Gianfranco Pacchioni - Publications#

Papers in refereed journals: 420
Publications in books: 20
Edited books 7, Textbooks 1;
Invited lectures: 260
Citations: >14000;
h-index: 66

Selected publications

1) G. Pacchioni, L. Giordano, M. Baistrocchi, “Charging of metal atoms on ultra-thin MgO/Mo(100) films”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 94, 226104 (2005);

2) S. Livraghi, M. Paganini, E. Giamello, A. Selloni, C. Di Valentin, G. Pacchioni, “Origin of photo-activity of nitrogen-doped TiO2 under visibile light”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 15666 (2006);

3) M. Sterrer, M. Yulikov, E. Fishbach, M. Heyde, H. Rust, G. Pacchioni, T. Risse, H.-J. Freund, “Interaction of Au clusters with color centers on MgO(100) films”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 45, 2630 (2006);

4) C. Di Valentin, G. Pacchioni, A. Selloni, “Electronic structure of defect states in hydroxylated and reduced rutile TiO2 (110) surfaces”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 97, 166803 (2006);

5) G. Pacchioni, S. Sicolo, C. Di Valentin, M. Chiesa, E. Giamello, “A route toward the generation of thermally stable Au cluster anions supported on the MgO surface”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 8690 (2008);

6) H. J. Freund, G. Pacchioni, “Oxide ultra-thin films on metals: new materials for the design of supported metal catalysts”, Chemical Society Reviews, 37, 2224-2242 (2008);

7) U. Martinez, J.-F. Jerratsch, N. Nilius, L. Giordano, G. Pacchioni, H.-J. Freund, “Tailoring the interaction strength between gold particles and silica thin films via work function control”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 103, 056801 (2009).

8) Y. N. Sun, L. Giordano, J. Goniakowski, M. Lewandowski, Z. H. Qin, C. Noguera, S. Shaikhutdinov, G. Pacchioni, H. J. Freund, “The interplay between structure and CO oxidation catalysis on metal supported ultrathin oxide films”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed , 49, 4418 (2010).

9) A. Gonchar, T. Risse, H.-J. Freund, L. Giordano, C. Di Valentin, G. Pacchioni, “Activation of oxygen on MgO: O2- formation on thin, metal supported MgO(001) films”, Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., 50, 2635-2638 (2011).

10) L. Giordano, G. Pacchioni, “Oxide films at the nanoscale: new structures, new functions, and new materials”, Accounts of Chemical Research, 44, 1244-1252 (2011).