LORENZO IEZZI

Dottore di ricerca

ciclo: XXXVI


supervisore: Prof. Marco Stoller

Titolo della tesi: The use of SDR technology for the production of nanoparticles of industrial interest

In this PhD thesis, spinning disk reactor ( SDR ) technology was validated as an alternative equipment to common reactors for the large-scale production of controlled-size nanoparticles and nanovesicles of industrial interest, in compliance with process intensification guidelines. This equipment was employed for the synthesis of both metal nanoparticles and lipid nanovesicles which find application in wastewater treatment and drug delivery, respectively. Since the interest in these nanomaterials is growing and market demand is continuously increasing, the industrial need to produce larger quantities to meet market demand is gaining more and more importance. In the first part of the work, silver ( AgNPs ) and nickel ferrite nanoparticles ( NFO ) were produced by adopting precipitation methods on the surface of the rotating disk. In both cases, it was possible to synthesize particles characterized by a narrow size distribution between 10 and 100 nm and with production yields in the order of gmin- 1. Moreover, a new mathematical model for a better insight of the operating conditions of this equipment was introduced. In the second part, SDR was employed and validated for the production of nanostructures such as liposomes with clinically acceptable size ( ranging between 20 and 150 nm ) used as carriers for drug delivery. This PhD thesis work was able to demonstrate on different case studies that SDR is a qualified apparatus for large-scale production of nanoparticles and nanovesicles of industrial interest such to aim BAT. It could replace or complement traditional reactors used by industries in the production of these nanomaterials since it allows on one hand to increase production capacities and to the other hand control the final product characteristics ( such as size and size distribution ) by varying the operating parameters of the reactor.

Produzione scientifica

11573/1669234 - 2023 - Innovative low energy production of controlled sized unilamellar liposomes by means of a spinning disk reactor
Iezzi, L.; Vilardi, G.; Gao, X.; Qi, R.; Zhang, L.; Stoller, M. - 01a Articolo in rivista
rivista: POWDER TECHNOLOGY (Elsevier BV:PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam Netherlands:011 31 20 4853757, 011 31 20 4853642, 011 31 20 4853641, EMAIL: nlinfo-f@elsevier.nl, INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.nl, Fax: 011 31 20 4853598) pp. - - issn: 0032-5910 - wos: WOS:000993458500001 (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85147549602 (0)

11573/1654544 - 2022 - On the equipment design of a spinning disk reactor for the production of novel nano silver in amorphous zeolite particles
Iezzi, Lorenzo; Vilardi, Giorgio; Saviano, Giovanna; Stoller, Marco - 01a Articolo in rivista
rivista: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL (Amsterdam Netherlands: Elsevier BV -Lausanne : Elsevier Sequoia) pp. - - issn: 1385-8947 - wos: WOS:000830088800006 (10) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85133706747 (10)

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