The European Ceramic Society

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Italy

Advanced Ceramics and Glasses

Porous Ceramics/Glasses and AM of Ceramics/Glasses (also preceramic polymers and geopolymers)

Director : Prof. Paolo Colombo

Email : paolo.colombo@unipd.it

Phone : +390498275825

Address : Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, via Marzolo 9 35131 Padova, Italy

Website : https://research.dii.unipd.it/ceramglass/

Research topics :

  • AM of preceramic polymers: Fabrication of ceramic components (including CMCs), using DIW, DLP, UV-DIW, TPP, VAM, RAM

Contact information:

Paolo Colombo

Tel: +393346955260

paolo.colombo@unipd.it 

  •  AM of geopolymers: Fabrication of geopolymer components for environmental applications, using DIW

Contact information:

Giorgia Franchin

Tel: +393404683679

giorgia.franchin@unipd.it 

  • AM of sol-gel solutions: Fabrication of oxide and non-oxide multimaterial components, using DIW, DLP, UV-DIW, VAM, RAM

Contact information:

Giorgia Franchin

Tel: +393404683679

giorgia.franchin@unipd.it 

  • Bioceramic nanocomposites from novel formulations and novel processing: Fabrication of highly porous (mainly silicate) bioceramics from preceramic polymers and engineered fillers, by direct foaming as well as by AM (MSLA, DLP, DIW)

Contact information:

Enrico Bernardo

Tel: +393204673908

enrico.bernardo@unipd.it 

  • Upcycling of waste glasses into new ceramics for structural and functional applications: Conversion of discarded glasses and glasses from the melting of industrial waste into structural and functional materials by sustainable approaches (viscous flow sintering at moderate temperatures, cold consolidation by alkali activation)

Contact information:

Enrico Bernardo

Tel: +393204673908

enrico.bernardo@unipd.it 

  • Large scale AM using binder jetting: Fabrication of large-scale artificial stone components from industrial and natural waste, and upcycling of inorganic waste using AM.

Contact information:

Hamada Elsayed

Tel: +393382566659

hamada.elsayed@unipd.it 

  • Extrusion-based AM of metallic and (ceramic-metal) components: Fabrication of multi-material components (metal-ceramic; ceramic-ceramic) for various applications, via co-extrusion DIW.

Contact information:

Lisa Biasetto

Tel: +390444998780

lisa.biasetto@unipd.it 

Exceptional facilities :

  • 1 Nanoscribe, 3 DIW, 3 DLP, 1 FFF, 1 BJ (large scale), 1 RAM, 1 Volumetric Additive Manufacturing (VAM). Possibility of UV-DIW and UV-DIW-RAM

Financial support programmes :

  • European funding: H2020-OTHER-EIT KIC RawMaterials Upscaling “IDEAL” (Industrial ResiDues for Smart FirE-resistAnt PhotocataLytic Components); H2020-NMBP-HUBS-2018 “LightCoce” (Building an Ecosystem for the up-scaling of lightweight multi-functional concrete and ceramic materials and structures); H2020-MSCA-RISE-2016 “AMITIE” (Additive Manufacturing Initiative for Transnational Innovation in Europe); H2020-WIDESPREAD-01-2016-2017-TeamingPhase2 “FunGlass” (Centre for Functional and Surface Functionalized Glass)
  • Regional funding: POR FESR 2014-2020 “ADMIN4D” (Additive Manufacturing & Industry 4.0 as Innovation Driver); RIR-FESR 2020 “DEVERO” (3D printing in the artistic glass sector to relaunch and innovate the product chain)
  • National funding: PRIN 2017 “Nanostructured Porous Ceramics for Environmental and Energy Applications”; UNI-IMPRESA 2018 “Hierachically porous aluminosilicate ceramics for environmental protection”; ASI DC-UCO-2021-13 “GLAMS” (Geopolymers for Lunar Additive Manufacturing and Sensing)

Latest news

New book by Prof. Suk-Joong Kang:

Prof. Kang is one of the foremost worldwide specialists in sintering and this book, presented as a series of questions and answers concerning sintering may be useful both to students of ceramics and also to teachers looking for questions to discuss with their students.

Nov 5, 2024
YCN Newsletter 23 - Brazil Capes Thesis Award and Flash (Sinter) Crystallization of Glass by Isabela Reis Lavagnini

We are proud to announce that Isabela Reis Lavagnini has been awarded the 2024 Capes Thesis Award for her outstanding work in Materials, titled "Flash Sintering of Zirconia, Hydroxyapatite, and Hydroxyapatite-Zirconia Composite." 

Oct 17, 2024

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