Chemical Research Handbook

Università degli Studi di Genova, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry

General Information

Università degli Studi di Genova
Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry
Via Dodecaneso 31 - 16146 Genova (GE)
Web site: http://chimica.unige.it/
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Contacts
Prof. Luca BANFI
+39 0103536113

Detailed information

Staff
12 Full Professors
19 Associate Professors
21 Researchers
15 Structured Technicians
7 Administrative Technicians
Registered students
427 (Academic year 2022/2023)
Post Lauream Training
90 enrolled in doctoral programs in Sicence and Technology of Chemistry and Materials
10 Research fellows
12 fellows
Patents

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TECHNOLOGIES
PROPRIETARY SEARCH
THIRD PARTY RESEARCH

R&D activities detail

Remediation

Traditional and emerging membrane processes for the treatment of wastewaters

Plant security

Smart systems for monitoring performance/quality and for failure identification in chemical plants

Circular economy

Sustainable processes for the synthesis of metal nanoparticles and for the recovery of precious metals from electronic industry waste

Green chemistry

New green processes using photocatalysis and air as oxidant

Bioeconomy

Pretreatment and conversion for the valorization of lignocellulosic biomass and of biomass derived from depuration processes

Renewable energies

Fuel cells

Remediation

Use of synthetic minerals for recovery of pollutants from wastewater

Remediation

Development of materials and processes for wastewater treatment and abatement of emerging pollutants by photocatalysis. Development of materials and processes for the synthesis of membranes for antibacterial applications by photocatalysis

Circular economy

Recovery and reuse of permanent magnets form inverter engines of washing machines

Bioeconomy

Synthesis of high added value substances from renewable sources, also using biocatalysis and multicomponent reactions

Renewable energies

Synthesis of new nanostructured materials for applications in photoluminescent devices and solar concentrators

Pollutants monitoring

Monitoring of emerging contaminants in water through innovative approaches

Renewable energies

CO2 entrapment processes and processes for production and/or separation of hydrogen

Collaborations with companies

  • AEP Polymers
  • AmSpec
  • Angelini
  • ASG Superconductors
  • AST
  • Attilio Carmagnani
  • BIOINDUSTRIA
  • Clariant
  • COCIV
  • Danieli TELEROBOTS
  • Eco2Energy
  • Eurofins
  • FACI
  • FAMGA
  • Ferrania
  • FINCANTIERI
  • Fratelli Parodi
  • GEEG
  • Gemmate Technologies
  • H2Energy
  • IREN
  • IREOS
  • IRETI
  • Istituto Italiano della Saldatura
  • ITACAT
  • ItalianaCoke
  • Lamberti
  • MECTRON
  • MICAMO
  • NuovaPignone
  • PhaseMotion
  • Pirelli
  • PROGER
  • Receng
  • Refuel
  • RINA
  • SILOR
  • SIMAM
  • Sutter Industries
  • TECHNOGENE
  • Themis

Pubblicazioni

  • Alberti, S., Comite, A., Pagliero, M., Magi, E., Codda, G., Sossai, D., Caratto, V. and Ferretti, M., "Performance Comparison among KN95-Certified Face Masks by Classical Techniques and Innovative Test", Applied Sciences-Basel 2022, 12.
  • Caputo, S., Kovtun, A., Bruno, F., Ravera, E., Lambruschini, C., Melucci, M. and Moni, L., "Study and application of graphene oxide in the synthesis of 2,3-disubstituted quinolines via a Povarov multicomponent reaction and subsequent oxidation", Rsc Advances 2022, 12, 15834-15847.
  • Damonte, G., Maddalena, L., Fina, A., Cavallo, D., Muller, A. J., Caputo, M. R., Mariani, A. and Monticelli, O., "On novel hydrogels based on poly(2-hydroxyethyl acrylate) and polycaprolactone with improved mechanical properties prepared by frontal polymerization", European Polymer Journal 2022, 171.
  • Franchi, E., Cardaci, A., Pietrini, I., Fusini, D., Conte, A., D'Auris, A. D., Grifoni, M., Pedron, F., Barbafieri, M., Petruzzelli, G. and Vocciante, M., "Nature-Based Solutions for Restoring an Agricultural Area Contaminated by an Oil Spill", Plants-Basel 2022, 11.
  • MacKeown, H., Benedetti, B., Di Carro, M. and Magi, E., "The study of polar emerging contaminants in seawater by passive sampling: A review", Chemosphere 2022, 299.
  • Pani, M., Provino, A., Smetana, V., Shtender, V., Bernini, C., Mudring, A. V. and Manfrinetti, P., "Four ternary silicides in the La-Ni-Si system: from polyanionic layers to frameworks", Crystengcomm 2022, 24, 8219-8228.
  • Sanchez, E. H., Vasilakaki, M., Lee, S. S., Normile, P. S., Andersson, M. S., Mathieu, R., Lopez-Ortega, A., Pichon, B. P., Peddis, D., Binns, C., Nordblad, P., Trohidou, K., Nogues, J. and De Toro, J. A., "Crossover From Individual to Collective Magnetism in Dense Nanoparticle Systems: Local Anisotropy Versus Dipolar Interactions", Small 2022, 18.

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Ph.D. programmes in collaboration with companies. European projects in collaboration with companies. Participation to national  or regional research projects in collaboration with companies.