Ph.D. in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali , 26th cycle (2011-2013)
Ph.D. obtained in 2014
Dissertation:
Nuovi fotopolimeri e processi tecnologici innovativi per la fabbricazione di dispositivi microfluidici
Tutors:
Roberta Maria BongiovanniProfile
Research interests
Biography
Alessandra Vitale is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Science and Technology, at Politecnico di Torino, in Italy. She is a Materials Engineer with a 15 years research experience in the field of polymeric materials. She obtained her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Technology from Politecnico di Torino in 2014. Then she was engaged as post-doctoral Research Associate at Imperial College London, in United Kingdom. From 2016 she joined Politecnico di Torino, and her research interests include the fabrication and characterization of functional nano?brous polymeric membranes by electrospinning, as well as the synthesis and characterization of polymeric networks and polymer-based composites in the form of ?lms via photo-induced processes, and their selective surface modification. Alessandra Vitale is currently (co)-supervisor of 6 PhD students. At Politecnico di Torino she teaches a course entitled ‘Fibers: preparation, properties and technologies’, in addition to a general ‘Chemistry’ course. She has received several research and industrial grants, has an h-index of 23, and has authored more than 80 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals and 1 patent.
Scientific branch
(Area 0003 - Chemical Sciences)
Awards and Honors
Teaching
Collegi of the PhD programmes
- SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2024/2025 (41. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2023/2024 (40. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2022/2023 (39. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2021/2022 (38. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2020/2021 (37. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO
Collegi of the degree programmes
Teachings
Bachelor of Science
- Fondamenti di chimica organica, biologia molecolare e microbiologia (modulo di Fondamenti di chimica organica). A.A. 2013/14, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E ALIMENTARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Chimica. A.A. 2013/14, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Chimica. A.A. 2013/14, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Chimica. A.A. 2012/13, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
- Chimica. A.A. 2012/13, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
Research
Institute
Laboratories
Research projects
Projects funded by competitive calls
- MadABio - Sustainable rubber composite MAterials by Dynamic covalent networks And BIO-fillers – MadABio , (2023-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
PNRR – Mission 4 - StarLight - DEVELOPMENT OF STARCH-BASED REVERSIBLY PHOTO-CROSSLINKED NANOCOMPOSITES FOR INNOVATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING (StarLight) , (2023-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
Nationally funded research - PRIN
Projects funded by commercial contracts
- STRATEGIE DI MIGLIORAMENTO DELLE PROPRIETA’ BARRIERA AI GAS (ossigeno e anidride carbonica) DEL PET, DEL PEN e DEL PETG , (2020-2020) - Responsabile Scientifico
Consulting
Supervised PhD students
- Nisrine Qiblawi. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (cycle 41, 2026-in progress)
- Bianca Sorvillo. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (cycle 41, 2026-in progress)
- Sakina Zeynalova. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (cycle 41, 2026-in progress)
- Hueseyin Mirac Dizman. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (cycle 39, 2023-in progress)
- Andrea Riccioni. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (cycle 39, 2023-in progress)
- Jessica Alexandra Talamo Ruiz. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (cycle 39, 2023-in progress)
Research subject: Design, fabrication and characterization of innovative electrospun nanofibrous polymeric coatings for passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC)
Materials characterization / Caratterizzazione di materiali Polymers / Polimeri - Thi Nhung Vu. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (cycle 39, 2023-in progress)
- Edoardo Albertini. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (cycle 38, 2023-2026)
Thesis: Design of bio-based and dynamic epoxy thermosets for sustainable 3D printing via Liquid Deposition Modeling
Materials characterization / Caratterizzazione di materiali Additive manufacturing / Manifattura additiva Composites / Compositi Polymers / Polimeri - Alberto Spessa. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (cycle 37, 2022-2025)
Thesis: Exploiting thiol and disulfide reactive groups in photopolymerization and preparation of stimuli-responsive coatings - Jerome Matteo Capannelli. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (cycle 36, 2020-in progress)
Publications
Last years publications
PoliTO co-authors
Publications by type
Works published during the Ph.D. View all publications in Porto@Iris
- Jadhav, SUSHILKUMAR ARJUN; Marchisio, Daniele; Vitale, Alessandra; Bongiovanni, Roberta ... (2014)
Photochemical synthesis of perfluoropolyether (PFPE) nanocomposites containing PFPE oligomer stabilized magnetite nanoparticles. In: COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE, vol. 292, pp. 3003-3011. ISSN 0303-402X
Contributo su Rivista - Vitale, Alessandra; Fantino, Erika; Quaglio, Marzia; Pirri, Candido; Bongiovanni, ... (2014)
Combining blue and UV photopolymerization to fabricate thick patterned structures. In: 248th National Meeting of the AmericanChemicalSociety (ACS), San Francisco, CA, AUG 1014, 2014
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Fantino, Erika; Vitale, Alessandra; Quaglio, Marzia; Cocuzza, Matteo; Pirri, Candido; ... (2014)
Polimerizzazione indotta da luce blu e UV e fabbricazione di strutture 'patternate'. In: XXI Convegno Nazionale dell'Associazione Italiana di Scienza e Tecnologia delle Macromolecole, Torino, 14-19 Settembre 2014, pp. 457-457. ISBN: 9788868123697
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Fantino, Erika; Vitale, Alessandra; Quaglio, Marzia; Cocuzza, Matteo; Pirri, Candido; ... (2014)
COMBINING BLUE AND UV PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION TO FABRICATE THICK PATTERNED STRUCTURES. In: 3rd European Symposium of Photopolymer Science (ESPS 2014), Wien, September 9-12, 2014, pp. OP-4-OP-4. ISBN: 978-3-9502992-9-8
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Vitale, Alessandra; Sangermano, Marco; Bongiovanni, Roberta Maria; Peter, Burtscher; ... (2014)
Visible light curable restorative composites for dental applications based on epoxy monomer. In: MATERIALS, vol. 7, pp. 554-562. ISSN 1996-1944
Contributo su Rivista - Vitale, Alessandra; Priola, Aldo; Tonelli, C.; Bongiovanni, Roberta Maria (2014)
Improvement of adhesion between a UV curable fluorinated resin and fluorinated elastomers: effect of chemical modification onto the mechanical properties of the joints. In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADHESION AND ADHESIVES, vol. 48, pp. 303-309. ISSN 1879-0127
Contributo su Rivista - Vitale, Alessandra (2014)
Novel photopolymers and innovative technologies for the fabrication of microfluidic devices. relatore: Bongiovanni R., 26. XXVI
Doctoral Thesis - Ozzello, ELENA DANIELA; Vitale, Alessandra; Bongiovanni, Roberta Maria; Bosco, ... (2014)
ANTIFOULING UV-CURED COATINGS. In: European Symposium of Photopolymer Science (ESPS), Vienna, Austria, 9-12 Settembre 2014.
