Professor Davide Deganello

Professor

Mechanical Engineering

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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8341-4177

About

Prof Davide Deganello is Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Swansea University, where he is a director of the Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating (WCPC), internationally recognised as a centre of excellence in printing & plastic electronics.

His research focuses on the development of functional materials and printing technologies, promoting printing as an advanced manufacturing process for novel applications, in particular for printed electronics & sensors, energy storage, biomedical applications. Davide’s research covers from large scale roll-to-roll printing to one-off additive manufacturing, supported by the study of underlining complex rheology, material formulation and CFD modelling.

Davide has developed a sustained program of research, including a number of UK Research Council, collaborative & industrial awards. Davide’s contributions have led to numerous publications in high-impact international journals, several patents, and significant industrial investments.

Together with his role at the Welsh Centre of Printing and Coating (WCPC), Davide is co-director of recently formed CAPTURE, Swansea University Centre of Excellence in Energy Storage. Davide has partecipated to successful REF Impact case studies for REF2014 and REF2021.

Davide is member and the current elected Chair of the Institute of Physics : Printing and Graphic Science Group (IOP PGS).

Publications

Research Highlights

Deganello, D., de Boode, B., Clifford, B., & Phillips, C. (2024). Screen Printed Glassy Carbon: Applications in Printed Electronics and Sensors. In 2024 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS) (pp. 1-4). IEEE.
https://doi.org/10.1109/fleps61194.2024.10603530, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66639
Alaizoki, A., Phillips, C., Hardwick, C., Parker, D., & Deganello, D. (2022). Enhanced liquid retention capacity within plastic food packaging through modified capillary recesses. Journal of Food Engineering, 323, 111010
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2022.111010, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59452
Ahmed, H., Bedding-Tyrrell, M., Deganello, D., Xia, Z., Xiong, Y., & Zhao, F. (2023). Efficient calculation of fluid-induced wall shear stress within tissue engineering scaffolds by an empirical model. Medicine in Novel Technology and Devices, 18, 100223
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medntd.2023.100223, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62890
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.medntd.2023.100223
Jones, D., Hussein, H., Worsley, E., Kiani, S., Kamlungsua, K., Fone, T., Phillips, C., & Deganello, D. (2023). Scalable Synthesis of Pre‐Intercalated Manganese(III/IV) Oxide Nanostructures for Supercapacitor Electrodes: Electrochemical Comparison of Birnessite and Cryptomelane Products. ChemElectroChem, 10(14)
https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202300210, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63191
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/celc.202300210
CRESSALL, S., Phillips, C., Al-Shatty, W., & Deganello, D. (2024). The effect of high-intensity gamma radiation on PETG and ASA polymer-based fused deposition modelled 3D printed parts. Journal of Materials Science, 59(4), 1768-1782.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-023-09309-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65500
de Boode, B., Phillips, C., Lau, J., Adomkevicius, A., McGettrick, J., & Deganello, D. (2022). Glassy carbon manufacture using rapid photonic curing. Journal of Materials Science, 57(1), 299-310.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-021-06648-w, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59137
Alaizoki, A., Phillips, C., Parker, D., Hardwick, C., McGettrick, J., & Deganello, D. (2022). Improvement in liquid absorption of open-cell polymeric foam by plasma treatment for food packaging applications. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 139(17), 52015
https://doi.org/10.1002/app.52015, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59034
Assaifan, A., Lloyd, J., Samavat, S., Deganello, D., Stanton, R., & Teng, V. (2016). Nanotextured Surface on Flexographic Printed ZnO Thin Films for Low-Cost Non-Faradaic Biosensors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 8(49), 33802-33810.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b11640, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31228
Fung, C., Lloyd, J., Samavat, S., Deganello, D., Teng, K., Teng, V., & Deganello, D. (2017). Facile fabrication of electrochemical ZnO nanowire glucose biosensor using roll to roll printing technique. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 247, 807-813.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2017.03.105, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa32509
Phillips, C., Al-Ahmadi, A., Potts, S., Claypole, T., Deganello, D., Claypole, T., & Phillips, C. (2017). The effect of graphite and carbon black ratios on conductive ink performance. Journal of Materials Science, 52(16), 9520-9530.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-1114-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33693
Clifford, B., Beynon, D., Phillips, C., & Deganello, D. (2018). Printed-Sensor-on-Chip devices – Aerosol jet deposition of thin film relative humidity sensors onto packaged integrated circuits. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 255(1), 1031-1038.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2017.08.086, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35009
Mazzali, F., Orzech, M., Adomkevicius, A., Pisanu, A., Malavasi, L., Deganello, D., & Margadonna, S. (2019). Designing a High-Power Sodium-Ion Battery by in Situ Metal Plating. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2(1), 344-353.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.8b01361, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48051
Morgan, M., Curtis, D., & Deganello, D. (2019). Control of morphological and electrical properties of flexographic printed electronics through tailored ink rheology. Organic Electronics, 73, 212-218.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2019.05.027, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50502
