Anna Martinelli

Full Professor at Applied Chemistry

Anna Martinelli works at Chalmers and is affiliated as an Associate Professor since December 2015. She holds a Master of Science degree in Physics based on studies initiated in Italy and then continued in Sweden. She pursued a PhD program with focus on materials science at the group of condensed matter physics at Chalmers (under the supervision of Prof. Aleksandar Matic) investigating ion conducting polymer-based materials. As a postdoctor Anna spent first a period at the University of Rome La Sapienza at the group of Prof. Bruno Scrosati studying Li-salt/ionic liquid mixtures of interest for use in Li-ion batteries, and then a period at the Institute Nationale Polytechnique de Grenoble (INP-G) to design, produce, and operate a fuel cell device for in situ µ-Raman spectroscopic measurements. At her current position at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Chalmers Anna leads a research group focusing on the physico-chemical properties of pure ionic liquids, ionic liquid mixtures and ionic liquids in nanoscaled domains. Anna holds (and has received) research grants from, among others, the the Hasselbald Foundation, the Chalmers Areas of Advance (Materials Science & Energy), Formas, the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF), the Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation and the Swedish Research Council (VR).

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2025

Ionic and Electronic Conductivity in Structural Negative Electrodes

Achilleas Pipertzis, Johanna Xu, Nicole Abdou et al

Electrochimica Acta. Vol. 512

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2025

Valorization of hazardous graphite from black mass (NMC 111) of lithium-ion battery recycling via KOH activation for functional carbon design

Bartosz Dziejarski, José Eduardo Arevalo Fester, Jarosław Serafin et al

Materials and Design. Vol. 254

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2025

Crystallization at the hexadecane/water interface observed under acoustic levitation

Smaragda Maria Argyri, Axel Stark, Viktor Eriksson et al

Journal of Environmental Sciences. Vol. 158, p. 197-206

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2025

Structural Battery Electrolytes Based on a Cross-Linked Methacrylate Polymer and a Protic Ionic Liquid: Is There an Optimal Composition?

Nicole Abdou, Achilleas Pipertzis, Richa Chaudhary et al

Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research. Vol. 6

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2025

Water-in-Polymer Salt Electrolyte for Long-Life Rechargeable Aqueous Zinc-Lignin Battery

Divyaratan Kumar, Leandro R. Franco, Nicole Abdou et al

Energy and Environmental Materials. Vol. 8 (1)

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2024

Impact of Vanadium Loading and Thermal Aging on the Surface Properties of Titania-Supported Vanadium Oxide

Alexander Nellessen, Andreas Schaefer, Anna Martinelli et al

Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Vol. 128 (7), p. 2894-2908

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2024

Synthesis and characterization of new imidazolium based protic ionic liquids obtained by nitro- and cyano-functionalization

Eva Dahlqvist, Eduardo Maurina Morais, Anna Martinelli

Journal of Molecular Liquids. Vol. 415

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2024

Large out-of-plane spin-orbit torque in topological Weyl semimetal TaIrTe<inf>4</inf>

Lakhan Bainsla, Bing Zhao, Nilamani Behera et al

Nature Communications. Vol. 15 (1), p. 4649-

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2024

Electrically Programmed Doping Gradients Optimize the Thermoelectric Power Factor of a Conjugated Polymer

Jian Liu, Mariavittoria Craighero, Vandna Kumari Gupta et al

Advanced Functional Materials. Vol. 34 (18)

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2024

Exploring uncommon Fe-oxides in non-metallic inclusions in ultra-high-strength steel

Ekta Rani, Vandna Kumari Gupta, Francis Gyakwaa et al

Results in Materials. Vol. 23

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2023

Ion transport, mechanical properties and relaxation dynamics in structural battery electrolytes consisting of an imidazolium protic ionic liquid confined into a methacrylate polymer

Achilleas Pipertzis, Nicole Abdou, Johanna Xu et al

Energy Materials: Materials Science and Engineering for Energy Systems. Vol. 3

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2023

Transport Properties of Protic Ionic Liquids Based on Triazolium and Imidazolium: Development of an Air-Free Conductivity Setup

Eduardo Maurina Morais, Alexander Idström, Lars Evenäs et al

Molecules. Vol. 28 (13)

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2023

Comparison of Electrodeposited and Sputtered Tungsten Trioxide Films for Inorganic Electrochromic Nanostructures

