Professor R. d’Agostino

Department of Chemistry, University of Bari,

Time: 2:30 pm, April 22, 2009

Place: Rm. 616 Meeting Room

Abstract: In our laboratories we have set several processes which can be used for industrial applications, ranging from corrosion protection of metals and vapor barrier properties of polymers, to nano structured polymers suitable for different industrial areas, such as low friction boats, anti-ice cables and plane wings, anti-reflective optical surfaces with self-cleaning or anti-fog features, cell culturing and tissue engineering. Other appealing nano materials which will be presented include nano-metal clusters in polymer matrices for applications ranging from catalysis and fuel cells to anti-bacterial coatings.

Biographical Information

Riccardo d’Agostino CV

Professor of Chemistry and director of Department of Chemistry, University of Bari, Italy, ’94-’96 e ’01-’03

2010 - in charge of the Regional Industrial Laboratory of Plasmas (LIPP)

2009 Fellow of the International Plasma Chemistry Society

2004- president of the spin-off company Plasma Solution

2004- editor in chief of Plasma Processes and Polymers (Wiley-VCH) www.plasma-polymers.org, impact factor 2010, 4.04

1996-2003 Editor in chief of Plasma and Polymers, Kluwer-Verlag

2007 Plasma Chemistry Award of the International Society of Plasma Chemistry, Kyoto

1996 Avogadro-Minakata award of the Chemical Society of Japan

1989-1991, President of Committee of Plasma Chemistry of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

Director of IUPAC schools of Cold Plasmas in Bejing (1997), Prague (1999), Orleans (2001), Taormina (2003), Toronto (2005).

President of:

Plasma Surface Engineering 2008 (PSE2008), Garmisch- Partnechirchen, sept. 2008

16th Int. Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, ISPC-16 , Taormina 2003

9th Int. Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, ISPC-9, Pugnochiuso 1989

Plasmas and Polymers, ACS, S. Francisco 1996

Plasma Deposition and Treatments of Polymers, MRS, Boston 1998

NATO ASI on Plasma Treatments and Deposition of Polymers , Acquafredda di Maratea 1996

Scientific Background: Cold plasma processes for industrial processes in microelectronics and polymer modifications, plasma diagnostics, plasma etching, PE-CVD. plasma treatment and grafting, 2D and 3D tissue engineering, biomaterials Author of 250 papers in international ISI journals, 13 International Patents, editor of 7 books, 6 proceedings of international congresses.