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Athanassia Athanassiou

Athanassia Athanassiou

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Materials Science

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Overview

Athanassia Athanassiou is affiliated with the Italian Institute of Technology in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with significant contributions in biomaterials, biomedical engineering, polymers and plastics, materials chemistry, and pollution.

The main topics of Athanassiou's work include:

  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Polymer composites and self-healing
  • Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Athanassiou are:

  • Despina Fragouli
  • Luca Ceseracciu
  • Arkadiusz Żych
  • Marco Contardi
  • Pietro Cataldi

Athanassiou's research has been published in several notable venues, including:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • ACS Applied Polymer Materials
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Advanced Sustainable Systems

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Athanassiou include:

  • Biodegradable Films of PLA/PPC and Curcumin as Packaging Materials and Smart Indicators of Food Spoilage (2022, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)
  • Electrically Conductive 2D Material Coatings for Flexible and Stretchable Electronics: A Comparative Review of Graphenes and MXenes (2022, Advanced Functional Materials)
  • Biobased, Biodegradable, Self-Healing Boronic Ester Vitrimers from Epoxidized Soybean Oil Acrylate (2020, ACS Applied Polymer Materials)
  • Electrospun polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) hydrogels containing hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives as potential wound dressings (2020, Chemical Engineering Journal)
  • Transparent, UV-blocking, and high barrier cellulose-based bioplastics with naringin as active food packaging materials (2022, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules)

Best Publications

  • Advanced Materials From Fungal Mycelium: Fabrication and Tuning of Physical Properties.

    Muhammad Haneef;Luca Ceseracciu;Claudio Canale;Ilker S. Bayer

  • Magnetically Driven Floating Foams for the Removal of Oil Contaminants from Water

    Paola Calcagnile;Despina Fragouli;Ilker S. Bayer;George C. Anyfantis

  • Infrared and Raman spectroscopic features of plant cuticles: a review

    José A. Heredia-Guerrero;José J. Benítez;Eva Domínguez;Ilker S. Bayer

  • Graphene Nanoplatelets-Based Advanced Materials and Recent Progress in Sustainable Applications

    Pietro Cataldi;Athanassia Athanassiou;Ilker S. Bayer

  • All-natural composite wound dressing films of essential oils encapsulated in sodium alginate with antimicrobial properties.

    Ioannis Liakos;Loris Rizzello;David J. Scurr;Pier Paolo Pompa

  • Making silicon hydrophobic: wettability control by two-lengthscale simultaneous patterning with femtosecond laser irradiation

    V Zorba;V Zorba;L Persano;L Persano;D Pisignano;D Pisignano;A Athanassiou

  • Laser Ablation as a Versatile Tool To Mimic Polyethylene Terephthalate Nanoplastic Pollutants: Characterization and Toxicology Assessment

    Davide Magrì;Paola Sánchez-Moreno;Gianvito Caputo;Francesca Gatto;Francesca Gatto

  • Toxicity assessment of silica coated iron oxide nanoparticles and biocompatibility improvement by surface engineering.

    Maria Ada Malvindi;Valeria De Matteis;Antonio Galeone;Virgilio Brunetti

  • Magnetite (Fe 3 O 4 )-filled carbon nanofibers as electro-conducting/superparamagnetic nanohybrids and their multifunctional polymer composites

    Arindam Das;Muhammad Raffi;Constantine Megaridis;Despina Fragouli

  • Biodegradable Films of PLA/PPC and Curcumin as Packaging Materials and Smart Indicators of Food Spoilage

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  • A simple approach to covalent functionalization of boron nitride nanotubes.

    Gianni Ciofani;Giada Graziana Genchi;Ioannis Liakos;Athanassia Athanassiou

  • Alginate–lavender nanofibers with antibacterial and anti-inflammatory activity to effectively promote burn healing

    Hadi Hajiali;Hadi Hajiali;Maria Summa;Debora Russo;Andrea Armirotti

  • Electrically Conductive 2D Material Coatings for Flexible and Stretchable Electronics: A Comparative Review of Graphenes and MXenes

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  • Borrowing From Nature: Biopolymers and Biocomposites as Smart Wound Care Materials.

    Giulia Suarato;Rosalia Bertorelli;Athanassia Athanassiou

  • Fibrous wound dressings encapsulating essential oils as natural antimicrobial agents

    Ioannis Liakos;L. Rizzello;Hadi Hajiali;Hadi Hajiali;Virgilio Brunetti

  • Direct Transformation of Edible Vegetable Waste into Bioplastics

    Ilker S. Bayer;Susana Guzman-Puyol;José Alejandro Heredia-Guerrero;Luca Ceseracciu

  • A biocompatible sodium alginate/povidone iodine film enhances wound healing

    Maria Summa;Debora Russo;Ilaria Penna;Natasha Margaroli

  • Transparent, UV-blocking, and high barrier cellulose-based bioplastics with naringin as active food packaging materials.

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  • Carbon Nanofiber versus Graphene-Based Stretchable Capacitive Touch Sensors for Artificial Electronic Skin.

    Pietro Cataldi;Simeone Dussoni;Luca Ceseracciu;Marco Maggiali

  • Reversibly Light-Switchable Wettability of Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Surfaces With Dual Micro-/ Nanoscale Roughness

    Gianvito Caputo;Barbara Cortese;Concetta Nobile;Marco Salerno

  • Biobased, Biodegradable, Self-Healing Boronic Ester Vitrimers from Epoxidized Soybean Oil Acrylate

    Arkadiusz Zych;Jonathan Tellers;Laura Bertolacci;Luca Ceseracciu

  • Water-repellent cellulose fiber networks with multifunctional properties.

    Ilker S. Bayer;Despina Fragouli;Agnese Attanasio;Barbara Sorce

  • Bioplastics from vegetable waste via an eco-friendly water-based process

    Giovanni Perotto;Luca Ceseracciu;Roberto Simonutti;Uttam C. Paul

  • MagneticallyDrivenFloatingFoamsforthe Removal of Oil Contaminants from Water

    Paola Calcagnile;Despina Fragouli;Ilker S. Bayer;George C. Anyfantis

Frequent Co-Authors

Ilker S. Bayer
Ilker S. Bayer Italian Institute of Technology
Roberto Cingolani
Roberto Cingolani Italian Institute of Technology
José A. Heredia-Guerrero
José A. Heredia-Guerrero Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea "La Mayora"
Costas Fotakis
Costas Fotakis University of Crete
Pier Paolo Pompa
Pier Paolo Pompa Italian Institute of Technology
Alberto Diaspro
Alberto Diaspro Italian Institute of Technology
Dario Pisignano
Dario Pisignano University of Pisa
Giovanni Bertoni
Giovanni Bertoni National Research Council (CNR)
P. Davide Cozzoli
P. Davide Cozzoli University of Salento
Sergio Marras
Sergio Marras Italian Institute of Technology

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