Adsorption processes on micro and mesoporous materials; interfacial phenomena; environmental analysis; analysis and purification of biomolecules; food chemistry; nanoparticles; solution complex-formation equilibria between biomolecules and metal ions

Short description of the research team

Thematic fields of interest/research areas: Adsorption processes on micro and mesoporous materials; interfacial phenomena; environmental analysis; analysis and purification of biomolecules; food chemistry; nanoparticles; solution complex-formation equilibria between biomolecules and metal ions..

Manager/head of the team: Prof. Alberto Cavazzini, Prof. Luisa Pasti

Team members: Prof. Maria Chiara Pietrogrande; Prof. Maurizio Remelli; Prof. Catia Contado; Prof. Nicola Marchetti; Dr. Martina Catani; Dr. Valentina Costa; Dr. Elena Sarti

Research infrastructures:

The facilities at the Chemistry Department include HPLC; UHPLC; HPLC-MS; HPLC-ICP-MS; preparative LC (for batch and continuous counter-current purification); NMR spectrometers (300 and 400 Mhz); Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM); Field Emission Microscopy (FEM); Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM); Sedimentation- and flow-field flow fractionation (FFF); combustion analyzer (for elemental analysis), Capillary Electrophoresis (CE); gas chromatography (GC) and GC-MS; atomic spectroscopy (ICP, GFFA); automatic titrator; spectrophotomer.

Prerequisites of the trainee researcher:

Level of education: "Marie Curie Individual Fellowship” Action requirements

Research experience: analytical/environmental/food chemistry

Required working language: Italian / English

Contact: Prof. Alberto Cavazzini (cvz@unife.it); Prof. Luisa Pasti (psu@unife.it)

Topic: Physical and Analytical Chemistry