07|11 June, 2026 - Pisa
Educational Center “Polo della Memoria San Rossore 1938”
International Conference
We are pleased to invite you to PYRO2026, the 25th edition of the International Symposium on Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, which will take place in Pisa, Italy, from 7 to 11 June 2026. The symposium will provide a platform for researchers, academics, and industry professionals to present and discuss recent developments in analytical and applied pyrolysis, including topics such as thermal decomposition processes, biomass and waste valorisation, advanced analytical methods, and new materials derived from pyrolytic techniques.
Mercoledì 10 giugno 2026 - Ore 11:30 - Aula 22
Prof.ssa Roselena Faez - Universidade Federal de São Carlos-Araras, Brazil
Seminario
Modern agriculture must increase food production while reducing nutrient losses and environmental impacts associated with conventional fertilizers, where up to 50–70% of nutrients can be lost through leaching, volatilization, and runoff. Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers (EEFs) offer a promising solution, but the development of sustainable and biodegradable delivery systems remains a key challenge. We present polysaccharide-based nutrient delivery platforms designed as environmentally friendly carriers for controlled nutrient release. Advanced spray-drying approaches using two-fluid and three-fluid nozzles enabled the production of microspheres and core–shell microcapsules with tailored structures and release profiles. Chemical modification of cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) via TEMPO-mediated oxidation and EPTMAC etherification was used to tune electrostatic interactions between carrier matrices and nutrient species, thereby enabling precise control of nutrient release behavior. To further prolong release, nutrient-loaded microparticles were incorporated into biodegradable polymer matrices via melt processing, producing macroscopic fertilizer tablets with enhanced performance. Field and soil studies demonstrated the agronomic effectiveness of the materials under realistic conditions.
Giovedì 11 giugno 2026 - Ore 15:00 - Aula 20
Prof. Nikhil K. Singha
Rubber Technology Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
Seminario
Il contributo presenta lo sviluppo di polimeri meccano-responsivi e autoriparanti, capaci di segnalare otticamente sollecitazioni e danni meccanici. In particolare, vengono utilizzati derivati della rodamina e sistemi basati su antracene-triazolina dione (TAD) per ottenere materiali in grado di monitorare lo stato di stress, rilevare danni in tempo reale e favorire l’autoriparazione. Le possibili applicazioni riguardano materiali avanzati, rivestimenti intelligenti e sensori.
Giovedì 18 giugno 2026 – A partire dalle ore 9:30 – Aula 22
Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale
Discussione Tesi DSCM
Ore 9:30 - Lorenzo Bonaldi - 38° ciclo della Scuola di Dottorato in Scienze Chimiche e dei Materiali (DSCM)
"Thermochemical and catalytic processes for the sustainable production of biofuels through biomass conversion"
Supervisori: Prof. Anna Maria Raspolli Galletti and Prof. Luca Rosi
Ore 11:00 - Stefania Volante - 38° ciclo della Scuola di Dottorato in Scienze Chimiche e dei Materiali (DSCM)
"Energy storage devices: development and/or characterization of components of new materials for batteries and supercapacitors aimed at solving safety and sustainability issues"
Supervisori: Prof. Claudia Antonetti and Dr. Domenico Licursi
Mercoledì 24 giugno 2026 - Ore 14:30 - Aula Magna
Dr. Younan Xia
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, John Hopkins University, Baltimore Maryland
Seminario
Nanomaterials have found widespread use in a broad range of applications, including photonics, electronics, catalysis, energy conversion, sensing, imaging, and biomedicine. For almost three decades, my research group has been working diligently to develop chemical methods for the synthesis and fabrication of novel nanomaterials with well-controlled properties. Some of these nanomaterials have also been successfully commercialized. In this talk, I will briefly review my journey into this exciting field of research. Specifically, I want to illustrate how a simple idea driven by curiosity was able to enable a productive career for almost three decades. I will also discuss some of the recent developments, with a focus on the rational design and controlled synthesis of various types of nanomaterials for catalysis, fuel cell technology, drug delivery, and cancer theranostics. If time allows, I will discuss how to scale up the synthesis of these nanomaterials without losing control to produce samples with the quality, quantity, and reproducibility needed for a systematic study of their fundamental properties as a function of size, shape, and internal structure, and for the exploration.
Mercoledì 1 Luglio 2026 - Ore 11:00 - Aula 21
Prof. Thimmaiah Govindaraju
Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory, New Chemistry Unit and School of Advanced Materials (SAMat),
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Jakkur P.O., Bengaluru, India
Seminario
Biomolecules are promising candidates for tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and a wide range of biomedical applications. An ideal biomaterial should be biocompatible, biodegradable, and easily processable into various scaffold formats, preferably under conditions that closely mimic the physiological environment. Furthermore, the rational design and engineering of molecular assemblies through the judicious exploitation of noncovalent interactions to construct tailored molecular and nanoarchitectures using a reductionist approach plays a significant role in advancing biomedical science. In the first part, I will present silk-derived biomaterials for controlled and pancreas-mimicking insulin delivery, wound healing under diabetic conditions, and applications in skeletal muscle and neuronal tissue engineering. In the second part, I will briefly introduce a novel research theme and umbrella concept, ‘molecular architectonics’, developed in our laboratory to design and construct molecular and nanoarchitectures with applications ranging from biosensing to drug delivery.
01|03 July, 2026 - Pisa
Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale
International Conference
Chemistry for the Future (CFF) is a yearly international conference, which has reached its 10th edition, on the frontiers of Chemical Research. The idea of CFF is to convey every year several outstanding scientists from different sectors of chemistry. Every edition of CFF is organized by the 2nd year PhD students of the Doctoral School in Chemistry and Materials Science (DSCM) of the University of Pisa.