Cristina Balagna

Associate Professor (L. 240)
Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT)

  • Member of Interdepartmental Center J-Tech@PoliTO

Profile

Research interests

Air filters
Antibacterial textiles
Antimicrobial/virucidal coatings
Ceramics and composites
Composites
Co-sputtering coating
Glasses and glass-ceramics
Materials science
Nanostructured materials
Thin films

Scientific branch

IMAT-01/A - Materials Science and Technology
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)

Research topics

  • Development of "custom" glasses, glass-ceramics and their composites, in the form of bulk-, joining-, coating-, porous- , thin films- and fibre-materials.

Skills

ERC sectors

PE5_7 - Biomaterials, biomaterials synthesis
PE8_13 - Industrial bioengineering
PE8_8 - Materials engineering (metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, etc.)
PE5_6 - New materials: oxides, alloys, composite, organic-inorganic hybrid, nanoparticles

SDG

Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Goal 4: Quality education
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Awards and Honors

  • ECD Jubilee Global Diversity Award conferred by The American Ceramic Society (2022)

Teaching

Collegi of the PhD programmes

  • SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2022/2023 (39. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2021/2022 (38. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO

Collegi of the degree programmes

Teachings

Master of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Bachelor of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Research

Institute

Research groups/teams

Laboratories

Research projects

Projects funded by competitive calls

Supervised PhD students

  • Francesca Gattucci. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (38th cycle, 2023-in progress)
  • Angelica Luceri. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (36th cycle, 2020-2024)
    Thesis: Innovative smart composite coatings endowing antimicrobial properties to several materials

Publications

Publications by type

PoliTO co-authors

Last years publications

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Society and Enterprise

Patents and other intellectual properties