Sol-gel chemistry and self-assembly (template-directed assembly and self-direct assembly). Amorphous and ordered organic/inorganic hybrid materials.
Complexity, emergence, self-organization, metastability and fractality in organic/inorganic hybrid materials. Biomineralization, biomimetism, biomaterials , and biohybrids. Solid state electrochemistry: polymer electrolytes, ormolytes, ionic salts, ionic liquids, ionosilicas. Nanofluids based on carbon/silicon dots functionalized with ionic liquids. Advanced batteries, electrochromic devices, fuel cells, thermotropic devices, luminescent solar concentrators, anti-counterfeiting, and supercapacitors. Materials characterisation: vibrational spectroscopy (FTIR, FT-Raman); thermal analysis (TGA, DSC), electrochemical properties (complex impedance, cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry), structural and morphological (29Si MAS and 13C CP/MAS NMR, WAXS, SAXS, AFM, POM, SEM and TEM) and surface (static and dynamic contact angle) studies. |