Ceramic Materials
Specific mission
The ceramic materials research line aims at investigating, designing and developing - till a pre-industrial scale, innovative ceramic materials and components as well ceramic-matrix composites for engineering applications, including both structural and functional fields. Moreover, it aim at investigating traditional ceramic materials, by both theoretical and applicative points of view, taking into account the clear evolution of the technologies and the industrials processes involved into architectural and building applications.
Main research Topics
- Development of advanced ceramic materials;
- Development of ceramic-matrix composites;
- Development of porous ceramics (in collaboration with the section Biomaterials);
- Development of ceramics for biomedical applications (in collaboration with the section Biomaterials);
- Development of functional ceramic materials;
- Development of humidity and gas (e.g., NO2, CO2, O3, ammonia) sensors;
- Development of traditional ceramic materials: innovative mortars and concretes;
- Development of innovative geopolymer formulations;
- Elaboration, microstructural characterization, mechanical characterization and “failure analysis” of ceramic materials.
Main partnerships
- Departments of Architecture and Design (DAD), Politecnico di Torino
- Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI), Politecnico di Torino
- Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering (DISEG) Politecnico of Torino;
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT (Massachusetts, USA);
- Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) of Lione (France);
- AGH University of Science and Technology of Cracovia (Poland);
- Institute for Manufacturing Technologies of Ceramic Components and Composites University of Stuttgart (Germany);
- Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne (France);
- Ecole Polytechnique de Grenoble (France);
- University of Rome Tor Vergata;
- University of Rome III;
- University of Rome La Sapienza;
- Ce.Ri.Col.,
- Colorobbia Research Centre;
- Centro Ricerche Buzzi Unicem;
- Thales Alenia Space (Italy);
- Eni S.p.A.;
- Aviospace;
- NNEurope;
- Ford;
- FIAT;
- Volvo;
- Renault;
- Magnettoweels.
Projects and publications
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Selected funded research projects
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GEOMAT - LEGANTI GEOPOLIMERICI COME ALTERNATIVI AL CEMENTO PORTLAND. FATTIBILITÀ TECNICA NELLA PROSUZIONE DI MATERIALI E COMPONENTI DIMOSTRATIVI
PALMERO PAOLA
2014 - 2015 (Completed) -
LONGLIFE - ADVANCED MULTIFUNCTIONAL ZIRCONIA CERAMICS FOR LONG-LASTING IMPLANTS
MONTANARO LAURA
2012 - 2015 (Completed)
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GEOMAT - LEGANTI GEOPOLIMERICI COME ALTERNATIVI AL CEMENTO PORTLAND. FATTIBILITÀ TECNICA NELLA PROSUZIONE DI MATERIALI E COMPONENTI DIMOSTRATIVI
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Selected recent publications
2017-
Towards long lasting zirconia-based composites for dental implants: Transformation induced plasticity and its consequence on ceramic reliability
Article
Reveron, H.; Fornabaio, Marta; Palmero, Paola; Fürderer, T.; Adolfsson, E.; Lughi, V.; Bonifacio, A.; Sergo, V.; Montanaro, Laura; Chevalier, J.
ACTA BIOMATERIALIA
Elsevier
Vol.48 pp.10 (pp.423-432) ISSN:1742-7061 DOI:10.1016/j.actbio.2016.11.040
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Experimental analysis of self-healing cement-based materials incorporating extruded cementitious hollow tubes
Article
Formia, Alessandra; Irico, S.; Bertola, Federica; Canonico, F.; Antonaci, Paola; Pugno, N.; Tulliani, Jean Marc Christian
JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD Lancaster, PA
Vol.27 pp.20 (pp.2633-2652) ISSN:1045-389X DOI:10.1177/1045389X16635847 -
Microbial adhesion on novel yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia (Y-TZP) implant surfaces with nitrogen-doped hydrogenated amorphous carbon (a-C:H:N) coatings
Article
Schienle, S.; Al Ahmad, A.; Kohal, R. J.; Bernsmann, F.; Adolfsson, E.; Montanaro, Laura; Palmero, Paola; Fürderer, T.; Chevalier, J.; Hellwig, E.; Karygianni, L.
