Soft matter group

Department

Department of Science and Engineering of Matter, Environment and Urban Planning

Main research activities/topics/projects

The research concerns the study of novel soft materials for nanotechnology applications. It focuses on the relationship between molecular order, mainly studied by X-ray diffraction and scattering techniques, and macroscopic physical properties. Experimental data are complemented by molecular dynamics simulations. 

Examples of research activities:

• X-ray diffraction (XRD) and small-angle scattering (SAXS) measurements on materials such as liquid crystals, polymers, graphene nanocomposites, lipid nanoparticles, bio-materials;
• optical and electro-optical measurements;
• data analysis;
• molecular dynamics simulation of soft materials.

Working language

Italian, English

Duration in months (min-max)

Master Research: 6-TBD

PhD sandwich: 6-TBD

Post Doc: 6-TBD