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Overview

Massimo Gazzano is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy, focusing primarily on materials science with a significant body of work in biomaterials, materials chemistry, polymers and plastics, biomedical engineering, and organic chemistry.

Their research covers a wide range of topics including biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, polymer crystallization and properties, bone tissue engineering materials, microplastics and plastic pollution, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, and nanocomposite films for food packaging.

The scientist has published extensively in venues such as Polymers, The Cambridge Structural Database, Polymer Degradation and Stability, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Crystal Growth & Design.

Some recent papers include:

  • Synthesis and Hydrolysis of Brushite (DCPD): The Role of Ionic Substitution, 2021, Crystal Growth & Design
  • Poly(butylene 2,4-furanoate), an Added Member to the Class of Smart Furan-Based Polyesters for Sustainable Packaging: Structural Isomerism as a Key to Tune the Final Properties, 2021, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Novel Biobased Polylactic Acid/Poly(pentamethylene 2,5-furanoate) Blends for Sustainable Food Packaging, 2021, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Constrained Amorphous Interphase in Poly(l-lactic acid): Estimation of the Tensile Elastic Modulus, 2020, ACS Omega
  • Evaluation of the Factors Affecting the Disintegration under a Composting Process of Poly(lactic acid)/Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PLA/PHB) Blends, 2021, Polymers

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Massimo Gazzano include:

  • Nadia Lotti
  • Michelina Soccio
  • Valentina Siracusa
  • Giulia Guidotti
  • Enrico Bianchi

The scientist's main fields of study are centered around materials science, while with subfields highlighting contributions to biomaterials, materials chemistry, polymers and plastics, biomedical engineering, and organic chemistry sectors.

Best Publications

  • Ionic substitutions in calcium phosphates synthesized at low temperature.

    Elisa Boanini;Massimo Gazzano;Adriana Bigi

  • Strontium-substituted hydroxyapatite nanocrystals.

    Adriana Bigi;Elisa Boanini;Chiara Capuccini;Massimo Gazzano

  • Magnesium influence on hydroxyapatite crystallization

    A. Bigi;G. Falini;E. Foresti;A. Ripamonti

  • Poly(butylene 2,5-furan dicarboxylate), a Biobased Alternative to PBT: Synthesis, Physical Properties, and Crystal Structure

    Jianhui Zhu;Jiali Cai;Wenchun Xie;Pin-Hsuan Chen

  • High-Contrast Visualization of Graphene Oxide on Dye-Sensitized Glass, Quartz, and Silicon by Fluorescence Quenching

    Emanuele Treossi;Manuela Melucci;Andrea Liscio;Massimo Gazzano

  • Interaction of Sr-doped hydroxyapatite nanocrystals with osteoclast and osteoblast-like cells.

    C. Capuccini;P. Torricelli;Elisa Boanini;Massimo Gazzano

  • Inhibiting effect of zinc on hydroxylapatite crystallization

    A. Bigi;E. Foresti;M. Gandolfi;M. Gazzano

  • Enthalpy of melting of α′- and α-crystals of poly(l-lactic acid)

    Maria Cristina Righetti;Massimo Gazzano;Maria Laura Di Lorenzo;René Androsch

  • Study of the crystal phase and crystallization rate of bacterial poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate)

    Mariastella Scandola;Giuseppina Ceccorulli;Maria Pizzoli;Massimo Gazzano

  • Tubular-shaped stoichiometric chrysotile nanocrystals.

    Giuseppe Falini;Elisabetta Foresti;Massimo Gazzano;Alessandro F. Gualtieri

  • Preparation and thermal reactivity of nickel/chromium and nickel/aluminium hydrotalcite-type precursors

    O. Clause;M. Gazzano;F. Trifiro;A. Vaccari

  • Alendronate–hydroxyapatite nanocomposites and their interaction with osteoclasts and osteoblast-like cells

    Elisa Boanini;Paola Torricelli;Massimo Gazzano;Roberto Giardino

  • Isomorphous substitutions in β-tricalcium phosphate: The different effects of zinc and strontium

    A. Bigi;E. Foresti;M. Gandolfi;M. Gazzano

  • Oriented Crystallization of Vaterite in Collagenous Matrices

    Giuseppe Falini;Simona Fermani;Massimo Gazzano;Alberto Ripamonti

  • Transition metal oxides supported on active carbons as low temperature catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO with NH3

    J. Pasel;P. Käßner;B. Montanari;M. Gazzano

  • Nanocomposites of hydroxyapatite with aspartic acid and glutamic acid and their interaction with osteoblast-like cells.

    Elisa Boanini;Paola Torricelli;Massimo Gazzano;Roberto Giardino

  • Effect of nucleating agents on crystallinity and properties of poly (lactic acid) (PLA)

    Laura Aliotta;Patrizia Cinelli;Patrizia Cinelli;Maria Beatrice Coltelli;Maria Cristina Righetti

  • Synthesis and thermal evolution of hydrotalcite-type compounds containing noble metals

    F Basile;G Fornasari;M Gazzano;A Vaccari

  • Rietveld structure refinements of calcium hydroxylapatite containing magnesium

    A. Bigi;G. Falini;E. Foresti;M. Gazzano

  • Polymorphism as an additional functionality of materials for technological applications at surfaces and interfaces

    Denis Gentili;Massimo Gazzano;Manuela Melucci;Derek Jones

  • Crystallization of calcium carbonate in presence of magnesium and polyelectrolytes

    G. Falini;M. Gazzano;A. Ripamonti

Frequent Co-Authors

Nadia Lotti
Nadia Lotti University of Bologna
Adriana Bigi
Adriana Bigi University of Bologna
Angelo Vaccari
Angelo Vaccari University of Bologna
Norberto Roveri
Norberto Roveri University of Bologna
Giovanna Barbarella
Giovanna Barbarella National Research Council (CNR)
Giuseppe Falini
Giuseppe Falini University of Bologna
Massimiliano Cavallini
Massimiliano Cavallini National Research Council (CNR)
Paola Torricelli
Paola Torricelli University of Bologna
Mariastella Scandola
Mariastella Scandola University of Bologna
Vincenzo Palermo
Vincenzo Palermo National Research Council (CNR)

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