Dr. Davide Tranchida

Curriculum Vitae:

2009-. Post-doctoral Fellowship at University of Siegen (D), in the group of of Prof. H. Schönherr and financed by Humboldt Foundation

2008. Post-doctoral Fellowship at Max Planck Institute for Polymer Science, Mainz (D), in the group of prof. W. Knoll and financed by Humboldt Foundation

2007. Post-doctoral Fellowship at University of Twente, Enschede (NL), in the group of prof. G.J. Vancso and financed by the Marie Curie Network BIOPOLYSURF

2004-2007. Ph.D. research fellowship at University of Palermo (I). Thesis “ Bridging the structure and mechanical properties of polymers through AFM and DSI nanoindentations“ under the supervision of prof. S. Piccarolo and co-financed by the University of Palermo, DSM-Resolve and SABIC-Europe

2003. Research fellowship at DSM Research - Geleen (NL) and SABIC-Europe - Geleen (NL), Microscopy Group, The Netherlands. Work project: “Mapping of polymer nanodetermined mechanical properties through AFM texture analysis”

2002. M.Sc. (cum laude and distinctions) in Chemical Engineering at the University of Palermo

Research interests:

Polymer crystallization
Contact mechanics of nanoindentations
Functionalized nanotubes containing Quantum Dots

Publications:

1. Tranchida D., Kiflie Z., Acierno S., Piccarolo S. "Nanoscale mechanical characterization of polymers by atomic force microscopy (AFM) nanoindentations: viscoelastic characterization of a model material", Measurement Science and Technology 2009, in-press

2. Tranchida D., Bartczak Z., Bielinski D., Kiflie Z., Galeski A., Piccarolo S. “Linking structure and nanomechanical properties via instrumented nanoindentations on well-defined and fine-tuned morphology polymers”, Polymer 2009, 50, 1939-1947

3. Song J., Tranchida D., Vancso G.J. “Contact mechanics of UV/ozone treated PDMS by AFM and ATD techniques: Mechanical performance from nano-to micrometer length scale”, Macromolecules 2008, 47, 6757-6762

4. Bielinski D.M., Tranchida D., Lipinski P., Jagielski J., Turos A. “Ion bombardment of polyethylene—influence of polymer structure” Vacuum 2007, 81, 1256-1260

5. Tranchida D., Kiflie Z., Piccarolo S. “Viscoelastic recovery behaviour following Atomic Force Microscope nanoindentation of semi-crystalline poly(ethylene) ”, Macromolecules, 2007, 40, 7366-7371

6. Tranchida D., Piccarolo S., Loos J., Alexeev A. “Mechanical characterization of polymers on nanometre scale through nanoindentation. A study on pile-up and viscoelasticity”, Macromolecules, 2007, 40, 1259-1267

7. Tranchida D., Piccarolo S., Loos J., Alexeev A. “Accurately evaluating Young’s modulus of polymers through nanoindentations: a phenomenological correction factor to the Oliver and Pharr procedure”, Applied Physics Letters, 2006, 89, 171905 (1-3) also selected for publication on Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology 2006, vol 14, issue 19

8. Tranchida D., Kiflie Z., Piccarolo S. “Mechanical properties of the nanometer scale pre-crystalline order of a poly (ethylene terepthalate) / poly (ethylene naphthalene) blend“ Macromolecular Rapid Communication, 2006, 27, 1584-1589

9. Tranchida D., Piccarolo S., Deblieck R.A.C. “Some experimental issues of AFM tip blind estimation. The effect of noise and resolution”, Measurement Science and Technology, 2006, 17, 2630-2636

10. Palmisano G., Le Bourhis E., Ciriminna R., Tranchida D., Pagliaro M. “ORMOSIL thin films: Tuneable mechanical properties via a nanochemistry approach”, Langmuir, 2006, 22, 11158-11162

11. Tranchida D., Piccarolo S., Soliman M. “Nanoscale mechanical characterization of polymers by AFM nanoindentations: Critical approach to the elastic characterization”, Macromolecules, 2006, 39, 4547-4556

12. Tranchida D., Piccarolo S. “On the use of the nanoindentation unloading curve to measure Young’s modulus of polymers on nanometre scale” Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2005, 26, 1800-1804

13. Tranchida D., Piccarolo S. “Relating morphology to nanoscale mechanical properties: from crystalline to mesomorphic iPP”, Polymer, 2005, 46, 4032-4040

14. Tranchida D., Kiflie Z., Piccarolo S. “Atomic Force Microscope Nanoindentations to reliably measure the Young’s modulus of soft matter” in “Modern Research and Educational Topics in Microscopy”, 2007, Formatex Microscopy Book Series

15. Tranchida D., Piccarolo S. “Local mechanical properties by Atomic Force Microscopy nanoindentations”, in “Applied Scanning Probe Methods 13”, Eds.: B. Bhushan, H. Fuchs, H. Yamada, 2008, Springer DE

16. Tranchida D., Piccarolo S. “Combining Atomic Force Microscopy and Depth Sensing Instruments for the nanometre scale mechanical characterization of soft matter”, in “Applied Scanning Probe Methods 14”, Eds.: B. Bhushan, H. Fuchs, H. Yamada, 2009, Springer DE

17. Tranchida D., Piccarolo S. “Determining structure distribution in inhomogenous samples on the nanometer scale by atomic force microscopy”, AIP Conference Proceedings Volume 907, 2007, Pages 847-852

18. Tranchida D., Piccarolo S. “A method for mapping local mechanical properties on the nanometer scale by AFM” Proceedings of PPS (Polymer Processing Society) – 21 Meeting 2005, Leipzig, Germany

19. Tranchida D. “Measuring nanomechanical properties: bridging structure and properties” Proceedings of Pharm&Chem&Tech III 2006, Palermo, Italy

20. Tranchida D., Piccarolo S. “Mapping mechanical properties on the nanometer scale by Atomic Force Microscopy” Proceedings of Polymeric Materials 2006, Halle, Germany

21. Tranchida D., Piccarolo S. “Determining structure distribution in inhomogenous samples on the nanometer scale by Atomic Force Microscopy”, Proceedings of ESAFORM conference on material forming 2007, Zaragoza, Spain