Bronco Simona
Esperienze Lavorative
Resercher at Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici del CNR, SS of Pisa, Toscana, Italy (1 February 2010-at the present.
Professor on contract for University of Pisa, Department of Chemistry and Insudtrial Chemistry (Pisa, Italy) on “Certificazione e controllo qualità” (2007-at present)
Professor on contract for Celsius Srl on Master di I Livello “Produzione della Carta e Gestione del Sistema Produttivo” (2013-at present)
Professor on contract for University of Pisa, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, Chimica Industriale e Scienza dei Materiali (Pisa, Italy) on Master di I Livello “Produzione della Carta e Gestione del Sistema Produttivo” (2004-2013)
Resercher ai Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia: Pisa, Toscana, Italy (14 February 1999-31 January 2010; Institute moved in CNR in 2005)
Research fellowship at Consorzio Pisa Ricerche, Pisa (1997-1999)
ETH-Bereich Hochschulen: Zurich, ZH, Switzerland: Zuerich, Switzerland (Fachhoererin 2 November 1192-18 July 1994)
Attività di Formazione
Title of Doctor in Natural Sciences at ETH-Bereich Hochschulen: Zurich, ZH, Switzerland (19 July 1994
PhD student at ETH-Bereich Hochschulen: Zurich, ZH, Switzerland (19 July 1994-18 February 1997)
18 July 1994 Doctor in Chemistry at University of Pisa
Student in Chemistry at University of Pisa (November 1987-July 1994)
Attività di Ricerca
From 1999 the research activity was focused in the field of scientific and applicative research in macromolecular chemistry and material science with particular attention to design, synthesis, characterization and post-modification of polymeric materials from natural and renewable resources.
In this period, part of the time was spent in the coordination of the scientific acitivities of the research unit in project founded by regional, national and european institutions. The research is actually described in the CNR Projects” Progettazione, preparazione e proprietà di materiali polimerici multifasici e/o funzionali a struttura e composizione modulabile” MD.P01.026.001. The most important investigated research lines are:
1) study of morphological behavior and specific functional properties of immiscible or non-compatible polymer blends of biodegradable and/or compostable polyesters by using calorimetric, spectroscopic, mechanical techniques and by use of low molecular weight internal probes;
2) Chemical synthesis of biodegradable and/or compostable polyesters with useful chemical functionality for biochemical and nanotechnological applications;
3) preparation and characterization of composite materials with matrices from natural or renewable materials containing organic or inorganic fillers organically modified with possibility to give nanostructured architectures with functional properties;
4) correlation between the macroscopic behavior of hybrid materials from natural and/or synthetic polymers interacting with modifying molecules and computational chemistry approach
Competenze
Design and Synthesis of macromolecular structure by ring-opening polymerization and polycondansation.
Post-modification of macromolecular structure by: radical functionalization in solution or in the molten state; transesterification reaction in solution or in the molten state; physical and reactive blending, composite production in solution or in the molten state with fillers from nano to macro dimensions. Tunability of the final properties by proper design of the macromolecular structure.
Characterization of polymer materials by morphological, chemical, thermal, mechanical properties.
Correlation of the molecular features with the final properties of the materials
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare Prevalente – ANVUR
Area: 03 Scienze chimiche
Settore: CHIM/05 SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI POLIMERICI
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