RAVERA FRANCESCA

Primo Ricercatore

Born on February 17th, 1962 in Genoa – Italy,
Address: CNR – IENI, Via De Marini 6, 16149 Genoa, Italy
Phone: +39.010.6475725
Fax: +39.010.6475700
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Position

Senior Researcher at National Research Council (CNR) – Institute for Energetics and Interphases, Department of Genoa, Italy.

Education

Degree in “Physical Sciences” at the “Università degli Studi di Genova”, (Genoa,1989)
Thesis: “Development of a new methodology for interfacial tension measurement in microgravity conditions”;
Post doctoral stage at the “Laboratoire de Thermodynamique” at the University of Marseilles (France) 1991-1992.
Fellowship by  CNR 1993

Employments

Staff Researcher at CNR (since 2001).
Contract Researcher at the CNR (1994-2001)
Industrial contracts for support activity in microgravity research: 1994, 1989-1990

Languages

Italian, English, French

Field of Specialization

Physical Chemistry of surfaces. Adsorption thermodynamics and kinetics

Principal Collaborations

Max Planck Institute of Golm/Berlin,  Dipartimento di Chimica Organica of Florence,  Ian Wark Institute of the University of South Australia in Adelaide, Facultè St. Jerome of Marseilles and  Université de Tecnologie of Compiegne.

Principal Research Topics

• Experimental methods for adsorption dynamics at liquid interfaces and rheological properties of the adsorption layers;
• Theoretical models  for adsorption and transport processes, in liquid-liquid and liquid-air systems;
• Mixed micro/nanoparticle surfactant layers at liquid interfaces and their rheological properties;
• Molecular and supramolecular organisation in adsorption layers;
• Influence of the interfacial properties on the stability of dispersed systems and application to emulsions and foams technology;
• Structural and functional properties of amphiphiles adsorbed at solid-liquid interfaces;
• Investigations in weightless conditions (microgravity)

Principal Research Projects

• Since 2010, scientific coordinator of the national project NIPS - Nanoparticle Impact on Pulmonary Surfactant Interfacial Properties, funded by IIT (Italian Institute for Technology).
• Since 2010 participation and responsible of the CNR team of the international project PASTA - “Particle Stabilized Emulsions and Foams ” (AO-2009-0813), funded by ESA (European Space Agency).
• Since, 2009 participation to the national MSE-CNR project “Tecnologie innovative per migliorare le prestazioni ambientali delle centrali a polverino di carbone” (MSE-CNR 2006).
• Since 2008, participation to the national project LIFT – Liquid Film Tensiometer, funded by ASI (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana).
• Since 2006, participation to the national CNR project “ Soft matter for the optimisation of fuel and processes in sustainable energy production“ (resp- L. Liggieri) and, since 2007, scientific responsible of the sub-project “ Nanoparticles – liquid interfaces interaction and surface rheological properties: development of experimental methodology and theoretical models”
• Since 2001, participation to the international project FASES - Fundamental and Applied Studies in Emulsion Stability, funded by ESA (European Space Agency)

Other activities

• Since 2012 Member of the MC of the ESF COST Action CM1101 and leader of the Working Group “Fundamental Interfacial phenomena – fundamentals, modelling and analytical methods”.
• Member of the ESF COST Action P21
• Member of the MC and STSM coordinator of the ESF COST Action D43
• Organizer of the International Workshop “COST D43 WG’s Meeting 2010 -  Nanoparticles and Interfaces for Energetics Technologies”, Genova 2010.
• Co-organiser of the International Workshop on “Bubble and Drop Interfaces - 2004”, Genoa 2004.
• Participation to international scientific network (ESA Topical Team): “Foams and Emulsion Technologies – Concerted Action Team” 2004-2005, “Progress in Emulsion Science and Technology” 2000-2001,  “Dynamic Preperties of Adsorbed Layers” 1997-1999
• Educational activities: tutor for graduating students, PhD students and CNR fellowships, and seminars for university students
• Co-editor in a special issue of Colloids and Surfaces A (Vol. 261, 2005).
• Referee for international journals: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Langmuir, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Colloid and Surfaces A,, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science.