CLINICAL ORAL INVESTIGATIONS
Springer Verlag
Vol.20 pp.14 (pp.1719-1732) ISSN:1432-6981 DOI:10.1007/s00784-015-1655-5
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Geopolymer technology for application-oriented dense and lightened materials. Elaboration and characterization.
Article
Palmero, Paola; Formia, Alessandra; Antonaci, Paola; Brini, Simona; Tulliani, Jean Marc Christian
CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
Elsevier Applied Science
Vol.41 pp.13 (pp.12967-12979) ISSN:0272-8842 DOI:10.1016/j.ceramint.2015.06.140 -
Zirconia-based composites for biomedical applications: Role of second phases on composition, microstructure and zirconia transformability
Article
Fornabaio, Marta; Palmero, Paola; Traverso, Rebecca; Esnouf, C; Reveron, H; Chevalier, J; Montanaro, Laura
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
ELSEVIER SCI LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND
Vol.35 pp.11 (pp.4039-4049) ISSN:0955-2219 DOI:10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2015.04.027 -
Setup of Extruded Cementitious Hollow Tubes as Containing/Releasing Devices in Self-Healing Systems
Article
Formia, Alessandra; Terranova, S.; Antonaci, Paola; Pugno, N. M.; Tulliani, Jean Marc Christian
MATERIALS
Basel : Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)
Vol.8 pp.27 (pp.1897-1923) ISSN:1996-1944 DOI:10.3390/ma8041897 -
High performance self-consolidating cementitious composites by using micro carbonized bamboo particles
Article
Ahmad, Sajjad; Khushnood, RAO ARSALAN; Jagdale, PRAVIN VITTHAL; Tulliani, Jean Marc Christian; Ferro, GIUSEPPE ANDREA
MATERIALS & DESIGN
Elsevier
Vol.76 pp.7 (pp.223-229) ISSN:1873-4197 DOI:10.1016/j.matdes.2015.03.048
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Surface Coating of Oxide Powders: A New Synthesis Method to Process Biomedical Grade Nano-Composites
Article
Palmero, Paola; Montanaro, Laura; Reveron, H.; Chevalier, J.
MATERIALS
MDPI AG, POSTFACH, CH-4005 BASEL, SWITZERLAND
Vol.7 pp.26 (pp.5012-5037) ISSN:1996-1944 DOI:10.3390/ma7075012
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Development and mechanical characterization of novel ceramic foams fabricated by gel-casting
Article
Tulliani, Jean Marc Christian; Lombardi, Mariangela; Palmero, Paola; Fornabaio, Marta; Gibson, L. J.
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
ELSEVIER SCI LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND
Vol.33 pp.10 (pp.1567-1576) ISSN:0955-2219 DOI:10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2013.01.038
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Mechanical properties of porous ceramics in compression: On the transition between elastic, brittle, and cellular behavior
Article
S., Meille; Lombardi, Mariangela; J., Chevalier; Montanaro, Laura
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
Elsevier BV
Vol.32 pp.9 (pp.3959-3967) ISSN:0955-2219 DOI:10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2012.05.006 -
Sol-gel derived 45S5 bioglass: synthesis, microstructural evolution and thermal behaviour
Article
Cacciotti, I; Lombardi, Mariangela; Bianco, A; Ravaglioli, A; Montanaro, Laura
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE. MATERIALS IN MEDICINE
Vol.23 pp.18 (pp.1849-1866) ISSN:0957-4530 DOI:10.1007/s10856-012-4667-6
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Towards long lasting zirconia-based composites for dental implants: Transformation induced plasticity and its consequence on ceramic reliability
Reference laboratories
- Granulometry Laboratory
- Laboratory of Thermal Analysis 1
- Screen-Printing Laboratory
- Sensor Laboratory
- TapeCasting Laboratory



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