New Applications Exploiting Biochar Peculiarities
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New Applications Exploiting Biochar Peculiarities
Mon, 26/03/2018 - 14:00
Location:
Speaker:
Professor Alberto Tagliaferro
Affiliation:
Politecnico di Torino
Synopsis:
In the first part of the talk an overview of the activities of the research group will be given with special mention to the 'Raman in disordered carbon' project. Then the focus will be shifted to the various applications of carbon materials from natural sources such as bamboo, grass, trees. Two main application fields will be considered: sensors and composites. Electroluminescence sensors, obtained from bamboo toothpicks, will be presented as well as humidity sensors obtained from commercial biochar. The final part of the talk will focus on tailoring mechanical and electrical properties (in the MW range) of polymer composites by addition of tree derived biochar. It will be for instance shown that the mechanical properties of the tree wood map in the composite properties.
Biography:
Professor Alberto Tagliaferro got his degree in Nuclear Engineering and his PhD in Physics at the Politecnico di Torino, Italy. Since 2002 is the Head of the Carbon Group in the Material Science and Chemical Engineering Department of the Politecnico di Torino. Prof Tagliaferro research interests have moved from amorphous carbon and its alloys in thin films to carbon nanotubes growth and applications (polymer filling, electrical applications, biosensors). More recently, his reseach has focused on biochar as an ecofriendly source of nano and micro structured carbon. He has published a number of papers on the subject, on applications ranging from Li-ion batteries to humidity sensors, from mechanical to electromagnetic properties of composites. Prof Tagliaferro is a member of the ISO Technical Committee 229 (Nanotechnlogies) and of the Advisory Committee of a number of International Conferences. He is Associate Editor of Diamond and Related Materials, an Elsevier Journal.