Prof. Olivia Pulci

Contact details

Office: Physics Department,
Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”
Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1
00133 Roma, Italy

Tel: +39 0672594548
Fax: +39 062023507

Current Professional Position

Associate Professor in Condensed Matter at the Faculty of Science of The University of Rome Tor Vergata

Research Experience

Olivia Pulci is a computational theoretical physicist, received a Laurea Cum Laude at the University “La Sapienza” (Rome) in 1992, and the PhD degree at the University of Rome Tor Vergata in 1996.

She is presently associate professor in Condensed Matter at Department of Physics – Faculty of Science – at the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

In the years 1997-2000 she worked at the Friedrich Schiller Universitaet (Jena, Germany), at the Ecole Polytechnique (Palaiseau, France) and the the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Plank Gesellschaft (Berlin).

Since 2003 OP teaches “Theory of Solid State Physics” for the Laurea Specialistica in Material Science.

Since 2007 OP is beamline responsible scientist at the European Theoretical Spectroscopy

Facility (ETSF, www.etsf.eu) for the Optical Beamline.

Expertise

Surfaces:

Ground state properties: equilibrium geometry, determination of relaxation and reconstruction, study of the relative stability of surfaces under different growth conditions. Electronic band structure and optical properties of surfaces. Effect of steps.

Nanocrystals, nanodots:

Absorption and emission spectra of silicon nanocrystals, free standing and embed-ded.

Towards systems of biological interest:

study of water, and formamide in water; optical spectra within QM/MM+MBPT of indole in water solution; study of the photoisomerization of rhodopsin; optical properties of Flavin

Functionalizing graphene and other 2-D systems:

study of graphene, silicene and polygermine with adsorbates.

Cultural heritage: understanding the yellowing of ancient paper through the study of possible oxidation processes in cellulose

keywords: Ab-initio calculations, computational physics, Density Functional Theory (DFT), Time-Dependent DFT (TDDFT), Many-Body Perturbation Theory, ground state properties, electronic band structure calculations, optical absorption spectra, Reflectance Anisotropy, Surface Differential Reflectivity, GW approximation, excitonic effects (BSE).

Invited Talks and lectures

XVIII Meeting of Theoretical Solid State Physics, Fai della Paganella (Trento), 30 March 1999 (invited).
17th Heimbach Meeting, Isola Polvese, Italy 29 September -3 October 2003 (2 invited lectures)
EPIOPTIC-8 School, Erice 20th-26th July 2004 (2 Invited Lectures, 4 hours)
Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft Spring Meeting 2005: Invited Talk (8 March 2005 Berlin, Germany)
Invited talk at the EPS 2006 Meeting (DPG, Dresden, Germany, 27-31March 2006) “Ab-initio calculations of excitations at surfaces”
Invited Lecture at EPIOPTICS-9 (38th school, Erice 20-26 July 2006), ‘The optical properties of surfaces: ab-initio calculations within two-particle schemes’
Invited talk at the 11th Nanoquanta Workshop on Electronic Excita-tions: ‘A decade of applications of the Bethe-Salpeter Equation’, 19-22 September 2006 Houffalize (Belgium). Title of the talk: Electronic and Optical properties of Surfaces: ab-initio calculations within MBPT and TDDFT approaches
Invitation to give a talk at the APS March meeting (March 2007) (I could not travel for health reasons)
Invited talk at the conference SIMBIOMA ‘Progress in ab initio mod-elling of biomolecules : towards computational spectroscopy’, Rome 2-4 April 2007
Invited talk at the ‘PhD school for Nano and Bio Technologies’, 21-31 May 2007, Rome Tor Vergata. Title of the Talk: ‘Ab-initio calculations of optical properties of Silicon nanocrystals’
Invited talk at the International workshop on computational physics and Materials ‘Progress in Computational Electronic Structure Theory’ Bonn 10-12 January 2008 ‘ Optical spectrum of water: many-body per-turbation theory meets molecular dynamics’
Invited talk at the russian-italian mini-workshop 14 March 2008 Castel Gandolfo, Rome ‘Ab-initio calculations of Silicon nanocrystals’
Two Invited Lectures at EPIOPTICS-X school (Erice 20-27 June 2008)
Invited talk at the conference School of Nanophotonic and Photovoltaics Ab initio theory and calculation of the optical properties of nanostruc-tures Santiago de Cuba 7-14 January 2009
Invited talk at the NAST-ISM(CNR) meeting Rome (Italy) (22 June 2009) ‘Theoretical Approaches to the Ab-initio study of complex systems’
Invited talk at ICFSI-12 Weimar (Germany) 5-10 July 2009
Invited talk at OSI-8 Ischia (Italy) 6-11 September 2009
Invited talk at ICCMSE 2009 Rhodes (Crete, Greece) 29-September- 4 October 2009
Invited talk at the conference ‘PhysCompTech’ Natal, Brasil 1-5 March 2010
Invited talk at the international School on optical properties of surfaces EPIOTICS-XI (Erice July 2010)
Invitation to ECOSS27 (29 August- 3 September 2010) (could not attend for family reasons)
Invited talk at the international conference NANO 2010 (Rome La Sapienza 13-17 September 2010)
Invited talk at the 2nd International School on Nanophotonics and Pho-tovoltaic, Tsakhadzor, Armenia (16-22 September 2010)
Invited talk at ICSFS15 (Beijing, China 5-10 October 2010)
Invited talk at the first meeting of the Mediterranean Institute of Fun- damental Physics (MIFP) Marino, ROME 16-19 March 2011
Invitation to give a talk at CECAM July 2011 Lausanne
Invited talk at the School of Nanophotonics Maratea (September2011)

