Stefano Acierno

Research activity

Coordination activities:

• Da settembre 2019 a settembre 2023: PRIN 2017, Responsabile Scientifico dell'Unità di ricerca Università degli Studi del SANNIO di BENEVENTO. Progetto prot. 20179SWLKA_004, settore ERC PE8, durata 36 mesi, titolo "Multiple Advanced Materials Manufactured by Additive technologies (MAMMA)".
• Da ottobre 2011 a ottobre 2013: PRIN 2009, Responsabile Scientifico dell'Unità di ricerca Università degli Studi del SANNIO di BENEVENTO. Progetto prot. 2009S84SRL_004, durata 24 mesi, Titolo "Studi chemoreologici per la produzione tramite Resin Tranfer Moulding di compositi tenacizzati a base di resine epossidiche".
• Da marzo 2004 a febbraio 2008: Responsabile scientifico dell’unità di ricerca Università di Napoli Federico II – Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica - (UNINA-DIC) per il progetto “Polymer Injection Advanced Moulding” (contratto n° NMP2-CT-2003-505878 della Comunità Europea).

PUBBLICATIONS:

3D printing (additive manufacturing) 

1. Patti A., Acierno S., “Rheological Changes in Bio-Based Filaments Induced by Extrusion-Based 3D Printing Process”, (2024), Materials, 17 (15), art. no. 3839. ISSN: 1996-1944. DOI: 10.3390/ma17153839
2. Patti A., Acierno S., Cicala G., Acierno D., “Aging effects on the viscoelastic behaviour of products by fused deposition modelling (FDM) made from recycled and wood-filled polymer resins”, (2024), European Journal of Wood and Wood Products, 82 (1), pp. 69 - 79. DOI: 10.1007/s00107-023-01994-9
3. D’Arienzo L., Acierno S., Patti A., Di Maio L., “Cellulose/Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) Composites as a Sustainable Bio-Based Feedstock to 3D-Printing Applications”, (2024), Materials, 17 (4), art. no. 916. ISSN: 19961944. DOI: 10.3390/ma17040916
4. Patti A., Acierno S., Cicala G., Acierno D., “Predicting the Printability of Poly(Lactide) Acid Filaments in Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) Technology: Rheological Measurements and Experimental Evidence”, (2023), ChemEngineering, 7 (1), art. no. 1. DOI: 10.3390/chemengineering7010001
5. Patti A., Acierno S., Cicala G., Acierno D., “Controlling Process Variables in 3D Printing to Limit the Energy Consumption”, (2023), Chemical Engineering Transactions , 105, pp. 373 - 378. DOI: 10.3303/CET23105063
6. Patti A., Acierno S., Cicala G., Acierno D., “Evaluating Thermal Ageing of Recycled Bio-based Filament for 3D Printing as Function of Extruder Temperature”, (2023), Chemical Engineering Transactions, 98, pp. 57 - 62. DOI: 10.3303/CET2398010
7. Patti A., Acierno S., Cicala G., Acierno D. “Changes in Chemical and Physical Properties of Bio-Based Thermoplastics during Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) Process”, (2023), Chemical Engineering Transactions, 100, pp. 439 – 444. DOI: 10.3303/CET23100074
8. Patti A., Acierno S., Cicala G., Zarrelli M., Acierno D., “The Understanding the Processing Window of Virgin and Recycled Bio-based Filaments for 3D Printing Applications”, (2022), Macromolecular Symposia, 405 (1), art. no. 2100291. DOI: 10.1002/masy.202100291
9. Patti A., Acierno S., Cicala G., Zarrelli M., Acierno D., “Recovery of Waste Material from Biobags: 3D Printing Process and Thermo-Mechanical Characteristics in Comparison to Virgin and Composite Matrices”, (2022), Polymers, 14 (10), art. no. 1943. DOI: 10.3390/polym14101943
10. Patti A., Acierno S., Cicala G., Acierno D., “Recycling Waste from Film Packaging to 3D Printing Applications: a Prospective Study to Identify the Processing Temperature”, (2022), Chemical Engineering Transactions, 96, pp. 55 - 60. DOI: 10.3303/CET2296010
11. Patti A., Acierno S., Cicala G., Tuccitto N., Acierno D., “Refining the 3D Printer Set-up to Reduce the Environmental Impact of the Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) Technology” (2022), Chemical Engineering Transactions, 91, pp. 415 - 420. DOI: 10.3303/CET2291070

