Challenges in Environment & Energy


22 Sept.			11:30 - 13:00



HEALTH & NANOMEDICINE
TACKLING GLOBAL CHALLENGES WITH ELECTROSPINNING
TT.X - Technical Multi-Track with Parallel SYMPOSIA
Challenges in Environment & Energy
Co-organized with CNR -IIA Chairs: Antonella MACAGNANO - CV & Fabrizio DE CESARE - CV, CNR - IIA
Over the past 30 years, electrospinning has been one of the most accessed nanofabrication techniques, due to its viability for the mass production of continuous nanofibers with improved properties from polymers and polymer composites. Large investments have pushed the development of electrospinning industrial setups capable of producing nanofibers in millions of kilograms per year for a lot of practical applications in environment (e.g., monitoring and remediation) and energy (e.g., alternative sources, catalysis and storage devices). To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the CNR, the workshop session explores the use of ES fibers in energy conversion and storage, as well as in environmental advanced sensing, photonics, electronics, and wearables resultant by CNR research (National and International Projects). The historical developments, engineering, research, innovations, and designs on electrospinning products and future opportunities of ES nanofibers are here critically addressed. The laboratory-to-industry transition gaps for electrospinning technology and products, the potential of nanostructured materials for applications, and academia- industry comparison are thoroughly analyzed. The current challenges and future trends regarding the use of this technology to fabricate multifunctional and effective nano/macro-products are critically proven.
The symposium is part of the Workshop WS.V
TT.X.A.1 WS.V.2.1	Antonella MACAGNANO - CV CNR-IIA Flexible strategy to design selective sensors for gaseous markers (MOSSA Project)
TT.X.A.2 WS.V.2.2	Andrea CAMPOSEO - CV NANO CNR Networks of electrospun nanofibers for tunable light sources
TT.X.A.3 WS.V.2.3	Paolo STUFANO - CV NANOTEC-CNR Bio-based nano-composites for Energy conversion and storage
TT.X.A.4 WS.V.2.4	Stefano LINARI - CV Linari Engineering S.r.l. Design and fabrication of nanocomposites for biomedical and industrial applications
TT.X.A.5 WS.V.2.5	Stefano LORENZONI - CV SKE Research Equipment Nanofibers technology: from lab to market