Peer Review:

OP served as:

Referee of international journals (Phys. Rev. Lett., Physical Review B, Thin Solid Films, Physica Status Solidi, Superlattices and Microstructures, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, Appl. Phys. Lett.).
2007-2009: Member of the evaluation panel for CINECA-INFM supercomputer projects
2010: evaluator of proposals to the CEA-Eurotalents projects
since 2011: Reviewer for CINECA ISCRA projects

Organization of conferences:

Organizer and Member of the Scientific and Advisory Board of the conference “Ab initio Theoretical Approaches to the Electronic Structure and Optical Spectra of Materials”, CECAM, Lyon, September 2002.
Organizer and Member of the Scientific and Advisory Board of the conference “Ab initio Electron-Excitations Theory: Towards systems of Biological Interest”, DIPC, S. Sebastian, Spain, 21-24 September 2003.
Organizer and Member of the Scientific and Advisory Board of the conference “Theory and Modeling of Electronic Excitations in Nanoscience“, Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy, 19-23 September 2004
Organizer and Coordinator of the section “Ab-initio approaches to excited states and transport” of the MMD (Matter, Materials and Devices) workshop (INFM-meeting 2005, Genova, June 22-25 2005)
Organizer and Member of the Scientific and Advisory Board of the conference GW2005: 40 Years of the GW Approximation for the Electronic Self Energy: Achievements and Challenges Physikszentrum Bad Honnef, Germany 12-15 September 2005
Member of the International Advisory and Programme Committee of ICFSI-12 (Weimer 2009)
Member of the Program Committee of PLMCN10, Cuernavaca, Mexico, 11-16 of April, 2010
Member of the International Advisory Board and Programme Committee for the 13th International Conference on the Formation of Semiconductor Interfaces (ICFSI-13) Prague, Czech Republic, July 3-8 2011
Local committee member for NANOSEA 2012 S. Margherita di Pula 2012
Member of the International Programme Committee of OECSE13 (Rome 2013)

Scientific coordination:

Since 2004 Scientifc Coordinator of the section ‘Surfaces and Interfaces’ (IT7) for the NoE (Network of Excellence) European Project ‘NANOQUANTA: Nanoscale Quantum Simulations’
Since 2005: Member of the Nanoquanta scientific committee for the organization of the European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF)
Since 2007: Member of the scientific committee of NaST (Laboratorio d’Ateneo) Rome Tor Vergata
Since 2007: Research Team Leader in the European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF: http://www.etsf.eu) core node of Rome Tor Vergata
Since 2008: Optical Beamline reference scientist for the European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility
Since November 2010: Coordinator of the IRSES European Project “New Century of Superconductivity: Ideas, Materials, Technologies” (SIMTECH), project n. 246937
Since March 2010: Member of ‘Collegio dei Docenti’ of Tor Vergata University for the PhD in Physics