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Ozzello, ELENA DANIELA; Vitale, Alessandra; Bongiovanni, Roberta Maria; Bosco, ... (2014)
rivestimenti polimerici fotoreticolati per applicazioni antifouling. In: XXI Convegno dell'Associazione Italiana di Scienza e Tecnologia delle Macromolecole, Torino, 14-19 settembre 2014, pp. 357-358
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Vitale, Alessandra; S., Merlo; G., Rizza; G., Melilli; Sangermano, Marco (2014)
UV-curing of perfluoropolyether oligomers containing graphene nanosheets to enhance water-vapor barrier properties. In: MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, vol. 215, pp. 1588-1592. ISSN 1521-3935
Contributo su Rivista - Sangermano, Marco; Vitale, Alessandra; K., Dietliker (2014)
Photolatent amines producing a strong base as photocatalyst for the in-situ preparation of organic-inorganic hybrid coatings. In: POLYMER, vol. 55, pp. 1628-1635. ISSN 0032-3861
Contributo su Rivista - Vitale, Alessandra; Nelson, A.; Bernardi, E.; Bongiovanni, Roberta Maria (2013)
Ultra-thin films based on random copolymers containing perfluoropolyether side chains. In: European Polymer Congress EPF 2013, Pisa, Italia, 16-21 June 2013
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Vitale, Alessandra; Quaglio, M.; Turri, S.; Cocuzza, Matteo; Bongiovanni, Roberta Maria (2013)
Siloxane photopolymer to replace polydimethylsiloxane in microfluidic devices for polymerase chain reaction. In: POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, pp. 1068-1074. ISSN 1042-7147
Contributo su Rivista - Vitale, Alessandra; Quaglio, Marzia; Marasso, SIMONE LUIGI; Chiodoni, Angelica; Cocuzza, ... (2013)
Direct Photolithography of Perfluoropolyethers for Solvent-Resistant Microfluidics. In: LANGMUIR, vol. 29, pp. 15711-15718. ISSN 0743-7463
Contributo su Rivista - Vitale, Alessandra; Quaglio, M.; Cocuzza, Matteo; Pirri, Candido; Bongiovanni, Roberta ... (2013)
Photolithographic approach to fabricate PFPE microfluidic devices. In: IX Convegno Nazionale INSTM Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali, Bari, Italia, 30 June - 3 July 2013
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Vitale, Alessandra; Quaglio, M.; Turri, S.; Bongiovanni, Roberta Maria (2013)
Siloxane photopolymers as PCR compatible and patternable materials. In: European Polymer Congress EPF 2013, Pisa, Italia, 16-21 June 2013
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Vitale, Alessandra; Quaglio, M.; Cocuzza, Matteo; Marasso, SIMONE LUIGI; Pirri, Candido; ... (2013)
Photolithographic approach to fabricate PFPE microfluidic devices. In: Advances in Microfluidics & Nanofluidics 2013, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, 24-26 May 2013
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Vitale, Alessandra; Quaglio, M.; Cocuzza, Matteo; Bongiovanni, Roberta Maria (2013)
Photopolymerization of acrylic oligomers and photolithographic processes for the fabrication of microfluidic devices. In: RadTech Europe 2013 - Conference & Exhibition, Basel, Switzerland, 15-17 October 2013
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Vitale, Alessandra; Quaglio, M.; Cocuzza, Matteo; Pirri, Candido; Bongiovanni, Roberta ... (2013)
Photopolymerization of fluorinated acrylic oligomers and photolithographic processes for the fabrication of microfluidic devices. In: Macrogiovani 2013 - Giornata di discussione su progetti di ricerca macromolecolare, Milano, Italia, 11 February 2013
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Desimone, J. M.; Pandya, A.; Wong, D.; Vitale, Alessandra (2013)
Ion conducting polymers and polymer blends for alkali metal ion batteries. N. brevetto: WO/2014/062898, propr. brevetto: 4 - Soggetti terzi
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