Maria Giulia Faga
National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Italy
Biography
Maria Giulia Faga is a Researcher of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR). Her research activity ranges from physico-chemical study of catalysts to the functionalization of massive materials (oxidic composites) for biomedical applications to the study of tribological and surface properties of wear resistant thin films for cutting tools. At present, she is responsible for the institute activity “Machining and characterization of materials for mechanical, wear resistance and biomedical applications” and responsible of the laboratories for mechanical and tribological properties of thin layers and bulk materials. Her research interests include the following laboratory skills: wear and mechanical characterisation of materials (tribometer, scratch test, durometers); microstructural (SEM-EDS) and spectroscopic (Raman, FTIR, UV-Vis, XRD) analysis. She cooperates mainly with the Chemistry group of University of Turin, the Materials and Machining Departments and the Department of Management and Production Engineering of Polytechnic of Turin.