The development of devices with increasing levels of functionality represents an important technological issue. To this aim, innovative materials with tunable functionalities play a crucial role. The challenge is to ...

In the past decade, plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) have gained a lot of interest due to their exceptional and fascinating properties which have been accomplishing vital role in emerging science and technology towards ...

The study of the interaction between molecules, in particular biological molecules and liquid crystals (LC), has experienced a huge growth in the recent years because of the development in devices engineering applied not ...

In dentistry, a correct detection of caries severity is still a challenging descision-making task that crucially a ects the choice for the best treatment plan. The challenge is to nd both the most objective parameters ...

This thesis, developed in the period between March 2012 and November 2014, focuses on the researches on new methods for cleaning, diagnostics and restoration of Cultural Heritage assets. These methods are based on the use ...

Molecular complexes of transport proteins with small compounds have been studied by using docking techniques and molecular dynamics simulations. The macromolecules considered are β- lactoglobulin and albumin, i.e. the ...