Recent (selected) Publications:

A. Mosca Conte, L. Guidoni, R. Del Sole, and Olivia Pulci, Photo-isomerization of the Protonated Schiff Base Minimal Model: a theoretical investigation by quantum Many-Body and TDDFT methods (Chem. Phys. Lett) (accepted)
E. Cannuccia, O. Pulci, R. Del Sole, M. Cascella, Optical properties of flavin mononucleotide: a QM/MM study of protein environment effects Chemical Physics 389 (2011) 35–38
R. Guerra, M. Marsili, O. Pulci, and S. Ossicini Local field effects in silicon nanocrystals Phys. Rev. B 84, 075342 (2011)
G. Bussetti, et al. Coexistence of Negatively and Positively Buckled Isomers on n+-Doped Si(111)-2×1 Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 067601 (2011)
M. Schwitters, D. S. Martin, P. Unsworth, T. Farrell, J. E. Butler, M. Marsili, O. Pulci, and P.Weightman The contribution of steps to the optical properties of vicinal Diamond (100):H surfaces Phys. Rev. B 83, 085402 (2011)
O. Pulci, A. Marini, M. Palummo, and R. Del Sole, Test of long-range exchange-correlation kernels of TDDFT at surfaces: application to Si(111)2x1, Phys. Rev. B 82, 205319 (2010) (selected as Editor’s suggestion)
Stefano Ossicini, Michele Amato, Roberto Guerra, Maurizia Palummo, and Olivia Pulci, Silicon and Germanium Nanostructures for Photovoltaic Applications: Ab-Initio Results, Nanoscale Research Letters 5, 16371649 (2010)
M. Marsili, O. Pulci, The fascinating physics of carbon surfaces: first-principles study of hydrogen on C(001), C(111), and graphene, invited Review paper in Journ. of Phys. D 43, 374016 (2010)
Paola Gori, Munise Rakel, Christoph Cobet, Wolfgang Richter, Norbert Esser, Axel Ho®mann, Rodolfo Del Sole, Antonio Cricenti, and Olivia Pulci, Optical spectra of ZnO in the far UV: First Principle Calculations and Ellip-sometric measurements, Phys. Rev. B 81, 125207 (2010)
Adriano Mosca Conte, Emiliano Ippoliti, Rodolfo Del Sole, Paolo Carloni, Olivia Pulci Many-Body meets QM/MM: Application to indole in water solution accepted Phys. Stat. Sol. b) Volume 247, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages: 19201924
E. Degoli, R. Guerra, M. Marsili, O. Pulci, and S. Ossicini, Local-fields and disorder effects in free-standing and embedded Si nanocrystallites accepted Phys. Stat. Sol. (b) Volume 247, Issue 8, August 2010, Pages: 21132117
O. Pulci, P. Gori, M. Marsili, V. Garbuio, A. P. Seitsonen, F. Bechstedt, A. Cricenti, and R. Del Sole, Ab initio calculations of electronic and optical properties of group IV 2-dimensional materials, Phys. Stat. Sol. (a) 207, 291 (2010)
O. Pulci, E. Degoli, F. Iori, M. Marsili, M. Palummo, R. Del Sole, S. Ossicini, Electronic and optical properties of Si and Ge nanocrystals: an ab-initio study, Superlattices and Microstructures 47, 178 (2010)
Silicon Nanocrystallites in SiO2 Matrix: The Role of Disorder and Size R. Guerra, I. Marri, R. Magri, L. Martin-Samos, O. Pulci, E. Degoli, and S. Ossicini, Phys. Rev. B 79, 155320 (2009)
