Advanced Materials International Forum, Bari 18-19 settembre, conferenza internazionale dedicata ai materiali avanzati e alle loro possibili applicazioni nei settori industriali, con un focus particolare sui trasporti (aerospazio, automotive, navale e cantieristico).

1. INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS
Luigi Ambrosio Department of Chemical Science & Materials Technology National Research Council P.Le A. Moro, 7 – 00185 Roma direttore.dsctm@cnr.it
www.dsctm.cnr.it

2. CHEMICAL METHODOLOGY
ROMA
MACROMOLECULES
MLANO, MMILANO, Genova, Biella
NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS
ROMA, Bologna ,Palermo
ORGANIC SYNTHESIS & PHOTOREACTIVITY
BOLOGNA, Ferrara
MOLECULAR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
MILANO, Padova, Perugia
MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY
COSENZA, Padova
CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
BARI , Roma, Trieste
ENERGY & INTERPHASES
PADOVA , Genova, Lecco, Milano, Pavia
POLYMERS, CCOMPOSITES & BIOMATERIALS
NAPOLI , Catania, Pisa, Trento
CHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR RECOGNITION
MILANO, Roma
CHEMISTRY OF ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS
FIRENZE, Bari, Pisa
BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
NAPOLI, Sassari, Catania, Roma, Padova
CERAMIC MATERIALS SCIENCE & E TECHNOLOGY
FAENZA
INSTITUTES
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Amministrativo
Dirigente
Ricercatore
Tecnico
Tecnologo
Dipartimento Scienze Chimiche e
Tecnologie dei Materiali
Tot Personale 878
CHEMICAL-PHYSICAL PROCESSES
MESSINA, Bari, Pisa, Roma, Rende

3. RESEARCH PLATFORMS
NANOMEDICINE
SUISTANABLE CHEMISTRY
ADVANCED MATERIALS KEY ENABLING TECNOLOGIES
- Tissue Engineering
- Natural biopharmaceutical molecules - Drug delivery
- Drug discovery
- Nanoparticles
- Biosensors
- Nutraceutics
- Teranostic
- Modelling
-Energy from renewable sources - Hydrogen generation and storage
-Carbon Capture and Sequestration
-Biorefinery
- Intermediates & Biomaterials
-Chemical processes with low environmental impact - Modelling
- Nanostructures
- Polymers & Composites
- Ceramics & Composites
- Metals & Composites
- Biodegradable Materials
- Multifunctional Biomaterials
- Coatings & Adhesive
- Nanostructured Membranes
- Optoelectronic& Photonics
- Sensors
- Rapid Prototyping
Made in Italy
Health
Energy
Transports
Advanced Manufacturing
Industrial Processes
Cultural Heritage
Building

4. • New sustainable chemical processes with
high efficiency and selectivity.
• Electro/photocatalysis & and renwable fluorescent
composites for applications in the energy sector.
• Hydrogen chemistry and technology: production,
storage and employment in fuel cells.
• Organic and organometallic compounds for third
generation photovoltaics
• Technologies for C1-chemistry: CO2 exploitation
and confinement (CCS)
• Intermediates
• Functional nanostructure membranes
• Protein based thermoplastic products
• Multifunctional biomaterials
• Packaging
CNR patent, 2011
CNR patents, 2006 - 2012
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SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY
Main Activities -
Results

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• Multi scale polymer nano-composite
100 m
SINGLE SHEETS SOLUTIONS BULK MATERIALS
• Graphene based materials
• Ceramics and metals for extreme conditions
• Materials technology for cultural heritage
FEG-SEM
• Silk fibroin in optoelectronics devices:
Transistors & light emitting transistors
ADVANCED MATERIALS & KEY ENABLING
TECHNOLGY
Main Activities -
Results

6. •Development of new drugs and diagnostics on molecular basis.
•Protein expression, Structural and Computational Biology, Cellular
Biology, HTS technologies.
•Isolation and characterization of new molecules from natural
substances for health, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
• Magnetic nano-composite scaffolds
• Electrospun nanostructured
platforms.
• Hydrogels for Protein release for
central nervous pathology
•Biosensors
•Bio-electronics platforms - Transparent
Organic Cell Stimulating and Sensing
Transistors for neural cells
Electrospun nanostructured platforms
Nature Materials, May 2013
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NANOMEDICINE Main Activities -
Results

7. 54 Patents
Health
Materials & Enabling Technologies
Sustainability
PATENTS & SPIN-OFF

8. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
 Advanced Materials & Silk Platform
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 Biomaterials for Health – Advanced Materials - Education
 Advanced Materials - Education
Green Chemistry – Biotechnology
Advanced Materials - Membranes
ROLE IN EUROPEAN STRATEGY
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Member of High Level Group Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) Tenders – Methodology, work plan and roadmap for cross-cutting KETs activities in Horizon 2020. NANOREG – Coord. Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment - The Netherland A common European approach to the regulatory testing of nanomaterials.

