A5021088221- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
- Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
- Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
- Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites
- Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
- Antimicrobial agents and applications
- 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
- Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
- Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
- Microbial Metabolism and Applications
- Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Dental materials and restorations
- Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
- Advanced Theoretical and Applied Studies in Material Sciences and Geometry
- Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
- Conducting polymers and applications
- Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials
- Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
- Industrial Engineering and Technologies
University of Palermo
2016-2025
National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology
2016-2025
Engineering (Italy)
2022
Heriot-Watt University
2019-2020
Tecnologia Energia Ambiente Materiali (Italy)
2015-2016
Nowadays, we are assisting in the exceptional growth research relating to development of wearable devices for sweat analysis. Sweat is a biofluid that contains useful health information and allows non-invasive, continuous comfortable collection. For this reason, it an excellent detection different analytes. In work, electrochemical sensors based on polyaniline thin films deposited flexible substrate polyethylene terephthalate coated with indium tin oxide were studied. Polyaniline abstained...
In light of the emerging breakthroughs in cancer biology, drug discovery, and personalized medicine, Tumor-on-Chip (ToC) platforms have become pivotal tools current biomedical research. This study introduced a novel rapid prototyping approach for fabrication ToC device using laser-patterned poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) layers integrated with polylactic acid (PLA) electrospun scaffold, enabling dynamic delivery assessment therapeutic efficacy cells. Traditional screening methods, such as...
Immobilization of microorganisms capable degrading specific contaminants significantly promotes bioremediation processes. In this study, innovative and ecofriendly biosorbent-biodegrading biofilms have been developed in order to remediate oil-contaminated water. This was achieved by immobilizing hydrocarbon-degrading gammaproteobacteria actinobacteria on biodegradable oil-adsorbing carriers, based polylactic acid polycaprolactone electrospun membranes. High capacities for adhesion...
This study explores the processability, mechanical, and thermal properties of biocompostable composites based on poly (butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) as polymer matrix microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) derived from softwood almond (Prunus dulcis) shells (as-MCC) filler at two different weight concentration, i.e., 10 wt% 20 wt%. The materials were processed by melt mixing a commercial MCC (c-MCC) was used comparison. fibrillar shape as-MCC particles found to change rheological...
In this work, biocomposite blown films based on poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) as biopolymeric matrix and biochar (BC) filler were successfully fabricated. The materials subjected to a film-blowing process after being compounded in twin-screw extruder. preliminary investigations conducted melt-mixed PBAT/BC composites allowed 5% 10% be identified the most appropriate formulations processed via film blowing. exhibited mechanical performances adequate for possible application...
In this study, the presence of microplastics in sludge three wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) was examined. The investigated WWTPs operated based on a conventional activated (CAS) process, with (W1) or without (W2) primary clarification, and membrane bioreactor process (MBR) (W3). (MPs) concentration samples W3 approximately 81.1 ± 4.2 × 103 particles/kg dry sludge, whereas MPs concentrations W1 W2 were 46.0 14.8 36.0 5.2 respectively. Moreover, mainly consisted fragments (66-68%) CAS...