Robert Carlyle PULLAR

Position
Associate Professor
Telephone
041 234 7730
E-mail
robertcarlyle.pullar@unive.it
Scientific sector (SSD)
Fondamenti chimici delle tecnologie [CHEM-06/A]
Website
www.unive.it/people/robertcarlyle.pullar (personal record)
Office
Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems
Website: https://www.unive.it/dep.dsmn
Where: Campus scientifico via Torino
Sicurezza
Preposto di Laboratorio
Responsabile dell’Attività di Didattica e Ricerca in Laboratorio (RDRL)

Activities and research skills

Scientific sector (SSD)
Fondamenti chimici delle tecnologie [CHEM-06/A]
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare (SSD) affine
CHIMICA GENERALE ED INORGANICA [CHIM/03]
Geographic areas in which the research experience mainly applies
Internazionale: Europa
Known languages
English (scritto: madrelingua parlato: madrelingua)
Italiano (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
Português (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
Participation in editorial boards of scientific journals/book series
Editorial Advisory Board of Nano-Micro Letters (Springer, IF = 23.7, http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/40820)
Editorial Board of the International Journal of Composite Materials (http://journal.sapub.org/cmaterials).
Editorial Board of Ceramics (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/Ceramics).
He was an Associate Editor of the Royal Society of Chemistry journal RSC Advances.
He was the Guest Editor of special issues of IEEE Trans. UFFC (Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control), Ferroelectrics, Ciência e Tecnologia dos Materiais and a special section of Materials Research Bulletin.
He was the Editor of Multiferroic Materials.
Participation as referees of national and international research projects
Reviewed proposals, and sometimes acted as the Raporteur/Consolidator, for the ERC, EU H2020, EPSRC, EU COST programmes, LEaDing Fellows Programme for Delft and Leiden Universities, Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS), Latvian State Education and Development Agency, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), the Academy of Finland, the Czech Science Foundation, and several book proposals for Elsevier.
Main departmental research areas and fields
Area: Beni culturali Linea: Chimica del restauro
Area: Biomedicina Linea: Terapia
Area: Chimica Fisica e Materiali Linea: Catalisi
Area: Chimica Fisica e Materiali Linea: Green Chemistry
Area: Chimica Fisica e Materiali Linea: Materiali inorganici
Area: Chimica Fisica e Materiali
Biomorphic / biomimetic inroganic materials made from cork and wood templates
Description:
Cork/wood templates to make 3DOM or porous carbon and ceramic materials
Keywords:
Environmental chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Agricultural products
ATECO code:
[16.2] - fabbricazione di prodotti in legno, sughero, paglia e materiali da intreccio
Energy Materials & Solar Energy for Water & CO2 Splitting
Description:
Solar Thermochemical Fuel Production (STFP) for H2 and organic solar fuels generation using concentrated solar power (CSP)
Keywords:
Solar chemistry, Heterogeneous catalysis, Environmental chemistry
ATECO code:
[72.1] - ricerca e sviluppo sperimentale nel campo delle scienze naturali e dell’ingegneria
Wastes Valorisation for use as Biomaterials, Functional Materials and Magnetic Ceramics
Description:
Valorisation of industrial, agricultural, fisheries and food processing wastes
Keywords:
Environmental chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Agricultural products
ATECO code:
[38.3] - recupero dei materiali
Pollution Remediation, Removal & Absorption in Liquid and Gas Phases, and Treatment & Removal of Emerging and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs
Description:
Photocatalysts based on titanates, for antipollution, self-cleaning and antibacterial applications under UV, Solar, Visible and Artificial / Interior Lighting; Absobents based on porous carbon and geopolymers from renewable sources / wastes valorisation
Keywords:
Environmental chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Photochemistry
ATECO code:
[36.00] - raccolta, trattamento e fornitura di acqua
Bioceramics, bioglasses, inorganic biomaterials, calcium phosphates and hydroxyapatite
Description:
3D printing / Additive manufacturing / Robocasting / Direct ink writing of biomedical scaffolds and implants
Keywords:
Biomaterial engineering, Biomedical engineering, Materials Engineering
ATECO code:
[72.11] - ricerca e sviluppo sperimentale nel campo delle biotecnologie
3D Printing / Robocasting / Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics and Glass
SSD:
ING-IND/22
Biomaterials, Bioceramics and Bioglasses for use as bone replacements and Scaffolds
SSD:
CHIM/03
Combinatorial High-Throughput Synthesis, Processing and Measurement of Bulk Ceramic and Composite Libraries
SSD:
CHIM/03
Energy Materials Solar Energy for Water & CO2 Splitting, Solar Thermochemical Fuel Production (STFP) for H2 and organic solar fuels generation
SSD:
ING-IND/09
Ferro/Ferrimagnetic Ceramics (Hexagonal and Spinel Ferrites); Multiferroic & Magnetoelectric NPs, Ceramics and Composites; Dielectric & Ferroelectric Ceramics (Niobates & Titanates), Microwave / Millimetre wave / GHz / THz Dielectric and Magnetic Ceramics
SSD:
ING-IND/22
Green Construction Materials and Sustainable Geopolymers made from wastes
SSD:
ING-IND/22
Optical, Photochromic, Electrochromic and Magneto-optical Nanomaterials and Films
SSD:
CHIM/03
Photocatalysts based on titanates, for antipollution, self-cleaning and antibacterial applications under UV, Solar, Visible and Artificial / Interior Lighting
SSD:
CHIM/03
Pollution Remediation, Removal & Absorption in Liquid and Gas Phases; Treatment & Removal of Emerging and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
SSD:
CHIM/03
Sol-Gel Synthesis and Processing of NPs, Fibres, Nanopowders, Thick Films and Composites
SSD:
CHIM/03
Sustainable Chemistry (SusChem) and Green Nanosynthesis from aqueous routes
SSD:
CHIM/03
Sustainable Materials and Biomaterials for Preservation of Cultural Heritage
SSD:
CHIM/12
Wastes Valorisation for use as Biomaterials, Functional Materials and Magnetic Ceramics
SSD:
CHIM/03
Wood-derived materials, especially cork, as Natural Templates for Biomimetic / Biomorphic 3DOM Materials and Ecoceramics
SSD:
CHIM/03
2021-2022 RSC Research Fund grant R21-0465804908
Funding body:
Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
Type:
Altri finanziamenti per progetti di ricerca
Role in the project:
LD
Starting date:
Year: 2022 Length in months: 12
2021-2023 Ca’ Foscari Fondi di Primo Insediamento Grant
Funding body:
Ca' Foscari
Type:
Progetti di Ateneo
Role in the project:
LD
Starting date:
Year: 2021 Length in months: 24
HYbrid ferrite nanocomposites for novel Rare-earth free PERmanent MAGnets - HyPerMag
Funding body:
Finanziato dall'Unione Europea - Nex Generation EU, Missione 4 Componente 1 CUP B53D23025840001
Type:
PRIN
Role in the project:
PT
Starting date:
Year: 2023 Length in months: 24
Hexaferrite self-biased circulator material synthesis project
Funding body:
Huawei Technologies Sweden A.B.
Type:
Altri finanziamenti per progetti di ricerca
Role in the project:
LD
Starting date:
Year: 2022 Length in months: 18