M. Marsili, O. Pulci, M. Palummo, P.L. Silvestrelli, and R. Del Sole, Electronic and optical properties of acetylene and ethylene on Si(001), “Su-perlattices and Microstructures” 46, 240 (2009)
O. Pulci, V. Garbuio, R. Del Sole, Optical and electron energy loss spectra of liquid water: an ab-initio study paper in the book Synchrotron Radiation and Nanostructures, in honour of Paolo Perfetti, World Scientific, Ed. Cri-centi, Margaritondo, pag. 90 (2009)
Ab-initio study of Ethylene on Si(001), M. Marsili, O. Pulci,R. Del Sole proceedings of the school EPIOPTICS-10, Erice 2008 World Scientific, ed. A. Cricenti
First-principles calculations and bias-dependent STM measurements at the alpha-Sn/Ge(111) surface: A clear indication for the 1U2D configuration P. Gori, F. Ronci, S. Colonna, A. Cricenti, O. Pulci, G. Le Lay, European Physics Letters 85, 66001 (2009)
Optical Properties of Silicon Nanocrystallites in SiO2 Matrix: Crystalline vs. Amorphous Case, R. Guerra, I. Marri, R. Magri, L. Martin-Samos, O. Pulci, E. Degoli, and S. Ossicini “Superlattices and Microstructures” 46, 246 (2009)
Tight Binding calculations of quasiparticle wavefunctions for C(111)2x1 M. Marsili, O. Pulci, F. Bechstedt, and R. Del Sole Phys. Rev. B 78, 205414 (2008)
Ab-initio calculation of luminescence and optical gain properties in silicon nanostructures Elena Degoli, Roberto Guerra, Federico Iori, Rita Magri, Ivan Marri, Olivia Pulci, Olmes Bisi, and Stefano Ossicini in special volume “The oretical Spectroscopy”, CR de Physique de l’Academie des Sciences, Elsevier doi:10.1016/j.crhy.2008.09.003 C. R. Physique 10 (2009) 575586
Many-Body Theory meets QM/MM: application to indole in water solution A. Mosca Conte, E. Ippoliti, R. Del Sole, P. Carloni, O. Pulci J. Chem. Theory Comput., 5, 1822 (2009)
Excited state properties of Liquid Water, V. Garbuio, M. Cascella, O. Pulci, invited topical Review Article at J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21, 033101 (2009)
Ab-initio absorption spectra of 3-tert-butylcyclohexene Katalin Gaal-Nagy, Olivia Pulci, and Giovanni Onida, in the special volume “Theoretical Spectroscopy”, CR de Physique de l’Academie des Sciences, Elsevier doi:10.1016/j.crhy.2008.08.002 C. R. Physique 10 (2009) 491503
Codoping goes Nano: Structural and Optical properties of Boron and Phosphorus codoped Silicon Nanocrystals, R. Magri, F. Iori, E. Degoli, O. Pulci, S. Ossicini, AIP Conf. Proc. 963, 359 (2007)
Role of Surface passivation and doping in silicon nanocrystals, R. Magri, E. Degoli, F. Iori, E. Luppi, O. Pulci, S. Ossicini, G. Cantele, F. Trani, D. Ninno, Journal of Computational Methods in Science and Engineering, 7, 219-232 (2007)
