Materials Chemistry
Research activity is focused on the design, synthesis and characterization of amorphous and nanostructured inorganic as well as hybrid (bio) organo-inorganic materials.
Novel synthesis procedures within wet chemistry (sol-gel, hydrothermal) routes, combined with deposition facilities (electrospinning, spin-coating, dip-coating) as well as conventional melt-casting processes are currently exploited to develop materials tunable in composition, porosity and morphology (films, bulks, nanoparticles, fibers) for different strategic fields such as environmental catalysis and sensing, bio-nanotechnologies for biomedical and biological applications, energy production and storage, photonics.
Main research subjects in progress are:
- Synthesis and characterization of high efficiency hybrid photo-catalysts for pollutants removal as well as hydrogen production from water;
- Design of thin films for next generation photovoltaic cells;
- Synthesis and characterization of catalysts for fine chemical production from biomasses;
- Design of non-linear optical materials for optoelectronics and photonics;
- Synthesis and characterization of biologically active systems (bioactive, antimicrobial, smart drug carriers) for biomedical applications;
- Design of physico-chemical properties of solid-solid and solid-liquid interfaces to produce omniphobic surfaces and green composites
- Design of flame retarded, noise damping systems for aerospace
Partecipants
- Francesco Branda
- Antonio Aronne
- Aniello Costantini
- Giuseppina Luciani
- Brigida Silvestri
