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    Efficient radioactive gas detection by scintillating porous metal–organic frameworks

    Natural and anthropogenic gas radionuclides such as radon, xenon, hydrogen and krypton isotopes must be monitored to be managed as pathogenic agents, radioactive diagnostic agents or nuclear activity indicator...

    Matteo Orfano, Jacopo Perego, Francesca Cova, Charl X. Bezuidenhout in Nature Photonics (2023)

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    Extreme γ-ray radiation hardness and high scintillation yield in perovskite nanocrystals

    Radiation detection is of utmost importance in fundamental scientific research, as well as medical diagnostics, homeland security, environmental monitoring and industrial control. Lead halide perovskites (LHPs...

    Matteo L. Zaffalon, Francesca Cova, Mingming Liu, Alessia Cemmi in Nature Photonics (2022)

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    Fast motion of molecular rotors in metal–organic framework struts at very low temperatures

    The solid state is typically not well suited to sustaining fast molecular motion, but in recent years a variety of molecular machines, switches and rotors have been successfully engineered within porous crysta...

    Jacopo Perego, Silvia Bracco, Mattia Negroni, Charl X. Bezuidenhout in Nature Chemistry (2020)

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    Modulation of porosity in a solid material enabled by bulk photoisomerization of an overcrowded alkene

    The incorporation of photoswitchable molecules into solid-state materials holds promise for the fabrication of responsive materials, the properties of which can be controlled on-demand. However, the possible a...

    Fabio Castiglioni, Wojciech Danowski, Jacopo Perego in Nature Chemistry (2020)

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    Country Heterogeneity and the International Evidence on the Effects of Fiscal Policy

    This paper argues that the richer frequency and variety of fiscal policy shocks available in an international sample, which makes the use of this evidence attractive, should be analyzed recognizing the heterog...

    Carlo Favero, Francesco Giavazzi, Jacopo Perego in IMF Economic Review (2011)