Giovanna Molinari- Doctor of Industrial, Chemical and Materials Engineering
- PostDoc Position at Italian National Research Council
Giovanna Molinari
- Doctor of Industrial, Chemical and Materials Engineering
- PostDoc Position at Italian National Research Council
Materials Engineer
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Introduction
Giovanna's research activity is focused on the comprehensive investigation, processing, and analysis of a wide range of materials, with particular emphasis on polymers and biopolymers. Her work encompasses their study from several perspectives, including mechanical properties, thermal behaviour and morphological features. Additionally, Giovanna’s research examines their ultrastructural characteristics, by analysing the fine-scale structure at the molecular or atomic level.
Current institution
Education
November 2020 - December 2023
Università di Pisa
Field of study
- Materials Engineering
October 2018 - October 2020
October 2014 - December 2017
Publications
Publications (10)
![Crystalline contents [%] obtained by DSC for both the IM_PLA and CM_PLA...](publication/386436895/figure/fig4/AS:11431281296551209@1733972490325/Crystalline-contents-obtained-by-DSC-for-both-the-IM-PLA-and-CM-PLA-samples_Q320.jpg)
Poly (lactic acid) (PLA) is a bio-based and compostable polyester, widely employed in a variety of daily used products, being easily processed via the traditional manufacturing techniques, i.e., injection moulding (IM), compression moulding (CM), blow moulding (BM), etc. This study will be specifically focused on the impact of both IM and CM proces...
Film blowing is one of the most widely used structuring processes to produce thin polymer films. During this process, unique morphologies are induced in polymer-filled composites by elongational flow. In this work, the effect of the presence of micro fibrillated cellulose (MFC) on the morphology and mechanical properties of poly (lactic acid) (PLA)...
Micro Fibrillated Cellulose (MFC) has emerged as a promising component in film formulations due to its unique barrier prope.rties. In this study, to best of our knowledge, cardanol, a biobased plasticizer derived from cashew processing, was employed for the first time, as a dispersing aid for MFC, during a liquid assisted extrusion technique with a...
Micro Fibrillated Cellulose (MFC) has gained interest both in academia and industry, but some critical issues must be overcome to exploit the industrial MFC/biocomposites uses. In particular, the first drawback is related to the MFC agglomeration during the primary processing. Encouraging results have been obtained using plasticizers, as dispersing...
Acoustic signals are important markers to monitor physiological and pathological conditions, e.g., heart and respiratory sounds. The employment of traditional devices, such as stethoscopes, has been progressively superseded by new miniaturized devices, usually identified as microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). These tools are able to better detec...
In the present study, two commercial typologies of microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) (Exilva and Celish) with 2% wt % were firstly melt-compounded at the laboratory scale into polylactic acid (PLA) by a microcompounder. To reach an MFC proper dispersion and avoid the well-known aglomeration problems, the use of two kinds of biobased plasticisers (po...
