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Massimiliano Lanzi

Associate Professor

Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari"

Academic discipline: CHIM/04 Industrial Chemistry

Curriculum vitae

Graduate in Industrial Chemistry in 1993 at the Bologna University and Doctorate in Industrial Chemistry at the University of Bologna discussing his PhD thesis at the Politecnico di Milano in 1996 with "Excellent" evaluation. He started his scientific activity in 1994 studying the synthesis and the properties of many new 3-alkylthiophenes analyzing some practical aspects (reactivity, solubility, polymerizability and environmental stability). Afterwards he has developed researches on functionalized polythiophenes, analyzing the polymerization reaction in different conditions, the p-doping process with some oxidizing agents and the thermal and electrical properties of the final materials. From 1998 he takes an interest for the polymeric systems with extended p-conjugation, developing in particular the synthesis and the characterization of new soluble and workable polythiophenes with thermochromic and solvatochromic properties. He has studied the solvatochromism of some poly[3-(w-hydroxyalkyl)thiophene]s highlighting the ability of the hydroxy group to confer some unusual chromic behaviours, strongly dependent from the environmental conditions. In the last four years he has addressed the research toward the synthesis of new thiophene monomers 3-alkyl-functionalized with NLO chromophoric goups in side chain. The correspondent polymers have been obtained with different techniques: by direct polymerization of the monomers (via FeCl3) or by post-functionalization of a reactive polythiophenic precursors and they are studied as new materials for opto-electronic applications. He is author or co-author of more than 60 papers in international journals regarding ICPs (intrinsecally conducting polymers). 

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