Jalalian-Khakshour, A., Phillips, C., Jackson, L., Dunlop, T., Margadonna, S., & Deganello, D. (2020). Solid-state synthesis of NASICON (Na3Zr2Si2PO12) using nanoparticle precursors for optimisation of ionic conductivity. Journal of Materials Science, 55(6), 2291-2302.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-04162-8, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52708
ASSAIFAN, A., Alshehri, N., Lewis, A., Samavat, S., Lau, J., Deganello, D., & Teng, V. (2020). Effect of intense pulsed light on hydrothermally grown ZnO nanowires. Materials Letters, 271, 127797
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2020.127797, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53925
Spieser, H., Denneulin, A., Deganello, D., Gethin, D., Koppolu, R., & Bras, J. (2020). Cellulose nanofibrils and silver nanowires active coatings for the development of antibacterial packaging surfaces. Carbohydrate Polymers, 240, 116305
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116305, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54024
WANG, L., Zhang, W., Samavat, S., Deganello, D., & Teng, V. (2020). Vertically Aligned Graphene Prepared by Photonic Annealing for Ultrasensitive Biosensors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12(31), 35328-35336.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c08036, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54703
Deganello, D., Claypole, T., & Gethin, D. (2007). Analysis of interferometric data to obtain accurate geometric characterisation of engraved cells. In Nils Enlund and Mladen Lovrecek (Ed.), IARIGAI 2007 Proceedings: Advances in Printing and Media Technology (pp. 77-84).
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55382
http://jpmtr.org/Advances-Vol-34(2007)_online.pdf
Clifford, B., Phillips, C., & Deganello, D. (2020). Optimisation of aerosol jet deposition for high-resolution selective patterning of silver tracks. Journal of Print and Media Technology Research, 9(1), 21-29.
https://doi.org/10.14622/JPMTR-1914, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55763
https://iarigai.com/publications/journals/journal-of-print-and-media-technology-research-1-2020/
Shi, Y., He, R., Deng, X., Shao, Z., Deganello, D., Yan, C., & Xia, Z. (2020). Three-dimensional biofabrication of an aragonite-enriched self-hardening bone graft substitute and assessment of its osteogenicity in vitro and in vivo. Biomaterials Translational, 1(1), 69-81.
https://doi.org/10.3877/cma.j.issn.2096-112X.2020.01.007, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56003
http://www.biomat-trans.com/EN/10.3877/cma.j.issn.2096-112X.2020.01.007
Spieser, H., Tehrani, Z., Ali, M., Daghigh Ahmadi, E., Denneulin, A., Bras, J., Deganello, D., & Gethin, D. (2021). Metal organic framework sensors on flexible substrate for ammonia sensing application at room temperature. Journal of Materials Chemistry C(19), 6332-6343.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d0tc04553e, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56470
Spieser, H., Jardin, A., Deganello, D., Gethin, D., Bras, J., & Denneulin, A. (2021). Rheology of cellulose nanofibrils and silver nanowires for the development of screen-printed antibacterial surfaces. Journal of Materials Science, 56(21), 12524-12538.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-021-06082-y, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56873
Alaizoki, A., Phillips, C., Parker, D., Hardwick, C., Griffiths, C., & Deganello, D. (2021). Effect of plasma treatment on improving liquid retention capacity of capillary recesses for food packaging applications. Food Packaging and Shelf Life, 30, 100759
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fpsl.2021.100759, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58263
Gethin, D., Claypole, T., & Deganello, D. (2010). Patterning of micro-scale conductive networks using reel-to-reel flexographic printing. Thin Solid Films
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2010.05.125, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5349
Cherrington, M., Claypole, T., Gethin, D., Worsley, D., Deganello, D., Claypole, T., Deganello, D., & Worsley, D. (2012). Non-contact assessment of electrical performance for rapidly sintered nanoparticle silver coatings through colorimetry. Thin Solid Films, 522, 412-414.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2012.08.039, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13199
Deganello, D., Croft, N., Williams, A., Lubansky, A., Gethin, D., & Claypole, T. (2011). Numerical simulation of dynamic contact angle using a force based formulation. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 166(16), 900-907.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2011.04.008, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa14254
Lloyd, J., Fung, C., Deganello, D., Wang, R., Maffeis, T., Lau, S., Teng, K., Teng, V., Maffeis, T., Deganello, D., & Fung, C. (2013). Flexographic printing-assisted fabrication of ZnO nanowire devices. Nanotechnology, 24(19), 195602
https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/24/19/195602, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa14583
Deganello, D., Williams, A., Croft, T., Lubansky, A., Gethin, D., Claypole, T., Gethin, D., Croft, N., Williams, A., & Deganello, D. (2011). Level-set method for the modelling of liquid bridge formation and break-up. Computers & Fluids, 40(1), 42-51.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2010.08.002, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15010
Baker, J., Deganello, D., Gethin, D., Watson, T., Gethin, D., Deganello, D., Watson, T., & Baker, J. (2014). Flexographic printing of graphene nanoplatelet ink to replace platinum as counter electrode catalyst in flexible dye sensitised solar cell. Materials Research Innovations, 18(2), 86-90.
https://doi.org/10.1179/1433075X14Y.0000000203, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18425
Curtis, D., Holder, A., Badiei, N., Claypole, J., Walters, M., Thomas, B., Barrow, M., Deganello, D., Brown, R., Williams, R., & Hawkins, K. (2015). Validation of Optimal Fourier Rheometry for rapidly gelling materials and its application in the study of collagen gelation. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 222, 253-259.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2015.01.003, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20273
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2015.01.003

