By Dr Martina Lessio

Journal articles

Cavallo M; Ramadhan ZR; Somerville SV; Han E; Webster RF; Cheong S; Baldino S; Lessio M; Gooding JJ; Tilley RD, 2025, 'Enhancing the Electrocatalytic Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) via Metallic Cobalt in Au-Co Nanoparticles', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 129, pp. 1243 - 1251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c07907

Lloyd Williams OH; Cox CS; Zhang MY; Lessio M; Rusli O; Donald WA; Jekimovs L; Marshall DL; Pfrunder MC; Poad BLJ; Brotin T; Rijs NJ, 2024, 'Cation induced changes to the structure of cryptophane cages', Dalton Transactions, 53, pp. 18473 - 18483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4dt01824a

Thoonen S; Siripanich P; Hua L; Tay HM; Ramkissoon P; Smith TA; Lessio M; Hua C, 2024, 'Enhancing enantioselectivity in chiral metal organic framework fluorescent sensors', Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 11, pp. 3877 - 3888, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4qi00760c

Colasuonno F; Lessio M, 2023, 'Thermodynamic and Kinetic Insights into Hydrogen Adsorption and Dissociation on the Ru (0001) Surface under STM and Catalytic Conditions', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127, pp. 23645 - 23653, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c05348

Teusner M; Mittal U; Lessio M; Johannessen B; Mata J; Sharma N, 2023, 'Formulation and mechanism of copper tartrate - a novel anode material for lithium-ion batteries', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25, pp. 21436 - 21447, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3cp02030d

Zhang J; Paesani F; Lessio M, 2023, 'Computational insights into the interaction of water with the UiO-66 metal-organic framework and its functionalized derivatives', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 11, pp. 10247 - 10258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3tc01313h

Cox CS; Slavich E; Macreadie LK; McKemmish LK; Lessio M, 2023, 'Understanding the Role of Synthetic Parameters in the Defect Engineering of UiO-66: A Review and Meta-analysis', Chemistry of Materials, 35, pp. 3057 - 3072, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c00215

Papasergio AE; Ugolotti G; Sassoni E; Lessio M, 2023, 'Adsorption of water and organic solvents on the calcite [101¯4] surface: Implications for marble conservation treatments', Applied Surface Science, 616, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.156438

Papasergio AE; Ugolotti G; Lessio M; Sassoni E, 2023, 'New insights on conservation of marble artworks from computational chemistry', Materials Today: Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.06.467

Wong S; Cao C; Lessio M; Stenzel MH, 2022, 'Sugar-induced self-assembly of curcumin-based polydopamine nanocapsules with high loading capacity for dual drug delivery', Nanoscale, 14, pp. 9448 - 9458, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2nr01795d

Mittal U; Colasuonno F; Rawal A; Lessio M; Kundu D, 2022, 'A highly stable 1.3 V organic cathode for aqueous zinc batteries designed in-situ by solid-state electrooxidation', Energy Storage Materials, 46, pp. 129 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2022.01.004

Hallam L; Papasergio AE; Lessio M; Veliscek-Carolan J, 2021, 'Phosphate functionalised titania for heavy metal removal from acidic sulfate solutions', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 600, pp. 719 - 728, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2021.05.047

Yang J; Russell JC; Tao S; Lessio M; Wang F; Hartnett AC; Peurifoy SR; Doud EA; O’Brien ES; Gadjieva N; Reichman DR; Zhu X; Crowther AC; Billinge SJL; Roy X; Steigerwald ML; Nuckolls C, 2021, 'Superatomic solid solutions', Nature Chemistry, 13, pp. 607 - 613, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41557-021-00680-8

Cox CS; Cossich Galicia V; Lessio M, 2021, 'Computational Insights into As(V) Removal from Water by the UiO-66 Metal-Organic Framework', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 125, pp. 3157 - 3168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c09465

Cox CS; Cossich Galicia V; Lessio M, 2021, 'Computational Investigation of Adsorptive Removal of Pb²⁺from Water by the UiO-66 Metal-Organic Framework: Comparison of Adsorption Sites on Defects and Functionalised Linkers', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 75, pp. 142 - 154, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CH21139

