Francesco Bellucci
Prof. of Environmental Degradation of Materials and
Applied Electrochemistry,
Department of Materials and Production Engineering,
University of Naples Federico II,
Piazzale V. Tecchio 80
80125, Naples, Italy; tl. : 0039-081-7682402; Fax: 0039-081-7682404; e-mail:
Biographical Sketch
Francesco Bellucci was a Visiting Scientist at the Max-Planck Institut fur Biophysik, Frankfurt a.m., at the Corrosion and Electrochemical Laboratory of Donegani Research Institute, Novara, at the Laboratoire des Materiaux, University of Marseille, and at the H.H. Uhlig Corrosion Laboratory of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts, USA. He received a NATO Fellowship in 1986 and 1990 to carry out research activities in the area of Corrosion Science and Technology at the University of Marseille, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has served as chairman of the following International and National Conferences: (i) "Corrosion and Electrochemical Behaviour of Metals in Non-Aqueous Organic Solvents", held in Capri, 1986, Italy, (ii) "Corrosion in Aircraft Structures and Ground Vehicles", held in Ravello, Italy, from 14 to 16 April 2003, (iii) “The welding of Light Alloys: State of the Art, Perspective and Potential Applications”, held in Naples, July 5th 2004, (iv) "First Wold Congress on Corrosion in the Military", held in Sorrento, Italy from 6 to 8 June 2005, (v) “Second World Congress on Corrosion in the Military", held in Naples, Italy from 9 to12 September 2007, (vi) The “VI ASST (Aluminum Science and Surface Technologies) held in Sorrento, Italy, from 27 to 31 May 2012.
In addition, he has served as Co-chairman and has been invited speaker at several international congresses. He was visiting Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at the University of Marseille, in 1991 and 1992. In 1991 he received the “Melvin Romanoff” award from NACE, National Association of Corrosion Engineering, U.S.A. for the best paper in Corrosion. His name is included in the 4a edition of “Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 1998/1999”. He has served as referee for Corrosion (NACE), Corrosion Science, Electrochimica Acta, and J. of Membrane Science, Composites Science and Technology, J. of Electrochemical Society and for the NSF, (National State Foundation), USA. Francesco Bellucci is member of ISE (International Society of Electrochemistry), NACE, ES (Electrochemical Society, USA), ESME (European Society for Materials Education). Prof. Bellucci is in the editorial board of Materials Science Forum, International Journal of Applied Chemistry and Corrosion Review.
Professor Bellucci is co-author of more than 200 scientific papers mainly in the areas of environmental degradation and protection of materials and surface engineering. The chemical instability manifested in corrosion or oxidation can affect all engineering materials: metals, ceramics, glasses, polymers, electronic materials. Whether instigated by aqueous or non aqueous solutions or gases at high temperatures, corrosion left uncontrolled can ultimately destroy those properties that make a material desirable-strength, ductility, electrical and thermal conductivity, magnetism, optical characteristics. Virtually every major industrial activity pays a high cost to reverse the effects of the environmental degradation of materials.
Professor Bellucci’s current research interests are focused largely in the area of corrosion science and engineering and include investigation in the following specific fields: (i) transport properties of organic coatings, (ii) electrochemical and corrosion behaviour of metals in aqueous and non-aqueous solvents, (iii) environmental degradation of Al and Al alloys, (iv) electrochemical properties of advanced composite materials, (v) dielectric properties of polymers as related to curing, (vi) surface modifications via cold plasma processing, (vii) cold spray technology, (viii) corrosion phenomena in concrete.