Materials-environment interaction

Specific mission

The research group conducts advanced research in the area of studying material-environment interaction and electrochemical and corrosion phenomena of interest in the industrial, biomedical and cultural heritage protection fields.

Main research topics

  • Study of the corrosion behavior of artifacts of industrial interest and components obtained through additive technologies
  • Development and characterization of environmentally sustainable coatings and methodologies for corrosion protection and prevention
  • In situ analysis and monitoring, development of materials and methodologies for the conservation of artifacts and structures of archaeological and historical-artistic interest
  • Multispectral imaging and 3D models for the conservation and enjoyment of cultural heritage assets
  • Characterization of innovative materials for restorative dentistry
  • Optimization of plasma processes for surface functionalization and thin film deposition
  • Development and characterization of sensors and measurement systems for biomedical applications

Main partnerships

  • Università e Centri di ricerca
    • Università di Torino, Centro di Eccellenza per la Ricerca (CIR), la Didattica e l'Assistenza in Campo Odontostomatologico - Dental School, Torino, Italy (Nicola Scotti)
    • Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni (Gruppo di misure elettriche ed elettroniche)
    • Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Archaeology, Beer-Sheva, Israel (Yuval Goren)
    • Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Materials Engineering, Beer-Sheva, Israel (Yuval Golan)
    • University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Bioengineering, Chicago, USA (Tolou Shokuhfar)
    • University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Department of Physics and Measurements, Prague, Czech Republic (Premysl Fitl)
    • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), STI IEM SCI-STI-SC, Neuchâtel, Switzerland (Sandro Carrara)
    • University of Evora, Hercules Laboratory, Evora, Portugal (Nicola Schiavon)
    • CNRS, Laboratoire de Génie Chimique, Toulouse, France (Régine Basséguy)
    • Archaeomaterials and Alteration Prediction Laboratory SIS2M/LPS, CEA/CNRS and IRAMAT LMC, CNRS, CEA Saclay, France (Delphine Neff)
    • Cardiff University, School of History, Archaeology and Religion (David Watkinson)
    • National Technical University of Athens, School of Chem. Eng., Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Athens, Greece (Panayota Vasiiliou)
    • INFN, Sezione di Torino, CHNet – Cultural Heritage Network – UNITO, Dipartimento di Fisica, Torino, Italy (Alessandro Re, Alessandro Lo Giudice)
    • CNR, Istituto per lo studio dei materiali nanostrutturati (ISMN), Area della Ricerca di Montelibretti, Roma, Italy (Tilde de Caro)
    • Università di Palermo, Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Palermo, Italy (Monica Santamaria)
    • Università di Padova, Dipartimento dell’ingegneria dell’Informazione, Padova, Italy (Sarah Tonello)
    • Università di Napoli Federico II, Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca in Management Sanitario e Innovazione in Sanità (CIRMIS), Napoli, Italy (Pasquale Arpaia)
    • Università di Messina, Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Messina, Italy (Nicola Donato)
    • Università di Catania, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e Elettronica ed Informatica, Catania, Italy (Salvatore Graziani, Carlo Trigona)
    • Università di Torino, Dipartimento di Chimica, Torino, Italy (Eliano Diana)
    • Università dell’Aquila, Dipartimento di Scienze Umane, L’Aquila, Italy (Andrea Bernardoni)
  • Musei e Centri di Conservazione e Restauro 
    • Centro Conservazione e Restauro “La Venaria Reale”, Venaria Reale (TO), Italy (Paola Buscaglia, Federica Pozzi)
    • Museo di Arte Orientale (MAO), Torino, Italy (Davide Quadrio)
    • Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, Firenze, Italy (Samuele Caciagli)
    • Museo Galileo, Firenze, Italy (Andrea Gori)
    • Fattoria di Celle, Collezione Gori, Santomato (PT), Italy (Caterina Gori)

Projects and publications

Reference laboratories


Permanent staff
Researchers (RTDA) PhD, Post-docs and Grant researchers