Dear Friends and Colleagues,

welcome to the X National Conference on Materials Science and Technology, welcome to Favignana. This edition of the biannual conference of the National Interuniversity Consortium of Material Science and Technology (INSTM) is organized at the ancient Tonnara in Favignana, between June 28th and July 1st, 2015. Ex Stabilimento Florio delle tonnare di Favignana e Formica (Tonnara di Favignana) is a fine example of industrial archeology. Until the beginning of the nineties it was a tuna fishery and a factory for the conservation of the tuna, designed by the archi-tect Giuseppe Damiani Almeyda in 1874 called by Ignazio Florio.

I was committed to organize this event about one year ago, so I really hope that you will appreciate everything, starting from the scientific quality of talks and posters, to the warmth and the enthusiasm of the local organizers.

Furthermore the INSTM Conference will deal with several issues related to Materials Science and Technology; not limiting the fields to the thematic sections in which the Consortium has recently reorganized its scientific structure, namely:

Advanced mechanics, construction and transport

Energy and environment

Systems for processing, transmission and storage of information

Health and food but also on:

Conservation of cultural heritage

Scientific and technological computation

The scientific contributions are divided into oral contributions, short oral contributions and posters. However, with the aim to promote cross-fertilization among young and senior researchers, and to ignite interdisciplinarity among INSTM associates different areas of interest, other regular and short talks will be delivered on various themes, as well as many poster contribu-tions. According to the INSTM tradition, several grants have been given to young researchers to facilitate their participation to the Conference and help to increase their visibility.

Overall, the INSTM Conference will offer lectures from Universities, Research Centers and Industries, plus 46 regular and 32 short talks, and about 60 poster contributions. This dense and stimulating program is condensed in this Book of Abstract, that will be available in the electronic form to all the participants and sponsors. So, at three weeks from the beginning of the Con-ference, it is my enjoyable duty to write my warm acknowledgements to several people who has contributed to assemble this program and to organize this Congress, with the hope that you all will benefit from it.

My acknowledgements, thus, go: to the INSTM Scientific Committee members, for suggesting and accepting me as Local Organizer; to all INSTM staff members in Firenze, Silvia Chiani and Gianna Coppini in particular, for their kindness and efficien-cy, and for the hard work done; to my co-chair fellows Andrea Caneschi and Teodoro Valente, INSTM Director and President, respectively, for their availability and competence, and for the trust and the good mood; and to all the members of the Local Organizing Committee, for their patience with me, and for solving many problems, with particular thanks to Manuela Ceraulo, Maria Chiara Mistretta and Luigi Botta, among all of them.

Particular acknowledgement are duly due to the Sponsors of this event, that have generously contributed for their constant attention to Research and Innovation.

I really hope that you enjoy this conference at least as much as I enjoyed to organize it. Yours Palermo, June 7th, 2015

X National Conference on Materials

Science and Technology June 28Th and July 1st, 2015

Favignana

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19:00 PLENARY LECTURE

S. Campagna (UniME)

A supramolecular approach to artificial photosynthesis: concert for photons and electrons

20:00 Welcome Party

Sunday

June 28th 2015

08:30 Registration

09:00 Opening

09:30 Strategie ed iniziative nazionali e regionali a sostegno

della Fabbrica Intelligente e dei nuovi materiali

INVITED LECTURE 1

A. Marini (AFIL)

10:00 European Catalysis Cluster (ECC): foster synergies

to address the grand challenges of catalysis and society Oral 1

S. Perathoner (UniME)

10:15 -Pyrrolic Substituted Porphyrins in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells:

Synthetic Benefits, Properties and Future Perspectives Oral 2

G. Di Carlo (UniMI)

10:30 Tailoring assembly of reduced graphene platelets to control properties of rubber nanocomposites

Oral 3 G. Mensitieri (UniNA)

10:45 Multilayer polyamide/layered silicate films for food packaging applications Oral 4 E. Garofalo (UniSA)

11:00 Three-layered porous device in PCL/PEG

blend for interface tissue engineering Oral 5

R. Scaffaro (UniPA)

11:15 Colorimetric characterizations of gonio-apparent

surfaces for the development of materials with new visual effects Oral 6

M.P. Pedeferri (PoliMI)

