Department of Materials Science
The book 200 Years of Themoelectricity (1821-2021) has just been published by Springer, celebrating, albeit a bit late, the bicentennial of the discovery of thermoelectricity. This volume republishes around thirty works that have shaped the history of thermoelectricity over these two centuries, along with three essays on the historical and scientific development of the discipline.
An international research collaboration conducted jointly by the Istituto Officina dei Materiali (CNR-IOM) of the National Research Council in Trieste, the University of Trieste, and the Department of Materials Science of the University of Milano-Bicocca, together with the University of Vienna, has demonstrated a simple and innovative method to create a new category of materials.
Il Piano Triennale Dipartimentale (PTD) presenta le linee strategiche per la didattica, la ricerca e la terza missione/impatto sociale del Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali definite in coerenza e in attuazione della pianificazione strategica di Ateneo. Nel PTD sono inoltre definiti il monitoraggio ed il riesame delle attività di didattica, ricerca e terza missione, la definizione dei criteri di distribuzione delle risorse, la dotazione di personale, le strutture ed i servizi di supporto alla didattica, alla ricerca e alla terza missione.
In questa sezione è pubblicato il PTD relativo al triennio accademico 2023-2025 e rispetto alle seguenti sezioni:
1. "Definizione delle linee strategiche per la didattica, la ricerca e la terza missione/impatto sociale"
3. "Definizione dei criteri di distribuzione delle risorse"
4. "Dotazione di personale, strutture e servizi di supporto alla didattica, alla ricerca e alla terza missione"
Congiuntamente alla stesura del PTD, sono pianificate annuali azioni di monitoraggio e analisi dei risultati, che sono raccolte nel documento di Monitoraggio del Piano Triennale Dipartimentale.
Anion exchange membrane (AEM) technologies are emerging as a key solution for advancing the hydrogen economy by utilizing non-precious materials and reducing environmental impact. Unlike proton exchange membrane (PEM) systems, which rely on scarce platinum group metals (PGMs) and PFAS-based membranes, alkaline systems enable the use of sustainable, PFAS-free materials, thereby offering resilient supply chains and significantly lowering capital expenditures (CAPEX) in hydrogen technologies.
During the 20th edition of the European Conference on Thermoelectrics, held in Krakow from June 30 to July 4, 2024, Dario Narducci, associate professor of Physical Chemistry at the Department of Materials Science of the University of Milano-Bicocca, was elected president of the European Thermoelectric Society for the 2024-2026 term.
Rubrene is a model organic semiconductor, regarded as one of the most promising in the field of organic optoelectronics. Specifically, rubrene allows, with very high efficiencies, both singlet exciton fission and triplet exciton fusion, which are the two main processes through which the efficiency of all photovoltaic devices can be improved.
To eliminate the self-absorption of the luminescence to maximize the light output is crucial in many photonic applications, especially in the case of luminescent scintillators employed to monitor the ionizing radiations.
Dr. Valeria Secchi, Dr. Michele Mauri, Prof. Roberto Simonutti and Prof. Angelo Monguzzi, researchers of the Department of Materials Science, University of Milano-Bicocca in collaboration with the research group of Dr. Chiara Villa and Prof.