All Research

Journal Articles

Moody, F., Claypole, A., Woods, J., Clifford, B., Liu, Q., Hardwick, C., Phillips, C., & Deganello, D. (2025). Development of a pectin-based oxygen barrier coating for food packaging applications. Future Foods, 12, 100766
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fufo.2025.100766, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa70504
Phillips, C., Claypole, A., Clifford, B., & Deganello, D. (2025). Enhanced color density from high-viscosity inkjet inks. Journal of Coatings Technology and Research, 22(2), 715-726.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11998-024-01001-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67353
STEIJVERS, E., Shi, Y., LU, H., Zhang, W., ZHANG, Y., Zhao, F., Wang, B., Hughes, L., Barralet, J., Degli-Alessandrini, G., Kraev, I., Johnston, R., Shao, Z., Ebetino, F., Triffitt, J., Russell, R., Deganello, D., Cao, X., & Xia, Z. (2025). Rapid assessment of the osteogenic capacity of hydroxyapatite/aragonite using a murine tibial periosteal ossification model. Bioactive Materials, 45, 257-273.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioactmat.2024.11.025, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68385
CRESSALL, S., Phillips, C., Al-Shatty, W., & Deganello, D. (2024). The effect of high-intensity gamma radiation on PETG and ASA polymer-based fused deposition modelled 3D printed parts. Journal of Materials Science, 59(4), 1768-1782.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-023-09309-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65500
Jones, D., Hussein, H., Worsley, E., Kiani, S., Kamlungsua, K., Fone, T., Phillips, C., & Deganello, D. (2023). Scalable Synthesis of Pre‐Intercalated Manganese(III/IV) Oxide Nanostructures for Supercapacitor Electrodes: Electrochemical Comparison of Birnessite and Cryptomelane Products. ChemElectroChem, 10(14)
https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202300210, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63191
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/celc.202300210
Ahmed, H., Bedding-Tyrrell, M., Deganello, D., Xia, Z., Xiong, Y., & Zhao, F. (2023). Efficient calculation of fluid-induced wall shear stress within tissue engineering scaffolds by an empirical model. Medicine in Novel Technology and Devices, 18, 100223
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medntd.2023.100223, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62890
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.medntd.2023.100223
Alaizoki, A., Phillips, C., Hardwick, C., Parker, D., & Deganello, D. (2022). Enhanced liquid retention capacity within plastic food packaging through modified capillary recesses. Journal of Food Engineering, 323, 111010
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2022.111010, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59452
Alaizoki, A., Phillips, C., Parker, D., Hardwick, C., McGettrick, J., & Deganello, D. (2022). Improvement in liquid absorption of open-cell polymeric foam by plasma treatment for food packaging applications. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 139(17), 52015
https://doi.org/10.1002/app.52015, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59034
de Boode, B., Phillips, C., Lau, J., Adomkevicius, A., McGettrick, J., & Deganello, D. (2022). Glassy carbon manufacture using rapid photonic curing. Journal of Materials Science, 57(1), 299-310.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-021-06648-w, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59137
Alaizoki, A., Phillips, C., Parker, D., Hardwick, C., Griffiths, C., & Deganello, D. (2021). Effect of plasma treatment on improving liquid retention capacity of capillary recesses for food packaging applications. Food Packaging and Shelf Life, 30, 100759
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fpsl.2021.100759, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58263
Spieser, H., Jardin, A., Deganello, D., Gethin, D., Bras, J., & Denneulin, A. (2021). Rheology of cellulose nanofibrils and silver nanowires for the development of screen-printed antibacterial surfaces. Journal of Materials Science, 56(21), 12524-12538.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-021-06082-y, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56873
Spieser, H., Tehrani, Z., Ali, M., Daghigh Ahmadi, E., Denneulin, A., Bras, J., Deganello, D., & Gethin, D. (2021). Metal organic framework sensors on flexible substrate for ammonia sensing application at room temperature. Journal of Materials Chemistry C(19), 6332-6343.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d0tc04553e, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56470
Shi, Y., He, R., Deng, X., Shao, Z., Deganello, D., Yan, C., & Xia, Z. (2020). Three-dimensional biofabrication of an aragonite-enriched self-hardening bone graft substitute and assessment of its osteogenicity in vitro and in vivo. Biomaterials Translational, 1(1), 69-81.
https://doi.org/10.3877/cma.j.issn.2096-112X.2020.01.007, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56003
http://www.biomat-trans.com/EN/10.3877/cma.j.issn.2096-112X.2020.01.007
