Biffi Carlo Alberto – ICMATE

Biffi

Carlo Alberto Biffi

I°Ricercatore

Sede di Lecco

Email
carloalberto.biffi@cnr.it
Telefono
+39 0341 2350 - int. 111

FORMAZIONE
Ha conseguito la laurea specialistica in Ingegneria Meccanica nel 2005; nel 2009 ha ottenuto il dottorato di ricerca presso il Politecnico di Milano – Dipartimento di Meccanica sull’argomento “Microdrilling of titanium with pulsed fiber laser: characterization of the process and reduction of spatter”.

ATTIVITA’ E CAMPI DI RICERCA
Dal 2009 è ricercatore presso il Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Chimica della Materia Condensata e di Tecnologie per l’Energia (ICMATE, già IENI), Unità Operativa di Lecco.
I principali temi di ricerca di cui si occupa riguardano la sintesi, la caratterizzazione e lo studio della lavorabilità di leghe a memoria di forma non convenzionali, come ad esempio quelle per alte temperature. Si occupa, inoltre, di processi di lavorazione mediante fascio laser (saldatura, foratura, taglio, modifica superficiale e trattamenti termici) di materiali metallici avanzati, come leghe a memoria di forma, leghe di titanio, leghe di magnesio e materiali compositi a base di alluminio.
Dal 2010 è professore a contratto presso il Politecnico di Milano – sede di Lecco sul tema delle lavorazioni non convenzionali (titolo del corso attuale “Advanced Manufacturing Processes” da 10 CFU).
E’ coautore di più di 70 lavori pubblicati sia su riviste internazionali e nazionali sia su atti di congressi internazionali e nazionali.
E’ attualmente membro dell’Associazione Italiana di Tecnologia Meccanica (AITEM), ed in particolare membro attivo del gruppo di lavoro “Promozione L@ser”, e dell’ Associazione Italiana di Metallurgia (AIM).

ATTIVITÀ DI RICERCA:

Biffi

Biffi Carlo Alberto

1st Researcher

Lecco unit
Email
carloalberto.biffi@cnr.it
Phone
+39 0341 2350 - int. 111

BIOGRAPHY

Graduated in 2006 at the University of Padua in Materials Engineering with 110/110 cum laude, she obtained a PhD in Metallurgical Engineering in 2010, dealing with metallic nanoparticles and electrochemistry.

She has assisted numerous students and undergraduates in their internship period and has trained in the metallurgical sector thanks to doctoral schools and courses of the Italian Association of Metallurgy (AIM), in which she is today an active member of the Technical Committee of Tribology and Coatings.

After her PhD she worked for a year in the private sector dealing with industrial metrology and computed tomography applied to industrial materials and products.

Subsequently she joined the CNR, first in IENI-CNR as a research fellow, then in ICMATE-CNR, as a fixed-term researcher, and then finally obtained the position of permanent researcher in 2016.

Her current activity is in the materials sector for the energy and biomedical sectors. After having gained consolidated experience in the tribological and tribochemical fields, as well as in the related characterization techniques, you currently deal with tribology, surface mechanical and topological characterization and surface conversion methodologies, such as PVD film deposition and plasma treatments.

In ICMATE she also plays an active role in the field of scientific dissemination and communication, she is part of the Communication Group and is the designer and contact person of the institute website. She is also involved in training as a teacher on courses organized by AIM, co-supervisor of degree theses and tutor for student internships.

RESEARCH AREAS

RESEARCH ACTIVITY

Her activity includes the study of:

mechanical and topological surface properties of thin films and bulk materials
friction, wear and lubrication properties of materials
corrosion and tribocorrosion behaviour in marine and biological environments
microstructural analysis via XRD
plasma surface treatments and thin films deposition via magnetron sputtering

PROJECTS

SAMAS 2 – EDA project
POR H2 – PNRR project
HEADSTONE – PRIN project
BRIC – Bilateral project CNR-ICMATE/RFX Consortium

RESEARCH PRODUCTS

Zin et al., “Effect of Mo content on the microstructure and mechanical properties of CoCrFeNiMo_x HEA coatings deposited by high power impulse magnetron sputtering”, Surface and Coatings Technology 476 (2024) 130244.
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2023.130244
Piotto et al., “One-step laser ablation synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles with carbon coating for tribological applications”, Tribology International 183 (2023) 108371.
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2023.108371
Mortalò et al., “Surface Optimization of Commercial Porous Ti Substrates by EPD of Titanium Nitride”, Membranes 12(5) (2022) 531.
DOI: 10.3390/membranes12050531
Zin et al., “Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Ta-N and Ta-Al-N Coatings Deposited by Reactive High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering”, Materials 15(9) (2022) 3354.
DOI: 10.3390/ma15093354
M. Deambrosis et al., “Effect of temperature and deposition technology on the microstructure, chemistry and tribo-mechanical characteristics of Ti-B based thin films by magnetron sputtering”, Surface and Coatings Technology 405 (2021) 126556.
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.126556

RESEARCH PRODUCTS

Zin et al., “Effect of Mo content on the microstructure and mechanical properties of CoCrFeNiMo_x HEA coatings deposited by high power impulse magnetron sputtering”, Surface and Coatings Technology 476 (2024) 130244.
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2023.130244
Piotto et al., “One-step laser ablation synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles with carbon coating for tribological applications”, Tribology International 183 (2023) 108371.
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2023.108371
Mortalò et al., “Surface Optimization of Commercial Porous Ti Substrates by EPD of Titanium Nitride”, Membranes 12(5) (2022) 531.
DOI: 10.3390/membranes12050531
Zin et al., “Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Ta-N and Ta-Al-N Coatings Deposited by Reactive High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering”, Materials 15(9) (2022) 3354.
DOI: 10.3390/ma15093354
M. Deambrosis et al., “Effect of temperature and deposition technology on the microstructure, chemistry and tribo-mechanical characteristics of Ti-B based thin films by magnetron sputtering”, Surface and Coatings Technology 405 (2021) 126556.
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.126556