Advanced Materials Analysis & Testing Lab (AMAT-Lab)
Advanced Materials Analysis & Testing Lab (AMAT-Lab)
The research and service activities carried out at AMAT-Lab include the design and characterization of materials and devices for applications in Advanced Materials, Green Chemistry and Life Sciences. These include: innovative polymers and composites from macro to nanoscale, bioartificial and biocompatible systems, agri-food and medical packaging, industrialization and scaling up of prototypes.
Main Research Activities
The research and service activities carried out in the laboratory fall within the disciplinary sectors: IBIO-01/A, CHEM-06/A and IMAT-01. The laboratory focuses on the design and characterization of polymer-based materials, specifically polyurethane (PU) foams, sorbent materials for carbon capture, phase change materials (PCMs), and advanced packaging. Health research focuses on producing, characterizing and scaling up biodegradable scaffolds and prototypes for tissue engineering, developing intelligent nanoparticles and molecularly imprinted polymers for drug targeting. These activities have been conducted within European and national research projects.
Instrumentation
To carry out these activities, AMAT-Lab is equipped with the following instrumentation:
-SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) Coxem EM-30N
-Ion Sputter Coater G20 (metal coater for conductive coating)
-Leica S9i stereomicroscope
-Mastersizer 3000+ ULTRA (laser diffraction particle size analyzer)
-Hot Disk TPS (Transient Plane Source) 1000 thermal conductivity analyzer (Upgrade 5599)
-Edwards S150B Sputter Coater (UK)
-HPLC (High-Performance Liquid Chromatography) / GPC (Gel Permeation Chromatography) Jasco; PerkinElmer
-FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy) PerkinElmer Spectrum 400
-FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy) Spectrum One PerkinElmer with Chemical Imaging
-DLS (Dynamic Light Scattering) Malvern
-DMA (Dynamic Mechanical Analysis) PerkinElmer
-DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry) 7, PerkinElmer
-TGA (Thermogravimetric Analysis) PerkinElmer
-UV Spectrophotometer
-Reichert Microstar microscope
-ALC 4217 centrifuge
Ongoing Research Projects (2026)
Vigneti Platic Free - PIF call (Project No. 0546217) (2023-2028), Total UNIPI budget: €1.4 million (CUP: CFDA5038/10/159121000170001).
Extracellular Matrix-like Scaffolds for In Vitro Heart Tissue Models, MIT - University of Pisa Project, XII call, 2024-2026.
BRAVEHEART-(2024-2026) Financed by European Union-NextGenerationEU, Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.1, within PNRR-POC-2023-12378186, CUP B53C24002990006. (CNR-IPCF) .
Collaborations
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-IPCF/DICI oper. agreement) Politecnico di Torino Università di Torino Politecnico di Bari Università di Bologna University of Minho - University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Imperial College London Universidade Federal de Sergipe, H.B. Fuller-Impavid s.r.l. - INSTM Novartis Vaccines - Università Politecnica delle Marche - ARCHA Laboratori Srl.
RAR Coordinator: Maurizia Seggiani RAR: Caterina Cristallini (CNR-IPCF), Elisabetta Rosellini, Sara Filippi Impavid Spin-off Referent: Niccoletta Barbani
