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25-26/02/2026: Final meeting at IPCB-CNR, in Pozzuoli.
We discussed the project results with a critical perspective and explored new ideas for future investigations and research activities
19-22/10/2025: CNR participated to the IV International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea - µMED, in Ischia, with two poster contributions related to the activities on biobased microporous adsorbents developed in PHOTOPAD:
Efficient removal of dyes using bio-based hyper-crosslinked resins (A. Cerbone)
Design of hyper-cross-linked cellulose nanofibrils as renewable sorbents for chlorophenol removal from water (G. Gentile)
9-10/10/2025: CNR and UniBa partecipated to the INSTM Young Researchers’ Forum, organized by the National Inter-university Consortium for Materials Science and Technology (INSTM) in cooperation with the Young Group of Italian Chemical Society (SCI), held in Naples (Italy), with two short oral contribution:
Sustainable energy-efficient adsorbents for efficient water remediation
(A. Cerbone)
Metal oxide decorated adsorbents for photocatalytic water remediation
(P. Lasala)
https://www.instm.it/instm_young_researchers_forum_2025/scientific_program.aspx
02-05/6/2025: UniBa partecipated to the International Conference on Environmental Catalysis- ICEC25, Isola delle Femmine (Italy) with a short oral contribution:
Photocatalytically-regenerable hyper-crosslinked microporous adsorbent
(E. Fanizza)
26-30/5/2025: UniBa partecipated to the EMRS 2025 Spring Meeting in Strasbourg (France) with two poster contributions entitled:
Optimizing Mesoporous Silica-Supported Au/CeO₂ Nanocatalysts for CO Oxidation
(P. Lasala)
Enhanced (Photo)catalytic Activity of Ceria Nanoparticles by Manganese Doping
(K. Talha)
https://www.european-mrs.com/meetings/archives/2024/2024-spring-meeting
18-23/5/2025: IPCB participated to the 15th Fundamentals of Adsorption (FOA) conference in Porto (Portugal) with two oral presentations entitled:
Sustainable microporous organic systems with spontaneous and reversible adsorption of organic contaminants from water (R. Castaldo)
Hierarchically porous polymers for adsorption of organic pollutants (A. Cerbone)
22-25/4/2025: IPCB participated to the 2nd Conference on Green Engineering, Sustainable Materials, and Technologies for Circular Economy (GREEN CIRC '25) in Skopje, North Macedonia, with the poster contribution
Eco-friendly regenerable adsorbents from cellulose and photocatalytic nanoparticles
co-authored by IPCB and UniBa, presenting PHOTOPAD activities on all work packages
4/4/2025: IPCB participated to a dissemination event for schools and generic pulbic called
Scienziamo! Curiosità e scoperte con il CNR di Portici
presenting the biobased polymers able to adsorb dyes from water developed in PHOTOPAD
26-27/02/2025: We met in Bari for an update meeting (M15) full of stimulating and fruitful discussions!
19-20/12/2024: UniBa participated to the Chimica sotto l'Albero 2024 - Società Chimica Italiana Sezione Puglia held in Bari presenting the poster "Engineering ceria nanoparticles to improve the performance of biohybrid microbial photoelectrodes"
29/11/2024: We took our 1-year online meeting.
After frequent online meeting, we are planning our next live meeting @ UniBa, Bari!
18/11/2024: Welcome to Dr. Antonia Cerbone who joins the project today in CNR-IPCB research unit.
Dr. Antonia Cerbone is a young researcher graduated in Materials Engineering, with experties in polymer processing and characterization and in the development of functional polymers for the adsorption of organic pollutants from water and air.
15/11/2024: Welcome to Dr. Pierluigi Lasala who joins the project today in UniBa research unit.
Dr. Pierluigi Lasala, PhD, has expertises in metal and metal oxide nanoparticles synthesis and characterization, in particular cerium oxide nanoparticles, mesoporous silica nanostructures and their application in the environmental, energy and nanomedicine fields.
https://reclutamento.ict.uniba.it/assegni-di-ricerca/concorsi/2024-pr-03.263
6-8/11/2024: Dr. Gennaro Gentile participated to Ecomondo, a leading annual event in the green and circular economy sectors, the meeting point between industries, stakeholders, policy makers, opinion leaders.
It was an opportunity to engage with possible stakeholders and see first-hand the current water purification technologies.
29/10/2024: 🎉 Congratulations to Ombretta Giancaspro who graduated in Chemistry at UniBa! 🎓
Ombretta Giancaspro presented a dissertation on "Functionalization of hyper-crosslinked resins with photocatylitic Ceria nanoparticles" (tutor Prof. Elisabetta Fanizza), regarding PHOTOPAD activities on WP2, WP3 and WP4.
27/09/2024: CNR-IPCB and UniBa joined the European Researchers Night in Napoli and in Bari.
There was a great participation and engagement of general public!
16/09/2024: Welcome to Dr. Khalid Talha who joins the project today in UniBa research unit.
Dr. Khalid Talha, PhD, has expertises in syntheses of Metal Organic Frameworks, hybrid composites, metal nanoparticles, study of the photocatalytic degradation, adsorption, removal and detection of pollutants and water splitting.
https://reclutamento.ict.uniba.it/assegni-di-ricerca/concorsi/2024-pr-03.248
8-11/09/2024: CNR-IPCB participated to the XXV National Conference of the Italian Association of Science and Technology of Macromolecules (AIM), held in Napoli, presenting the poster
Microporous materials based on cellulose nanofibrils towards sustainable water remediation
(A. Maglione)
23/07/2024: 🎉 Congratulations to Serena Catullo and Gaia Raffaele, who graduated in Chemistry at UniBa! 🎓
Serena Catullo presented a dissertation on "Hyper-crosslinked resins for water treatment: functionalization with TiO2 nanorods and study of the adsorption properties" (tutor Prof. Elisabetta Fanizza), regarding PHOTOPAD preliminar activities on WP3 and WP4.
Gaia Raffaele presented a dissertation on "Nanocomposites based on hyper-crosslinked resins and metal oxides for water treatment: adorption and photoactivity processes" (tutor Prof. Elisabetta Fanizza) regarding PHOTOPAD activities on WP2, WP3 and WP4.
12-13/06/2024: Antonio Maglione, reserach assistant at CNR-IPCB, participated to the 26° edition of Macrogiovani, held by the Italian Association of Science and Technology of Macromolecules (AIM) in Rimini.
His flash oral presentation entitled "Cellulose based hyper-crosslinked nanofibrils for water remediation", regarding PHOTOPAD preliminar activities on WP1, was awarded the best flash oral presentation! 🎉Congratulations Antonio!
27-31/05/2024: PHOTOPAD kick-off meeting @ CNR-IPCB in Pozzuoli, Naples
02/02/2024: PHOTOPAD kick-off meeting @ CNR-IPCB in Pozzuoli, Naples
30/11/2023: Starting date of PHOTOPAD!
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