Applied rheology and phase transitions 

12. Avallone P.R., Russo Spena S., Acierno S., Esposito M.G., Sarrica A., Delmonte M., Pasquino R., Grizzuti N., “Thermorheological Behavior of κ-Carrageenan Hydrogels Modified with Xanthan Gum”, (2023), Fluids, 8 (4), art. no. 119. DOI: 10.3390/fluids8040119
13. Patti A., Cicala G., Acierno S., “Rotational rheology of wood flour composites based on recycled polyethylene”, (2021), Polymers, 13 (14), art. no. 2226. DOI: 10.3390/polym13142226
14. Cabibbo M., Acierno S., Paoletti C., “Role of high-temperature Equal-Channel Angular Pressing strain path on secondary-phase precipitation in a T6-Al-Cu-Li-Mg-Ag-Zr-Sc alloy”, (2021), Metallurgia Italiana, 113 (7), pp. 29 – 43.
15. Acierno S., Pasquino R., Grizzuti N., “Rheological techniques for the determination of the crystallization kinetics of a polypropylene-EPR copolymer”, (2009), Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 98 (3), pp. 639 - 644. DOI: 10.1007/s10973-009-0508-3
16. 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”, (2009), Measurement Science and Technology, 20 (9), art. no. 095702. ISSN 0957-0233. DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/20/9/095702
17. Acierno S., Grizzuti N., “Flow-induced crystallization of polymer: Theory and experiments”, (2008), International Journal of Material Forming, 1 (SUPPL. 1), pp. 583 - 586. DOI: 10.1007/s12289-008-0323-6
18. Acierno S., Coppola S., Grizzuti N., “Effects of molecular weight distribution on the flow-enhanced crystallization of poly(1-butene)” (2008), Journal of Rheology, 52 (2), pp. 551 - 566. ISSN: 0148-6055. DOI: 10.1122/1.2829149
19. Coppola S., Acierno S., Grizzuti N., Vlassopoulos D., “Viscoelastic behavior of semicrystalline thermoplastic polymers during the early stages of crystallization”, (2006), Macromolecules, 39 (4), pp. 1507 - 1514. DOI: 10.1021/ma0518510
20. Acierno S., Di Maio E., Iannace S., Grizzuti N., “Structure development during crystallization of polycaprolactone”, (2006), Rheologica Acta, 45 (4), pp. 387 - 392. DOI: 10.1007/s00397-005-0054-2
21. Acierno S., Van Puyvelde P., “Effect of short chain branching upon the crystallization of model polyamides-11”, (2005), Polymer, 46 (23), pp. 10331 - 10338. ISSN: 0032-3861.  DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2005.07.097
22. Acierno S., Van Puyvelde P., “Rheological behavior of polyamide 11 with varying initial moisture content”, (2005), Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 97 (2), pp. 666 - 670. ISSN 0021-8995. DOI: 10.1002/app.21810
23. Acierno S., Grizzuti N., “Measurements of the rheological behavior of a crystallizing polymer by an "inverse quenching" technique”, (2003), Journal of Rheology, 47 (2), pp. 563 - 576. ISSN: 0148-6055. DOI: 10.1122/1.1545080
24. Acierno S., Palomba B., Winter H.H., Grizzuti N., “Effect of molecular weight on the flow-induced crystallization of isotactic poly(1-butene)”, (2003), Rheologica Acta, 42 (3), pp. 243 - 250. DOI: 10.1007/s00397-002-0280-9
25. Acierno S., Coppola S., Grizzuti N., Maffettone P.L., “Coupling between kinetics and rheological parameters in the flow-induced crystallization of thermoplastic polymers”, (2002), Macromolecular Symposia, 185, pp. 233 - 241. DOI: 10.1002/1521-3900(200208)185:1<233::AID-MASY233>3.0.CO;2-W
26. Acierno S., Grizzuti N., Winter H.H., “Effects of molecular weight on the isothermal crystallization of poly(1-butene)”, (2002) Macromolecules, 35 (13), pp. 5043 – 5048. ISSN: 0024.9297. DOI: 10.1021/ma0200423