Marika Gugole, Oliver Olsson, Vandna Kumari Gupta et al

ACS Applied Optical Materials. Vol. 1 (2), p. 558-568

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2023

Mass Transport in “Water-in-Polymer Salt” Electrolytes

Ziyauddin Khan, Anna Martinelli, Leandro R. Franco et al

Chemistry of Materials. Vol. 35 (16), p. 6382-6395

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2022

Exploiting low-grade waste heat to produce electricity through supercapacitor containing carbon electrodes and ionic liquid electrolytes

Mohammad Mazharul Haque, Iqbaal Abdurrokhman, Alexander Idström et al

Electrochimica Acta. Vol. 403

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2022

Charge transfer and electrical double layer of an amphiphilic protic ionic liquid in bulk and when confined in nanochannels

Szilvia Vavra, Elisabet Ahlberg, Anna Martinelli

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Vol. 24 (39), p. 24469-24479

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2022

Surface active alkyl-imidazolium ionic liquids studied as templates to form vertically oriented pores in silica thin films

Szilvia Vavra, Anna Martinelli

Journal of Molecular Liquids. Vol. 353

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2022

Binary Mixtures of Imidazolium-Based Protic Ionic Liquids. Extended Temperature Range of the Liquid State Keeping High Ionic Conductivities

Iqbaal Abdurrokhman, Anna Martinelli

Frontiers in Chemistry. Vol. 10

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2022

Solvent-free synthesis of protic ionic liquids. Synthesis, characterization and computational studies of triazolium based ionic liquids

Eduardo Maurina Morais, Iqbaal Abdurrokhman, Anna Martinelli

Journal of Molecular Liquids. Vol. 360

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2022

Unraveling compensation between electron transfer and strain in Ni-Ag-MoS<inf>2</inf> photocatalyst

Ekta Rani, Vandna Kumari Gupta, Md Thasfiquzzaman et al

Journal of Catalysis. Vol. 414, p. 199-208

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2021

Self-Standing, Robust Membranes Made of Cellulose Nanocrystals (CNCs) and a Protic Ionic Liquid: Toward Sustainable Electrolytes for Fuel Cells

Olesia Danyliv, Michal Strach, Oleksandr Nechyporchuk et al

ACS Applied Energy Materials. Vol. 4 (7), p. 6474-6485

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2021

Acidity as Descriptor for Methanol Desorption in B-, Ga- and Ti-MFI Zeotypes

Simone Creci, Anna Martinelli, Szilvia Vavra et al

Catalysts. Vol. 11 (1), p. 1-12

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2021

Transport Properties and Local Structure of an Imidazole/Protic Ionic Liquid Mixture Confined in the Mesopores of Hydrophobic Silica

Szilvia Vavra, Khalid Elamin, Lars Evenäs et al

Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Vol. 125 (4), p. 2607-2618

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2021

A New Solid-State Proton Conductor: The Salt Hydrate Based on Imidazolium and 12-Tungstophosphate

Anna Martinelli, José M. Otero-Mato, Mounesha Garaga Nagendrachar et al

Journal of the American Chemical Society. Vol. 143 (34), p. 13895-13907

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2021

Methoxy ad-species in MFI zeotypes during methane exposure and methanol desorption followed by in situ IR spectroscopy

Simone Creci, Xueting Wang, Per-Anders Carlsson et al

Catalysis Today. Vol. 369, p. 123-128

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2020

Local anisotropy in single crystals of zeotypes with the MFI framework structure evidenced by polarised Raman spectroscopy

Anna Martinelli, Simone Creci, Szilvia Vavra et al

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Vol. 22 (3), p. 1640-1654

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2020

Short-Range Order and Transport Properties in Mixtures of the Protic Ionic Liquid [C<inf>2</inf>HIm][TFSI] with Water or Imidazole

Mohammad Hasani, Luis M. Varela, Anna Martinelli

Journal of Physical Chemistry B. Vol. 124 (9), p. 1767-1777

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2020

Composite nafion-catio<inf>3-δ</inf> membranes as electrolyte component for pem fuel cells

Lucia Mazzapioda, Carmelo Lo Vecchio, Olesia Danyliv et al

Polymers. Vol. 12 (9), p. 1-14

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2020

An imidazolium ionic liquid as effective structure-directing agent for the fabrication of silica thin films with vertically aligned nanochannels

