Paola Fabbri

PAOLA FABBRI

Associate Professor, from 15/10/2014

Materials Science and Technology.

Department of Civil Chemical Environmental and Materials Engineering  (DICAM)

University of Bologna

Paola Fabbri was born on the 18.dec.1974 in Bologna (Italy). She received in year 1999 a Master Degree in Industrial Chemistry at the University of Bologna (Italy), following courses related to the area of Research and Development of New Materials. During years 2001-2003 she followed a Master Course in Biomaterials at the University of Trento and Polytechnic of Milan (Italy), finally defending a thesis entitled “On the importance of Surface Properties in Polymeric Biomaterials”. In year 2003 she defended her PhD thesis in Materials Enigineering at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy), entitled “Modification of Surface and Interfacial Properties in Polymeric Materials”. After two years of post-doc research spent at the University of Bologna (Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry) and the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Department of Materials Engineering), in year 2005 she got a permanent position as Assistant Professor in Materials Science and Technology at the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy), where she taught several courses related to polymeric materials and manages research activities mainly focused on the synthesis and characterization of new polymeric and copolymeric structures for specific applications, and materials for advanced applications. Main research topics are:

-       Polymers for engineering applications (mainly in the automotive field);

-       polymers based on perfluoropolyethers, and surface modification of common polymeric matrices trough their use as additives;

-       surface and interface modification of conventional polymeric matrices;

-       compatibilization of immiscibile polymer blends;

-       organic/inorganic nanostructured hybrid materials;

-       polymers for biomedical applications and tissue-engineering;

-       polymers recycling;

-       materials for optoelectronic applications.

She is author of 60 papers published in peer-reviewed international journals, 3 book chapters and 3 patents. List of 10 selected publications:

1. Cannillo V., Chiellini F., Fabbri P., Sola A. (2010). Production of Bioglass® 45S5 - Polycaprolactone composite scaffolds via salt-leaching. Composite Structures 92 (2010) 1823–1832
2. Fabbri, P., Bondioli, F., Messori, M., Bartoli, C., Dinucci, D., & Chiellini, F. (2010). Porous scaffolds of polycaprolactone reinforced with in situ generated hydroxyapatite for bone tissue engineering. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 21(1), 343-351.
3. Rovati, L., Fabbri, P., & Pilati, F. (2009). Development of a low-cost pH sensor based on plastic optical fibers. Paper presented at the IEEE Conference, p.1662-1666.
4. Zurlini, P., Lorenzi, A., Alfieri, I., Gnappi, G., Montenero, A., Senin, N., et al. (2009). Titanium and zirconium hard coatings on glass substrates prepared by the sol-gel method. Thin Solid Films, 517(20), 5881-5887.
5. Bondioli, F., Dorigato, A., Fabbri, P., Messori, M., & Pegoretti, A. (2009). Improving the creep stability of high-density polyethylne with acicular titania nanoparticles. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 112(2), 1045-1055.
6. Iotti, M., Fabbri, P., Messori, M., Pilati, F., & Fava, P. (2009). Organic-inorganic hybrid coatings for the modification of barrier properties of poly(lactic acid) films for food packaging applications. Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 17(1), 10-19.
7. Franchini, M. C., Fabbri, P., Frache, A., Ori, G., Messori, M., Siligardi, C., et al. (2008). Bentonite-based organoclays as innovative flame retardants agents for SBS copolymer. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 8(12), 6316-6324.
8. Fabbri, P., Messori, M., Toselli, M., Veronesi, P., Rocha, J., & Pilati, F. (2008). Enhancing the scratch resistance of polycarbonate with poly(ethylene oxide)-silica hybrid coatings. Advances in Polymer Technology, 27(2), 117-126.
9. Bondioli, F., Dorigato, A., Fabbri, P., Ferrari, A. M., Messori, M., & Pegoretti, A. (2008). High-density polyethylene reinforced with titania nanoparticles. Paper presented at the , 2 719-722.
10. Amerio, E., Sangermano, M., Colucci, G., Malucelli, G., Messori, M., Taurino, R., et al. (2008). UV curing of organic-inorganic hybrid coatings containing polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane blocks. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 293(8), 700-707.