11:30 Coffee Break

12:00 Polymerisable bicontinuous microemulsions (PBM)

as coating material for water treatment applications Oral 7

F. Galiano (ITM-CNR)

12:15 Electropolymerized near-IR electrochromic and highly

photoconductive thin films of cyclometallated complexes Oral 8

A. Ionescu (UniCAL)

12:30 Reinforcement of perfluoropolyethers coatings

by ceramic oxides sol-gels for fouling mitigation on metal surfaces Oral 9

V. Oldani (UniMI)

12:45 CO2 capture with metal-organic frameworks: An ab initio modeling study

Oral 10

B. Civalleri (UniTO)

13:00 Fluorinated transparent coating in the photocatalytic oxidation

of hydrosoluble pollutants in turbid suspensions Oral 11

W.M. Navarrini (PoliMI)

13:15 CO2 capture and activation in microporous materials Oral 12 S. Bordiga (UniTO)

13:15- 15:00 Lunch break and Poster Session (1-30)

Monday

June 29th 2015

15:00 Materials driven innovation in eyewear INVITED

LECTURE 2 F. Borsoi (Luxottica)

15:30 Steel scale waste as a new component in mortars

production: the improved efficiency of heating floors Oral 13 E. Furlani

(UniUD)

15:45 Solar hydrogen production promoted by ε-Fe2O3

nanorods functionalized with metal nanoparticles Oral 14

G. Carraro (UniPD)

16:00 Preparation and characterization of Ce:YAG-PMMA

and Ce:YAG-PC composites for white LED Oral 15

M.L. Saladino (UniPA)

16:15 Carbon Based Hybrid Materials for Thermochemical Storage Oral 16 E. Mastronardo (UniME)

16:30 Nanostructured materials for sensing, energy conversion and storage Oral 17 R. Inguanta (UniPA)

16:45 Experimental characterization of artificial aggregate/PCM

composites for thermal energy storage in concretes Oral 18

R. Cioffi (UniNA)

17:00 Coffee Break

17:30 Patterning at micron and sub-micron scale by gas foaming Oral 19 E. Di Maio (UniNA)

17:45 Thermoplastic composites for navel application Oral 20 A. Latteri (UniCT)

18:00 Chitosan nanoparticles for the controlled delivery of antimicrobial

peptides (AMPs): a versatile tool for the development of new therapeutics against microbial infections

Oral 21 F. Chiellini (UniPI)

18:15 Multi-functional Stabilizers-functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for advanced

Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene-based Nanocomposites Oral 22

N.T. Dintcheva (UniPA)

18:30 Recyclable biobased thermoset matrix for advanced natural fiber rein-forced composites processed by High Pressure Resin Transfer Molding

Oral 23 G. Cicala (UniCT)

18:45 The antioxidant behavior of functional nitroxide grafted polyethylene samples

Oral 24 F. Cicogna (CNR-ICCOM-UOS)

19:00 Thermogravimetry coupled to gas chromatography and mass spectrometry

(TG-GC-MS) for thermal degradation studies of polymers Oral 25

F. Pavanello (AUTOMATION Srl)

20:00

21:00 Social Dinner at Hotel Cave Bianche

09:00 Challenges in Nanomedicine: the European effort INVITED

LECTURE 3 F. Gramatica (Don Gnocchi)

09:30 Random lasing from dye-doped polymer films filled with diatom frustules Short Oral 1 F.R. Lamastra

09:35 Smart coating for cultural heritage: photocatalytic

self-cleaning by TiO2 basic sols Short Oral 2 F. Bondioli

09:40 Mechanism and kinetics of electrochemical

processes based on electrocatalysis Short Oral 3 E. Achilli

09:45 Entire photocatalytic tiles (60x60 cm) evaluation in

NOx degradation in a continuous bench-scale reactor Short Oral 4 M. Stucchi

09:50 Photodegradation of phenol with commercial TiO2

in powder or coated on porcelain grès tiles Short Oral 5 F. Galli

09:55 Supramolecular chain-like assemblies

of Fe4 single-molecule magnets and Ru2 paddlewheels Short Oral 6 L. Rigamonti

10:00 CNTs assisted synthesis of nanosized SAPO-34 Short Oral 7 M. Fazio

10:05 Magnetic hyperthermia in gold-iron oxide dimeric nanostructures Short Oral 8 F. Vita

