Paolo Colombo

Paolo Colombo graduated in chemical engineering, with a specialization in materials, from Padova University, Italy. He worked as a Research Associate at Padova University from 1990 to 1998, and as an Associate Professor at Bologna University from 1998 to 2005. Since 2005 he is a Professor of materials science and technology at Padova University. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University and a Visiting Professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department of University College, London. He was a Fulbright Scholar at Pennsylvania State University in 1991-1992. He is a Member of EPSRC and has been elected to the World Academy of Ceramics. He has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 4 book chapters, and holds three patents. He coedited the book Cellular Ceramics: Structure, Manufacturing, Properties and Applications WILEY-VCH, 2005. He has been Guest Editor of several special issues devoted to porous materials for various journals. He coorganized several international conferences in the field of porous ceramics and ceramic materials from preceramic polymers, and has given several invited talks at various international conferences. He was awarded the Pfeil Award 2007 of The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. He is on 6 editorial boards and is a reviewer for 22 journals. He has been also principal investigator in numerous international, bilateral research projects in the field of ceramic materials. His research interests center on the synthesis and characterization of porous ceramic materials, in particular produced using preceramic polymers. He has worked on novel processing methods (ion irradiation, microwave heating, laser pyrolysis) and products (thin films, joints, microporous components, foams, microtubes) from preceramic polymers. He is also interested in exploring novel applications and production processes for cellular ceramics, as well as in the inertization of industrial wastes in glass matrices.

Biography Updated on 28 November 2007

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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Gas Permeability of Microcellular Ceramic Foams
    Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 46, no. 10, pp. 3366–3372, 2007
  2. Conventional and novel processing methods for cellular ceramics
    Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, vol. 364, no. 1838, pp. 109–124, 2006
  3. SiOC glass modified by montmorillonite clay
    Ceramics International, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 679–686, 2006
  4. Novel Mullite Synthesis Based on Alumina Nanoparticles and a Preceramic Polymer
    Journal of the American Ceramic Society, vol. 89, no. 5, pp. 1577–1583, 2006
  5. Ceramic–polymer composites for ballistic protection
    Advances in Applied Ceramics, vol. 105, no. 2, pp. 78–83, 2006
  6. Silicon oxycarbide glasses for blood-contact applications
    Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 1, no. 5, pp. 583–589, 2005
  7. Borosilicate glass matrix composites containing multi-wall carbon nanotubes
    Journal of the European Ceramic Society, vol. 25, no. 9, pp. 1515–1523, 2005
  8. Zeolite Coatings on Microcellular Ceramic Foams: A Novel Route to Microreactor and Microseparator Devices
    Advanced Materials, vol. 16, no. 910, pp. 819–823, 2004
  9. Macro- and micro-cellular porous ceramics from preceramic polymers
    Composites Science and Technology, vol. 63, no. 16, pp. 2353–2359, 2003
  10. Inertization and reuse of waste materials by vitrification and fabrication of glass-based products
    Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 225–239, 2003
  11. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, vol. 26, no. 1/3, pp. 251–255, 2003
  12. Journal of Porous Materials, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 113–121, 2003
  13. Thermal Shock Behavior of Silicon Oxycarbide Foams
    Journal of the American Ceramic Society, vol. 85, no. 9, pp. 2306–2312, 2002
  14. Inertization of hazardous dredging spoils
    Waste Management, vol. 22, no. 8, pp. 865–869, 2002
  15. Silicon carbide-based materials for joining silicon carbide composites for fusion energy applications
    Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol. 307-311, pp. 1232–1236, 2002
  16. Ceramic foams from preceramic polymers
    Materials Research Innovations, vol. 6, no. 5-6, pp. 260–272, 2002
  17. Journal of Materials Science, vol. 36, no. 7, pp. 1627–1639, 2001
  18. Joining of SiC/SiCf ceramic matrix composites for fusion reactor blanket applications
    Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol. 278, no. 2-3, pp. 127–135, 2000
  19. Photoluminescence of composite ceramics derived from polysiloxanes and polycarbosilanes by ion irradiation
    Materials Science and Engineering B, vol. 69-70, no. 1-3, pp. 574–577, 2000
  20. Novel Processing of Silicon Oxycarbide Ceramic Foams
    Advanced Engineering Materials, vol. 1, no. 3-4, pp. 203–205, 1999
  21. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 103–111, 1999
  22. Sol–gel synthesis and characterization of Ag2S nanocrystallites in silica thin film glasses
    Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 2893–2898, 1999
  23. Fluence and current density dependence of silver nanocluster dimensions in ion-implanted fused silica
    Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 457–461, 1998
  24. Ion-induced conversion of polysiloxanes and polycarbosilanes into ceramics: Mechanisms and properties
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, vol. 141, no. 1-4, pp. 652–662, 1998
  25. Joining of reaction-bonded silicon carbide using a preceramic polymer
    Journal of Materials Science, vol. 33, no. 9, pp. 2405–2412, 1998
  26. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, vol. 13, no. 1/3, pp. 195–199, 1998
  27. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, vol. 13, no. 1/3, pp. 213–217, 1998
  28. Journal of Materials Science, vol. 32, no. 23, pp. 6175–6182, 1997
  29. Journal of Materials Science, vol. 32, no. 23, pp. 6163–6173, 1997
  30. Structure and composition of interlayers in joints between SiC bodies
    Journal of the European Ceramic Society, vol. 17, no. 10, pp. 1259–1265, 1997
  31. Mechanism of silica-metal mixing by ion irradiation
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, vol. 122, no. 3, pp. 522–525, 1997
  32. Conversion of organic-inorganic polymers to ceramics by ion implantation
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, vol. 120, no. 1-4, pp. 262–265, 1996
  33. Ion Irradiation of Preceramic Polymer Thin Films
    Journal of the American Ceramic Society, vol. 79, no. 7, pp. 1967–1970, 1996
  34. Electrically Conducting PbyOx-SiO2 Glass Films Deposited by Reactive Radio-Frequency Magnetron Sputtering
    Journal of the American Ceramic Society, vol. 76, no. 11, pp. 2930–2932, 1993
  35. Coating of metals by the sol-gel dip-coating method
    Journal of the European Ceramic Society, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 431–436, 1992
  36. Nitridation of SiOTiO sol-gel coatings by ammonolysis and ion implantation
    Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, vol. 147-148, pp. 451–456, 1992
  37. Borosilicate coatings on mild steel
    Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, vol. 147-148, pp. 474–477, 1992
  38. SiOTiO sol-gel coatings: a surface study by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
    Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, vol. 139, pp. 198–204, 1992
  39. Compositional and Microstructural Characterization of RuO[sub 2]-TiO[sub 2] Catalysts Synthesized by the Sol-Gel Method
    Journal of The Electrochemical Society, vol. 139, no. 6, p. 1655, 1992
  40. Influence of the dipping coating procedure on the mechanical strength of soda-lime glass rods
    Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, vol. 100, no. 1-3, pp. 461–465, 1988