Our latest work on sustainable and bio-based materials has just been published on Elsevier’s Materials Today Sustainability! In our research, we investigate the use of waste pork fat from the cooking process as Phase Change Material confined in host materials derived from polypropylene mats from used surgical masks and bio-silica from diatoms algae. The resulting […]
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Prof Kukla’s seminar
We had the great honour of hosting Prof Christian Kukla from the Montanuniversität Leoben for a terrific seminar titled “Indirect 3D printing of metals and ceramics“. Thank you for sharing some of your precious knowledge on binder systems and sintering, derived from a decennial experience and pioneering work on metal and ceramic injection moulding and 3D printing. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7083105334440906754
INTEGRATE project on Swiss TV
The INTEGRATE project was recently featured in the “Il Giardino di Albert” science program on Swiss Italian TV (Radiotelevisione Svizzera, RSI). The report (in Italian) brilliantly illustrates the background, aim and workings of the project aimed to develop artificial soft muscles powered by metabolic energy, in which the Material Science and Technology group will develop […]
Toward sustainable rubber compounds
We are proud to announce our latest publication in the Journal of Applied Polymer Science (Wiley), “Toward sustainable rubber compounds: the use of waste raw materials”! The sustainability and circular economy in the plastic and rubber industry are important targets to fight climate change. Our work originates from the idea of realizing sustainable rubber compounds […]
Maker Faire Rome 2022
Il gruppo di Material Science and Technology parteciperà al Maker Faire Rome 2022 presso il Gazometro nelle giornate del 7-8-9 Ottobre 2022! Vieni a trovarci al nostro stand (E.02, padiglione E) dove esporremo il nostro lavoro su Strutture dispiegabili a memoria di forma. Il progetto presenta un uso creativo della stampa 3D per la realizzazione […]
Polymers MDPI Special Issue: “3D Printing and Customized Additive Manufacturing of Advanced Sustainable Polymers and Composites”
Dear Colleagues, Additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D-printing allows for new freedom in the thermomechanical design of engineering components, and the realization of complex non-symmetric shapes that are otherwise impossible to achieve with the traditional manufacturing processes. Advanced polymers and composites have gained popularity in both research and industry and find a wide range of applications, […]
New instruments!
Two new instruments have been just added to the Material Science and Technology research group facilities! Fourier Transform InfraRed FTIR ATR spectroscopy (Agilent Technologies Cary 630) to acquire the absorption/transmission spectrum of a material with high resolution and in a wide spectral range. The spectrometer is crucial to characterize the chemical bonds present in materials […]
Project INTEGRATE kick-off
The EIC INTEGRATE Pathfinder project is off and running! On 9 and 10 June 2022 the project partners gathered in Fribourg (Switzerland) at the Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI) for in-person meetings and the launch of the four years of research activities to develop novel artificial muscles. The inspiring kick-off meeting gathered Michael Mayer, Alessandro Ianiro, José […]
Project ZiMuX kick-off
The Material Science and Technology group joined Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, University of Bologna, University of Napoli “Partenope” and National Research Council (CNR) at the Policlinico Gemelli, in Rome, for the kick-off meeting of Project ZiMuX in the morning of 31 May 2022. The fruitful session paved the road towards the 36 months research […]
XIII Convegno INSTM
From 23 to 26 January 2022 we are at the XIII INSTM Congress on Materials Science and Technology in Sestriere (TO, Italy) at the TH Resorts. Join us at the Tuesday poster session where our researcher Dr. Mario Bragaglia is presenting the work “Waste cooking oils: eco-sustainable candidates for processing aids in rubber compounding”.