Personal Information

Fields of Interest and Expertise

Nanostructured Alloys.

Structural characterization.

Thermodynamic Modelling

Teaching

Materials and techniques for the Restoration and for Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, University of Cagliari

Chemistry and Engineering materials, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, University of Cagliari

Curriculum Vitae

2009: PhD in Materials Engineering at the University of Bologna. Thesis title " New concept on porosity appraisal in ancient and modern construction materials"

2012 - present: researcher (Assistant Professor) at University of Cagliari 

2017: National Academic Qualification ans Associate Professor

Award

2010: Winner of the AIMAT prize as best PhD thesis, Capovaticano

• Cagliari

• Non-monotonic variation of the grain size in Cu nanopowders subjected to ball milling. Materials Letters (2018)
• Nanoporous Au foams: Variation of effective Young's modulus with ligament size. Scripta Materialia (2018)
• Heat transfer in high porous alumina: Experimental data interpretation by different modelling approaches. Ceramics International (2017)
• Differential damage in the semi-confined Munazio Ireneo cubicle in Cagliari (Sardinia): a correlation between damage and microclimate. Environmental Earth Sciences (2017)
• Hardening of nanoporous Au foams induced by surface chemistry. Materials Letters (2017)