WANG, L., Zhang, W., Samavat, S., Deganello, D., & Teng, V. (2020). Vertically Aligned Graphene Prepared by Photonic Annealing for Ultrasensitive Biosensors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12(31), 35328-35336.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c08036, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54703
ASSAIFAN, A., Alshehri, N., Lewis, A., Samavat, S., Lau, J., Deganello, D., & Teng, V. (2020). Effect of intense pulsed light on hydrothermally grown ZnO nanowires. Materials Letters, 271, 127797
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2020.127797, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53925
Spieser, H., Denneulin, A., Deganello, D., Gethin, D., Koppolu, R., & Bras, J. (2020). Cellulose nanofibrils and silver nanowires active coatings for the development of antibacterial packaging surfaces. Carbohydrate Polymers, 240, 116305
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116305, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54024
Clifford, B., Phillips, C., & Deganello, D. (2020). Optimisation of aerosol jet deposition for high-resolution selective patterning of silver tracks. Journal of Print and Media Technology Research, 9(1), 21-29.
https://doi.org/10.14622/JPMTR-1914, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55763
https://iarigai.com/publications/journals/journal-of-print-and-media-technology-research-1-2020/
Jalalian-Khakshour, A., Phillips, C., Jackson, L., Dunlop, T., Margadonna, S., & Deganello, D. (2020). Solid-state synthesis of NASICON (Na3Zr2Si2PO12) using nanoparticle precursors for optimisation of ionic conductivity. Journal of Materials Science, 55(6), 2291-2302.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-04162-8, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52708
Morgan, M., Curtis, D., & Deganello, D. (2019). Control of morphological and electrical properties of flexographic printed electronics through tailored ink rheology. Organic Electronics, 73, 212-218.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2019.05.027, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50502
Mazzali, F., Orzech, M., Adomkevicius, A., Pisanu, A., Malavasi, L., Deganello, D., & Margadonna, S. (2019). Designing a High-Power Sodium-Ion Battery by in Situ Metal Plating. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2(1), 344-353.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.8b01361, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48051
Carey, T., Jones, C., Le Moal, F., Deganello, D., & Torrisi, F. (2018). Spray-Coating Thin Films on Three-Dimensional Surfaces for a Semitransparent Capacitive-Touch Device. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10(23), 19948-19956.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b02784, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40883
Clifford, B., Beynon, D., Phillips, C., & Deganello, D. (2018). Printed-Sensor-on-Chip devices – Aerosol jet deposition of thin film relative humidity sensors onto packaged integrated circuits. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 255(1), 1031-1038.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2017.08.086, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35009
Morgan, M., Holder, A., Curtis, D., & Deganello, D. (2018). Formulation, characterisation and flexographic printing of novel Boger fluids to assess the effects of ink elasticity on print uniformity. Rheologica Acta, 57(2), 105-112.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-017-1061-9, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa37777
Phillips, C., Al-Ahmadi, A., Potts, S., Claypole, T., Deganello, D., Claypole, T., & Phillips, C. (2017). The effect of graphite and carbon black ratios on conductive ink performance. Journal of Materials Science, 52(16), 9520-9530.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-1114-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33693
Fung, C., Lloyd, J., Samavat, S., Deganello, D., Teng, K., Teng, V., & Deganello, D. (2017). Facile fabrication of electrochemical ZnO nanowire glucose biosensor using roll to roll printing technique. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 247, 807-813.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2017.03.105, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa32509
Mouhamad, Y., Mortensen, T., Holder, A., Lewis, A., Maffeis, T., & Deganello, D. (2016). High performance tunable piezoresistive pressure sensor based on direct contact between printed graphene nanoplatelet composite layers. RSC Advances, 6(107), 105206-105210.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6RA19540G, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31031
Assaifan, A., Lloyd, J., Samavat, S., Deganello, D., Stanton, R., & Teng, V. (2016). Nanotextured Surface on Flexographic Printed ZnO Thin Films for Low-Cost Non-Faradaic Biosensors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 8(49), 33802-33810.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b11640, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31228
Mogg, B., Deganello, D., Claypole, T., & Phillips, C. (2016). Flexographic printing of ultra-thin semiconductor polymer layers. Translational Materials Research, 3(1), 015001
https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1613/3/1/015001, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26114