10:10 The quest towards BaMgF4 epitaxial multiferroic

thin films: conventional vs liquid injection MOCVD Short Oral 9 S.O. Battiato

10:15 Surfactants control on MnO nanoparticles

shape and MnS nanoparticles crystal phase Short Oral 10 E. Capetti

10:20 Advanced cement-based composites containing

carbon fibers and carbon nanotubes Short Oral 11 M. Pavese

10:25 Effects of phenolic-like intercalated layered double

hydroxides on poly(lactic acid) based nanocomposites Short Oral 12 E. Passaglia

10:30 Coffee Break

11:00 Lanthanum ferrites for new sources of energy Short Oral 13 I. Natali Sora

11:05 Supported gold nanoparticles for the oxidative cleavage of vicinal diols Short Oral 14 S. Solmi

11:10 Hot corrosion resistance of ceramic-metallic thermal sprayed coatings Short Oral 15 G. Pulci

Tuesday

June 30th 2015

11:15 Short Oral 16 M.C. Tanzi Evaluation of SIBS copolymers suitability for biomedical applications

11:20 The explanation of the active phase of FeVO4 catalyst for the in-situ

activation of methanol in the gas-phase phenol methylation Short Oral 17 T. Tabanelli

11:25 Continuous multilayered composite hydrogel as osteochondral substitute Short Oral 18 N. Nelli

11:30 Effect of graphene oxide on the properties of a PLA/PEG blend Short Oral 19 A. Maio

11:35 Effect of rare-earth doping of anatase

on the performances of dye sensitized solar cells Short Oral 20 C. Cavallo

11:40 Fracture toughness and hardness by design in ceramic coatings Short Oral 21 M. Renzelli

11:45 Methanation of CO2 over γ-Al2O3-ZrO2-TiO2-CeO2

composite oxide supported Ni-based catalysts Short Oral 22 C.M. Asmelash

11:50 Chlorides concentration and pH measurements

of concrete structure through immersed sensors Short Oral 23 A. Mulone

11:55 Hydrophobic behavior of self-cleaning and AR sol-gel

titania coatings for PV glass surface Short Oral 24 M. Salvaggio

12:00 Wavelength dispersion of the local field intensity in silver-gold nanocages Short Oral 25 R. Pilot

12:05 Experimental and theoretical studies of Cr(II)/SiO2 based Phillips catalyst for ethylene polymerization

Short Oral 26 A. Damin

12:10 Colloidal TiO2 nanorods for photocatalysis: a femtosecond transient absorption study

Short Oral 27 L. Triggiani

12:15 Thermal and mechanical evaluation of PLLA membranes

to application in tissue engineering Short Oral 28 S. Montesanto

12:20 Anti-scratch fluorinated hybrid coatings with high

durability for automotive applications Short Oral 29 R. Suriano

12:25 Molecular dynamic simulation on Polyamide 6/Graphene

nano-layers nanocomposites Short Oral 30 M. Cammarata

12:30 3d-paper: a novel highly sustainable material for 3d printing Short Oral 31 A. Cigada

12:35 Improved wear resistance of UHMWPE based nanocomposites

for prosthetic applications, filled whit liquid paraffin and carbon nanofibers Short Oral 32 D. Nocita

13:00 Boat trip whit lunch included

Wednesday

July 1st 2015 09:00

INVITED LECTURE 4

P. Faraldi (Electrolux)

Materials driven innovation in household appliances industry

09:30 Oral 26 A. Speghini (UniVR)

Upconversion emission of Tm3+/Yb3+ doped SrF2 nanoparticles: application to light responsive nanostructured systems

09:45 Oral 27 C. Sciancalepore(UniMORE)

Structural and magnetic characterization of nanomagnetite-epoxy resin hybrid system by means of in situ synthetic techniques

10:00 Oral 28 A. Silvestri (UniMI)

Gold nanoparticles obtained by aqueous digestive ripening: Their application as X-ray contrast agents

10:15 Oral 29 S. Mondini (UniMI)

Zwitterionic magnetic nanoparticles as a backbone for bioapplications

10:30 Oral 30 M. Romagnoli (UniMORE)

Effect of anions and cations on the viscosity of fresh geopolymer suspensions

10:45 Oral 31 L. Altomare (PoliMI)

