Enrica FONTANANOVA
Email:
e.fontananova@itm.cnr.it - enrica.fontananova@cnr.it
Tel: +39 0984 492010
Address:
Institute on Membrane Technology (CNR-ITM)
c/o University of Calabria
Via P. Bucci cubo 17/C
87030 Rende CS
Biographical Sketch:
Researcher at CNR-ITM since 2011; Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering; graduated with honours in chemistry.
She participated in numerous national and international scientific projects focusing on membrane science and technology. Scientific responsible of the international project “Development of a solar powered, zero liquid discharge Integrated desalination membrane system to address the needs for water of the Mediterranean region” IDEA-ERANETMED2-72-357 (September 2017-August 2020). She attended many international scientific conferences also as invited and keynote speaker.
Co-author of more than 65 peer-review papers published in international scientific journals; 15 book chapters; 10 contributions in encyclopedias; more than 120 contributions in conference proceedings; one patent. Editor-in-Chief of the “Comprehensive membrane science and engineering”, second edition (2017), Elsevier B.V. ISBN: 9780444637758.
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Design and development of nanostructured polymeric and mixed matrix membranes
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Membrane functionalization
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Membrane based operations, also integrated, for desalination and wastewater treatments
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Catalytic and bio-catalytic membranes and membrane reactors
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Membranes for energy conversion
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Membranes and interfaces characterization by impedance spectroscopy
- Carmen Meringolo, Teresa Poerio, Enrica Fontananova, Teresa F. Mastropietro, Fiore P. Nicoletta, Giovanni De Filpo, Efrem Curcio, Gianluca Di Profio, Exploiting Fluoropolymers Immiscibility to Tune Surface Properties and Mass Transfer in Blend Membranes for Membrane Contactor Applications, ACS Applied Polymer Materials 1 (3) (2019) 326–334 DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.8b00105
- Carmen Meringolo, Teresa F. Mastropietro, Teresa Poerio, Enrica Fontananova, Giovanni De Filpo, Efrem Curcio, and Gianluca Di Profio, Tailoring PVDF Membranes Surface Topography and Hydrophobicity by a Sustainable Two-Steps Phase Separation Process, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 6 (2018) 10069−10077 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b01407
- Enrica Fontananova, Valentina Grosso, Sahed A. Aljlil, Mohammed A. Bahattab, Danilo Vuono, Fiore P. Nicoletta, Efrem Curcio, Enrico Drioli, Gianluca Di Profio, Effect of functional groups on the properties of multiwalled carbon nanotubes/polyvinylidenefluoride composite membranes, Journal of Membrane Science 541 (2017) 198–204,
- Enrica Fontananova, Diego Messana, Ramato. A. Tufa, Isabella Nicotera, Vaso Kosma, Efrem Curcio, Willem van Baak, Enrico Drioli, Gianluca Di Profio, Effect of solution concentration and composition on the electrochemical properties of ion exchange membranes for energy conversion, Journal of Power Sources 340 (2017) 282-293 DOI 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.11.075
- Giuseppe Vitola, Rosalinda Mazzei, Enrica Fontananova, Elena Porzio, Giuseppe Manco, Soccorso N. Gaeta, Lidia Giorno, Polymeric biocatalytic membranes with immobilized thermostable phosphotriesterase, Journal of Membrane Science 516 (2016) 144–151. DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.06.020
- Enrica Fontananova, Wenjuan Zhang, Isabella Nicotera, Cataldo Simari, Willem van Baak, Gianluca Di Profio, Efrem Curcio, Enrico Drioli, Probing membrane and interface properties in concentrated electrolyte solutions, Journal of Membrane Science 459 (2014) 177–189 DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.01.057
- Enrica Fontananova, Valentina Cucunato, Efrem Curcio, Francesco Trotta, Miriam Biasizzo, Enrico Drioli, Giuseppe Barbieri, Influence of the preparation conditions on the properties of polymeric and hybrid cation exchange membranes, Electrochimica Acta 66 (2012) 164– 172 DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.01.074
- Enrico Drioli, Enrica Fontananova, Membrane Materials for Addressing Energy and Environmental Challenges, Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 3 (2012) 395–420. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-062011-081027
- Enrica Fontananova, Francesco Trotta, Johan C. Jansen, Enrico Drioli, Preparation and characterization of new non-fluorinated polymeric and composite membranes for PEMFCs, Journal of Membrane Science 348 (2010) 326–336. DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.11.020
- Enrica Fontananova, Laura Donato, Enrico Drioli, Linda C. Lopez, Pietro Favia, Riccardo d’Agostino, Heterogenization of polyoxometalates on the surface of plasma modified polymeric membranes, Chemistry of Materials 18 (2006) 1561-1568. DOI: 10.1021/cm051739g