PhD program in Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Curriculum in Chemical, Materials and Process Engineering
Theme: Materials engineering
The topics covered are:
- Engineering of ceramic materials, binders and composites for building
- Two-dimensional and interfacial systems; surface wettability
- Engineering of biological tissues and biomimetic materials
- Characterization and properties of materials, durability and reuse
- Electrochemical technologies for the environment, energy and durability of materials
- Catalysts and adsorbents for the industrial chemistry
The researchers involved in this theme are:
Antonio Barbucci,
Rodolfo Botter,
Guido Busca,
Roberta Campardelli,
Maria Paola Carpanese,
Attilio Converti,
Marina Delucchi,
Elisabetta Finocchio,
Gabriella Garbarino,
Alberto Lagazzo,
Marco Panizza,
Carlo Solisio
Relevant publications:
- Asensio A.M., Clematis D., Viviani M., Carpanese M.P., Presto S., Cademartori D., Cabot P.L., Barbucci A. 2022. Impregnation of microporous SDC scaffold as stable solid oxide cell BSCF-based air electrode. Energy 237, 121514
- Clematis D., Marroccu A., Panizza M., Barbucci A. 2022. A critical analysis on the current design criteria for cathodic protection of ships and superyachts. Materials 15(7), 2645
- Gaggero G., Delucchi M., Allegretta G., Vicini S., Botter R. 2021. Interaction of sodium alginate thickener with components of architectural water-based coatings.Progress in Organic Coatings. 151, 106016
- Riani P., Valsamakis I., Cavattoni T., Sanchez Escribano V., Busca G., Garbarino G. 2021. Ni/SiO2-Al2O3 catalysts for CO2 methanation: effect of La2O3 addition, Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 284, 119697
- Clematis D., Panizza M. 2021. Electro-Fenton, solar photoelectro-Fenton and UVA photoelectro-Fenton: Degradation of Erythrosine B dye solution. Chemosphere 270, 129480
- Busca G., Gervasini G. 2020. Solid acids, surface acidity and heterogeneous acid catalysis, Advances in Catalysis, Chunshan Song ed., Elsevier, Volume 67, 1-90
- Lewalska-Graczyk A., Pieta P., Garbarino G., Busca G., Holdynski M., Kalisz G., Sroka-Bartnicka A., Nowakowski R., Naushad M., Gawande M.B., Zbořil R., Pieta I.S. 2020. Graphitic Carbon Nitride-Nickel catalyst: from material characterization to efficient ethanol electrooxidation, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 18, 7244-7255
- Moliner, C., Finocchio, E., Arato, E., Ramis, G., Lagazzo, A. 2020. Influence of the degradation medium on water uptake, morphology, and chemical structure of Poly(Lactic Acid)-Sisal bio-composites Materials, 13(18), 3974
- Campardelli R., Franco P., Reverchon E., De Marco I., 2019. Polycaprolactone/nimesulide patches obtained by a one-step supercritical foaming + impregnation process. The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 146, 47-54
- Trucillo P., Campardelli R., Reverchon E., 2019. Control of liposomes diameter at micrometric and nanometric level using a supercritical assisted technique. Journal of CO2 Utilization, 32, 119-127
- Clematis D., Barbucci A., Presto S., Viviani M., Carpanese M.P., 2019. Electrocatalytic activity of perovskite-based cathodes for solid oxide fuel cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44, 6212-6222
- Garbarino G., Cavattoni T., Riani P., Brescia R., Canepa F., Busca G., 2019. On the role of support in metallic heterogeneous catalysis: A study of unsupported nickel–cobalt alloy nanoparticles in ethanol steam reforming. Catalysis Letters, 149, 929-941
- Solisio C., Al Arni S., Converti A. 2019. Adsorption of inorganic mercury from aqueous solutions onto dry biomass of Chlorella vulgaris: kinetic and isotherm studies. Environmental Technology 40(5), 664-672
