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• 2011

  Adsorption of dissolved organic matter on clay minerals as assessed by infra-red,CPMAS 13C NMR spectroscopy and low field T1 NMR relaxometry

  Alonzo, G., De Pasquale, C., Conte, P., Baglieri, A., Abbate, C., Nègre, M. & Gennari, M., 2011, In: Organic Geochemistry. 42, p. 972-977 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
  • Clay minerals
  • Biological materials
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance
  • Adsorption
  28 Citations (Scopus)

• Applicability of solid state fast field cycling NMR relaxometry in understandingrelaxation properties of leaves and leaf-litters

  De Pasquale, C., Conte, P., Alonzo, G., Berns, A. E. & Bubici, S., 2011, In: Organic Geochemistry. 42, p. 978-984 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • leaf litter
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance
  • solid state
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
  • nuclear magnetic resonance
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• DSC study on hyaluronan drying and hydration

  Conte, P., Rotaru, Pršová, Flimel, Janeček, Janeček & Kučerík, J., 2011, In: Thermochimica Acta. 523, p. 245-249 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Hydration
  • Hyaluronic Acid
  • hydration
  • drying
  • Drying
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Dynamics of pistachio oils by proton nuclear magnetic resonance relaxtion dispersion

  Conte, P., Alonzo, G., De Pasquale, C., Maccotta, A., Planeta, D., Bubici, S., Aboud, F. & Mineo, V., 2011, In: Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. Volume 400, p. 1443-1450 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pistacia
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance
  • Protons
  • Oils
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  19 Citations (Scopus)

• Effect of kinematic viscosity over the dynamic properties of an extra-virgin olive oil

  Conte, P., Alonzo, G., De Pasquale, C., Butera, G. & Aboud, F., 2011, p. oral 11-oral 11. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other

  • Olive Oil
  • Oils
  • n-hexane
  • Viscosity
  • Micelles

• Effect of ramp size and sample spinning speed on CPMAS 13C NMR spectra of soil organic matter

  Conte, P. & Berns, A. E., 2011, In: Organic Geochemistry. 42, p. 926-935 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  18 Citations (Scopus)

• Preface to the Special Issue on ‘‘Applications and developments of magneticresonance techniques in geosciences’’

  Conte, P., Alonzo, G., Berns, A. E. & Pohlmeier, A., 2011, In: Organic Geochemistry. 42, p. 865-866 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Thermal degradation of microcrystalline cellulose in concentrated phosphoric acid

  Butera, G., Conte, P., Alonzo, G. & De Pasquale, C., 2011, p. 45-45. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other

• Thermal degradation of microcrystalline cellulose in concentrated phosphoric acid as assessed by HPLC, high field NMR spectroscopy and low field NMR relaxometry

  Alonzo, G., Conte, P., Butera, G. & De Pasquale, C., 2011. 0 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other

  • cellulose
  • nuclear magnetic resonance
  • spectroscopy
  • glucose
  • degradation

• Thermal transformation of micro-crystalline cellulose in phosphoric acid

  Butera, G., Maccotta, A., Alonzo, G., Conte, P. & De Pasquale, C., 2011, In: Cellulose. 18, p. 1499-1507 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  9 Citations (Scopus)
• 2012

  Assessing the influence of different biochar fractions on soil structure and soil water retention: laboratory investigation on a Sicilian soil

  Crescimanno, G., De Pasquale, C., Marsala, V., Conte, P. & Baiamonte, G., 2012. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review

• Effects of afforestation with four unmixed plant species on the soil–water interactions in a semiarid Mediterranean region (Sicily, Italy)

  Conte, P., Alonzo, G., Badalucco, L., Laudicina, V. A., De Pasquale, C. & Palazzolo, E., 2012, In: Journal of Soils and Sediments. 12, p. 1222-1230 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • afforestation
  • plant species
  • soil
  • nuclear magnetic resonance
  • effect
  23 Citations (Scopus)

• Effects of pyrolysis conditions on the thermal transformation of chicken manure into char

  Cimo', G., Alonzo, G. & Conte, P., 2012. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review

  • biochar
  • manure
  • pyrolysis
  • effect
  • thermogravimetry

• Fast field cycling NMR relaxometry characterization of biochars obtained from an industrial thermochemical process

