Politecnico di Torino

Overall presentation

The “Politecnico di Torino” (POLITO), founded in 1906, promotes many research activities and develops innovative technologies. The Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering (DISMIC) focuses its efforts on various topics including the fundamental and the technological aspects of chemistry, of materials science and of engineering realization. Nowadays innovative materials specifically studied and realized for different solutions are incessantly required. The research activity within the DISMIC is strongly interdisciplinary and devoted to fundamental and applicative aspects. The main fields are: biotechnologies, catalysis and multiphase reactor disciplines, the study of ceramic materials, glasses, polymers and composites, the electrochemical conversion of energy, corrosion, metallurgy, safety and environmental engineering. The studies and experimentations are subdivided into different fields: formulation, synthesis and characterization of substances and materials (ceramic, metallic, polymer, glass) based on the structure-property-performances correlation that have to be guaranteed.
In all the research projects of the DISMIC it is praxis to collaborate with other University Departments, private Institutes and public agencies like MIUR, ASI, CNR and various organisms of Europe and communitarian agencies. In the branch of the POLITO-DISMIC situated in Alexandria, research activities are developed and addressed particularly to the needs of the companies in the field of plastic materials. Indeed, numerous collaborations with other universities and industries are undertaken in order to carry out regional, ministerial and communitarian projects acquiring in this way a good experience in the coordination and development of the same plans.
The POLITO-DISMIC present in Alexandria is an optimal unit that combines industrial and academic backgrounds with a national and international scientific network in order to cover the gap between the polymer material research and the problems of technological development of the same materials. In particular, the activities developed in Alexandria, combining scientific and technological competences, are: processing of Thermosets and Thermoplastics polymers, nanocomposites, flame retardancy, recycling and analysis of the life-cycle of the materials, studies on the degradation, stabilization and aging of polymer materials.

For the ANASTASIA project, the “Politecnico di Torino” has a specialised research group with significant experience on several topics such as: nanocomposite materials, polymer durability, thermal and chemical stability. The laboratory is fully equipped for the preparation of both thermoplastics and thermosets and the characterisation of nanostructured polymer materials, including electron and optical microscopy, spectroscopic analyses, thermal analyses, mechanical and dynamo-mechanical testing, rheology and flammability tests.

The laboratory equipment for nanomaterial preparation includes mixers, ultrasonic bath, film deposition equipment (Doctor Blade and Spin Coating methods) and various UV curing facilities.
The characterisation equipment includes optical and electronic (SEM, FE-SEM) microscopes, thermal analysis equipments (DSC, TGA, TGA/FTIR), spectroscopy equipments (UV/VIS, FTIR, GC/MS), rheometers (oscillatory and capillary), mechanical and dynamo-mechanical testing (tensile, DMTA, TMA).
POLITO is involved in the tape development and will study the in situ synthesis of inorganic nano-fillers in an organic matrix, tape functionalisation as well as a multilayer process.

Further information

For further information about ANASTASIA, please contact:

Prof. Giovanni CAMINO
Politecnico di Torino Sede di Alessandria
Viale Teresa Michel 5
15121 Alessandria - Italy
Tel.: +39 (0)131 229361
Mobile: +39 (0)3316638346
Fax: +39 (0)131 229399

Giulio Malucelli, PhD
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Technology
Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica
C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24 - 10129 Torino
Tel: +39 (0)11 5644621
Fax: +39 (0)11 5644699
Tel: +39 (0)131 229369
Fax: +39 (0)131 229331