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Prof. Silvia Licoccia

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Office: Department of Chemical Science and Technology
Tel:  +39 06 72594386
Lab: +39 06 72594479
Fax: +39 06 72594328

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Research Activity

 

SL is Professor of Chemistry in the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

  • President of AICIng (Italian Association Chemistry for Engineering)
  • Deputy Director of NAST, Center for Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Innovative Instrumentation at Tor Vergata
  • Director of the Teaching Supervising Committee of the International Ph.D. Program in Materials for Health, Environment and Energy
  • Associate Editor of the International Journal of Nanoscience
  • Manager responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of Natural Sciences Teaching Activities of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata
  • Director of the Italy-Quebec Joint Laboratory on Nanostructured Materials for Energy, Catalysis and Biomedical Applications.

 

Professional Memberships

Executive Committee of the European Section of The Electrochemical Society (web site)

Materials Research Society (web site)

Royal Society of Chemistry (web site)

American Chemical Society (web site)

Interuniversity Consortium for Materials Science and Technology (web site)

Italian Association Chemistry for Engineering (AICIng) (web site)

Italian Chemical Society (SCI)  (web site)


Director of a research group comprising 2 Research Associates, 1 Technician, 4 Post-docs and 11 Graduate Students.


The  research activity is mainly focused on the following topics:

  • Development of nanostructured materials for Polymeric, Solid Oxide and Microbial Fuel Cells and for gas sensors for environmental monitoring.
  • Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of new materials for energy, environmental and biomedical applications.
  • Multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and its application to kinetic and structural studies. Investigation of the electronic and molecular structure of paramagnetic derivatives by means of NMR spectroscopy.
  • Nanomechanics.  

SL is co-author of over 250 scientific publications (175 on international refereed Journals) and about 250 scientific oral contributions at international conferences, meetings and schools.

 

Active Research Programs

  • CARISMA Coordination Action for Research on Intermediate and high temperature Specialised Membrane electrode Assemblies. (EU; € 15,000; Local PI).
  • Italy-Quebec Joint Laboratory on Nanostructured Materials for Energy, Catalysis and Biomedical Applications (MAE , Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs; € 320,000; Director).
  • Cooperation program with the University of Uppsala (Sweden): Novel methods for characterization of the properties of functional interfaces and nanostructured materials. (MiUR, Italian Ministry for University and Research; € 10,000; Local PI).
  • Cooperation between the NAST Center and the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) at the National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba (Japan): Materials for Energy (€ 10,000; Local PI).
  • Development of MEC-based devices for the production of bio-hydrogen. (MATTM, Italian Ministry for the Environment; € 456.000, PI).
  • PC-SOFCs, Protonic Conductors Solid Oxide Fuel Cells based on nanostructured proton conductors: from materials synthesis to prototype fabrication. (MiUR PRIN, Italian Ministry for University and Research; € 130,000; PI).
  • Sustainable hydrogen production and waste treatment via MEC technology. (FILAS; € 138,000; Local PI).
  • Valorization of winemaking by-products and waste by application of innovative technologies for extraction of natural products of high added value (AGER; € 100,000, Local PI)

  

Other Activities


Co-organizer of different conferences and symposia under the frame of the Material Research Society, Electrochemical Society, AICIng, European Ceramic Society.


Teaching:

Chemistry, BEng in Medical and Energetic Engineering (90 hours/average 150 students/year)

Chemistry 1, BEng in Informatic Engineering (60 hours/average 50 students/year)

Environmental monitoring, MSc in Environmental Engineering (50 hours/average 25 students/year)

 

Recent Publications (selected)

 

♦   S. Pagliari, A. C. Vilela-Silva, G. Forte, F. Pagliari, C. Mandoli, G. Vozzi, S. Pietronave, M. Prat, S. Licoccia, A. Ahluwalia, E. Traversa, M. Minieri, P. Di Nardo: Cooperation of biological and mechanical signals in cardiac progenitor cell differentiation. Advanced Materials, 2011, 23, 514-518

♦   A. Rinaldi, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa: Nanomechanics for MEMS: A Structural Design Perspective. Nanoscale, 2011, 3, 811-824

♦   C. P. Brown, F. Rosei, E. Traversa, S. Licoccia: Spider Silk as a biomaterial: tailoring mechanical properties via structural modifications. Nanoscale, feature article, 2011, 3, 870-876

♦   M. Stefanelli, S. Nardis, L. Tortora, F. R. Fronczeck, K. M. Smith, S. Licoccia, R. Paolesse: Nitration of iron corrolates: further evidence for non-innocence of the corrole ligand. Chemical Communications, 2011, 47, 4255-4257 

♦   D. Pergolesi, E. Fabbri, A. D’Epifanio, E. Di Bartolomeo, A. Tebano, S. Sanna, S. Licoccia, G. Balestrino, E. Traversa: High Proton Conduction in Grain Boundary Free Yttrium-Doped Barium Zirconate Films Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition. Nature Materials 2010, 9, 846 – 852

♦   S. Sanna, V. Esposito, A. Tebano, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa, G. Balestrino: Enhancement of ionic conductivity in DSC/YSZ heteroepitaxial structures. Small 2010, 6, 1863-1867

♦   E. Fabbri, A. D’Epifanio, S. Sanna, E. Di Bartolomeo, G. Balestrino, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa: A novel single chamber solid oxide fuel cell based on chemically stable thin films of Y-doped BaZrO3 proton conducting electrolyte. Energy and Environmental Science 2010, 3, 618-621

