Research Area
Active Research fields
The research activity is aimed at the development of:
- innovative nanostructured materials, such as luminescent phosphors, mesoporous siliceous materials and polymeric nanocomposites. Based on the application, the approach finds a correlation between the structural and morphological properties and the functional ones.
- methods for the chemical-physical characterization of artifacts of interest in the field of CH by using non-invasive techniques and multi-analytical approaches.
Research projects of the last 5 years
Scientific responsible for the Agreement between the Company NanoSilv srl for the development of luminescent phospors (2022). https://www.nanosilv.it/
Scientific responsible for the Agreement between the University of Palermo-STEBICEF Department, the Archeological Park of Aeolian Islands and CNR-IPCF for the years 2021-2023.
Scientific responsible for the Agreement between the University of Palermo-STEBICEF Department, Assessorato Regionale dei BB. CC. AA. ed I. S. - Dipartimento Regionale dei BB. CC. AA.ed I. S. (Soprintendenza del Mare e Parco archeologico di Lilibeo-Marsala) and Labor Artis C.R. Diagnostica s.r.l for the years 2021-2023.
Scientific responsible for Convenzione Quadro between the University of Palermo and Fondazione Museo delle Antichità Egizie. https://museoegizio.it/
“Knowledge, conservation and scientific dissemination of Gipsothèque of Academy of Art of Palermo” financed by MIUR - PANN14T2_01599 D.D. 2216/Ric. 01/07/2014.
Progetto Canaletto “Multianalytical approach for the dating and authentication of archaeological ceramics“ fra Dipartimento STEBICEF Università di Palermo e University of Wrocław (Wrocław, Poland), finanziato dal Executive Programme for Scientific and Technological Cooperation Between the Italian Republic and The Republic of Poland for the years 2019-2021.
Progetto ICONS ““Old Believer Faith icons” of VETKA Museum (Gomel Region, Vetka) finanziato dal programma Know-how Exchange Programme (KEP) della Central European Initiative (CEI) in partenariato con l’Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław, Poland e la Francisk Skorina Gomel State University (Gomel, Republic of Belarus) for the years 2019-2020.
Progetto CPMSC “Spectroscopic properties of sol-gel composite materials exhibiting persistence luminescence for the application as luminescent solar concentrators” finanziato dal programma Know-how Exchange Programme (KEP) della Central European Initiative (CEI) in partenariato con l’Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław, Poland (PI) e la Francisk Skorina Gomel State University (Gomel, Republic of Belarus) for the year 2018.
CORI 2020 –Azione D with Prof.ssa Cristina Giordano della School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London (UK). https://www.qmul.ac.uk/spcs/staff/academics/profiles/cristinagiordano.html
CORI 2018 –Azione C2 with Proff. Dariusz Biały e Magda Wawrzyńska del Department and Clinic of Cardiology della Wrocław Medical University (Wrocław, Poland). https://bip.umw.edu.pl/artykul/189/2363/magdalena-wawrzynska-postepowanie-zakonczone
CORI 2018 –Azione E1 with Prof. Vladimir Gaishun, Faculty of Physics and Information Technologies della Francisk Skorina Gomel State University (Gomel, Republic of Belarus).
CORI 2017 - Azione D incoming - with Prof. Dariusz HRENIAK, Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland. https://www.intibs.pl/en/the-institute/workers.html?view=worker&id=43
CORI 2016 - Azione D outgoing - with Prof. Dariusz HRENIAK, Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland.
Collaborations
Prof. Dariusz Hreniak, Department of Excited State Spectroscopy, Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland. https://www.intibs.pl/en/the-institute/workers.html?view=worker&id=43
Prof. Eugeniusz Zych, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland. https://profile.chem.uni.wroc.pl/api/pl/profile/134
Dr. Hab. Cristina Giordano, The School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK. https://www.qmul.ac.uk/spcs/staff/academics/profiles/cristinagiordano.html
Dott.ssa Rosa Ponterio, IPCF-Messina CNR. http://www.ipcf.cnr.it/index.php/categoria-generica/ponterio-rosina-celeste/
Prof. Francesco Parrino, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università di Trento. https://webapps.unitn.it/du/it/Persona/PER0212513/Curriculum
Prof.ssa Cristina Leonelli, Dipartimento di Ingegneria "Enzo Ferrari", Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia. https://personale.unimore.it/rubrica/dettaglio/leonelli
Dr. Elka Kraleva, Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, Rostock, Germany (prima Institute of Catalysis, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria). https://www.catalysis.de/forschung/heterogen-katalytische-verfahren/technologieorient-verfahren
Prof. Vladimir Gaishun, Prof. Dmitry Kovalenko, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University (Gomel, Republic of Belarus).
Prof. Adriaan S. Luyt, Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar University (prima Department of Chemistry, University of the Free State, Qwaqwa Campus, South Africa)
Prof. Stefano Enzo, Dipartimento di chimica e farmacia, Università degli Studi di Sassari. https://www.uniss.it/ugov/person/4551
Active research
- Autoclave
- Microwave apparatus
- Climate chamber
- Viscosimeter
- Nitrogen-porosimeter
- Bragg-Brentano diffractometer
- Portable X-ray Fluorescence
- Dynamic Light Scattering
- UV-vis spectrophotometer
- Fiber optical UV-vis spectrophotometer (FORS and emission spectra)
- FT-IR spectrophotometer
- Micro IR spectrophotometer with ATR and TR
- Portable IR spectrometer
- Multispectral Imaging (UVR,UVF,VIL)
Services delivered under the right of third parties
Development and analysis of materials
Diagnostic of Cultural Heritage