Barbara Rossi

I am working on IUVS beamline at the Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste Laboratory as beamline scientist. My research activity is focused on the chemical-physical investigation of molecular liquids, soft matter and and bio-molecules, such as DNA, peptide and proteins trough Raman and UV Resonance Raman spectroscopy and neutron scattering techniques. Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, over 120 articles in peer-reviewed journals and 3 book chapters ( H-index - 28), 40 invited talks and lectures at International Conferences, Symposiums and Schools.

Education:
July 2003: Laurea in Physics, Summa cum Laude, University of Trento.
December 2003: PhD in Physics, University of Trento.

International prizes:
June 2020: Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Relevant papers
[1] B. Rossi, P. Verrocchio, G. Viliani, G. Scarduelli, G. Guella, I. Mancini, “Vibrational proforties of inclusion complexes: the case of indomethacin-cyclodextrin”, J. Chem. Phys., 2006, 125(4), 044511-1,7
[2] B. Rossi, L. Comez, D. Fioretto, L. Lupi, S. Caponi, F. Rossi “Hydrogen Bonding Dynamics of Cyclodextrin-Water solutions by Depolarized Light Scattering”, J. Raman Spectrosc. 2011, 42(6), 1479-1483
[3] B. Rossi, S. Caponi, F. Castiglione, S. Corezzi, A. Fontana, M. Giarola, G. Mariotto, A. Mele, C. Petrillo, F. Trotta, G. Viliani, “Networking proforties of cross-linked polymeric systems probed by inelastic light scattering experiments”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2012, 116(17), 5323-5327
[4] B. Rossi, V. Venuti, F. D’Amico, A. Gessini, F. Castiglione, A. Mele, C. Punta, L. Melone, V. Crupi, D. Majolino, F. Trotta, C. Masciovecchio “Water and polymer dynamics in a model polysaccharide hydrogel: the role of hydrophobic/hydrophilic balance”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 963-971.
[5] C. Bottari, L. Comez, M. Paolantoni, S. Corezzi, F. D’Amico, A. Gessini, C. Masciovecchio, B. Rossi, “Hydration properties and water structure in aqueous solutions of native and modified cyclodextrins by UV Raman and Brillouin Scattering”, J Raman Spectrosc. 2018, 49(6), 1076-1085
[6] B. Rossi, C. Masciovecchio “GISR 2017: Present and future of Raman researches in Italy”, J Raman Spectrosc. 2018, 49(6), 909-912
[7] F. Bianchi, L. Comez, R. Biehl, F. D'Amico, A. Gessini, M. Longo, C. Masciovecchio, C. Petrillo, A. Radulescu, B. Rossi, F. Sacchetti, F. Sebastiani, N. Violini, A. Paciaroni “Structure of human telomere G-quadruplex in the presence of a model drug along the thermal unfolding pathway”, Nucleic Acids Res 2018, 46(22), 11927–11938
[8] B. Rossi, C. Bottari, L. Comeze, S. Corezzi, M. Paolantoni, A. Gessini, C. Masciovecchio, A. Mele, C. Punta, L. Melone, A. Fiorati, A. Radulescu, G. Mangiapia, A. Paciaroni “Structural and molecular response in cyclodextrin-based pH-sensitive hydrogels by the joint use of Brillouin, UV Raman and Small Angles Neutron Scattering techniques” J. Mol. Liquids 2018, 271, 738–746
[9] S. Catalini, B. Rossi, P. Foggi, C. Masciovecchio, F. Bruni “Aqueous solvation of Glutathione probed by UV Resonance Raman Spectroscopy”, J. Mol. Liquids. 2019, 283, 537-547
[10] C. Bottari, S. Catalini, P. Foggi, I. Mancini, A. Mele, D. R. Perinelli, A. Paciaroni, A. Gessini, C. Masciovecchio, B. Rossi "Base-specific pre-melting and melting transitions of DNA in presence of ionic liquids probed by synchrotron-based UV resonance Raman scattering", J. Mol. Liquids. 2021, 330, 115433
[11] ME Di Pietro, M. Tortora, C. Bottari, G. Colombo Dugoni, R. Pivato, B. Rossi, M. Paolantoni, A. Mele, “In competition for water: hydrated choline chloride:urea vs choline acetate:urea deep eutectic solvents”, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2021, 9(36), 12262-12273
[12] F. Fadaei, M. Tortora, A. Gessini, C. Masciovecchio, S. Catalini, J. Vigna, I. Mancini, A. Mele, J. Vacek, D. Reha, B. Minofar and B. Rossi “Structural specificity of groove binding mechanism between imidazolium-based Ionic Liquids and DNA revealed by synchrotron-UV Resonance Raman spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations”, J. Mol. Liq. 2022, 347, 118350
[13] P. Marabotti, M. Tommasini, C. Castiglioni, P. Serafini, M. Tortora, B. Rossi, A. Li Bassi, V. Russo, C. S. Casari, “Electron-phonon coupling and vibrational properties of size-selected linear carbon chains by resonance Raman scattering”, Nature Communications 2022, 13, 5052
[14] S. Gómez, C. Bottari, F. Egidi, T. Giovannini, B. Rossi, C. Cappelli, “Amide Spectral Fingerprints are Hydrogen Bonding- Mediated” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 13, 6200-6207
[15] S. E. Clark, A. W. Heard, C. T. McTernan, T. K. Ronson, B. Rossi, P. Rozhin, S. Marchesan, J. R. Nitschke, "A Double-Walled Tetrahedron with AgI4 Vertices Binds Different Guests in Distinct Sites" Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023, e202301612
[16] F. Fadaei, M. Tortora, A. Gessini, C. Masciovecchio, J. Vigna, I. Mancini, A. Mele, J. Vacek, B. Minofar and B. Rossi, “Local and cooperative structural transitions of double-stranded DNA in choline-based deep eutectic solvents” Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 2024, 256, 128443

Chapter of Books
[1] B. Rossi, C. Bottari, S. Catalini, A. Gessini, F. D’Amico, C. Masciovecchio, Synchrotron based UV Resonant Raman scattering for material science, Molecular and Laser Spectroscopy, Volume 2 (eds V. P. Gupta, Y. Ozaki), Elsevier (2020), Chapter 13, pages 447-478, doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-818870-5.00013-7
[2] B. Rossi, M. Tortora, S. Catalini, A. Gessini, C. Masciovecchio, Synchrotron based UV Resonance Raman Spectroscopy for Polymer Characterization, book chapter Ozaki, Sato (Eds.): Spectroscopic Techniques for Polymer Characterization. Methods, Instrumentation, Applications, pages 183-225 (2021), doi:10.1002/9783527830312.ch7