Dr. Andrea Mescola is a researcher specializing in applied physics and biophysics. He earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry at the University of Genoa, followed by a Ph.D. in Nanosciences at the Italian Institute of Technology in 2014.
His research focuses on the mechanical and thermodynamic properties of biological systems including living cells, bacteria and lipid-based model systems. He has contributed to advancing cell-stretching devices for studying cellular mechanics and has explored the properties of 2D materials like graphene for surface coating applications.
Currently, he is a Researcher at the Nanoscience Institute - CNR Nano S3 in Modena. Previously, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Liège, Belgium, where he contributed to studies on nanochemistry and molecular systems. He has participated in several high-impact scientific projects at both national and international levels. He has authored 34 publications and serves as a reviewer and guest editor for leading scientific journals. He is fluent in Italian, English, and French.
Nanotechnology, Lipids, Vesicles, Mechanical Properties, Surface functionalization, Atomic Force Microscopy, Force Spectroscopy, Optical Microscopy, Biophysical Chemistry, Friction Force Microscopy, Sensors, Biomaterials, Smart Surfaces, Antimicrobial Peptides, Single-molecule Techniques, Nanotribology, 2D Materials, Carbon-based Nanomaterials.
A. Mescola, A. Lodi, F. Zanni, A. Rota, A. Gerbi, C. Bernini, M. Schott, L. Repetto, A. Camisasca, S. Giordani, R. Buzio, and G. Paolicelli. Synergistic effect of graphene and nanodiamonds to achieve ultra-low friction on rough DLC coatings. Diamond and Related Materials, 145, 111149, (2024), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2024.111149
A. Mescola, A. Silva, A. Khosravi, A. Vanossi, E. Tosatti, S. Valeri, and G. Paolicelli. Anisotropic rheology and friction of suspended graphene. Physical Review Materials, 7, 054007, (2023), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.7.054007
E. Canepa, A. Relini, D. Bochicchio, E. Lavagna, and A. Mescola. Amphiphilic gold nanoparticles: a biomimetic tool to gain mechanistic insights into peptide-lipid interactions. Membranes, 12, 673, (2022), https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes12070673
A. Mescola, G. Paolicelli, S. P. Ogilvie, R. Guarino, J. G McHugh, A. Rota, E. Iacob, E. Gnecco, S. Valeri, N. M. Pugno, V. Gadhamshetty, M. M. Rahman, P. Ajayan, A. B. Dalton, and M. Tripathi. Graphene confers ultralow friction on nanogear cogs. Small, 17, 2104487, (2021), DOI: 10.1002/smll.202104487
A. Mescola, G. Ragazzini, and A. Alessandrini. Daptomycin strongly affects the phase behavior of model lipid bilayers. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 124, 8562, (2020), https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c06640
A. Mescola, N. Marín-Medina, G. Ragazzini, M. Accolla, and A. Alessandrini. Magainin-H2 effects on the permeabilization and mechanical properties of giant unilamellar vesicles. Journal of colloid and interface science, 553, 247, (2019), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2019.06.028
A. Mescola, M. Dauvin, A. Amoroso, A.-S. Duwez, and B. Joris. Single-molecule force spectroscopy to decipher the early signalling step in membrane-bound penicillin receptors embedded into a lipid bilayer. Nanoscale, 11, 12275, (2019), DOI: 10.1039/c9nr02466b
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