Events & Results
Kick-off meeting
at Chemistry Department "Giacomo Ciamician", University of Bologna
12thJanuary 2023
Meeting at LENS (European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy)
Consortium meeting & lecture about liquid crystals by UNIFI members
15th February 2023
8th International conference on Elecrospinning - Electrospin2024
25-28 June 2024
Invited oral contribution by Prof. Chiara Gualandi "Electrospun soft actuators responding to various stimuli"
Lake Como School on Mechanics of Active Soft Materials: Experiments, Theories, Numerics and Applications
1-5 July 2024
BEST POSTER PRESENTATION AWARD
Poster presentation by Dr. Niccolò Braidi "Photocuring coupled with electrospinning to achieve liquid crystalline networks".
by Niccolò Braidi, Michele Zanoni, Stefano Masiero, Daniele Martella, Camilla Parmeggiani, Chiara Gualandi
Lake Como School on Mechanics of Active Soft Materials: Experiments, Theories, Numerics and Applications
1-5 July 2024
Poster presentation by Dr. Michele Zanoni "Photo and electrical actuation of electrospun membranes for soft robotics".
by Michele Zanoni, Daniele Natali, Alessio Cremonini, Maurizio Toselli, Marco Montalti, Maria Letizia Focarete, Stefano Masiero, Chiara Gualandi
Consortium meeting at LENS (European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy)
23rd July 2024
XXV Convegno Nazionale AIM Associazione Italiana di Scienza e Tecnologia delle Macromolecole
8-11 September 2024 Naples (Italy)
Oral contribution by Chiara Gualandi "Electrospun soft actuators based on shape memory polymers activated by different stimuli"
Research paper
"Amplification of photothermally induced reversible actuation in non-woven fabrics compared to bulk films"
by Michele Zanoni, Alessio Cremonini, Maurizio Toselli, Marco Montalti, Daniele Natali, Maria Letizia Focarete, Stefano Masiero, Chiara Gualandi
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Volume 418, November 2024, 136231
APME 2025 – Advanced Polymers via Macromolecular Engineering
4-8 May 2025