Benson, J., Fung, C., Lloyd, J., Deganello, D., Smith, N., Teng, K., & Teng, V. (2015). Direct patterning of gold nanoparticles using flexographic printing for biosensing applications. Nanoscale Research Letters, 10(1)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s11671-015-0835-1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20734
Curtis, D., Holder, A., Badiei, N., Claypole, J., Walters, M., Thomas, B., Barrow, M., Deganello, D., Brown, R., Williams, R., & Hawkins, K. (2015). Validation of Optimal Fourier Rheometry for rapidly gelling materials and its application in the study of collagen gelation. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 222, 253-259.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2015.01.003, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20273
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2015.01.003
Curtis, D., Badiei, N., Holder, A., Claypole, J., Deganello, D., Brown, R., Lawrence, M., Evans, A., Williams, R., & Hawkins, K. (2015). Assessment of the stress relaxation characteristics of critical gels formed under unidirectional shear flow by controlled stress parallel superposition rheometry. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 222, 227-233.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2014.12.004, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20274
Lloyd, J., Fung, C., Alvim, E., Deganello, D., Teng, K., Teng, V., & Deganello, D. (2015). UV photodecomposition of zinc acetate for the growth of ZnO nanowires. Nanotechnology, 26(26), 265303
https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/26/26/265303, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa22080
http://iopscience.iop.org/0957-4484/26/26/265303/
Baker, J., Deganello, D., Gethin, D., Watson, T., Gethin, D., Deganello, D., Watson, T., & Baker, J. (2014). Flexographic printing of graphene nanoplatelet ink to replace platinum as counter electrode catalyst in flexible dye sensitised solar cell. Materials Research Innovations, 18(2), 86-90.
https://doi.org/10.1179/1433075X14Y.0000000203, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18425
Phillips, C., Parthaláin, N., Syed, Y., Deganello, D., Claypole, T., & Lewis, K. (2014). Short-Term Intra-Subject Variation in Exhaled Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in COPD Patients and Healthy Controls and Its Effect on Disease Classification. Metabolites, 4(2), 300-318.
https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo4020300, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa22363
Lloyd, J., Fung, C., Deganello, D., Wang, R., Maffeis, T., Lau, S., Teng, K., Teng, V., Maffeis, T., Deganello, D., & Fung, C. (2013). Flexographic printing-assisted fabrication of ZnO nanowire devices. Nanotechnology, 24(19), 195602
https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/24/19/195602, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa14583
Cherrington, M., Claypole, T., Gethin, D., Worsley, D., Deganello, D., Claypole, T., Deganello, D., & Worsley, D. (2012). Non-contact assessment of electrical performance for rapidly sintered nanoparticle silver coatings through colorimetry. Thin Solid Films, 522, 412-414.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2012.08.039, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13199
Deganello, D., Cherry, J., Gethin, D., Claypole, T., & Deganello, D. (2012). Impact of metered ink volume on reel-to-reel flexographic printed conductive networks for enhanced thin film conductivity. Thin Solid Films, 520(6), 2233-2237.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2011.08.050, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12957
Deganello, D., Williams, A., Croft, T., Lubansky, A., Gethin, D., Claypole, T., Gethin, D., Croft, N., Williams, A., & Deganello, D. (2011). Level-set method for the modelling of liquid bridge formation and break-up. Computers & Fluids, 40(1), 42-51.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2010.08.002, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15010
Cherrington, M., Claypole, T., Deganello, D., Mabbett, I., Watson, T., & Worsley, D. (2011). Ultrafast near-infrared sintering of a slot-die coated nano-silver conducting ink. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21(21), 7562
https://doi.org/10.1039/c1jm10630a, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12958
Lubansky, A., Brad, R., Williams, P., Deganello, D., Claypole, T., Williams, R., & Deganello, D. (2011). Measuring maximum tensile strength of liquids at low stressing rates. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 166(16), 896-899.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2011.04.004, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12959
Deganello, D., Croft, N., Williams, A., Lubansky, A., Gethin, D., & Claypole, T. (2011). Numerical simulation of dynamic contact angle using a force based formulation. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 166(16), 900-907.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2011.04.008, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa14254
Gethin, D., Claypole, T., & Deganello, D. (2010). Patterning of micro-scale conductive networks using reel-to-reel flexographic printing. Thin Solid Films
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2010.05.125, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5349

