Since the late 1980s, the scientific community has been attracted to microwave (MW) energy as an alternative method of heating, due to its peculiarity to be a volumetric process in which heat is generated within the material ...

Nowadays, the necessity of a full transition towards green chemistry has become of fundamental importance. In order to guarantee such transition, an increasing reduction of fossil-based sources and, consequently, a growing ...

Italy is the 2nd country in the world for tomato transformation after USA, due to 5 million tons of processed fresh fruits every year [1]. The Campania Region, due to its long-standing experience, is the main and biggest ...

In the last years, scientists and engineers have designed a wide range of polymeric systems capable responding to internal or external stimuli. There is a great range of responsive polymers that are sensitive to different ...

Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) is an additive manufacturing process by means of which three-dimensional objects can be manufactured using a laser beam to selectively sinter powder particles. Many are the advantages of ...

Durability and sustainability of cementitious materials are two important issues in the field of construction materials. Durability is defined as the ability of cementitious materials to resist weathering action, chemical ...

Hydrogels are three-dimensional, hydrophilic, polymeric networks capable of imbibing large amounts of water or biological fluids. Depending on the type of polymer, number of cross-links, presence of ionic species the ...

The organic electronic devices are finding a great consideration for applications where silicon limitations make this semiconductor unsuitable. Many properties of organic materials open new frontiers of the research; some ...

The research of new eco-friendly technologies that enable the production of energy is nowadays one of the topics of greatest interest to the scientific community. The population has chosen to break free from the use of ...

In the next years, it is expected a deep growth of world primary energy and electricity demand. The scenarios prospect a positive rate in all the sectors, especially in the residential one. In particular, residential sector ...