The research group operates in the Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, is an associated Research Unit of the National Research Council (CNR) - ICCOM and is part of the Centre of Excellence for Nanostructured Materials (CENMAT). Present
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July 2015 Published on Nature Communications the paper "Dynamic structural evolution of supported palladiumceria coreshell catalysts revealed by in situ electron microscopy." by Shuyi Zhang, Chen Chen, Matteo Cargnello, Paolo Fornasiero, Raymond J. Gorte, George W. Graham and Xiaoqing Pan. doi:10.1038/ncomms8778. |
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January 2015 Professor Paolo Fornasiero is the Italian coordinator of Erasmus Mundus "Action EurasiaCat" "EurasiaCat: Advanced Education European-Asiatic Exchange Programme in Materials Science and Catalysis" is an Erasmus Mundus Action-2 Strand-2 (EMA2/S2) project funded by the European Union. The aim of EURASICAT is to offer multidisciplinary training in designing advanced functional materials and catalytic processes. EURASIACAT is based on a partnership composed of 11 universities (5 from Europe + 6 from Hong Kong / Taiwan / Singapore / Macau). In addition, CSIC, the Spanish Research Council, acts as associated partner. The eleven universities that support this consortium are of a very high academic level, and the academic key persons involved are all well recognized in their respective fields of research. The main objective of the project is offering scholarships/fellowships at Master, Doctorate, Postdoc and Staff (Academic /Administrative) levels (Undergraduate is NOT supported) to pursue study/research/teaching in the fields of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering. Grantees will receive cutting-edge education in all the research skills required for the design of a catalytic process, being the main objective of EURASICAT multidisciplinary team to rationally design functional materials and the processes in which they are involved, which include: synthesis and characterization of advanced nano-engineered materials, advanced spectroscopic characterization, theoretical studies to uncover reaction/adsorption mechanisms and kinetics, and process & reactor design. Further information can be found at EurasiaCat website: https://sites.google.com/site/emeurasiacat/home |
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July 2014 Professor Paolo Fornasiero (University of Trieste) and Prof. Alessandro Trovarelli (University of Udine) are the Chairmens of the workshop "FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS OF CERIUM DIOXIDE IN CATALYSIS", to be held in Udine since 11th to 14th July 2014. The meeting will draw on the knowledge and expertise of a group of internationally renowned scientists currently working at the leading edge of chemistry and catalysis by cerium dioxide based materials. This workshop is designed for PhD-students, Post-Doctorate and young researchers and all those interested in the key research and development issues facing ceria based materials science and technology are welcome: young professionals working at the forefront of catalysis or entering in the field, experienced researchers wishing to review the technology addressed and expand their knowledge on application of ceria in catalysis. Further infomations can be obtained from the workshop web-site: http://ceria.cism.it/index.html Flyer [pdf] Preliminary Program [pdf] |
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September 2013 Professor Paolo Fornasiero will receive the Medaglia Chiusoli Award Sunday 15th September during the XVII National Congress of Catalysis GIC 2013 and XI National Congress of Zeolites Science and Technology (http://www.unibo.it/eventi/gic2013/programme). During the meeting he will deliver a lecture on Tuning metal-support interactions in ceria based catalysts." |
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June 2013 The Second Edition of the book "Catalysis by Ceria and Related Materials", edited by Alessandro Trovarelli and Paolo Fornasiero, is now available. This book follows the 2002 edition of Catalysis by Ceria and Related Materials, which was the first book entirely devoted to ceria and its catalytic properties. In the ten years since the first edition a massive amount of work has been carried out in the field, and ceria has gained a prominent position in catalysis as one of the most valuable material for several applications. This second edition covers fundamental and applied aspects of the latest advances in ceria-based materials with a special focus on structural, redox and catalytic features. Special emphasis is given to nano-engineered and nano-shaped systems which are a key factor in the predictive and rational design of ceria with novel properties. In addition, the book presents recent advances in emerging and traditional large-scale applications of ceria in catalysis, such as the treatment of emissions from mobile sources (including diesel and gasoline engines). |
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