Mobility experience with a research focus
PhD sandwich, Post Doc
Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences, university of Bergamo
The research activities of the group are primarily focused on the synthesis and characterization of hybrid organic–inorganic films, via sol-gel technique, designed to introduce advanced properties to both natural and synthetic polymers.
The main research topics include:
a) Synthesis, development, and characterization of nanostructured films with functional properties. The nanostructured films produced are deposited onto polymeric substrates, like textiles, endowing them with antibacterial, flame-retardant, water-repellent, UV-absorbing, and self-cleaning properties.
b) Synthesis of chemical transducers for the development of wearable sensors. These transducers are used to create stimuli-responsive textiles for the real-time monitoring of environmental or physiological parameters, with potential applications in the medical, sports, and environmental sectors.
c) Development of bio-based polymers through additive manufacturing. Bio-based polymeric materials, exhibiting properties competitive with those of fossil-based counterparts, are fabricated by 3D printing via stereolithography. Applications include flame-retardant, electrically or thermally conductive materials, sensors, and biomedical devices.
The laboratory is equipped with advanced instrumentation, including FTIR, Raman, NIR, and UV–Vis spectrophotometers, a spectrofluorimeter, optical microscopes and SEM-EDS systems, thermogravimetric analysis equipment, and instruments for the physical characterization of materials. These facilities enable the correlation of the chemical-physical, structural, and microstructural properties of matrices in solid, liquid, or gaseous form, as well as of the nano-/microstructured composites under investigation.
English and Italian
PhD sandwich: 2-6
Post Doc: 3-12
Prof. Giuseppe Rosace
Supervisor, Full Professor in Chemistry
giuseppe.rosace@unibg.it