Book Chapters

Deganello, D. & Deganello, D. (2013). Printing techniques for the fabrication of OLEDs. Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) -385). Woodhead Publishing Limited
https://doi.org/10.1533/9780857098948.2.360, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa19233

Conference Contributions

Deganello, D., de Boode, B., Clifford, B., & Phillips, C. (2024). Screen Printed Glassy Carbon: Applications in Printed Electronics and Sensors. In 2024 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS) (pp. 1-4). IEEE.
https://doi.org/10.1109/fleps61194.2024.10603530, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66639
Graddage, N. & Deganello, D. (2014). Flexography as manufacturing method for carbon nanotube based thin film transistors. In Advances in Printing and Media Technology Proceedings, Swansea
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa32318
http://jpmtr.org/Advances-Vol-41(2014)_online_p.pdf
Lubansky, A., Curtis, D., Williams, P., Deganello, D., Co, A., Leal, G., Colby, R., Giacomin, A., Deganello, D., & Curtis, D. (2008). Transient Extensional Rheology of an Aqueous Gelatin Solution: Before and During Gelation. (pp. 609-611).
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2964781, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12962
Lubansky, A., Brad, R., Williams, P., Deganello, D., Claypole, T., Gethin, D., Co, A., Leal, G., Colby, R., & Giacomin, A. (2008). Break-up in Capillary Thinning Experiments: Using the CaBER to Determine Maximum Tensile Strength at Low Stressing Rates. (pp. 1120-1122).
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2964487, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12963
Deganello, D., Claypole, T., & Gethin, D. (2007). Analysis of interferometric data to obtain accurate geometric characterisation of engraved cells. In Nils Enlund and Mladen Lovrecek (Ed.), IARIGAI 2007 Proceedings: Advances in Printing and Media Technology (pp. 77-84).
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55382
http://jpmtr.org/Advances-Vol-34(2007)_online.pdf

