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

CHEMICAL METHODOLOGYROMA

MACROMOLECULESMLANO, MMILANO, Genova, Biella

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALSROMA, Bologna ,Palermo

ORGANIC SYNTHESIS & PHOTOREACTIVITYBOLOGNA, Ferrara

MOLECULAR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYMILANO, Padova, Perugia

MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGYCOSENZA, Padova

CRYSTALLOGRAPHYBARI , Roma, Trieste

ENERGY & INTERPHASESPADOVA , Genova, Lecco, Milano, Pavia

POLYMERS, CCOMPOSITES & BIOMATERIALSNAPOLI , Catania, Pisa, Trento

CHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR RECOGNITIONMILANO, Roma

CHEMISTRY OF ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDSFIRENZE, Bari, Pisa

BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

NAPOLI, Sassari, Catania, Roma, Padova

CERAMIC MATERIALS SCIENCE & E TECHNOLOGYFAENZA

INSTITUTES

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CHEMICAL-PHYSICAL PROCESSES

MESSINA, Bari, Pisa, Roma, Rende

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

• 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 m100 m100 m100 m100 m100 m

SOLUTIONS SINGLE SHEETS 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

•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

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NANOMEDICINE Main Activities -

Results

54 Patents

Health

Materials &

Enabling

Technologies

Sustainability

PATENTS & SPIN-OFF

INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS

Advanced Materials & Silk Platform

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.

ADVANCED MATERIALS & KEY ENABLING

TECHNOLGY

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

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75 nm

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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

Ultra High Temperature Ceramics for Aerospace

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

The activities were performed in the

framework of the project “ARCA ” granted

to IMAST Scarl by Italian Ministry M.I.U.R.

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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

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Multi scale composites enhancing damping features

GRAPHENE MAINSTREAM

RESEARCH

EUROPEAN

PROJECTS

INDUSTRIAL

COLLABORATIONS

New Initiative:

FET FLAGSHIP

1 Billion €/10 years

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SOLUTIONS SINGLE SHEETS 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

GRAPHENE COMPOSITES

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

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

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

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NANOMEDICINE

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

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

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TECHNOLOGIES

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)

The Major Event on Technologies During

the Italian Presidency of Europe

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