Innovative Sol-Gel Coatings For Thiol-Mediated Cell Adhesion

11:00 Coffee Break

11:30 Oral 32 G.G. Condorelli (UniCT)

Design of magnetic nanoparticles for enhanced intracellular drug transport

11:45 Oral 33 E. Ambrosetti (UniTS)

Nano-immuno assay development for the detection of cancer biomarkers

12:00 Oral 34 P. Bergese (UniBS)

Breaking good. Probing designer drug family with a unique supramolecular nanomechanical sensor

12:15 Oral 35 G. Papanikolaou (UniME)

Gold nanoparticles over ZrO2 and CeO2 substrates to enhance the catalytic performance in the oxidative furfural esterification process

12:30 Oral 36 G. Pia (UniCA)

Calcareous stones in cultural heritage. A fractal model for predicting thermal conductivity

12:45 Oral 37 G. Ennas (UniCA)

Fe(III) 1,3,5-benzene tricarboxylate Metal Organic Framework

13:00 Oral 38 G. Malavasi (UniMORE)

Catalytic bioactive glasses: catalase mimetic activity, an example

13:15 Oral 39 G. Guerra (UniSA)

Graphene Oxide as Nanomaterial and Catalyst

13:30 – 15:00

Lunch break e Poster Session (31-60)

15:00 Oral 40 L. Torre (UniPG)

Development and modelling of high performance ablative Materials

15:15 Oral 41 G. Buffa (UniPA)

Preliminary study on dissimilar Al/steel Friction stir welding lap joints for automotive applications

15:30 Oral 42 E. Bemporad (UniRM3)

The fire assay method: study of the microstructural changes

15:45 Oral 43 A. Maffezoli (UniLE)

Induction welding of thermoplastic matrix composites and hybrid welding of thermosetting matrix composites

16:00 Oral 44 E. Piperopoulos (UniME)

High surface area CNTs by CCVD on CoMoMg catalysts

16:15 Oral 45 M.G. De Angelis (UniBO)

Membranes based on polymeric matrices and graphene nanoplatelets for CO2 capture processes

16:30 Oral 46 F. Rustichelli (UniPM)

Advanced Synchrotron Radiation and Neutron Scattering Techniques for Microstructural Characterization in Industrial Research

16:45 Closing remarks

P01 E. Amore Synthesis and characterization of PEGylated graphene oxide

for sorafenib modified release

P16 M. Ceraulo Thermomechanical degradation of a polypropylene/graphene

nanocomposite

P02 S. Barbi Recycling of yttria-stabilized ZrO2 (YSZ) for ceramic

tile glazes and pigments

P17 V. Cherubini Polyetherimide based nanocomposited for aerospace

applications

P03 G. Baudana TiAl alloys produced by Electron Beam Melting for aerospace and automotive applications

P18 C. Chiappara The effects of TiO2 trap sites on the instability

of dye sensitized solar cells

P04 G. Bevini Porous glasses by using salt as temporary space holder

P19 P. Cinelli Sustainable biocomposites based on polymers and natural fibers

from renewable resources

P05 A. Bianco Preliminary systematic investigation on the uptake of titania nanoparticles

in soil-plant system

P20 V. Corinaldesi Study of fibre-reinforced cement-based composites containing expansive agent

P06 L. Botta Arundo Donax particles as reinforce-ment for PLA based composites

P21 D. De Felicis Sub-micrometrical 3D patterining for large areas: filling the gap

P07 C. Botto Cationic solid lipid nanoparticles complexed with genetic material

for liver tumor treatment

P22 C. De Rosa Structure and mechanical properties of copolymers of syndiotactic polypropylene with branched

monomers

P08 A. Botturi Light responsive nanostructured systems for drug delivery

P23 B. Del Curto Selection Tool for the Use of Functional Materials

P09 M. Bragaglia Corrosion of ceramic particle reinforced metal matrix

composites (MMC)

P24 L.A. Di Landro Detection of voids in structural composite laminates and evaluation

of their effects over material performances

P10 V. Cabras Mechanosynthesis Study of [Ni((EtO)2 PS2 )2·bipy]

