Francesco Vita

Biography: 
Francesco Vita received his Ph.D. in Fundamental and Applied Physics from the University of Naples, Italy, in 2005. Since 2021, he has been an Associate Professor of Experimental Physics of Matter at the Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy, where his research focuses on the nanostructural properties of soft matter, primarily investigated using X-ray diffraction and scattering techniques. A regular user of international synchrotron radiation facilities with a record of about 30 approved experiments at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF, France), he has authored more than 80 papers and two patents. His work explores the fundamental link between nanoscale supramolecular architecture and macroscopic physical properties across various unconventional liquid crystals, including thermotropic, lyotropic, polymeric, and colloidal systems. Recent projects include the investigation of all-aromatic liquid crystals, bent-core nematics, high-performance liquid crystalline polymer-graphene oxide composites, and lipid-based lyotropic mesophases for drug delivery.

Title of the communication:
Exploring the Nanostructure of All-Aromatic Nematic Liquid Crystals: a Comparison of Experiments and Molecular Dynamics Simulations