The main research activities are the development and the
characterisation of electrodes modified with inorganic functional
materials (synthetic hydrotalcites, mixed exacyanoferrates) and
with conducting polymers; the developed devices are employed as
potentiometric or amperometric sensors.
The electrochemical characterisation of the materials employed
to modify the electrode surfaces is carried out with
electrochemical techniques both conventional and innovative such as
SECM (Scanning ElectroChemical Microscope ) which allow to do a
morphologic characterisation as well as to map the surface
reactivity.
Others research interests are the development of amperometric
biosensors for glucose detection in biological matrices or in food
samples, the synthesis and characterisation of metal nanoparticles
and the development of Field Effect Transistors.
A new project, very promising concern the development, by
electrodeposition, of catalysts to be used in the steam
reforming reaction.