Szilvia Vavra, Neus Vilà, Antiope Lotsari et al

Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. Vol. In Press

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2019

Molecular Orientation Distribution of Regenerated Cellulose Fibers Investigated with Polarized Raman Spectroscopy

Leo Svenningsson, Yuan-Chih Lin, Maths Karlsson et al

Macromolecules. Vol. 52 (10), p. 3918-3924

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2019

Polymer gels with tunable ionic Seebeck coefficient for ultra-sensitive printed thermopiles

Dan Zhao, Anna Martinelli, Andreas Willfahrt et al

Nature Communications. Vol. 10 (1)

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2019

Nafion/Protic Ionic Liquid Blends: Nanoscale Organization and Transport Properties

Olesia Danyliv, Anna Martinelli

Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Vol. 123 (23), p. 14813-14824

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2019

Protic Ionic Liquids Based on the Alkyl-Imidazolium Cation: Effect of the Alkyl Chain Length on Structure and Dynamics

Iqbaal Abdurrokhman, Khalid Elamin, Olesia Danyliv et al

Journal of Physical Chemistry B. Vol. 123 (18), p. 4044-4054

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2019

Composite nafion membranes with catio<inf>3</inf>additive for possible applications in electrochemical devices

Lucia Mazzapioda, M.A. Navarra, Francesco Trequattrini et al

Membranes. Vol. 9 (11)

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2019

Conduction mechanism in polymeric membranes based on PEO or PVdF-HFP and containing a piperidinium ionic liquid

Khalid Elamin, Mansoureh Shojaatalhoseini, Olesia Danyliv et al

Electrochimica Acta. Vol. 299, p. 979-986

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2019

Molecular dynamics involving proton exchange of a protic ionic liquid-water mixture studied by NMR spectroscopy

Mohammad Hasani, Lars Nordstierna, Anna Martinelli

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Vol. 21 (39), p. 22014-22021

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2018

Transport properties and intermolecular interactions in binary mixtures based on the protic ionic liquid ethylimidazolium triflate and ethylene glycol

Negin Yaghini, Iqbaal Abdurrokhman, Mohammad Hasani et al

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Vol. 20 (35), p. 22980-22986

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2018

Electrochemical Investigation of the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction on Electrodeposited Films of Cr(OH)3 and Cr2O3 in Mild Alkaline Solutions

Adriano Gomes, Nina Simic, Mats Wildlock et al

Electrocatalysis. Vol. 9 (3), p. 333-342

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2018

A long-chain protic ionic liquid inside silica nanopores: Enhanced proton mobility due to efficient self-assembly and decoupled proton transport

Mounesha Garaga Nagendrachar, Vassilios Dracopoulos, Ulrike Werner-Zwanziger et al

Nanoscale. Vol. 10 (26), p. 12337-12348

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2018

Mesostructure and physical properties of aqueous mixtures of the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methyl imidazolium octyl sulfate doped with divalent sulfate salts in the liquid and the mesomorphic states

O. Cabeza, L. Segade, M. Dominguez-Perez et al

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Vol. 20 (13), p. 8724-8736

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2017

Achieving enhanced ionic mobility in nanoporous silica by controlled surface interactions

Negin Yaghini, Mounesha Garaga Nagendrachar, Luis Aguilera Medina et al

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Vol. 19 (8), p. 5727-5736

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2017

A micro-Raman spectroscopic study of Cr(OH)(3) and Cr2O3 nanoparticles obtained by the hydrothermal method

A. S. O. Gomes, Negin Yaghini, Anna Martinelli et al

Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. Vol. 48 (10), p. 1256-1263

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2017

Tuning physical properties and mesomorphic structures in aqueous 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium octylsulfate rigid-gel with univalent salt doping

O. Cabeza, L. Segade, M. Dominguez-Perez et al

Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics. Vol. 112, p. 267-275

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2016

Ultrahigh Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering of Graphene from Au/Graphene/Au Sandwiched Structures with Subnanometer Gap

Zhaoyao Zhan, Lihui Liu, Wei Wang et al

Advanced Optical Materials. Vol. 4 (12), p. 2021-2027

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2016

Structural origin of proton mobility in a protic ionic liquid/imidazole mixture: insights from computational and experimental results

Negin Yaghini, V. Gomez-Gonzalez, Luis M. Varela et al

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Vol. 18 (33), p. 23195-23206

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2016

Direct communication between osteocytes and acid-etched titanium implants with a sub-micron topography

