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Andrea Dorigato
Page last updated: 01/08/2007

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foto: Andrea Dorigato PhD student in Materials Engineering
Polymers and Composites Laboratory

Borgo Valsugana (TN), 31/07/1981
Tel. +39 0461 882410
Fax: +39 0461 881977
e-mail: andrea.dorigato@ing.unitn.itemail

tutor: prof. Alessandro Pegoretti; co-tutor: prof. Amabile Penati
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High School Degree (Liceo Scientifico "Alcide Degasperi", Borgo Valsugana (TN), July 2000)
Graduated in Materials Engineering (University of Trento, October 2005)
Title of Licentiate Thesis: "Produzione e caratterizzazione di nanocompositi a matrice poliuretanica"
PhD student in Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering, University of Trento, November 2005 to present)
Title of PhD Thesis: "Deformation, yield and fracture of polymer nanocomposites"
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Member of INSTM (Consorzio Interuniversitario per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali), 2005 to present
Member of AIM (Associazione Italiana di Scienza e Tecnologia delle Macromolecole), 2007 to present
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polymer-clay nanocomposites
polymeric matrix nanocomposites (montmorillonite, inorganic nanofillers)
fracture of polymers and composites
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Nanofun-Poly 2006, 2nd International Symposium on “Nanostructured and functional polymer-based materials and composites”, Lyon, France, Maggio 2006. Oral presentation : Andrea Dorigato, Alessandro Pegoretti e Amabile Penati, “Production and characterization of polyurethane-clay nanocomposites”
VIII Convegno Nazionale AIMAT – Palermo (Italy), Luglio 2006. Poster: Andrea Dorigato, Alessandro Pegoretti and Amabile Penati, “Filler-matrix interactios in polyurethane-clay nanocomposites”
Primo forum nazionale dei Giovani Ricercatori, Modena (Italy), Settembre 2006. Poster : A.Dorigato, A.Pegoretti, A.Penati “ Mechanical characterization of polyethylene-clay nanocomposites”
From Molecules to Nanosystems – Bressanone (BZ) – Dicembre 2006. Poster : V.Tagliazucca, E.Callone, A.Dorigato, A.Pegoretti, S.Dirè “ Synthesis of organic/inorganic hybrid nanoparticles by sol-gel chemistry ”
A. Pegoretti, A. Dorigato, A. Penati “Tensile mechanical response of polyethylene – clay nanocomposites”. Express Polymer Letters, 2007, 1(3), 123-131
European Polymer Congress EPF 2007, Portoroz (SLO), July 2-6 2007. Oral presentation : F. Bondioli, A. Dorigato, P. Fabbri, M. Messori, A. Pegoretti, F. Pilati “High-density polyethylene reinforced with titania nanoparticles” polymer-clay nanocomposites

The complete list of publications is available on Polaris website link esterno
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Forum "Imprenditore di successo = innovatore", Maggio 2006, Altavilla Vicentina (VI). Premio per la tesi di Laurea “Produzione e caratterizzazione di nanocompositi a matrice poliuretanica”
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