Prof. NADIA BALUCANI
Dipartimento di Chimica
Laboratorio di Chimica Generale 
Universita' degli Studi di Perugia 
Via Elce di Sotto, 8

06123 PERUGIA - ITALY

email: nadia.balucani_at_unipg.it

tel. +39 075 585 5507
fax +39 075 585 5606

 

·        Publications

·        Invited Talks

·        Teaching

·        Collaborations

·        Research Group

·        Research Activity

·        Organization of Meetings

 

Short CV

- 1989, July 20: "Laurea" in Chemistry, University of Perugia, Italy
- 1993, July 20: Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, University of Perugia, Italy
- 1994-1995: Post-Doctoral fellow with Prof. R.J. Saykally, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA (USA)
- 1999: Visiting Scientist, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica,Taipei, ROC
- 2001: Premio Federchimica Per un futuro intelligente

- 2002: Maitre de Conference Invite', Laboratoire de Physico Chimie Moleculaire, Universite de Bordeaux I, France
- 2007: Professeur Invite', Astrochimie Experimentale, Universite' de Rennes I,France
- 2009: Visiting Professor, Istituto de Fisica, Univesidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
- 2011: Erasmus Professor, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Vitoria, Spain

- 2012: Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA

- 2012: Visiting Professor, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Vitoria and Bilbao, Spain

- 2013: Erasmus Professor, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain

Professional (permanent) positions held:
2004-present: Professore Associato, University of Perugia, Italy
1993-2003: Ricercatore Universitario, University of Perugia, Italy

Full CV (pdf file)

Research interests

Gas-phase chemistry, reaction dynamics, astrochemistry, prebiotic chemistry, combustion chemistry, plasma chemistry

Selected recent publications:

 

F. Leonori, D. Skouteris, R. Petrucci, P. Casavecchia, M. Rosi, N. Balucani
Combined crossed beam and theoretical studies of the C(1D)+CH4 reaction
Journal of Chemical Physics, 138 (2013) 024311; doi: 10.1063/1.4773579)

 

F. Leonori, R. Petrucci, X. Wang, P. Casavecchia, N. Balucani
A crossed beam study of the reaction CN+C2H4 at a high collision energy: the opening of a new reaction channel
Chemical Physics Letters, 553 (2012) 1-5; doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2012.09.070 

 

N. Balucani
Elementary reactions of N atoms with hydrocarbons: first steps towards the formation of prebiotic N-containing molecules in planetary atmospheres 
Chemical Society Reviews, 41 (2012) 5473-5483; doi:10.1039/C2CS35113G

B. Fu, Y.-C. Han, J. M. Bowman, L. Angelucci, N. Balucani, F. Leonori, P. Casavecchia
Intersystem crossing and dynamics in O(3P)+C2H4 multichannel reaction: Experiment validates theory
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109 (2012) 9733-9738; doi:10.1073/pnas.1202672109

 

N. Balucani, A. Bartocci, B. Brunetti, P. Candori, S. Falcinelli, F. Palazzetti, F. Pirani, F. Vecchiocattivi
Collisional autoionization dynamics of Ne*(3P2,0)-H2O

Chemical Physics Letters, 546 (2012) 34-39; doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2012.07.051

A. Lagana, E. Garcia, A. Paladini, P. Casavecchia, N. Balucani
The last mile of molecular reaction dynamics virtual experiments: the case of the OH(N=1-10)+CO(j=0-3) reaction
Faraday Discussions, 157 (2012) 415-436; doi:10.1039/C2FD20046E

 

N. Balucani, F. Leonori, P. Casavecchia
Crossed molecular beam studies of bimolecular reactions of relevance in combustion
Energy, 43 (2012) 47-54; doi:10.1016/j.energy.2011.10.052

F. Leonori, A. Occhiogrosso, N. Balucani,  A. Bucci, R. Petrucci, P. Casavecchia
Crossed molecular beam dynamics studies of the O(3P) + allene reaction: Primary products, branching ratios, and dominant role of Intersystem Crossing
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 3 (2012) 75-80; doi:10.1021/jz201519q

 

N. Balucani, F. Leonori, A. Bergeat, R. Petrucci, P. Casavecchia
Crossed-beam dynamics studies of the radical-radical combustion reaction O(3P) + CH3 (methyl)
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13 (2011) 8322-8330; doi:10.1039/C0CP01623C

 

N. Balucani, F. Zhang, R.I. Kaiser
Elementary reactions of boron atoms with hydrocarbons - Toward the formation of organo-boron compounds
Chemical Reviews, 110 (2010) 5107-5127; doi:10.1021/cr900404k

 

N. Balucani, F. Leonori, R. Petrucci, M. Stazi, D. Skouteris, M. Rosi, P. Casavecchia
Formation of nitriles in the atmosphere of Titan: Combined crossed-beam and theoretical studies on the reaction dynamics of excited nitrogen atoms N(2D) with ethane
Faraday Discussions, 147 (2010), 189-216; doi:10.1039/c004748a

 

C. Berteloite, S. Le Picard, N. Balucani, A. Canosa, I.R. Sims
Low temperature rate coefficients for reactions of the butadiynyl radical, C4H, with various hydrocarbons. Part II: Reactions with alkenes (ethylene, propene, 1-butene), dienes (allene, 1,3-butadiene) and alkynes (acetylene, propyne and 1-butyne)
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 12 (2010) 3677-3689; doi: 10.1039/b923867k

 

C. Berteloite, S. Le Picard, N. Balucani, A. Canosa, I.R. Sims
Low temperature rate coefficients for reactions of the butadiynyl radical, C4H, with various hydrocarbons. Part I: Reactions with alkanes (CH4, C2H6, C3H8, C4H10)
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 12 (2010) 3666-3676; doi: 10.1039/b907154g

 

 

 

Last update: Jan 2013