Furqan A. Shah, Patrik Stenlund, Anna Martinelli et al

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine. Vol. 27 (11), p. Article Number: 167-

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2016

Transport Properties, Local Coordination, and Thermal Stability of the Water/Diethylmethylammonium Methanesulfonate Binary System

Negin Yaghini, Mounesha Garaga Nagendrachar, Anna Martinelli

Fuel Cells. Vol. 16 (1), p. 46-54

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2016

The effect of alendronate on biomineralization at the bone/implant interface

Johan Karlsson, Anna Martinelli, Hoda Mashadi Fathali et al

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A. Vol. 104 (3), p. 620-629

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2016

Local coordination and dynamics of a protic ammonium based ionic liquid immobilized in nano-porous silica micro-particles probed by Raman and NMR spectroscopy

Mounesha Garaga Nagendrachar, Michael Persson, Negin Yaghini et al

Soft Matter. Vol. 12 (9), p. 2583-2592

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2015

Conformational Changes and Phase Behaviour in the Protic Ionic Liquid 1-Ethylimidazolium Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide in the Bulk and Nano-Confined State

Anna Martinelli

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. Vol. 2015 (7), p. 1300-1308

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2015

A Raman spectroscopic approach to investigate the production of biodiesel from soybean oil using 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium ionic liquids with intermediate chain length

Johanna Abrahamsson, Emil Andreasson, Niklas Hansson et al

Applied Energy. Vol. 154, p. 763-770

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2015

A new emulsion liquid membrane based on a palm oil for the extraction of heavy metals

Sanna Björkegren, Rose Fassihi Karimi, Anna Martinelli et al

Membranes. Vol. 5 (2), p. 168-179

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2015

The role of the ionic liquid C6C1ImTFSI in the sol–gel synthesis of silica studied using in situ SAXS and Raman spectroscopy

Moheb Nayeri, Kim Nygård, Maths Karlsson et al

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Vol. 17 (15), p. 9841-9848

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2015

Effect of Water on the Local Structure and Phase Behavior of Imidazolium-Based Protic Ionic Liquids

Negin Yaghini, Jagath Pitawala, Aleksandar Matic et al

Journal of Physical Chemistry B. Vol. 119 (4), p. 1611-1622

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2015

Coordination and interactions in a Li-salt doped ionic liquid

Jagath Pitawala, Anna Martinelli, Patrik Johansson et al

Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. Vol. 407, p. 318-323

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2015

Effect of the alkyl chain length in 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium ionic liquids on inter-molecular interactions and rotational dynamics: A combined vibrational and NMR spectroscopic study

Mounesha Garaga Nagendrachar, Moheb Nayeri, Anna Martinelli

Journal of Molecular Liquids. Vol. 210, p. 169-177

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2014

Effect of water on the transport properties of protic and aprotic imidazolium ionic liquids - an analysis of self-diffusivity, conductivity, and proton exchange mechanism

Negin Yaghini, Lars Nordstierna, Anna Martinelli

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Vol. 16 (20), p. 9266-9275

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2014

Effects of a Protic Ionic Liquid on the Reaction Pathway during Non-Aqueous Sol-Gel Synthesis of Silica: A Raman Spectroscopic Investigation

Anna Martinelli

International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Vol. 15 (4), p. 6488-6503

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2014

Localized controlled drug delivery from mesoporous implants

Johan Karlsson, Necati Harmankaya, Anders Palmquist et al

Technical Proceedings of the 2014 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2014. Washington, DC, United States, 15-18 June 2014. Vol. 2, p. 250-253

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2014

Surface effects on the structure and mobility of the ionic liquid C(6)C(1)ImTFSI in silica gels

Moheb Nayeri, M. T. Aronson, Diana Bernin et al

Soft Matter. Vol. 10 (30), p. 5618-5627

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2014

Backscattered electron z-contrast correlates with calcium content and apatite-to-collagen ratio of bone formed in relation to acid-etched titanium implants

Furqan A. Shah, Anna Martinelli, Peter Thomsen et al

European Cells and Materials

Other conference contribution

2013

Insights into the interplay between molecular structure and diffusional motion in 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium ionic liquids. A combined PFG NMR and X-ray scattering study.