  Marsala, V., Conte, P., Alonzo, G., De Pasquale, C., Berns, A. E., Valagussa, M. & Pozzi, A., 2012, In: Journal of Soils and Sediments. 12, p. 1211-1221 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  37 Citations (Scopus)

• Spatial patterns of, and environmental controls on, soil properties at a riparianepaddock interface

  Conte, P., Berns, A. E., Smith, Cavagnaro & Thomson, 2012, In: SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 49, p. 38-45 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  28 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  BIOCHAR SURFACE PROPERTIES THROUGH APPLICATION OF AN INNOVATIVE NMR TECHNIQUE: FAST FIELD CYCLING RELAXOMETRY

  Dispenza, V., Butera, G., Cimo', G., Conte, P., Marsala, V., De Pasquale, C. & Micalizzi, A., 2013, p. 33-33. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review

  • biochar
  • nuclear magnetic resonance
  • soil fertility
  • water
  • biomass feedstock

• Combined proton NMR wideline and NMR relaxometry to study SOM-water interactions of cation-treated soils

  Conte, P., Alonzo, G., Diehl, D., Jaeger, A., Bertmer, M., Bachmann, J. & Schaumann, G. E., 2013, In: Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics. 61, p. 50-63 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Positive ions
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance
  • Protons
  • Cations
  • nuclear magnetic resonance
  27 Citations (Scopus)

• Degradazione termica di biomasse lignocellulosiche in acido fosforico

  Butera, G., De Pasquale, C., Conte, P. & Alonzo, G., 2013, p. 10-10. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review

• DINAMICA DELL’ACQUA SULLA SUPERFICIE DI UN BIOSSIDO DI TITANIO NANOSTRUTTURATO SINTETIZZATO IN LABORATORIO

  Parrino, F., Marsala, V., Conte, P., Alonzo, G., De Pasquale, C., Cimo', G., Loddo, V. & Palmisano, L., 2013. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other

• Effect of organic amendements on the evolution of soil organic matter in soils stressed by intensive agricultural practices

  Conte, P., Alonzo, G., Berns, A. E., Scotti, R. & Rao, M. A., 2013, In: Current Organic Chemistry. 17, p. 2998-3005 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Biological materials
  • Soils
  • Organic carbon
  • Clay
  • Farms
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• Efficiency of biochar for reducing mobility of inorganic contaminants

  Cimo', G., De Pasquale, C., Conte, P. & Alonzo, G., 2013. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other

  • biochar
  • remediation
  • pollutant
  • adsorption
  • contaminated land

• Environmental NMR: Fast-field-cycling Relaxometry

  Conte, P. & Alonzo, G., 2013, eMagRes. p. 389-398 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Materials Science
  • Biomass
  • Ecology
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance
  • Catalysis
  30 Citations (Scopus)

• Influenza della temperatura di pirolisi e del tempo di residenza sulle proprietà fisico-chimiche del biochar prodotto da pollina

  Alonzo, G., Cimo', G., Conte, P. & De Pasquale, C., 2013. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other

• Nature of Interactions at the Interface of Two Water-Saturated Commercial TiO2 Polymorphs

  Conte, P., Alonzo, G., Marsala, V., Loddo, V., Palmisano, L., De Pasquale, C., Marsala, V., Loddo, V., De Pasquale, C., De Pasquale, C., Alonzo, G., Palmisano, L. & Conte, P., 2013, In: JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C. 117, p. 5269-5273 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • titanium dioxide
  • Polymorphism
  • Titanium dioxide
  • rutile
  • Water
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Nature of water-biochar interface interactions

  Marsala, V., Conte, P., De Pasquale, C., Alonzo, G., Valagussa, M., Pozzi, A. & Bubici, S., 2013, In: GCB Bioenergy. 5, p. 116-121 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • biochar
  • Water
  • water
  • porous media
  • gasification
  47 Citations (Scopus)

• Reconstruction of the environmentalevolution of a Sicilian saltmarsh (Italy)

  Caruso, A., Conte, P., Maccotta, A., Alonzo, G., Cosentino, C. & De Pasquale, C., 2013, In: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL. 20, p. 4847-4858 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Sediments
  • saltmarsh
  • Italy
  • Metals
  • Sicily
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Regeneration of cellulose by water addition to phosphoric acid/cellulose mixture