- Klidi N., Clematis D., Carpanese M.P., Gadri A., Ammar S., Panizza M., 2019. Electrochemical oxidation of crystal violet using a BDD anode with a solid polymer electrolyte. Separation and Purification Technology 208, 178-183
- Clematis D., Abidi J., Cerisola G., Panizza M. 2019. Coupling a boron doped diamond anode with a solid polymer electrolyte to avoid the addition of supporting electrolyte in electrochemical advanced oxidation processes. ChemElectroChem 6, 1794-1799
- Brito A.E.M., Pessoa Jr. A., Converti A., Rangel-Yagui C.O., Silva J.A., Apolinário A.C. 2019. Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanospheres allow for high L-asparaginase encapsulation yield and activity”, Materials Science and Engineering: C 98, 524-534
- Finocchio E., Gonzalez-Prior, J., Gutierrez-Ortiz J.I., Lopez-Fonseca R., Busca G., de Rivas, B. 2018. Surface characterization of mesoporous CoOx/SBA-15 catalyst upon 1,2-dichloropropane oxidation. Materials, 11 (6), e912
- Larosa C., Salerno M., Lima J.S., Merijs Meri R., Silva M.F., Carvalho L.B., Converti A. 2018. Characterisation of bare and tannase-loaded calcium alginate beads by microscopic, thermogravimetric, FTIR and XRD analyses. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 115, 900-906
- Benedetti A., Gambaro S., Valenza F., Faimali M., Colli M., Hostasa J., Delucchi M. 2018. Ag and AgCu as brazing materials for Ti6Al4V-Y3Al5O12 joints: Does ennoblement affect the galvanic behaviour in seawater? Electrochimica Acta 283, 155-166
- Lagazzo A., Barberis F., Carbone C., Ramis G., Finocchio E. 2017. Molecular level interactions in brushite-aminoacids composites. Materials Science and Engineering C, 70, 721-727
- Solisio C., Aliakbarian B. 2017. Methylene blue adsorption using chabazite: Kinetics and equilibrium modelling. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 95(9), 1760-1767
- Enrico A., Aliakbarian B., Lagazzo A., Donazzi A., Botter R., Perego P., Costamagna P. 2017. Parameter optimization for the electrospinning of La1-xSrxCo1-yFeyO3-δ fibers for IT-SOFC electrodes. Fuel Cells, 17(4), 415-422
- Giuliano A., Carpanese M.P., Panizza M., Cerisola G., Clematis D., Barbucci A. 2017. Characterisation of La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3-δ – Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3-δ composite as cathode for solid oxide fuel cells. Electrochimica Acta 240, 258-266
- Clematis D., Cerisola G., Panizza M. 2017. Electrochemical oxidation of a synthetic dye using a BDD anode with a solid polymer electrolyte. Electrochemistry Communications 75, 21-24
- Cortés-Reyes M., Finocchio E., Herrera C., Larrubia M.A., Alemany L.J., Busca G. 2017. A study of Cu-SAPO-34 catalysts for SCR of NOx by ammonia. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 241, 258-265
- Lagazzo A., Vicini S., Cattaneo C., Botter R. 2016. Effect of fatty acid soap on microstructure of lime-cement mortar. Construction and Building Materials 116, 384-390
- Benedetti A., Cirisano F., Delucchi M., Faimali M., Ferrari M. 2016. Potentiodynamic study of Al–Mg alloy with superhydrophobic coating in photobiologically active/not active natural seawater. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 137, 167-175
- Chitsazan S., Sepehri S., Garbarino G., Carnasciali M.M., Busca G. 2016. Steam reforming of biomass-derived organics: Interactions of different mixture components on Ni/Al2O3 based catalysts. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 187, 386-398
- Paini M., Aliakbarian B., Casazza A.A., Lagazzo A., Botter R., Perego P. 2015. Microencapsulation of phenolic compounds from olive pomace using spray drying: A study of operative parameters. LWT - Food Science and Technology 62(1), 177-186
- Solisio C., Lodi A., Dovi V.G., Reverberi A.P. 2015. A maximum likelihood-based method for the nonlinear estimation of equilibrium adsorption parameters. Chemical Engineering Communications 202(5), 577-584