9. ADVANCED MATERIALS & KEY ENABLING TECHNOLGY

10. Al-Ti based inter-metallic
alloys for
blades turbine
Ni based alloys for
mono-crystalline
components
Development and
thermo-physic
characterization of
high TT SMA alloys
for functional
components
75 nm
g =(111)
B = [0-11]
T
--- twinning --- matrix
Systems: Ag ,Cu ,Pb alloys
Alloy with Mp< 1200°C
CuZnAl SMA
Applications: heat exhanger ,
high surface electrodes,
catalysis; structural components
INNOVATIVE ALLOYS
METALLIC FOAMS

11. Ultra High Temperature Ceramics for Aerospace

12. Polymers
–Epoxies
–Polyolefins: PP
–Thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU)
–Polyesters: PET
–Biopolymers: PCL (natural fibers)
–Engineering thermopl: PES, PEN, PEEK
Nano reinforcements
–CNT
–Clay
–Silica
–Graphene Fibers
-Carbon
-Glass
-Kevlar,......
Fiber & nano reinforcing composites

13. The activities were performed in the
framework of the project “ARCA ” granted
to IMAST Scarl by Italian Ministry M.I.U.R.
nm μm mm m
A. Martone, C. Formicola, M. Giordano, M. Zarrelli. “Reinforcement Efficiency of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube/epoxy nanocomposite” – Composite Science and
Technology, Volume 70, Issue 7, pp. 1154-1160 (2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.03.001
A. Martone, G. Faiella, V. Antonucci, M. Giordano, M. Zarrelli. “The effect of the aspect ratio of carbon nanotubes on their effective reinforcement modulus in an epoxy
matrix” - Composites Science and Technology (2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.04.002
A. Martone, M. Giordano, V. Antonucci, M. Zarrelli, 2011. Enhancing damping features of advanced polymer composites by micromechanical hybridization. Composites
Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 42, 1663-1672. doi:10.1016/j.compositesa.2011.07.019
Cfr. S. Ijima, J. Chem. Phys. 104 (5),1996
tanδ vs % wt
1 % 3%
1 %wt MWNT
Loss factor vs T
Multi scale composites enhancing damping features

14. GRAPHENE
MAINSTREAM
RESEARCH
EUROPEAN
PROJECTS
INDUSTRIAL
COLLABORATIONS
New Initiative:
FET FLAGSHIP
1 Billion €/10 years
100 m
SINGLE SHEETS SOLUTIONS BULK MATERIALS
Coordination of two EU projects on graphene-organic
hybrids (1 Marie Curie ITN + 1 ESF
EUROCORES)
 CNR is one of the official Partner of the
GRAPHENE FLAGSHIP initiative
GRAPHENE NANO-TECHNOLGY PLATFORM

15. GRAPHENE COMPOSITES

16. Neat matrices
Commodity: PE, EVA, PS
Thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU)
Polyesters: PET, PEN, PLA, PCL
Biopolymers: Zein, Collagen
Engineering: PES, PC, PPSU, PEI
Batch foaming
Nanocomposites
EVA: clay
PP: clay
TPU: MWCNT
PET: MWCNT, Clay
PEN: SiO2, Expanded Graphite, clay (MMT)
PES: SiO2, Expanded Graphite
Process-properties: rheology, gas solubility and diffusivity, modelling
Materials
THERMOPLASTIC FOAMS

17. Complex structures and shapes can be obtained by combining foaming of the core and skin consolidation directly in the mold
Thermoplastic nanocomposite skins
Nanocomposite foamed core
In situ foaming
PEN/graphene nanocomposites
Sandwich structures: in situ foaming

18. Ultrasonic Waves
Protein layer makes
the surface of
graphite hydrophilic
Protein-coated sheets of
graphene detach from
graphite
Controlling the electrical conductivity of proteins with graphene
Electroactive
Polymers
Bio-sensors
Smart Materials
500
nm
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1.E-06
1.E-05
1.E-04
0% 0.10% 0.30% 0.60%
GO Content [wt/wt%]
Electrical Conductivity [S/m]
Thermoplastic zein/graphene bionanocomposites

19. NANOMEDICINE

20. NANOMEDICINE Personalized Medicine Main Activities - Results
3 D RAPID PROTOTYPING SCAFFOLDS 3D IMAGING (TAC, MRI) HUMAN BODY
CAD
AND
MODELING 3D PRINTING
CUSTOM-MADE SCAFFOLD
DESIGN & PREPARATION PROTOTYPE MICRO-CT SKYSCAN 1072 A System Approach for Tissue Regeneration

21. EDUCATION: INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
ADVANCED MATERIALS
INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
NANOTECHNOLOGY
MICRO & NANO
ELECTRONICS
ADVANCED
MANUFACTURING
SYSTEMS
PHOTONICS
…..TO DEVELOP FUTURE HUMAN CAPITAL AND SKILLS
ADVANCED STRUCTURES
&
TECHNOLOGIES

22. CONCLUSIONS
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• The Materials Science play a central role in finding innovative solutions to major societal challenges; • Materials Science is one of the driving forces of innovation with significant impact on all strategic industrial sectors;
• Materials are fundamental for the KETs and their cross-cutting aspects. • Key Enabling Technologies approach & integration will foster European Industrial Renaissance (COM (2014) 14/2)

23. The Major Event on Technologies During the Italian Presidency of Europe
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