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Valentina Cauda was born in Turin, Italy, in 1981.
She received the Laurea degree in Chemical Engineering in 2004.
In January 2005, she started her PhD at the Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering at Politecnico di Torino.
In March 2008 she received the European Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, with a thesis entitled: "Incorporation of Ordered Mesoporous Silica inside Macroporous Systems for Drugs Adsorption and Delivery".
Since August 2010 she joined IIT as Post-Doc Senior Researcher in the Center for Space Human Robotics IIT@Polito in Turin, working on nanostructured oxides and piezoelectric polymers with both the aims of developing tactile sensors devices and solar cells.
2008 Grant from CeNS (Center for NanoScience, University of Munich) “Evaluating the Nano-Risk: Colloidal Mesoporous Silica degradation inside living cells”, Role: Principal Investigator, Duration: 12 months, Dec 2008-Dec 2009.
S. Stassi, V. Cauda, S. Fiorilli, C. Riccairdi “Surface area enhancement by mesoporous silica deposition on microcantilever sensors for small molecule detection” JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C, 2015, doi: 10.1039/C5TC02635K, in press.
V. Cauda, S. Stassi, A. Lamberti, M. Morello, C. F. Pirri, G. Canavese “Leveraging ZnO morphologies in piezoelectric composites for mechanical energy harvesting” NANOENERGY, 2015, vol. 18, pp. 212–22, ISSN: 2211-2855, doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.10.021.
M. Laurenti, G. Canavese, A. Sacco, M. Fontana, K. Bejtka, M. Castellino, F. C. Pirri, V. Cauda “Nanobranched ZnO Structure: p-Type Doping Induces Piezoelectric Voltage Generation and Ferroelectric-Photovoltaic Effect” ADVANCED MATERIALS, 2015, vol. 27, pp. 4218–4223, ISSN: 0935-9648, doi: 10.1002/adma.20150159.
M. Laurenti, S. Stassi, M. Lorenzoni, M. Fontana, G. Canavese, V. Cauda, C. F. Pirri “Local piezoelectric property analysis and charge-generation measurements in hard and flexible zinc oxide thin films” NANOTECHNOLOGY, 2015, Vol. 26 (21), pp. 215704, ISSN: 1361-6528, doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/21/215704.
C. Ottone, A. Lamberti, M. Fontana, V. Cauda “Wetting behavior of hierarchical oxide nanostructures: TiO2 nanotubes from anodic oxidation decorated with ZnO nanostructures” JOURNAL OF ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2014, Vol. 161, Issue 10, pp. D484-D488, ISSN: 1945-7111, doi:10.1149/2.0431410jes.
V. Cauda, D. Pugliese, N. Garino, A. Sacco, S. Bianco, F. Bella, A. Lamberti, C. Gerbaldi “Multi-functional energy conversion and storage electrodes using flower-like ZnO nanostructures”, ENERGY, 2014, Vol. 65, pp. 639-646, ISSN: 0360-5442, doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.12.025.
D. Pugliese, F. Bella, V. Cauda, A. Lamberti, A. Sacco, E. Tresso, S. Bianco “A Chemometric Approach for the Sensitization Procedure of ZnO Flower-like Microstructures for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells”, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS AND INTERFACES, 2013, Vol. 5 (21), pp. 11288–11295, ISSN:1944-8244, doi: 10.1021/am403527m.
V. Farías Rivera, F. Auras, P. Motto, S. Stassi, G. Canavese, E. Celasco, T. Bein, B. Onida, V. Cauda (Co-First Author)“Length-dependent charge generation from vertical arrays of high-aspect ratio ZnO nanowires” CHEMISTRY: AN EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 2013, Vol. 19 (43), pp. 14665–14674, ISSN: 1521-3765, doi: 10.1002/chem.201204429.