Quantum mechanical calculations of electronic and optical properties of surfaces Cecilia Noguez and Olivia Pulci, ‘Quantum Mechanical Calculations of Electronic and Optical Properties of Semiconductor Surfaces’, chap. 12 in the book ‘Quantum Chemical Calculations of Surfaces and Interfaces of Materials’, ISBN: 1-58883-138-8, American Scientific Publishers, Vladimir A. Basiuk and Piero Ugliengo Eds., Pages: 217-248 (2009)
Adsorption of small hydrocarbon molecules on Silicon surfaces: ethylene on Si(001) M. Marsili, N. Witkowski, O. Pulci, O. Pluchery, P. L. Silvestrelli, R. Del Sole, Y. Borensztein, Phys. Rev. B 77, 125337 (2008)
Ab-initio optical spectra of complex system E. Cannuccia,O. Pulci, M. Palummo, V. Garbuio, R. Del Sole, Phys. Stat. Solidi C 5 2543 (2008)
Engineering Silicon Nanocrystals: E®ect of Codoping with Boron and Phosphorus F. Iori, E. Degoli, R. Magri, I. Marri, G. Cantele, D. Ninno, F. Trani, O. Pulci, S. Ossicini, Phys. Rev. B 76, 085302 (2007)
M. Marsili, V. Garbuio, M. Bruno, O. Pulci M. Palummo, E. Degoli, E. Luppi, R. Del Sole Excited state properties calculations: from 0 to 3 dimensional systems proceedings of the school EPIOPTICS-9, Erice 2006 p.41 World Scientific, ed. A. Cricenti
E. Luppi, F. Iori, R. Magri, O. Pulci, S. Ossicini, E. Degoli, V. Olevano, Excitons in Silicon Nanocrystallites: the Nature of Luminescence Phys. Rev. B 75, 033303 (2007)
M. Palummo, M. Bruno, O. Pulci, E. Luppi, E. Degoli, S. Ossicini, R. Del Sole Ab-initio electronic and optical properties of low dimensional systems: from single particle to many-body approaches Surf. Sci. 601 (13), p.2696-2701, Jul 2007
M. Marsili, O. Pulci, F. Fuchs, F. Bechstedt, R. Del Sole, Many body effects in the electronic and optical properties of the (111) surface of diamond. Surf. Sci. 601 (18), p.4097-4101, Sep 2007
P. Gori, O. Pulci, S. Colonna, F. Ronci, A. Cricenti Structure and phase transitions of the Sn/Ge(111) surface Surf. Sci. 601 (18), p.4381-4385, Sep 2007
M. Palummo, O. Pulci, A. Marini, L. Reining, R. Del sole Many-body e®ects on the EEL spectrum of the C(100) surface Phys. Rev. B 74, 235431 (2006)
S. Ossicini et al., First Principle Study of Silicon Nanocrystals: Structural and Electronic Properties, Absorption, Emission and Doping, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 8, 479- 492 (2008)
S. Ossicini, E. Degoli, F. Iori, O. Pulci, G. Cantele, R. Magri, O. Bisi, F. Trani, D. Ninno, Doping in Silicon Nanocrystals, Surf. Sci. 601, 2724 (2007)
V. Garbuio, M. Cascella, L. Reining, R. Del Sole, and O. Pulci, Ab-initio calculations of Many-Body effects in liquids: the electronic excitations of water, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 137402 (2006)
O. Pulci, M. Marsili, P. Gori, M. Palummo, R. Del Sole, A. Cricenti, F. Bechstedt, Geometry and electronic band structure of surfaces: the case of Ge(111):Sn and C(111) Appl. Phys. A 85, 361 (2006)
P. Gori, O. Pulci, and A. Cricenti, Surface structure and energy bands of 1/3ML Sn/Ge(111), Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 45, 2140 (2006)