Layered Coordination Polimer

P25 M.V. Diamanti Development and characterization of photocatalytic anodic TiO2 films for

environmental remediation

P11 I. Cacciotti Innovative composites based on compostable polymers

and natural fillers for food packaging

P26 G. Filippone Immiscible polymer blends having plate-like nanoparticles adsorbed at the liquid-liquid interface: dynamics of filler assembly and morphological

implications

P12 C.M. Campiglio Electrospinning of aligned nanofiber fibrinogen

structures from acidic solution

P27 F. Galli Polyhydroxyalkanoate extraction from biomass using

enviorionmentally friend technique

P13 A. Candreva Gold Silica Nanoparticles: versatile synthesis for a versatile material

P28 S. Gentiluomo TiO2 coated Pd membranes for propane dehydrogenation

P14 E. Caponetti Preparation and physico-chemical characterization of biocomposites

based on cellulose derivatives and MCM-41

P29 G. Janszen Ballistic response of self-healing polymers and components

P15 S.C. Carroccio Degradation of PA 11 nanocompo-sites: the chemical point of view

P30 F.P. La Mantia Photostabilization of crosslinked EVA as encapsulant

for photovoltaic modules

Poster Session 1-30

P31 M. Lombardi Development of composite piezoelectric materials for energy harvesting

P46 E. Padovano Hybrid laminates for aerospace applications

P32 F. Lopresti Bio-polymeric based sponges for oily waste recovery

P47 F. Pantò Methanation of carbon dioxide over Ni-Fe/based Ce0,9Gd0,1O2 catalysts

P33 S. Lorenzi Evaluation of corrosion behavior of austenitic stainless steels during

conversion of waste to biofuel

P48 A. Patti Dispersion of carbon nanotubes in polypropylene: a comparative inves-tigation by optical microscopy and

terahertz time-domain spectroscopy

P34 L. Lusvarghi Wear behaviour of WC-based hard-metal coatings by the High Velocity

Air Fuel (HVAF) process

P49 R. Pepi Full Thermo-Physical characterisation of a single disc of a ceramic sample

P35 M. Maggio Graphite and graphene oxide paper P50 A. Piselli Materials selection tools in profes-sional appliances: hypothesis to esti-

mate materials’ performance and impact on industrial processes

P36 L. Malavasi Catalytic bioactive glasses: catalase mimetic activity, an example

P51 S. Ridolfi Human Centred Design of engineered surfaces and coatings

P37 N. Mallegni New eco-composites based on Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) for

automotive applications

P52 G. Rossi Multilayer Barrier Films for the En-capsulation of Photovoltaic Cells

P38 S. Mannino Interlaminar electrospun thermoplastic veils for advanced

composites: pro and cons

P53 G. Roventi Zn-ZrO2 nanocomposite coatings obtained by electrodeposition

P39 M. Marchetti Microwave characterization of bricklaying materials for non-

destructive evaluation of restoring treatment effectiveness

P54 P. Russo Processability of polypropylene/intumescent flame retardant/

sepiolite systems

P40 F. Marra Production and characterization of carbon-phenolic ablative materials

modified with nano-fillers

P55 V. Senatore Bio-nanocomposites based on pectins and halloysite nanotubes

loaded with antimicrobials for food packaging applications

P41 S. Monosi Super absorbent Polymer as an inter-nal curing agent for reducing early-

shrinkage of traditional and high per-formance concretes

P56 R. Sessoli Torque magnetometry to investigate the growth of ultra-thin evaporated

molecular films

P42 G. Montespe-relli

Cerium doped titania coatings at low temperature for corrosion protection

of the AA6082 alloy

P57 F. Sutera Parameters optimization in porous scaffold fabrication process based on

Taguchi method and ANOVA

P43 A. Nardinocchi Study of plasters containing organic particles for sustainable

and energy-efficient building

P58 F. Tittarelli Effect of beta and gamma ray sterili-zation on the properties of polymeric materials for biomedical applications

P44 D. Nocita Wear resistance of CF/UHMWPE biomaterials obtained by different

mixing methods

P59 D. Ugues Study of the interface between the capsule and the consolidating

powder mass during HIPPING of Ni superalloy

P45 G. Ognibene Functional Electrospun Membrane P60 A. Visco Study of selective absorption of oil/water and of mechanical

properties of polyurethane foams for oil spill recovery

Poster Session 31-60