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.
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.
26–28 August, 2026 - Pisa
Polo Piagge, University of Pisa
International Conference
You are warmly invited to join us at the end of August 2026 in the lovely town of Pisa (Italy) to take part in the 7th International Symposium on Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE7) and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the AIE conceptualization. Please note that the symposium location has been relocated from what was originally planned.