Losurdo Maria – ICMATE

Losurdo

Maria Losurdo

Direttore

Sede di Padova

Email
maria.losurdo@cnr.it
Telefono
+39 049 829 5851

Maria Losurdo svolge le sue attività di ricerca dal 1996 nel Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. La sua attività scientifica si sviluppa nel settore delle metodologie di crescita e caratterizzazione dei Materiali con riferimento particolare alla preparazione di film sottili e di nanostrutture, e allo studio delle correlazioni tra composizione, struttura e proprietà funzionali. Tale attività, svolta attraverso collaborazioni nazionali ed internazionali ha prodotto più di 350 lavori su rivista, diversi libri e oltre 400 contributi quali presentazioni a congressi nazionali ed internazionali, conferenze e seminari su invito.

Ha ricoperto e ricopre ruoli di responsabilità di strutture scientifiche e di coordinazione di progetti europei ed internazionali. È stata ed è componente di consigli scientifici e di commissioni scientifiche, di commissioni di esame e di valutazione, di comitati organizzatori di convegni nazionali ed internazionali.

E’ stata Adjunct Professor presso la Duke University, NC, USA e Visiting Scientist presso università e laboratori stranieri quali, Dept. Chemistry at North Carolina University – US, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosi-Mexico, Dept. of Materials Engineering – Shandong University – China e presso il Department of Chemistry at Seoul National Univ. Korea. Svolge attività di docenza specialistica in corsi di alta formazione (Master, Scuole di Dottorato). Svolge anche attività di divulgazione scientifica a livello internazionale. E’ editore del libro Springer Verlag “ellipsometry at the Nanoscale”. E’ Membro della Commissione IUPAP C10-Structure and Dynamics of Condensed Matter. Inoltre, fa parte del HE-EIC- Women Leadership Programme.

Losurdo

Losurdo Maria

Director

Padua headquarters
Email
maria.losurdo@cnr.it
Telefono
+39 049 829 5851

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