Morpurgo Simone
Chemistry
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Italy
Biography
Born in Rome in 1964. He graduated in 1990 with 110/110 and praised at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" with an experimental thesis in Physical Chemistry. Doctor of Chemistry in 1994 with a thesis in the field of Inorganic Chemistry and Inorganic Catalysis. Holds a CNR scholarship at the CNR Study Center on Oxid Systems Catalytic Systems and Structures (SACSO) (1994-95) and a biennial post-doctoral scholarship at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Texas Studies in Rome "La Sapienza" (1996-1998). Since December 1999 he has held a position as Researcher at the same Department and has been confirmed in the role in December 2002. Holder for the Trust of Chemical Structural Engineering (2000-2006) Chemistry Methodology Laboratory (2002-2006) General and Inorganic Chemistry with Laboratory (from AA 2006-07 to date) Inorganic Chemistry I for the Degree in Industrial Chemistry (from AI 2012-2013). Author of scientific studies on mixed oxide catalysts, hydrogen bonded systems, proton transfer reactions, zeolite catalysts for decomposition of nitrogen oxides.
Research Interest
Inorganic chemistry
Publications
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Morpurgo S, Bossa M, Morpurgo GO. Critical test of PM3-calculated proton transfer activation energies: a comparison with ab initio and AM1 calculations. Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM. 1998 Mar 30;429:71-80.
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Morpurgo S, Jacono ML, Porta P. Copper–zinc–cobalt–aluminium–chromium hydroxycarbonates and mixed oxides. Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 1996 Mar 1;122(2):324-32.
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Moretti G, Ferraris G, Fierro G, Jacono ML, Morpurgo S, Faticanti M. Dimeric Cu (I) species in Cu-ZSM-5 catalysts: the active sites for the NO decomposition. Journal of Catalysis. 2005 Jun 10;232(2):476-87.