  Butera, G., De Pasquale, C., Maccotta, A., Conte, P., Alonzo, G., Cimo', G., Marsala, V. & Micalizzi, A., 2013, p. 98-98. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review

  • Phosphoric acid
  • Cellulose
  • Water
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance
  • Phosphates

• USE OF BIOCHAR FOR INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS REMEDIATION

  De Pasquale, C., Cimo', G., Alonzo, G. & Conte, P., 2013. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other

  • biochar
  • remediation
  • manure
  • pyrolysis
  • pollutant
• 2014

  Effect of Heating Time and Temperature on the Chemical Characteristics of Biochar from Poultry Manure

  Alonzo, G., Cimo', G., Conte, P., Berns, A. E., Kucerik, J. & Schaumann, G. E., 2014, In: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 62, p. 1912-1918 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • biochar
  • Manure
  • Poultry
  • Manures
  • Trout
  79 Citations (Scopus)

• EFFECT OF METALS ON THE DYNAMICS OF WATER AT THE BIOCHAR SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACE

  De Pasquale, C., Conte, P., Marsala, V. & Cimo', G., 2014. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other

  • biochar
  • liquid
  • metal
  • water
  • effect

• Effect of pruning-derived biochar on heavy metals removal and water dynamics

  Conte, P., Caporale, A. G., Sommella, A. & Pigna, M., 2014, In: Biology and Fertility of Soils. on-line first, 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • biochar
  • Deuterium Oxide
  • pruning
  • Heavy Metals
  • heavy metals
  26 Citations (Scopus)

• Effect of texture on the dynamics of a water saturated biochar

  Conte, P., Alonzo, G. & Butera, G., 2014, p. 54-54. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other

  • biochar
  • texture
  • water
  • nuclear magnetic resonance
  • soil property

• Effects of ions on water structure: a low-field (1) H T1 NMR relaxometry approach

  Conte, P., 2014, In: Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry. p. n/a-n/a 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Nuclear magnetic resonance
  • Ions
  • Potassium chloride
  • Water
  • Salts
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• EFFECTS ON SEED GERMINATION OF DIFFERENT BIOCHARS FROM INDUSTRIAL THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES

  Cimo', G., Conte, P., Palazzolo, E., Marsala, V., Germana', M., Alonzo, G. & De Pasquale, C., 2014. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review

  • germination
  • biochar
  • industrial process
  • seed
  • gasification

• EVALUATION OF INORGANIC CONTAMINANT REMOVAL FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS USING PYROLIZED CHICKEN MANURE, CONIFER AND POPLAR WOOD AS ADSORBENT

  Conte, P., Alonzo, G., Cimo', G. & De Pasquale, C., 2014. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other

  • biochar
  • coniferous tree
  • manure
  • aqueous solution
  • pollutant

• Hydration and water holding properties of cross-linked lignite humic acids

  Conte, P., Vojtová, L., Cihlář, Z., Nasir, S. & Kučerík, J., 2014, In: Geoderma. 230-231, p. 151-160 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • lignite
  • humic acids
  • humic acid
  • hydration
  • water holding capacity
  24 Citations (Scopus)

• Mechanisms of Water Interaction with Pore Systems of Hydrocharand Pyrochar from Poplar Forestry Waste

  Cimo', G., Conte, P., Alonzo, G., Marsala, V., Marsala, V., Hanke, U. M., Cimoò, G., Alonzo, G., Conte, P. & Glaser, B., 2014, In: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 62, 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Forestry
  • hydrochars
  • forestry
  • Populus
  • Water Movements
  25 Citations (Scopus)
• 2015

  SHORT-TERM RESPONSE OF SOIL MICROORGANISMS TO ESSENTIAL OILS WITH ALLELOPATHIC POTENTIAL EXTRACTED FROM MEDITERRANEAN PLANTS

  Palazzolo, E., Laudicina, V. A., Badalucco, L., Conte, P. & Oddo, M., 2015. 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review

  • soil microorganisms
  • essential oils
  • Coridothymus capitatus
  • microbial carbon
  • Eucalyptus camaldulensis

