Titanium dioxide (TiO₂) is widely used for its high refractive index and UV absorption properties, particularly in pigments and sunscreens. Surface silanization improves the dispersion of TiO₂, its compatibility with various matrices, and reduces the formation of harmful reactive oxygen species (ROS).

Loris Sallaku and Ilaria Rosa, recently graduated in Materials Science and Nanotechnology at the Department of Materials Science of the University of Milan Bicocca, won an award for their theses recognized within the Thesis Program of Scientifica Venture Capital.

Every year the Ermenegildo Zegna Foundation awards scholarships to deserving students pre-selected by its Italian partner universities. The Foundation's selection committee decided to award a scholarship to Carolina Crosta, PhD student in Materials Science and Nanotechnology, as financial support for her six-month period abroad at the Quantum Photonics Laboratory of the University of Maryland.