Publications

Co-author of 72 articles in international journals with referees, 16 contributions in international books and more than 100 communications at international conferences.

Recent Publications

1. Santini E., Guzmán E., Ravera F., Ciajolo A., Alfè M., Liggieri L., Ferrari M., Soot Particles at the Aqueous Interface and Effects on Foams Stability, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, (2012), doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.02.028
2. Guzmán E.,  Liggieri L., Santini E., Ferrari M., Ravera F., DPPC–DOPC Langmuir monolayers modified by hydrophilic silica  nanoparticles: Phase behaviour, structure and rheology,  Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, (2012), doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.12.059
3. Guzmán E., Liggieri L., Santini E., Ferrari M., Ravera F., Influence of silica Nanoparticles on Phase Behavior and Structural Properties of DPPC—Palmitic Acid Langmuir Monolayers, Colloids and Surface A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects (2012), doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.11.023
4. Guzmán E., Liggieri L., Santini E., Ferrari M., Ravera F., Influence of Silica Nanoparticles on Dilational Rheology of DPPC–Palmitic Acid Langmuir Monolayers, Soft Mtter (2012), DOI:10.1039/C2SM07097A.
5. Santini E., Guzmán E., Ravera F., Ferrari M., Liggieri L., Properties and Structure of Interfacial Layers Formed by Hydrophilic Silica Dispersions and Palmitic Acid, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14 (2012), 607-615
6. Whitby C.P., Fornasiero D., Ralston J., Liggieri L., Ravera F., Properties of Fatty Amine−Silica Nanoparticle Interfacial Layers at the Water- Hexane Interface, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116 (2012), 3050–3058.
7. Maestro A., Guzmán E., Santini E., Ravera F., Liggieri L., Ortega F., Rubio F.,  Wettability of Silica Nanoparticle–Surfactant Nanocomposite Interfacial Layers, Soft Matter, 8 (2012), 837-843
8. Arabadzhieva D., Mileva, E., Tchoukov P., Miller R., Ravera F., Liggieri L., Adsorption Layer Properties and Foam Film Drainage of Aqueous Solutions of Tetraethyleneglycol Monododecyl Ether, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 392 (2011), 233-241
9. Guzman E., Liggieri L., Santini E., Ferrari M., Ravera F., Effect of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Nanoparticles on the Surface Pressure Response of DPPC Monolayers, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 115 (2011), 21715-21722
10. Santini E., Kragel J.,  Ravera F., Liggieri L., Miller R., Study of the Monolayer Structure and Wettability Properties of Silica Nanoparticles and CTAB Using the Langmuir Trough Technique, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 382 (2011), 186-191
11. Liggieri L., Santini E., Guzman E., Maestro A., Ravera F., Wide-Frequency Dilational Rheology Investigation of Mixed Silica Nanoparticle-CTAB Interfacial Layers, Soft Matter. 7 (2011), 7699-7709
12. Ravera F., Loglio G.,  Kovalchuk V.I., Interfacial Dilational Rheology by Oscillating Bubble/Drop Methods, Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 15 (2010), 217–228
13. F. Ravera, G. Loglio, P. Pandolfini, E. Santini, L. Liggieri, Determination of the Dilational Viscoelasticity by the Oscillating Drop/Bubble Method in a Capillary Pressure Tensiometer, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 365 (2010), 2-13
14. Ravera F., Ferrari M., Liggieri L., Loglio G.,  Santini E., Zanobini A., Liquid–Liquid Interfacial Properties of Mixed Nanoparticle–Surfactant Systems, Colloids and Surfaces A-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 323 (2008), 99 - 108.
15. Ravera F., Santini E., Loglio G., Ferrari M., Liggieri L., Effect of Nanoparticles on the Interfacial Properties of Liquid-Liquid and Liquid-Air Surface Layers, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110 (2006), 19543 – 19551.

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