Lessio M; Senftle TP; Carter EA, 2018, 'Hydride Shuttle Formation and Reaction with CO2 on GaP(110)', ChemSusChem, 11, pp. 1558 - 1566, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201800037

Clark ML; Cheung PL; Lessio M; Carter EA; Kubiak CP, 2018, 'Kinetic and Mechanistic Effects of Bipyridine (bpy) Substituent, Labile Ligand, and Brønsted Acid on Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction by Re(bpy) Complexes', ACS Catalysis, 8, pp. 2021 - 2029, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.7b03971

Senftle TP; Lessio M; Carter EA, 2017, 'The Role of Surface-Bound Dihydropyridine Analogues in Pyridine-Catalyzed CO2 Reduction over Semiconductor Photoelectrodes', ACS Central Science, 3, pp. 968 - 974, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.7b00233

Lessio M; Dieterich JM; Carter EA, 2017, 'Hydride Transfer at the GaP(110)/Solution Interface: Mechanistic Implications for CO2 Reduction Catalyzed by Pyridine', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121, pp. 17321 - 17331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b05052

Senftle TP; Lessio M; Carter EA, 2016, 'Interaction of Pyridine and Water with the Reconstructed Surfaces of GaP(111) and CdTe(111) Photoelectrodes: Implications for CO2 Reduction', Chemistry of Materials, 28, pp. 5799 - 5810, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b02084

Lessio M; Senftle TP; Carter EA, 2016, 'Is the Surface Playing a Role during Pyridine-Catalyzed CO2 Reduction on p-GaP Photoelectrodes?', ACS Energy Letters, 1, pp. 464 - 468, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00233

Alidoust N; Lessio M; Carter EA, 2016, 'Cobalt (II) oxide and nickel (II) oxide alloys as potential intermediate-band semiconductors: A theoretical study', Journal of Applied Physics, 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4939286

Lessio M; Riplinger C; Carter EA, 2016, 'Stability of surface protons in pyridine-catalyzed CO2 reduction at p-GaP photoelectrodes', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18, pp. 26434 - 26443, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6cp04272d

Kronawitter CX; Lessio M; Zahl P; Muñoz-García AB; Sutter P; Carter EA; Koel BE, 2015, 'Orbital-Resolved Imaging of the Adsorbed State of Pyridine on GaP(110) Identifies Sites Susceptible to Nucleophilic Attack', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119, pp. 28917 - 28924, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b08659

Lessio M; Carter EA, 2015, 'What Is the Role of Pyridinium in Pyridine-Catalyzed CO2 Reduction on p-GaP Photocathodes?', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137, pp. 13248 - 13251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b08639

Kronawitter CX; Lessio M; Zhao P; Riplinger C; Boscoboinik A; Starr DE; Sutter P; Carter EA; Koel BE, 2015, 'Observation of Surface-Bound Negatively Charged Hydride and Hydroxide on GaP(110) in H2O Environments', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119, pp. 17762 - 17772, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b05361

Balantseva E; Berlier G; Camino B; Lessio M; Ferrari AM, 2015, 'Erratum: Surface Properties of ZnS Nanoparticles: A Combined DFT and Experimental Study (Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2014) 118:41 (23853-23862) DOI: 10.1021/jp507963y)', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119, pp. 17493, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b06468

Keith JA; Muñoz-García AB; Lessio M; Carter EA, 2015, 'Cluster Models for Studying CO2 Reduction on Semiconductor Photoelectrodes', Topics in Catalysis, 58, pp. 46 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11244-014-0341-1

Balantseva E; Berlier G; Camino B; Lessio M; Ferrari AM, 2014, 'Surface properties of ZnS nanoparticles: A combined DFT and experimental study', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118, pp. 23853 - 23862, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp507963y

Ferrari AM; Lessio M; Reŕat M, 2013, 'Prediction of electronic (hyper)polarizabilities of titania nanotubes: A DFT periodic study', Computational Materials Science, 68, pp. 280 - 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2012.11.002

Ferrari AM; Lessio M; Szieberth D; Maschio L, 2010, 'On the stability of dititanate nanotubes: A density functional theory study', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114, pp. 21219 - 21225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp1079185

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