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Giovanni Valdrè

Full Professor

Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences

Academic discipline: GEO/06 Mineralogy

Research

Keywords: BioMatter - Mineral interaction Mineral Nanotechnology Electron Microscopy and related microanalytica methods Biomineralogy Scanning probe microscopy Mineralogy Phyllosilicates

Research in nano-microstructural analysis of minerals, synthetic materials and biominerals; Synthesis of dense and porous nanohydroxyapatites; Development and applications of Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM), Mineral Nanotechnology and Biomaterials; Study and applications of layer silicates in various fields (Biology, Environment, Geotechnics). Relationships between structural properties and mechanical deformations of layer silicates; Surface interaction between minerals and organic/biological matter.


i) Research in nano-microstructural analysis of minerals, synthetic materials and biominerals;

ii) Synthesis of dense and porous nanohydroxyapatites; 

iii) Development and applications of Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM), Mineral Nanotechnology and Biomaterials;

iv) Study and applications of layer silicates in various fields (Biology, Environment, Geotechnics). Relationships between structural properties and mechanical deformations of layer silicates;

v) Surface interaction between minerals and organic/biological matter.