Other Research Outputs

Deganello, D., Mortensen, T., Mouhamad, Y., & Holder, A. (2014). GB1423132.8 - Piezoresistive device
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20994
Deganello, D., Teng, K., & LLoyd, J. (2012). GB1221170.2: Selective nanostructures growth using a printing technique.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa19317
Deganello, D., Teng, K., Benson, J., & LLoyd, J. (n.d.) 'Printing of Nanoparticles’. Patent no. GB1420481.2
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21441

Supervision

Untitled (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Christopher Phillips
Cyber Physical Modelling of Pile foundation (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Chenfeng Li
Digital Twinning for Temporary Works Enabling Safe and Economic Project Implementation (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Chenfeng Li
Image analysis and improved graphic design of a 3D-printed bone graft substitute (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Feihu Zhao
Solid-state electrolytes for batteries (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Shirin Alexander
High performance carbon anodes for asymmetric supercapacitors (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Serena Margadonna
Development and testing of stability in electrode materials for sodium ion batteries. (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Anji Munnangi
Reducing Capex and Opex Barriers to High Pressure Green Hydrogen Energy Storage (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Shirin Alexander
Novel thin film solid-state energy storage technologies for Rapid Manufacture of Glassy Carbon and its application in printed Electronics and Energy Storage (awarded 2023)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Christopher Phillips
Hard Carbon and Sodium Rhodizonate Electrodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries (awarded 2024)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Serena Margadonna
Synthesis and Characterization of Sodium Rich cathodes for next-generation sustainable batteries (current)

EngD

Other supervisor: Prof Serena Margadonna
Advanced Packaging for a Sustainable Future (current)

EngD

Other supervisor: Dr Christopher Phillips
Investigation of Radar Signal Interaction with Crossflow Turbine for Aviation Application (awarded 2023)

EngD

Other supervisor: Prof Amit Mehta
Advanced packaging solutions for shelf life management of fresh food (awarded 2023)

EngD

Other supervisor: Dr Christopher Phillips
Piezoresistive, Surface Contact, Carbon-Polymer Composite Sensors (awarded 2023)

EngD

Other supervisor: Prof Tim Claypole
Brand protection for steel packaging products (awarded 2024)

EngD

Other supervisor: Dr Eifion Jewell
Water-based primer for aluminium can printing (current)

MSc

Other supervisor: Dr Christopher Phillips
3D PRINTED MUON DETECTOR STRUCTURES (awarded 2023)

MSc

Other supervisor: Dr Christopher Phillips
High performance activated carbon anodes for supercapacitors for energy storage application (awarded 2023)

MSc

Other supervisor: Dr Christopher Phillips
Manufacturing and assessment of osteogenically enhanced hydroxyapatite/calcium carbonate bone scaffolds (awarded 2023)

MSc

Other supervisor: Dr Zhidao Xia

Taught Modules

EG-133 Engineering for People Hackathon

Engineering is more than understanding technical design, it is often the social, environmental and economic context underpinning engineering solutions that determine success or failure, This has never been more relevant since the world is currently planning a radical transition to a low carbon economy while facing increased risks due to climate crisis which will bring with it unprecedented change to the world. Engineers will be at the forefront of this, and need to be equipped to tackle open-ended, unstructured and complex problems in collaboration with others. The module will allow students to explore these issues within their chosen discipline with the following structure: Each week there will be one or two 1-hour lectures, introducing engineering thinking and contemporary issues in global engineering design. Most activity will then take place in group-work sessions (2 hours per week), where groups of around 6 students will work in a facilitated way to identify and investigate a societal challenge (e.g. access to water / off-grid energy / sustainable transport) and then consider how Engineering design solutions could help to solve this.
EG-2014 Mechanical Engineering Design 2

