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Lab phone: +39 051 639 9853
Vincenzo Palermo is the director of the CNR Institute for Organic Synthesis and Photoreactivity (ISOF) in Bologna, Italy, and associated professor of Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden). He uses nanotechnology and supramolecular chemistry to create new materials for electronics, aerospace and biomedical applications, collaborating with key industrial partners in Europe (Airbus, FCA, Leonardo, BASF, Nokia, STMicroelectronics etc.). He has been awarded the Lecturer Award for Excellence of the Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS), the Research Award of the Italian Society of Chemistry (SCI) and the Science dissemination awards of the Italian Book Association. He writes as a columnist for the science magazine SAPERE and has published two books on the life and science of Albert Einstein (Hoepli, Milano, 2015) and of Isaac Newton (Hoepli, Milano, 2016).
Scientific interests
- Supramolecular chemistry.
- Surface Science.
- Materials science.
- Composites.
- Nanotechnology.
- Carbon-based electronics.
- Aerospace.
- Water purification.
Recent Publications
Materials Today Chemistry 36 (2024) 101936
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Chem. Commun., (2023) 59, 2571. This article is part of the themed collection: Celebrating 10 years of ChemComm Emerging Investigators.
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Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical – Volume 344, 1 October 2021, 130253
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Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 2107941
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Small 2022, 2106403
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Scientific Reports volume 12, Article number: 6035 (2022)
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Composites Science and Technology, Volume 208, 26 May 2021, 108768
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Research Track record
• >190 articles published. Cited >12000 times, h-index=57.
• Awards from the Italian Society of Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry, Federation of the European Material Societies.
• Editor for Wiley of a book on Flexible Carbon-based Electronics.
• >70 invited talks at scientific conferences.
Dissemination track record
• Lecturer for science festivals, university and high-school programs, television programs.
• >60 public lectures on science, chemistry, history and nanotechnology, given to general public and to >40 classes of high-school students.
• Columnist since 2014 for the scientific magazine “Sapere”.
• Author of two biographies on A. Einstein and I. Newton.
• Scientific dissemination awards received in 2015-2016-2017.
Leadership track record
• Director of research institute ISOF.
• Coordinator of several European and national research projects (ESF, Marie-Curie actions).
• Supervisor of postdoc, Ph.D. and master students.
• Vice-director and work package leader of the Graphene Flagship project (>150 partners, 10 years duration, 1B€ budget).
See full list of publications of Vincenzo Palermo on:
Books by Vincenzo Palermo
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di Vincenzo Palermo | 14 ott. 2016
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di Vincenzo Palermo | 30 ott. 2015
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Vincenzo Palermo (editor)
Royal Society of Chemistry, 01 April 2021, Volume 227.
TEDx TALK
Recent posts about Vincenzo Palermo:
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Research fellowship on Production and characterization of graphene-based nano-composites – n° ISOF_295_2024_BO
Call for application n° ISOF_295_2024_BO Application Deadline: June 14th, 2024 We are currently seeking a Senior Researcher Fellow to join our research group, under the supervision …
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Research fellowship on Materials Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry – n° ISOF_294_2024_BO
Call for application n° ISOF_294_2024_BO Application Deadline: June 4th, 2024 We are currently seeking a freshly graduate Research Fellow to join our research group, under the …
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Sustainability Between Present and Future: A Journey through Construction Techniques, Ecosustainability and Materials.
Join at ECOMONDO 2023 the event dedicated to ecosostenibility, environment and materials.
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How to catch a Li-ion: new materials for Energy Storage
ISOF Researcher talks at KEY ENERGY international trade show about materials science, batteries and supercapacitors
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Celebrating 10 years of Emerging Investigators
A special themed collection from the Royal Society of Chemistry.
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Report on nanomaterials toxicity of the European Chemical Agency (ECHA)
The study was performed by Innovamol Consulting Srl and ISOF experts
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