Volpi Angelo – ICMATE

Volpi

Angelo Volpi

Personale Associato

Sede di Milano

Email
angelo.volpi@cnr.it

FORMAZIONE

Si laurea in Fisica Atomica presso l’Università di Milano e nel 1987 consegue il Dottorato di Ricerca (1o Ciclo) in Energetica presso il Politecnico di Milano.

ATTIVITA’ LAVORATIVA E CAMPI DI RICERCA

Dal 1988 è Ricercatore del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche e lavora su diagnostiche laser applicate alla combustione di propellenti solidi per razzi. Con due contratti della Commissione Europea e una del Ministero della Ricerca giapponese conduce ricerche per 4 anni presso Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (Tokyo, Giappone). Nel 1997 è presso il Quartier Generale NATO a Bruxelles per studi relativi alla sicurezza dei propellenti per razzi. Dal 2001 al 2009 è Addetto Scientifico presso l’Ambasciata d’Italia a Tokyo e dal 2011 al 2016 è responsabile dell’Ufficio del CNR a Bruxelles, incaricato dei rapporti con le Istituzioni europee. Attualmente, presso lo stesso ufficio, si occupa delle ricerche per la sicurezza e la difesa e dei contatti con i centri di R&D di aziende giapponesi in Belgio. E’ stato Membro di delegazioni nazionali in incontri-intergovernativi e del G8, ha tenuto seminari in università, aziende e laboratori in Italia, USA, Giappone, Russia e Corea. Ha incarichi in ambito europeo di esperto governativo nel settore dei sistemi aerei per la difesa.

Volpi

Volpi Angelo

Associated staff

Milan unit
Email

Email
angelo.volpi@cnr.it

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