LABORATORY OF LIGHT SCATTERING AND FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY FOR THE STUDY OF NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS AND OPTICAL MOLECULAR SENSORS

The research activity is devoted to both fundamental and applied science involving nanostructured systems, through a wide range of spectroscopic approaches, from light scattering to time-resolved fluorescence and non-linear optics. The research concerns the study of the structural and dynamical properties of polymers, macromolecules, nanoparticles, carbon-based nanocomposites, gels and self-assembled systems, as well as of supramolecular interactions driving aggregation and molecular recognition phenomena under different experimental conditions. Applications are mainly related to the design and realization of new methodologies for quantifying active principles of pharmaceutical formulations and to the control of their colloidal stability. Particle size determination of water and air pollutants, as well as of industrial waste particulate, is also performed.