USA), 28th April 2011.
4. M. Cargnello, "Embedded phases: a way to active and stable catalysts.", Universidad de Cadiz, 15th June 2010.
3. M. Cargnello, V. Gombac, T. Montini and P. Fornasiero, Slovenian Conference on Materials and Technologies for Sustainable Growth, "Metal-doped TiO2 for hydrogen production", University of Nova Gorica, Ajdovscina, Slovenia, May 12th 2009.
2. Informal workshop Scuola di Dottorato di Ricerca in Nanotecnologie and International Max-Planck Research School for Science and Technology of Nanostructures, "Rare-earths based-nanostructures as heterogeneous catalysts", Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Halle, Germany, July 15th-16th 2009.
1. Conference "I giovani e la chimica in Friuli-Venezia Giulia", "Self-assembled materials based on metallic nanoparticles for heterogeneous catalysis", Department of Chemistry, Trieste, September 24th 2009.

Participation at international conferences (poster presentations)
1. M. Cargnello, T. Montini, E. Fonda, C. Gentilini, S. Mehraeen, N. D. Browning, L. Pasquato and P. Fornasiero, "Design of active and stable Au catalysts for H2 purification", GOLD 2009, The 5th international conference on gold science, technology and its applications, Heidelberg, Germany, July 26th-29th 2009.
2. M. Cargnello, T. Montini, E. Fonda, C. Gentilini, S. Mehraeen, N. D. Browning, L. Pasquato and P. Fornasiero, "Design of active and stable Au catalysts for H2 purification", 2nd PhD Workshop Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Germany, September 10th-11th 2009.