• Structure alteration of a sandy-clay soil by biochar amendments

  Baiamonte, G., Conte, P., Alonzo, G., De Pasquale, C., Marsala, V., Cimo', G. & Crescimanno, G., 2015, In: Journal of Soils and Sediments. 15, p. 816-824 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • sandy clay
  • biochar
  • clay soil
  • sandy soil
  • aggregate stability
  56 Citations (Scopus)

• Water dynamics in different biochar fractions

  Conte, P. & Nestle, N., 2015, In: Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry. p. n/a-n/a 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • biochar
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance
  • Water
  • X rays
  • Porosity
  15 Citations (Scopus)
• 2016

  Cooking influence on physico-chemical fruit characteristics of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)

  Conte, P., Fibiani, M., Francese, G., Rotino, G. L., Lo Scalzo, R., Mennella, G. & D'Alessandro, A., 2016, In: FOOD CHEMISTRY. 194, p. 835-842 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Solanum melongena
  • Cooking
  • eggplants
  • Fruits
  • Fruit
  30 Citations (Scopus)

• Evaluation of the surface affinity of water in three biochars using fast field cycling NMR relaxometry

  Conte, P., Korb, J-P., Bubici, S. & Kučerik, J., 2016, In: Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry. 54, p. 365-370 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • biochar
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance
  • Soils
  • Contact angle
  • Wetting
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Water dynamics and its role in structural hysteresis of dissolved organic matter

  Conte, P. & Kucerik, J., 2016, In: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. 50, p. 2210-2216 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Biological materials
  • hysteresis
  • Hysteresis
  • Water
  • fulvic acid
  8 Citations (Scopus)
• 2017

  Assessing hydrological connectivity inside a soil by fast-field-cycling nuclear magnetic resonance relaxometry and its link to sediment delivery processes

  Di Stefano, C., Laudicina, V. A., Ferro, V., Palazzolo, E. & Conte, P., 2017, In: Environmental Earth Sciences. 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Sediments
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance
  • nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
  • nuclear magnetic resonance
  • sediments
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Biochar based remediation of water and soil contaminated by phenanthrene and pentachlorophenol

  Conte, P., Scelza, R., Di Rauso Simeone, G. & Rao, M. A., 2017, In: Chemosphere. 186, p. 193-201 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • biochar
  • phenanthrene
  • Pentachlorophenol
  • Coniferophyta
  • Remediation
  26 Citations (Scopus)

• Improvement of physical, chemical and biochemical proprieties of a salt affected Alfisol by addition of biochar and gypsum

  Conte, P., Jouini, A., Ioppolo, A. & Laudicina, V. A., 2017. 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review

  • Alfisols
  • biochar
  • gypsum
  • soil salts
  • salts

• Influence of Adsorbed Water on the Activation Energy of Model Photocatalytic Reactions

  Conte, P., Palmisano, L., Loddo, V., Laudicina, V. A., De Pasquale, C. & Parrino, F., 2017, In: JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C. 121, p. 2258-2267 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Activation energy
  • activation energy
  • Water
  • water
  • solid surfaces
  16 Citations (Scopus)

• Mechanisms of Organic Coating on the Surface of a Poplar Biochar

  Conte, P. & Laudicina, V. A., 2017, In: Current Organic Chemistry. 21, p. 559-565 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • biochar
  • Organic coatings
  • Biological materials
  • Nutrients
  • Electrons
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Organic coating on biochar explains its nutrient retention and stimulation of soil fertility

  Conte, P., Orsetti, S., Behrens, S., Elliott, K. W., Joseph, S., Varga, K., Mayrhofer, C., Young, R. B., Dieguez-Alonso, A., Harter, J., Schmidt, H-P., Hagemann, N., Taherymoosavi, S., Subdiaga, E., Obst, M., Albu, M., Kammann, C. I., Kappler, A., Mckenna, A., Albu, M. & 1 others, Borch, T., 2017, In: Nature Communications. 8, p. 1089-

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • biochar
  • fertility
  • Organic coatings
  • nutrients
  • Nutrients
  135 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  Environmental Applications of Fast Field-cycling NMR Relaxometry

  Conte, P., 2018, Field-cycling NMR Relaxometry: Instrumentation, Model Theories and Applications. p. 229-254 26 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Nuclear magnetic resonance
  • Soil
  • Plant Roots
  • Soils
  • Chemical compounds
  5 Citations (Scopus)