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Overview

Luigi Costa is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a notable focus on subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, Automotive Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's work addresses several main research topics including Bone Tissue Engineering Materials, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies, Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications, 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, Polymer composites and self-healing, as well as Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications.

Frequent publication venues for Luigi Costa include:

  • Journal of Applied Polymer Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Polymer Engineering and Science
  • Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources
  • Polymer Composites

Prominent frequent coauthors consist of:

  • Luiz Antônio Pessan
  • Eduardo Henrique Backes
  • Samarah Vargas Harb
  • César Augusto Gonçalves Beatrice
  • Fábio Roberto Passador

Some of the recent research papers authored or coauthored by Luigi Costa include the following:

  • Polycaprolactone usage in additive manufacturing strategies for tissue engineering applications: A review, 2021, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials
  • Fabrication of Biocompatible Composites of Poly(lactic acid)/Hydroxyapatite Envisioning Medical Applications, 2020, Polymer Engineering and Science
  • Engineering 3D printed bioactive composite scaffolds based on the combination of aliphatic polyester and calcium phosphates for bone tissue regeneration, 2021, Materials Science and Engineering C
  • Development and characterization of printable PLA/β-TCP bioactive composites for bone tissue applications, 2020, Journal of Applied Polymer Science
  • Engineering printable composites of poly (ε-polycaprolactone) / β-tricalcium phosphate for biomedical applications, 2020, Polymer Composites

Best Publications

  • Oxidation in orthopaedic UHMWPE sterilized by gamma-radiation and ethylene oxide.

    L. Costa;M.P. Luda;L. Trossarelli;E.M. Brach del Prever

  • Thermal behaviour of melamine

    L. Costa;Giovanni Camino

  • Study of the mechanism of intumescence in fire retardant polymers: Part I—Thermal degradation of ammonium polyphosphate-pentaerythritol mixtures

    Giovanni Camino;L. Costa;L. Trossarelli

  • Thermal degradation behaviour of PE/clay nanocomposites

    Marco Zanetti;Pierangiola Bracco;Luigi Costa

  • Study of the mechanism of intumescence in fire retardant polymers: Part VI—Mechanism of ester formation in ammonium polyphosphate-pentaerythritol mixtures

    Giovanni Camino;L. Costa;L. Trossarelli;F. Costanzi

  • Study of the mechanism of intumescence in fire retardant polymers. Part II: Mechanism of action in polypropylene - ammonium polyphosphate - pentaerythritol mixtures

    Giovanni Camino;L. Costa;L. Trossarelli

  • Preparation and combustion behaviour of polymer/layered silicate nanocomposites based upon PE and EVA

    Marco Zanetti;Luigi Costa

  • Effect of the fire-retardant, ammonium polyphosphate, on the thermal decomposition of aliphatic polyamides. I: Polyamides 11 and 12

    S.V. Levchik;L. Costa;Giovanni Camino

  • UHMWPE for arthroplasty: past or future?

    Elena Maria Brach del Prever;Alessandro Bistolfi;Pierangiola Bracco;Luigi Costa

  • Effect of melamine and its salts on combustion and thermal decomposition of polyamide 6

    S. V. Levchik;A. I. Balabanovich;G. F. Levchik;L. Costa

  • In vivo UHMWPE biodegradation of retrieved prosthesis

    L. Costa;M.P. Luda;L. Trossarelli;E.M. Brach del Prever

  • Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene—II. Thermal- and photo-oxidation

    L. Costa;M.P. Luda;L. Trossarelli

  • Thermal degradation of pentaerythritol diphosphate, model compound for fire retardant intumescent systems: Part I—Overall thermal degradation

    Giovanni Camino;G. Martinasso;L. Costa

  • Mechanistic study of combustion performance and thermal decomposition behaviour of nylon 6 with added halogen-free fire retardants

    S.V. Levchik;G.F. Levchik;A.I. Balabanovich;G. Camino

  • A review of experimental studies of the role of free-radicals in polyethylene oxidation

    Pierangiola Bracco;Luigi Costa;Maria Paola Luda;Norman Billingham

  • Stabilisation of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene with Vitamin E

    P. Bracco;V. Brunella;M. Zanetti;M.P. Luda

  • Mechanism of action of phosphorus-based flame retardants in nylon 6. I. Ammonium polyphosphate

    S. V. Levchik;G. Camino;L. Costa;G. F. Levchik

  • Crosslinking and carbonization processes in PAN films and nanofibers

    E. Cipriani;M. Zanetti;P. Bracco;V. Brunella

  • Analysis of products diffused into UHMWPE prosthetic components in vivo.

    L Costa;P Bracco;E Brach del Prever;M.P Luda

  • Epoxy resins cured with aminophenylmethylphosphine oxide—II. Mechanism of thermal decomposition

    Sergei V. Levchik;Giovanni Camino;Maria Paola Luda;Luigi Costa

  • Unacceptable biodegradation of polyethylene in vivo.

    E. Brach Del Prever;M. Crova;L. Costa;A. Dallera

  • Oxidation of orthopaedic UHMWPE.

    L. Costa;K. Jacobson;P. Bracco;E.M. Brach del Prever

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni Camino
Giovanni Camino Polytechnic University of Turin
Maria Cristina Paganini
Maria Cristina Paganini University of Turin
Marcello Baricco
Marcello Baricco University of Turin
Norman C. Billingham
Norman C. Billingham University of Sussex
Francesco Trotta
Francesco Trotta University of Turin
Malcolm D. Ingram
Malcolm D. Ingram University of Aberdeen
Marco Viceconti
Marco Viceconti University of Bologna
Alberto Tagliaferro
Alberto Tagliaferro Polytechnic University of Turin
John Fisher
John Fisher University of Leeds
Roberto Gobetto
Roberto Gobetto University of Turin

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