Composite and functional materials

27. Patti A., Acierno S., Nele L., Graziosi L., Acierno D., “Sustainable Basalt Fibers vs. Traditional Glass Fibers: Comparative Study on Thermal Properties and Flow Behavior of Polyamide 66-Based Composites”, (2022), ChemEngineering, 6 (6), art. no. 86.DOI: 10.3390/chemengineering6060086
28. Seggio M., Tessaro A.L., Nostro A., Ginestra G., Graziano A.C.E., Cardile V., Acierno S., Russo P., Catanzano O., Quaglia F., Sortino S., “A thermoresponsive gel photoreleasing nitric oxide for potential ocular applications”, (2020), Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 8 (39), pp. 9121 - 9128. DOI: 10.1039/d0tb01194k
29. Russo P., Patti A., Petrarca C., Acierno S., “Thermal conductivity and dielectric properties of polypropylene-based hybrid compounds containing multiwalled carbon nanotubes”, (2018), Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 135 (28), art. no. 46470. ISSN: 0021-8995. DOI: 10.1002/app.46470
30. Acierno S., Barretta R., Luciano R., Marotti de Sciarra F., Russo P., “Experimental evaluations and modeling of the tensile behavior of polypropylene/single-walled carbon nanotubes fibers”, (2017) Composite Structures, 174, pp. 12 - 18. ISSN: 0263-8223. DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2017.04.049
31. Patti A., Acierno S., Acierno D., Russo P., “Thermal conductivity and rheological measurements on hybrid polypropylene-based systems”, (2016), AIP Conference Proceedings, 1779, art. no. 040011. DOI: 10.1063/1.4965502
32. Patti A., Russo P., Acierno D., Acierno S., “The effect of filler functionalization on dispersion and thermal conductivity of polypropylene/multi wall carbon nanotubes composites”, (2016), Composites Part B: Engineering, 94, pp. 350 - 359. DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2016.03.072
33. Russo P., Patti A., Acierno D., Acierno S., “Dispersion issues and thermal conductivity of polypropylene/multi wall carbon nanotube systems”, (2016), AIP Conference Proceedings, 1736, art. no. 4949628. DOI: 10.1063/1.4949628
34. Catanzano O., D'Esposito V., Acierno S., Ambrosio M.R., De Caro C., Avagliano C., Russo P., Russo R., Miro A., Ungaro F., Calignano A., Formisano P., Quaglia F., “Alginate-hyaluronan composite hydrogels accelerate wound healing process”, (2015), Carbohydrate Polymers, 131, pp. 407 - 414. ISSN: 0263-8223. DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.05.081
35. Pecce M., Ceroni F., Bibbò F.A., Acierno S., “Steel–concrete bond behaviour of lightweight concrete with expanded polystyrene (EPS)”, (2015), Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions, 48 (1-2), pp. 139 - 152. ISSN: 1359-5997. DOI: 10.1617/s11527-013-0173-7
36. Catanzano O., Acierno S., Russo P., Cervasio M., Del Basso De Caro M., Bolognese A., Sammartino G., Califano L., Marenzi G., Calignano A., Acierno D., Quaglia F., “Melt-spun bioactive sutures containing nanohybrids for local delivery of anti-inflammatory drugs”, (2014), Materials Science and Engineering C, 43, pp. 300 - 309. DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2014.07.012
37. Russo P., Acierno D., Acierno S., “Thermoplastic polyurethane fibers filled with multi-walled carbon nanotubes: Relationships among fiber draw ratio, filler content and performances of epoxy based items”, (2012) ECCM 2012 - Composites at Venice, Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Composite Materials.
38. Acierno S., Carotenuto C., Pecce M., “Compressive and thermal properties of recycled EPS foams”, (2010), Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering, 49 (1), pp. 13 - 19. ISSN: 1525-6111.  DOI: 10.1080/03602550903282994.