Piero Baglioni is an Italian chemist and University professor at the University of Florence. Baglioni produced several innovations in the field of both inorganic and organic colloids. Baglioni is the author of more than 550 publications on books and largely diffused international journals. He is also the author of 27 patents for the preparation of aqueous suspensions at high concentration of particulate, for the therapy and photodynamic diagnosis of tumors, for the conservation of the cultural heritage, for the setup of a new process for the treatment of textile industrial waste, for production of emulsions from Bio Crude Oil, for production of nanoparticles and novel nano-coatings via flame-spraying, and using homogeneous and heterogeneous solutions. In the field of Conservation Science he pioneered methods and materials, based on Soft Matter, for the conservation of Cultural Heritage, as nanoparticles, in particular of calcium and magnesium hydroxide and carbonates, micellar systems and microemulsions, chemical hydrogels and organogels. These are nowadays worldwide used.