V. Cauda, S. Stassi, K. Bejtka, G. Canavese “Nanoconfinement: an effective way to enhance PVDF piezoelectric properties", ACS APPLIED MATERIALS AND INTERFACES, 2013, Vol.5 (13), pp. 6430-6437, ISSN:1944-8244, doi: 10.1021/am4016878.
M. Laurenti, V. Cauda (Co-First Author), R. Gazia, M. Fontana, V. Farías Rivera, S. Bianco, G. Canavese “Wettability control on ZnO nanowires driven by seed layer properties”, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 2013, Vol. 2013 (14), pp. 2520-2527, ISSN: 1434-1948, doi: 10.1002/ejic.201201420.
V. Cauda, B. Torre, A. Falqui, G. Canavese, S. Stassi, T. Bein, M. Pizzi “Confinement in Oriented Mesopores Induces Piezoelectric Behaviour of Polymeric Nanowires”,CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 2012, Vol. 24 (21), pp 4215–4221, ISSN: 0897-4756, doi: 10.1021/cm302594s.
F. Feil, V. Cauda (Co-First Author), T. Bein, C. Bräuchle "Direct visualization of dye and oligonucleotide diffusion in silica filaments with collinear mesopores”, NANO LETTERS, 2012, Vol. 12 (3), pp 1354-61, ISSN: 1530-6992, doi: 10.1021/nl2039474.
V. Cauda, C. Argyo, D. Percey, T. Bein “Liquid phase calcination” in high-boiling solvents of colloidal mesoporous silica nanoparticles”, JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2011, vol. 133, pp 6484–6486, ISSN: 0002-7863, doi: 10.1021/ja1067492.
V. Cauda, H. Engelke, A. Sauer, D. Arcizet, C. Bräuchle, J. Rädler, T. Bein “Colchicine-loaded lipid bilayer-coated 50 nm mesoporous nanoparticles efficiently induce microtubule depolymerization upon cell uptake”, NANO LETTERS, 2010, vol. 10, issue 7, pp 2484–2492, ISSN:1530-6984, doi: 10.1021/nl100991w.
A. Sauer, A. Schlossbauer, N. Ruthardt, V. Cauda, T. Bein, C. Bräuchle “Role of endosomal escape for disulfide-based drug delivery from colloidal mesoporous silica evaluated by live-cell imaging”, NANO LETTERS, 2010, vol. 10, issue 9, pp 3684-3691, ISSN 1530-6984, doi: 10.1021/nl102180s.
V. Cauda, A. Schlossbauer, J. Kecht, A. Zϋrner, T. Bein “Multiple core-shell functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles“, JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2009, vol. 131, issue 32, pp. 11361-11370, ISSN: 0002-7863, doi: 10.1021/ja809346n.
Best Paper Award 2015 at the 38th International Spring Seminar on Electronics Technology (ISSE 2015) for the publication: B. Miccoli, A. Bonanno, V. Cauda, A. Sanginario, D. Demarchi “Interface of a Single ZnO-Nanowire Assembled onto Custom-Fabricated Nanogap Device for UV Sensing Applications”, Eger (Hungary), 6-10 May 2015, pp. 431-435, doi: 10.1109/ISSE.2015.7248035.
Prize “Giovedì Scienza” 2013- 2nd Edition- Acknowledgement for the scientific divulgation from researcher under 35 having relevant scientific and technological results and operating in a research institution in Piedmont (Italy).
Publication Award 2010 – Center for NanoScience (CeNS), University of Munich, Germany, for the publication: A. Sauer, A. Schlossbauer, N. Ruthardt, V. Cauda, T. Bein, C. Bräuchle “Role of endosomal escape for disulfide-based drug delivery from colloidal mesoporous silica evaluated by live-cell imaging”, NANO LETTERS, 2010, vol. 10, issue 9, pp 3684-3691.
Prize “Dr. Klaus Römer Stiftung” Post-Doc 2010 -Stiftung zur Förderung Chemischer und Biochemischer Forschung, to promote the research of chemists and biochemists, Departments of Chemistry, University of Munich, Germany.

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