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About the Matyjaszewski Group
Center for Macromolecular Engineering
CRP Consortium
ATRP Consortium
(1996–2000)
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Dr. Fabio Di Lena
EXPERIENCE
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Graduate Student, ETH Zurich, Switzerland |
2003—2007
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- Project: Microkinetic study of catalysts for olefin polymerization by ESI-MS and numerical simulations
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Visiting Scholar, University of Toronto, Canada |
2003
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- Project: Synthesis and characterization of catalytically active metal-containing polymers
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Laurea in Industrial Chemistry: University of Naples "Federico II", Italy |
1994—2002
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- Co-advisors: Professor Claudio De Rosa and Professor Vittorio Petraccone
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- Project: Kinetic investigations of metallocene-catalyzed olefin homo- and co-polymerizations by "quenched-flow" methods
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AWARDS
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2007-2008
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Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Stipend
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2003
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Lash Miller Award
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University of Toronto Open Fellowship |
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University of Toronto Visa Differential Fellowship |
PRESENTATIONS
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“Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry as a Tool for Measuring Rate Constants in Ziegler-Natta Polymerization”. Esther Quintanilla, Fabio Di Lena and Peter Chen – III Symposium of Young Scientists, Tarragona (ES), November 16-17, 2006. |
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“Peeping at the Double Life of a Metallocene Polymerization Catalyst by means of Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry”. Fabio Di Lena and Peter Chen – 5th International School on Molecular Catalysis, Poznan Rosnowko (PL), August 12-16, 2005. |
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“Specific Rate Constants for Multiple Active Species in the Polymerization of Ethylene by MAO-activated Single-Site Pre-catalyst by Electrospray Mass Spectrometry”. Fabio Di Lena, Esther Quintanilla and Peter Chen – Heidelberg Forum of Molecular Catalysis, Heidelberg (DE), July 8-10, 2005. |
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“An Improved Method for the Quantitative Characterization of Polymerization Catalyst Performance”. Fabio Di Lena and Peter Chen – 6th Netherlands’ Catalysis and Chemistry Conference, Noordwijkerhout (NL), March 7-9, 2005. |
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“New Results of Quenched-Flow Investigations of Metallocene-Catalyzed Ethene and Propene Polymerizations”. Fabio Di Lena, Vincenzo Busico, Roberta Cipullo and Ines Mingozzi - 1st Blue Sky Conference on Catalytic Olefin Polymerization, Sorrento (IT), June 17-21, 2002. |
PUBLICATIONS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS
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“Rapid Screening of Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Catalysts by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry”. Fabio Di Lena, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski – In preparation. |
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“Gas Phase Characterization of Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Catalysts by Energy-Variable Collisionally Activated Dissociation Experiments”. Fabio Di Lena, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski – In preparation. |
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“Approaching a High-Temperature Living Polymerization with Metallocene Catalysts”. Fabio Di Lena, Peter Chen – In preparation. |
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“Microkinetic Study of Cp2ZrCl2/MAO Catalyzed Ethene Polymerization by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry”. Fabio Di Lena, Esther Quintanilla, Peter Chen – In preparation. |
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“Fourier Transform Ion Mobility Measurement of Chain-Branching in Mass-Selected, Chemically-Trapped Oligomers from MAO-Activated, Metallocene-Catalyzed Polymerization of Ethylene”. Rolf Dietiker, Fabio Di Lena, Peter Chen, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 2796. |
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“Chain Transfer to Aluminum in MAO-Activated Metallocene-Catalyzed Polymerization Reactions”. Esther Quintanilla, Fabio Di Lena, Peter Chen, Chem. Commun. 2006, 4309. |
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“Measuring Rate Constants for Active Species in the Polymerization of Ethylene by MAO-Activated Metallocene Catalysts by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry”. Fabio Di Lena, Esther Quintanilla, Peter Chen, Chem. Commun. 2005, 5757. |
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