Group leader: S.C. Tarantino

Group members: U. Anselmi Tamburini, P. Ghigna, M. Guerrini

The research line is grounded on the need to develop new sustainable approaches for the production of materials. Such approaches aim to extract more value from the materials in use while minimizing the extraction of raw materials and the production of waste. The research activities concern the study and production of ceramic and cementitious materials that use raw-secondary materials, whose reactivity and transformation processes are evaluated.

Specific research themes are:

  • Valorisation of secondary raw materials from hydrothermal treatments of biomass, waste and industrial by-products.
  • Raw materials and supply chain risk in the ceramic industry.
  • Alkaline cements and geopolymers for structural and environmental applications.

MISE 2018 IESMAN: Internet of Enterprise Sustainable MANufacturing: Sviluppo di un modello di Internet of Enterprise per la fabbricazione sostenibile per inchiostri, smalti e piastrelle ceramiche.

EU LIFE 2019 “FREEDOM – Solving treatment of wastewater sewage sludge with new HTL technology to produce hydrocarbons, asphalts and fertilizers”. Agreement Number: LIFE19 ENV/IT/000165

  • Maria Pia Riccardi, Francesco Zucca (University of Pavia);
  • Michele Zema, Gennaro Ventruti, Marina Clausi (University of Bari);
  • Umberto Tecchiati (University of Milano);
  • Ana Fernández Jiménez, Angel Palomo (IETcc-CSIC, Madrid, Spain);
  • Cristina Siligardi, Anna Maria Ferrari (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia);
  • Roberta Occhipinti (University of Catania);
  • Davide Blundo Settembre (Gresmalt);
  • Fabio Cella (Agrosistemi);
  • Gianfranco Debbi (Smalticeram).

R. Occhipinti, A. Fernandez-Jimenez, A. Palomo, S.C. Tarantino, M. Zema,
Sulfate-bearing clay and Pietra Serena sludge: Raw materials for the development of alkali activated binders,
Construction and Building Materials, 301, 124030, 2021.

M. Clausi, A. Fernandez-Jimenez, A. Palomo, S.C. Tarantino, M. Zema,
Reuse of waste sandstone sludge via alkali activation in matrices of fly ash and metakaolin,
Construction and Building Materials, 172, 212-223, 2018.

M. Clausi, S.C. Tarantino, L.L. Magnani, C. Tedeschi, M.P. Riccardi, M. Zema,
Metakaolin as a precursor of materials for applications in Cultural Heritage: geopolymer-based mortars with ornamental stone aggregates,
Applied Clay Science, 132-133, 589-599, 2016