Soft matter group

  • What it is

    Mobility experience with a research focus

  • Who it’s for

    Master students involved in the final research; PhD sandwich; Post Doc

Department

Department of Science and Engineering of Matter, Environment and Urban Planning - Politecnico delle Marche University 

 

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: 3-12

PhD sandwich:  3-12

 Post Doc:  3-12

Contacts

Main scientific contact person

Prof. Oriano Francescangeli

o.francescangeli@univpm.it

+390712204734

Other scientific contact persons of the same group

Prof. Francesco Vita

f.vita@univpm.it

+390712204223