The material breathes in and out on command by means of a switch. Interestingly, the porous framework breathes by capturing and releasing carbon dioxide only when it receives a luminous stimulus at a specific wavelength. It is designed thanks to the collaboration of the research teams led by the Nobel Prize winner Ben Feringa, and by Prof. Sander Wezenberg of the University of Groningen and by Prof.

Effective and sustainable anti-icing technologies in the aeronautics, energy and automotive industry: these are the objectives of "SURFICE" - Smart surface design for efficient ice protection and control - supported through the MSCA - Innovative training networks call. The call belongs to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions of the European Framework Program for Research and Innovation, Horizon 2020.

The average synthetic organic chemist consider water more of a problem than a resource. Many transformations of interest require the strict exclusion of water. When not harmful, this particular solvent is however considered to be of little use since most of the organic derivatives are hydrophobic.

Thermoelectric materials allow direct conversion of heat into electricity without moving parts - a feature that makes thermoelectric generators extremely reliable and, at the same time, allows for their miniaturization, particularly useful to power low-consumption electrical devices. In this direction, a collaboration between the University of Pisa (Prof. Giovanni Pennelli and Drs.

The Annual Report of the Department of Materials Science is available online. Here you will find the results achieved and published (scientific publications, awards, funded research projects) as well as the resources for the Research, Training and Third Mission activities in 2019.

What can we achieve by combining a photosensitizing molecule in a crystal that captures green light and a molecular motor? An artificial leaf that captures the light, transforms it into energy that powers the motor in a unidirectional rotary motion.