• The research activity is spread on various topics in the field of materials chemistry but particularly devoted to the synthesis of functional materials by sol-gel process. Member of the group Surf-Chem at the DISAT Department where her role is the coordination and the development of the activities regarding the definition of (Sol-Gel) synthesis strategies to prepare new nanostructured materials with tailored physico-chemical features. These materials find different applications spanning from heterogeneous (photo)-catalysis, energy storage & production, environmental remediation and biomedical applications. The nanomaterials are characterized by means of several techniques, including thermal analysis, room temperature and high temperature X-ray powder diffraction, SEM and TEM microscopy, UV-visible-FTIR spectroscopy, N2 adsorption/desorption, TPR-TPO-TPD techniques. She is a member of the international Sol-Gel society. As testified by the authorship of the publications, she has many national and international collaborations The main research topics are • Sol-gel syntheses of ruthenium based catalysts for biomass valorisation. • Synthesis of (photo)catalysts for H2 production • Preparation of metal (Fe, Ni, Fe-Co) ceramic nanocomposites for biological separation, water remediation and Moon dust simulant. • (Photo) catalytic processes for CO2 valorization. • Supramolecular templating approach for the preparation of (photo)catalysts for the abatement of organic (and inorganic) water pollutants. • Supported transition metal-oxide catalysts for NH3-SCR of NOx

ERC sectors

SDG

• Effective member - società chimica italiana, Italia (2019-)
• Effective member - sol-gel society, Stati Uniti (2009-)
• Effective member - aicing, Italia (1998-)

• FRONTIERS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (2020-), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
• MOLECULES (2020-), Editorial board member
• MATERIALS (2019-), Editorial board member
• SURFACES AND INTERFACES (2017-), Editorial board member

• Advanced and Emerging Materials, Program committee
• 9th International Symposium on Nano & Supramolecular Chemistry, Program committee
• VII workshop italiano Sol-Gel (17/6/2010-18/6/2010), Program chair
• Restauro e Conservazione Dei Beni Culturali: materiali e tecniche, Participation to the organizing committee

• ERC starting grant. 2021
  EUROPEAN COMMISSION - EUROPEAN COMMISSION
• VQR. 2010
  MIUR
• Prin. 2002
  MIUR

• SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2021/2022 (38. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO
• SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2020/2021 (37. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO
• SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2019/2020 (36. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO
• SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2018/2019 (35. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO

• Collegio di Ingegneria Biomedica. Componente

PhD

• Synthesis methods to tailor the surface and the structure properties of advanced materials. A.A. 2019/20, SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI. Teaching assistant
• Synthesis methods to tailor the surface and the structure properties of advanced materials. A.A. 2020/21, SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI. Teaching assistant
• Synthesis methods to tailor the surface and the structure properties of advanced materials. A.A. 2021/22, SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI. Teaching assistant
• Synthesis methods to tailor the surface and the structure properties of advanced materials. A.A. 2022/23, SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI. Teaching assistant

Bachelor of Science

• Laboratorio di Chimica - Intraprendenti. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Titolare del corso
• Laboratorio di Chimica - Intraprendenti. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Titolare del corso
• Chimica. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Titolare del corso
• Chimica. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Titolare del corso
• Chimica. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Titolare del corso
• Chimica. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Titolare del corso

• Institute of Chemistry

• Surface Chemistry of Materials

• Vibrational Spectroscopy Laboratory
• Spectroscopy and surface characterization Laboratory
• Porous silicon synthesis Laboratory

Projects funded by commercial contracts

• Rivalorizzazione di cloruro di sodio precipitato da acque reflue provenienti da processi di sintesi di agrofarmaci, (2022-2022) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Consulting

• Mancuso, Antonietta; Blangetti, Nicola; Sacco, Olga; Freyria, Francesca Stefania; ... (2023)
  Photocatalytic Degradation of Crystal Violet dye under Visible Light by Fe-Doped TiO2 Prepared by Reverse-Micelle Sol–Gel Method. In: NANOMATERIALS, vol. 13. ISSN 2079-4991
  Contributo su Rivista
• Pirozzi, D.; Pansini, M.; Marocco, A.; Esposito, S.; Barrera, G.; Tiberto, P.; Allia, ... (2023)
  Adsorption of gallic acid by tailor-made magnetic metal-ceramic nanocomposites. In: JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS, vol. 371. ISSN 0167-7322
  Contributo su Rivista
• Tammaro, Olimpia; Chianese, Marica; Hmoudah, Maryam; Tesser, Riccardo; Fabris, Laura; ... (2022)
  Reverse micelles synthesis of mesoporous Fe-doped CeO2 as UV/Visible photocatalyst for Ibuprofen degradation. In: I Congresso Nazionale della Divisione di Chimica per le Tecnologie della Società Chimica Italiana, pp. 57-57
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Clayden, N. J.; Esposito, S.; Jayasooriya, U. A.; Sprunt, J.; Pernice, P. (1998)
  Solid state 29Si NMR and FT Raman spectroscopy of the devitrification of lithium metasilicate glass. In: JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS, vol. 224, pp. 50-56. ISSN 0022-3093
  Contributo su Rivista
• Aronne, A.; Esposito, S.; Pernice, P. (1997)
  FTIR and DTA study of lanthanum aluminosilicate glasses. In: MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, vol. 51, pp. 163-168. ISSN 0254-0584
  Contributo su Rivista