Rate My Professor Filippo Ferdeghini

Filippo Ferdeghini is an Associate Professor in Physics at ECE Paris, Ecole Centrale d'Electronique, where he serves as a permanent member of the LyRIDS laboratory since November 2016. He earned his Doctorate in Physics from Université Pierre et Marie Curie in 2015, with a thesis entitled 'Ionic liquids under one-dimensional nanometric confinement.' Prior to his current position, he conducted his MSc thesis on 'Vibrational properties of nanotube imogolite' at the Institut Laue Langevin from November 2011 to September 2012. Ferdeghini's research specializes in nanoscience and physico-chemistry, focusing on nanometric systems for energy storage and health applications, as well as polymer and graphene oxide-based systems for biomedical and flexible electronics. His work explores the structural, thermal, and dynamical behaviors of confined ionic liquids, hydrogels, and nanostructured materials, employing advanced techniques such as small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), NMR relaxometry, and material characterization.

Ferdeghini has made notable contributions to the field through several key publications. In 2017, he co-authored 'Ionic Liquids: Evidence of the viscosity scale-dependence' in Scientific Reports, demonstrating scale-dependent viscosity in ionic liquids using neutron spin echo. The same year, 'Ionic Liquids Confined in Silica Ionogels: Structural, Thermal, and Dynamical Behaviors' appeared in Entropy, investigating ionogel properties. Other significant works include 'Enhanced ionic liquid mobility induced by confinement in 1D CNT membranes' (2016), 'Nanostructuration of Ionic Liquids: impact on the cation mobility. A multi-scale study' (2016), and 'Low-field single-sided NMR for one-shot 1D-mapping: Application to membranes' (2017). A recent publication, 'Design of Ultra-stretchable Physical Hydrogels cross-linked by Cubosomes: Structural Changes Revealed by SANS during In-Situ Polymerisation and Mechanical Deformation' (2025), highlights his ongoing research on ultra-stretchable hydrogels. His publications have accumulated 167 citations on ResearchGate. At ECE, Ferdeghini engages in teaching physics and nanoscience courses, administrative tasks, and supervision of PhD students, including Cécile Rerzki-Vérité's thesis defense in 2024. His research is affiliated with the Laboratoire des Interfaces Complexes et de l'Organisation Nanométrique.