♦   A. Rinaldi, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa, K. Sieradzki, P. Peralta, A. Davila-Ibanez, M. Correa-Duarte, V. Salgueirino: Radial Inner Morphology Effects on the Mechanical Properties of Amorphous Composite Cobalt Boride Nanoparticles. The Journal of Physical Chemistry 2010, 114, 13451-13458

♦   E. Fabbri, D. Pergolesi, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa: Does the Increase in Y-Dopant Concentration Improve the Proton Conductivity of BaZr1-xYxO3-δ Fuel Cell Electrolytes? Solid State Ionics, 2010, 181, 1043-1051

♦   C. Mandoli, F. Pagliari, S. Pagliari, G. Forte, P. Di Nardo, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa: Stem cell aligned growth induced by CeO2 nanoparticles in PLGA scaffolds with improved bioactivity for regenerative medicine. Advanced Functional Materials 2010, 20, 1617-1624

♦   D. Marani, A. D’Epifanio, E. Traversa, M. Miyayama, S. Licoccia: Titania Nanosheets (TNS)/Sulfonated Poly Ether Ether Ketone (SPEEK) Nanocomposite Proton Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cells. Chemistry of Materials, 2010, 22 1126-1133

♦   A. D’Epifanio, M. A. Navarra, F. C. Weise, B. Mecheri, J. Farrington, S. Licoccia, S. Greenbaum: Composite Nafion/sulfonated zirconia membranes: effect of the filler surface properties on proton transport characteristics. Chemistry of Materials 2010, 22, 813-821

♦   C. de Bonis, A. D’Epifanio, M. L. Di Vona, B. Mecheri, E. Traversa, M. Trombetta, S. Licoccia: Proton Conducting Electrolytes based on Silylated and Sulfonated Polyetheretherketone: Synthesis and Characterization. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A, Polymer Chemistry 2010. 33, 2178-2186

♦   A. Rinaldi, P. Peralta, C. Friesen, D. Nahar, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa, K. Sieradzki: Super-hard nanobuttons: constraining crystal plasticity and dealing with extrinsic effects at the nanoscale. Small 2010, 6, 528-536

♦   A. Rainer, M. Centola, C. Spadaccio, G. Gherardi, J. A.Genovese, S. Licoccia, M. Trombetta: Comparative study of different techniques for the sterilization of poly-L-lactide electrospun microfibers: effectiveness vs. material degradation. International Journal of Artificial Organs 2010, 33, 76-85

♦   C. Mandoli, B. Mecheri, G. Forte, F. Pagliari, S. Pagliari, F. Carotenuto, R. Fiaccavento, A. Rinaldi, P. Di Nardo, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa: Thick soft tissue reconstruction on highly perfusive biodegradable scaffolds. Macromolecular Bioscience 2010, 10, 127-138

♦   S. Soliman, S. Pagliari, A. Rinaldi, G. Forte, R. Fiaccavento, F. Pagliari, O. Franzese, M. Minieri, P. Di Nardo, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa: Multiscale three-dimensional scaffolds for tissue engineering via multimodal electron spinning. Acta Biomaterialia 2010, 6, 1227-1237

♦   D. Mirabile Gattia, M. Vittori Antisari, L. Giorgi, R. Marazzi, E. Piscopiello, A. Montone, S. Bellitto, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa: Study of different carbon supports for catalysts: Fuel Cells application. Journal of Power Sources 2009, 194¸243-251

♦   B. Mecheri, A. D’Epifanio, L. Pisani, F. Chen, E. Traversa, F. C. Weise, S. Greenbaum, S. Licoccia: Effect of a proton conducting filler on the physico-chemical properties of SPEEK-based membranes. Fuel Cells 2009, 9, 372-380

♦   C. de Bonis, A. D’Epifanio, M. L. Di Vona, C. D’Ottavi, B. Mecheri, E. Traversa, M. Trombetta, S. Licoccia: Proton conducting hybrid membranes based on aromatic polymers for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Applications. Fuel Cells 2009, 9, 387-393 

♦   E. Fabbri, T. Oh, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa, E. D. Wachsman: Mixed Protonic-Electronic Conductors as Cathode Materials for Proton Conducting Electrolytes in Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (IT-SOFCs) Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2009, 156, B38-B45

♦   S. Sanna, V. Esposito, D. Pergolesi, A. Orsini, A. Tebano, S. Licoccia, G. Balestrino, E. Traversa: Fabrication and Electrical Properties of Epitaxial Samarium-Doped Ceria Films Onto SrTiO3-Buffered MgO Substrates. Advanced Functional Materials 2009, 19, 1713-1719

♦   E. Fabbri, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa, E. D. Wachsman: Composite Cathodes for Application in Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (IT-SOFCs) Based on Proton Conducting Electrolytes. Fuel Cells 2009, 9, 128-138

♦   M. Zunic, L.Chevallier, F. Deganello, A. D’Epifanio, S. Licoccia, E. Di Bartolomeo, E. Traversa: Electrophoretic deposition of dense Ba Ce0.9Y0.1O3-x electrolyte thick-films on Ni-based anodes for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (IT_SOFCs). Journal of Power Sources 2009, 190, 417-422

♦   A. Orsini, P.G. Medaglia, S. Sanna, E. Traversa, S. Licoccia, A. Tebano, G. Balestrino: Epitaxial Superlattices of Ionic Conductor Oxides. Superlattices and Microstructures 2009, 46, 223-226

♦   A. Rinaldi, B. Mecheri, V. Garavaglia, S. Licoccia, P. Di Nardo, E. Traversa: Engineering materials and biology to boost performance of microbial fuel cells: a critical review. Energy and Environmental Science 2008, 1, 417-429

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