Phone
+39 050 509888
Research center
CHT@Erzelli
About
Our efforts are devoted to the translation of noble metal nanomaterials to the clinical practice by addressing the issue of metal persistence, in order to promote innovative and non-invasive treatments for neoplasms and infectious diseases. Our main interests are related to photothermal conversion, drug delivery, photoacoustic/ultrasound imaging. In agreement with the 3R concept, we also continuously develop new 3D cancer models to test conventional and innovative treatments.
Skills
nanomedicine
nanotoxicology
oncology
chemistry
Top Publications
2022
Sarogni P., Mapanao A.K., Gonnelli A., Ermini M.L., Marchetti S., Kusmic C., Paiar F., Voliani V.
Chorioallantoic membrane tumor models highlight the effects of cisplatin compounds in oral carcinoma treatment
iScience, vol. 25, (no. 3)
2022
Zamborlin A., Ermini M.L., Summa M., Giannone G., Frusca V., Mapanao A.K., Debellis D., Bertorelli R., Voliani V.
The Fate of Intranasally Instilled Silver Nanoarchitectures
Nano Letters, vol. 22, (no. 13), pp. 5269-5276
2021
Ermini M.L., Voliani V.
Antimicrobial Nano-Agents: The Copper Age
ACS Nano, vol. 15, (no. 4), pp. 6008-6029
2019
Cassano D., Santi M., D'Autilia F., Mapanao A.K., Luin S., Voliani V.
Photothermal effect by NIR-responsive excretable ultrasmall-in-nano architectures
Materials Horizons, vol. 6, (no. 3), pp. 531-537
All Publications
2026
Sarogni P., Brindani N., Frusca V., Santi M., Cavalieri A., Celentano M., Menicagli M., Marranci A., Luserna di Rora A.G., Purificato F., Nigro M., Giannini N., Gonnelli A., Gadducci G., Martino F.D., Paiar F., De Vivo M., Voliani V.
Antitumor Activity of Combined Topoisomerase Inhibition and FLASH Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Carcinoma Biomodels
MedComm, vol. 7, (no. 9)
Article
Journal
2026
Voliani V., La Mendola D.
Chimica Generale ed Inorganica: Principi, Applicazioni, esercizi svolti
Chimica Generale ed Inorganica: Principi, Applicazioni, esercizi svolti, Publisher: Edises
Book
Book
2026
Martini L., Vlamidis Y., Armando I., Convertino D., Miseikis V., Voliani V., Coletti C.
Scalable CVD Graphene Field-Effect Transistor Platform for Viral Detection: Application to COVID-19
IEEE Transactions on Materials for Electron Devices
Article in Press
Journal
2026
Purificato F., Frusca V., Ayub A., Sarogni P., Pizzoli G., Mugnaioli E., Drava G., Da Y., Komatsu N., Zhao L., Voliani V.
Ultrasmall-in-Nano Hybrid Boron-Gold Architectures for Enhanced Boron Delivery toward Boron Neutron Capture Therapy
Chemical Communications
Article
Journal
2025
Giannini N., Gonnelli A., Gadducci G., Puccini P., Cavalieri A., Masturzo L., Pensavalle J.H., Celentano M., Di Martino F., Di Cocco F., Scatena C., Naccarato A.G., Menicagli M., Sarogni P., Frusca V., Cioni D., Aquaro G.D., Voliani V., Paiar F.
FLASH Radiotherapy Enhances the Therapeutic Ratio in an Embryonic In Vivo Model of Pancreatic Carcinoma
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 17, (no. 46), pp. 63286-63295