Nanomaterials in the spotlight: Particular Materials on La Repubblica
How do you take a nanomaterial that performs brilliantly in a laboratory and scale it up to industrial production without losing what makes it special? That question is at the heart of the interview just published in La Repubblica, in the context of a special feature on the excellence of Italian manufacturing.
The piece, written by Marco Angelillo, profiles Particular Materials and our founder and CEO Marco Bersani, offering a portrait of a company that is thinking differently about how advanced materials should be made. As Bersani puts it, bringing a high-performing nanomaterial from lab to industrial scale is anything but trivial, and too often, quality is sacrificed along the way.
The article highlights what sets Particular Materials apart: a proprietary production process that is flexible, precise and sustainable. Unlike conventional approaches, it requires no organic solvents, strong acids, or flammable substances: it is entirely water-based, making it both environmentally friendly and energy-efficient. And it gives the team full control over the five key parameters that determine nanoparticle quality: size, monodispersion, aggregation, morphology and phase purity.
The interview also touches on two projects that reflect our broader vision. The first is Circular Materials, a spinoff born to recover precious metals such as nickel, chromium and zinc from industrial wastewater, turning what would otherwise become special waste intovaluable raw materials. The second is Na.Ma.S.Te., a research project developed with the University of Padova to produce carbon-based nanomaterials, including graphene, for applications spanning composites, coatings, energy storage and biomedical uses.
We are proud to share our story with the readers of one of Italy's most widely read national newspapers.
