Catalizzatori supportati a base di palladio e oro per la reazione di Heck

In this work we describe the development of new polimeric support for palladium catalyst and catalysts' testing in the Heck reaction. We have also tested same bimetallic palladium and gold catalyst over a commercial resin, in order to find out whether the presence of gold in the catalyst improve his activity or no

Synthesis and characterization of PMMA-based superhydrophobic surfaces

Recently, superhydrophobic surfaces are gaining much interest because they may be employed in a series of applications, spanning from the realization of self-cleaning surfaces to microfluidics to special water-impermeable tissues allowing perspiration. It is well-known that superhydrophobicity strictly depends on the combination of superficial micro- and nano-structures. Then, key factors in the process of surface synthesis are the parameters which will define the surface conformation. In this work, we deal with the fabrication of polymer-based superhydrophobic surfaces. We developed a new method to have a good control of the structure of the synthesised surface. A high stability of the superhydrophobic character during time was obtained. Moreover, the synthesis process is green and easily transferable to industry for large production