Anna Martinelli, M. Maréchal, Åsa Östlund et al

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Vol. 15 (15), p. 5510-5517

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2012

A H2/O2 Fuel Cell for In situ μ-Raman Measurements. In-depth Characterization of an Ionic Liquid Filled Nafion Membrane

Anna Martinelli, Christina Iojoiu, Nicolas Sergent

Fuel Cells. Vol. 12 (2), p. 169-178

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2012

An investigation of the sol-gel process in ionic liquid/silica gels by time resolved Raman and 1H NMR spectroscopy

Anna Martinelli, Lars Nordstierna

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Vol. 14 (38), p. 13216-13223

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2011

Conformational evolution of TFSI− in protic and aprotic ionic liquids

Anna Martinelli, Aleksandar Matic, Patrik Johansson et al

Journal of Raman Spectroscopy

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2010

Synthesis and Characterization of a cross-linkable polylactic acid based resin

Dan Åkesson, M. Skrifvars, J. Seppälä et al

Journal of Applied Polymer Science. Vol. 115 (1), p. 480-486

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2009

Phase behavior and ionic conductivity in LiTFSI doped ionic liquids of the pyrrolidinium cation and TFSI anion

Anna Martinelli, Aleksandar Matic, Per Jacobsson et al

Journal of Physical Chemistry B. Vol. 113 (32), p. 11247-11251

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2009

Thermal Properties and Ionic Conductivity of Imidazolium Bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)Imide Dicationic Ionic Liquids

Jagath Pitawala, Aleksandar Matic, Anna Martinelli et al

Journal of Physical Chemistry B. Vol. 113 (31), p. 10607-10610

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2008

The effect of functionalized silica particles on cross-linked poly(vinyl alcohol) proton conducting membranes

M.A. Navarra, A. Fernicola, S. Panero et al

Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. Vol. 38, p. 931-

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2008

Ionic liquid structure: the conformational isomerism in 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([bmim][BF4])

Roman Holomb, Anna Martinelli, Ingvar Albinsson et al

Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. Vol. 39 (7), p. 793-805

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2007

A study on the state of PWA in PVDF-based proton conducting membranes by Raman spectroscopy

Anna Martinelli, Aleksandar Matic, Per Jacobsson et al

Solid State Ionics. Vol. 178 (7-10), p. 527-531

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2007

A structural study on ionic-liquid-based polymer electrolyte membranes

Anna Martinelli, Aleksandar Matic, Per Jacobsson et al

Journal of the Electrochemical Society. Vol. 154 (8), p. G183-G187

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2007

Physical properties of polymer proton conducting membranes based on a protic ionic liquid

Anna Martinelli, Aleksandar Matic, Per Jacobsson et al

Journal of Physical Chemistry B. Vol. 111 (43), p. 12462-12467

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2007

Structure, interactions and functionality in novel electrolyte materials for fuel cell applications

Anna Martinelli

Doctoral thesis

2006

Structural analysis of PVA-based proton conducting membranes

Anna Martinelli, Aleksandar Matic, Per Jacobsson et al

Solid State Ionics. Vol. 177 (26-32), p. 2431-2435

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2006

Concentration effects on irreversible colloid cluster aggregation and gelation of silica dispersions.

Anna Schantz Zackrisson, Anna Martinelli, Aleksandar Matic et al

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. Vol. 301 (1), p. 137-44

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2005

Structure and functionality of PVdF/PAN based, composite proton conducting membranes

Anna Martinelli, M.A. Navarra, Aleksandar Matic et al

Electrochimica Acta. Vol. 50 (19), p. 3992-3997

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2004

Titanium release from implants prepared with different surface roughness

Ann Wennerberg, Ari Ide-Ektessabi, Shino Hatkamata et al

Clin Oral Implants Res. Vol. 15 (5), p. 505-12

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2004

A vibrational spectroscopic study of functional colloidal silica and proton conducting membranes

Anna Martinelli

Licentiate thesis

2004

Accelerating effects of collodial nano-silica for benificial calcium-silicate-hydrate formation in cement

Joakim Björnström, Anna Martinelli, Aleksandar Matic et al

Chem. Phys. lett.. Vol. 392, p. 242-

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2003

Signatures of a drying SiO2(H2O)x gell from Raman spectroscopy and quantum chemistry

Joakim Björnström, Anna Martinelli, J.R.T Johnson et al

Chemical Physics Letters. Vol. 380, p. 165-172

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2019–2022

Combining acid-base chemistry with self-assembly for enhanced proton conduction in protic ionic liquids

Anna Martinelli Anna Martinelli Group

Swedish Research Council (VR)

4 publications exist

2017–2019

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