Ravera Francesca – ICMATE

Ravera

Francesca Ravera

Dirigente di ricerca

Sede di Genova

Email
francesca.ravera@cnr.it
Telefono
+39 010 647 5725

FORMAZIONE

Laurea in Fisica presso l’università di Genova, svolge attività di ricerca nel campo della Chimica Fisica delle Superfici, dal 1989.

ATTIVITA’ LAVORATIVA E CAMPI DI RICERCA

Ricercatore CNR dal 1994, è oggi primo ricercatore presso CNR-ICMATE (sede di Genova). I principali temi dell’attività di ricerca sono l’adsorbimento e i fenomeni di trasporto alle interface liquide, la reologia interfacciale di sistemi misti tensioattivo – nanoparticelle e la stabilità di film, schiume, emulsioni. Ha partecipato a progetti nazionali e internazionali (ESA, ASI, CNR) e network nei quali ha collaborato con diverse istituzioni europee, tra cui MPI di Potsdam-Berlino, Univ. Madrid, Univ. Marsiglia. Dal 2006 responsabile di un Modulo di ricerca CNR sull’interazione nanoparticelle – interfacce fluide e coordinatore scientifico in altri progetti correlati tra cui il progetto NIPS (finanziato da IIT) e PASTA-PArticle STAbilized Emulsions and Foams, (finanziato da ASI-RSA). Membro del MC e WG Leader dell’COST CM1101 e supervisore di tesi di dottorato per l’Università di Genova. È co-autore di oltre 100 articoli su riviste JCR, 18 capitoli in libri internazionali, co-editor di due Special Issues e del volume “Colloid and Interface Chemistry for Nanotechnology” (Taylor & Francis, 2013).

ATTIVITÀ DI RICERCA:

Ravera

Ravera Francesca

Research executive

Genoa unit
Email
francesca.ravera@cnr.it
Phone
+39 010 647 5725

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