The European Ceramic Society
Laboratory sheet
Italy
DIMANT - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Design of Innovative MAterials for New Technologies
Director :
Email : materiali@unimore.it
Phone : +39 059 2056177
Address : Dept. of Engineering "Enzo Ferrari" Via Vivarelli 10 41125 Modena
Website : http://www.materiali.unimore.it/ http://www.ing.unimore.it
Research topics :
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Raw Materials: exploitation, industrial treatments and processing, purification, characterization, applications in ceramics and other sectors, formulation of mixes of raw materials.
Contact information:
Prof. Tiziano MANFREDINI
Tel: +39-059 2056232
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Reology of ceramic suspensions: rheological characterisation and optimisation of ceramic suspensions and geopolymers, rheology of inks for ink-jet printers, rheology of glaze suspensions, modeling by DOE and ANN, rheology of ceramic powders
Contact information:
Prof Marcello ROMAGNOLI
Tel : +39-059 2056234
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Glass, glass-ceramics, glaze and enamels, traditional ceramics: formulation, preparation, characterization of glass, glass ceramics, enamels, glazes for ceramic tile and building materials industries. Cool roofs.
Contact information:
Prof. Cristina SILIGARDI
Tel: +33-327531669
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Microwave processing of ceramics: design of microwave applicators, drying, sintering, melting of ceramic and glass materials. Dielectric properties measurement. Nanoparticles synthesis.
Contact information:
Prof. Paolo VERONESI
Tel. +39-059 2056200
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Environment and Materials: Valorization of industrial waste in the design of new formulation for ceramic and glass ceramic materials.
Contact information:
Prof. Luisa BARBIERI
Tel. +39-059 2056231
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Life Cycle Assessment: environmental, social and economic assessment, ecodesign, resources management, energy efficiency, indoor and outdoor emissions, waste management and exploitation.
Contact information:
Prof. Anna Maria FERRARI
Tel. +39-0522-522244
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Geopolymers: formulation of geopolymers and cold setting alkali activated materials starting from natural raw materials, waste and by –product for application in building sector.
Contact information:
Dr. Isabella LANCELLOTTI
Tel. +39-059 2056251
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Biomaterials (bioceramics and bioglasses) and ceramic composites: design and testing (mechanical properties and in vitro tests) of new biomaterials; design and characterization of advanced ceramic composites; numerical modeling, FEM (finite elements method).
Contact information:
Prof. Valeria CANNILLO
Tel: +39-059 2056247
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Ceramic coatings: wear resistant thick coatings (oxide based), thin films coatings (nitrides, carbides...), low friction carbon-based thin films for tribological applications
Contact information:
Prof. Luca LUSVARGHI
Tel: +39-059 2056206
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Computer simulations of glass and ceramic materials: design and characterization of functionalized materials, structure and transport properties of crystalline oxides and glasses, defect analysis, bulk, surface and interface characterization, Statistical analysis: Design of Experiment, PLS and PCA.
Contact information:
Dr. Monia MONTORSI
Tel: +39-0522 522639
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Archaeometric studies on glass: reproduction and characterization of ancient glasses. Contact information:
Prof. Cristina LEONELLI
Tel. +39-059 2056247
Exceptional facilities :
- Wet and dry laser light particle size analyzer;
- Rheometers Haake RS 100 with cone-plate and plate-plate tools
- Rheometers Haake RS 1 with coaxial cylinder measurement geometry
- Zeta potential Zetasizer Nano range by Malverns
- KD2 Pro Thermal Properties Analyzer by Decagon Devices, Inc.
- PUNDIT Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity (UPV) instrument.
- High temperature DTA/DSC
- Heating microscope and optical dilatometer
- XRF
- XRD at room and high temperature
- Scratch tester
- Microwave applicators (2450 and 5800 GHz) for ceramic processing
- Microwave reactor for ceramic nanopowder synthesis
- Vector network analyzer + dielectric probe kit for permittivity measurements up to 3 GHz
- SimaPro 8.0.4; EcoInvent database, LCA UNIMORE database
Financial support programmes :
- EU fundings: LIFE+ projects: 2010-2015, FP7-NMP
- Regional fundings: PRRIITT, Legge Regionale 7 Emilia
- National fundings : Industria 2015, PRIN projects, Bilateral projects Italy-Egypt, Italy- Korea; CNR-PAR II
Latest news
Next Deadline to apply to the JECS Trust is 31st May 2025
Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before end of July 2025. Activities submitted for the deadline of 31st May 2025 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before August 2025.
12th March - International Day of Ceramics!
Dear Ceramic Community,
We are pleased to announce that March 12, 2025, marks the first-ever International Day of Ceramics!
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