Within this module students will be expected to complete a series of exercises that will the form the basis of a 'major' design. The scope of the module will involve the students to work in groups where they will consider, as a team, conceptual designs, embodiment using innovative approaches to design processes and standards etc., leading to final design documentations and manufacturing techniques Students on the Formula Student team will have design tasks related to that activity.
EG-299 Swansea University Race Engineering 2

This module is for students who are actively involved in Swansea University Race Engineering (SURE), where the team design, build and race a single seat racing car in the annual Formula Student competition. Students on this module work as a group to design and make a complete vehicle. Testing may also be required in the lab and on the track.
EG-362 Fluid Mechanics 3

This module aims to generate ability to solve the problems and explain physical phenomena on the topic of fluid mechanics. The module will cover inviscid fluids, momentum and mass conservation in viscous fluids, boundary layer flows and compressible fluid flow. The module includes turbomachinery including pumps (centrifugal and axial) and turbines (impulse and reaction).
EG-M103 Advanced Thermo Fluid Mechanics

This module advances thermal-fluid flow modelling from that studied at a previous level. Students are assumed to have an understanding of the flow of air and water, but this module advances knowledge into multiphase materials that may be Non-Newtonian and have temperature dependent properties. It also includes study of heat transfer, solidification and melting processes. The aim is to equip the student with the theoretical understanding to solve thermal and fluid flows problems and their application to real life situations. Examples will be drawn from oil and gas applications and processes such as casting of metals, moulding of polymers, printing of inks and melting of powders.
EGA335 Race Engineering 3

This module is for students who are actively involved in Swansea University Race Engineering (SURE), where the team design, build and race a single seat racing car in the annual Formula Student competition. Students on this module work as a group to design and make a complete vehicle. Tasks include advanced component design, component analysis and manufacture. Further tasks include the analysis and management of costing, funding and communication. Testing may also be required in the lab and on the track. Students MUST be team members in level 2 and attend the competition in order to enrol on this module.

Other Roles

Faculty advisor, Swansea University Formula Student Team: Sure

2013 - Present
Director, Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating (WCPC)

2024 - Present
Deputy Director, Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating (WCPC)

2013 - 2024

Affiliated Positions

MInstP: Committee Member, IOP Printing and Graphics Science Group

2013 - Present
Ingegnere (Ing), Italian Chartered Engineer for Industrial, Civil, IT sectors

2004 - Present

Key Grants and Projects

Principal Academic Investigator for TSB grant 2015 - 2016

"HarFest" on printed electronics manufacturing to produce battery-free RF powered systems. Project in collaboration with Cambridge University, PragmatiC and CPI
Principal Investigator for EPSRC grant 2015 - 2016

The role of surface instabilities into extensional industrial flows of complex fluids: towards improved printed electronics
Principal Investigator for A4B (Academia For Business) funded project 2014 - 2014

"Development of large area pressure transducer networks fabricated by printing" dedicated to development of advanced piezoresitive nano-carbon printable materials and technology for printable systems, aiming to force platform applications.
Principal Investigator 2013 - 2014

"Microsemi interposers" dedicated to micro-integration of printing into sillicon chips. Industry directly funded.
Principal Investigator 2012 - 2013

"Graphene-based electronic devices printed by 3D micro-nozzle printing", funded by Cambridge Integrated Knowledge Centre (CIKC)
Investigator in more than 10 projects, including NIHR funded project "Development of a low-cost diagnostic device for human cytomegalorvirus in newborn babies" 2015

A4B projects Non-invasive, Ambulatory and Continuous Monitoring of Chronic Diseases" and on "Direct detection of virus using electrochemical nanowire biosensors"; 'Development of Breath Analyser using Field-Effect Transistors Based on Hybrid Nanomaterials'
EPSRC “Adventure in Energy” project 2016 - 2018

“Advanced large-scale energy storage: secondary batteries with seawater as open self-replenishing cathode"