Comment

Dr. Roberta Congestri

Contact details

Dept of Biology, LBA, Laboratory of Biology of Algae

Tel 06 72594332

Fax 06 2023500

Research Activity

Dr. Roberta Congestri is research scientist in the Department of Biology at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”.

Her research interests include taxonomy, ecophysiology and ultrastructure of microalgae and cyanobacteria in aquatic biofilms and marine phytoplankton, especially toxic and bloom forming species. Electron microscopy and image analysis techniques; structural, 3-dimensional, and spectral analysis of biofilms by confocal microscopy. Applications in the field of biofilm based remediation of waters and biofouling monitoring. Traceability of algal toxins along the food chain by means of microsensors. Diatom photonics and micro-mechanics, ultrastructural analysis of diatom frustules, pore patterns, silica nanostructures and linking mechanisms for nanotechnology and biodesign.

Relevant Publications

Caroppo C., Congestri R., Bracchini L., Albertano P. 2005 – On the presence of Pseudo-nitzschia calliantha Lundholm, Moestrup et Hasle and P. delicatissima (Cleve) Heiden in the Southern Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea, Italy): Journal of Plankton Research, 27 (8): 763-774. Equal contribution first two authors.
Congestri R, Cox E.J., Cavacini P., Albertano P. 2005 – Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) in phototrophic biofilms colonising an Italian wastewater treatment plant. Diatom Research, 20 (2): 241-255.
Congestri R., Di Pippo F., De Philippis R., Buttino I., Paradossi G., Albertano P. 2006 – Seasonal succession of phototrophic biofilms in an Italian wastewater treatment plant: biovolume, spatial structure and exopolysaccharides”. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 45 (3): 301-312.
Congestri R. 2008 – Advanced microscopy techniques as instruments for cell and tissue analysis in plants – FISH methods in phycology: phototrophic biofilm and phytoplankton applications. Plant Biosystems, 142 (2): 337-342.
Congestri R., Polizzano S., Albertano P. 2008 – Toxic Pseudo-nitzschia populations from the Middle Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea, Italy) In: V. Evangelista, L. Barsanti, A.M. Frassanito, V. Passarelli, and P. Gualtieri [eds.] Algal toxins: nature, occurrence, effect and detection. NATO Science Series, Chemistry and Biology. Springer Netherlands. p. 197-210. Albertano P., Congestri R., Micheli L., Moscone D., Palleschi G. 2008 – Development of sensors to trace toxins from dinoflagellates and other algae to seafood In: V. Evangelista, L. Barsanti, A.M. Frassanito, V. Passarelli, and P. Gualtieri [eds.] Algal toxins: nature, occurrence, effect and detection. NATO Science Series, Chemistry and Biology. SpringerNetherlands. p. 301-310.
De StefanoM., De Stefano L., Congestri R. 2009 – Functional morphology of micro- and nanostructures in two distinct diatom frustules. Superlattices and Microstructures 46: 64-68.
Di Pippo F., Bohn A., Congestri R., De Philippis R., Albertano P. 2009 – Capsular polysaccharides of cultured phototrophic biofilms. Biofouling 25: 495-504
Congestri R., Albertano P. 2011 – Benthic diatoms in biofilm culture. In: The Diatom World (vol 19, Cole series) Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, Vol. 19 cap 10 Seckbach, Joseph & Kociolek, Patrick [eds.] ISBN: 978-94-007-1326-0: in press.

Comment

Prof. Patrizia Beatrice Albertano

Contact details

Address: Department of Biology

Tel: +39 06 7259 4859

Lab: +39 06 7259 4332

Fax: +39 06 2023500

Current Professional Positions

Full Professor of General Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy

Research Activity

Prof. Albertano obtained her degree title in Biological Sciences (University of Naples,Italy) in 1978; research activity at the University of Naples (1979-1982); contract professor in Plant Physiology at the University of Calabria (1983-1984). Since 1984, research scientist (1984-1992), assistant professor in Phycology (1993- 1997), associate professor in Botany (1998-2001), full professor in General Botany (2001 to present) at the University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’.

Group leader of the Laboratory for Biology of Algae (LBA), the main interest is on the ecophysiology, cytomorphology and systematics of cyanobacteria and microalgae from subaerial, aquatic and extreme environments. Important research topics include the community structure of phototrophic biofilms, biodeterioration of stone monuments, toxic blooms of cyanobacteria and microalgae in lakes and coastal areas.

Applications in the field of: biotechnology and nanotechnology for the conservation of cultural heritage; algal biomasses for biofuels and innovative compounds; bioremediation of effluent waters; bio-immunosensors for traceability of phycotoxins; advanced microscopy techniques.

Research Awards as scientific responsible of research units in the following projects:

1994-1995 ‘Development and fate of cyanobacterial blooms in the Baltic’, EU-Environment (contract n°EV5V-CT94-0404).
1997-2000 ‘Characterization and evaluation of the damage caused by phototrophic microorganisms in hypogea by ultramicrosensor construction and assembling for in situ non-destructive analysis’ funded by the National Research Council of Italy – C.N.R, Progetto Finalizzato Beni Culturali;
1998-1999 ‘BASIC: an investigation of the structure and dynamics of water blooms of cyanobacteria in theBaltic Sea: responses to a changing environment’, EU-Environment (contract n° ENV4-CT97-0571).
1998-1999 ‘Influence of treated sewage effluent discharges on coastal marine benthic cyanobacteria and microalgae’, CRUI/MIUR-British Council.
2001-2003 ‘CATS-Cyanobacteria attack rocks: control and preventative strategies to avoid damage by cyanobacteria and associated microorganisms in Roman hypogean monuments’, EU-EESD Programme (contract n° EVK4-CT2000-00028).
2002-2003 ’Biodiversity and adaptive responses of sub-aerial microalgae’ for a study on the “Ecophysiology and taxonomy of terrestrial epilithic cyanobacteria from hypogean environments”, funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research-MIUR.
2002-2004 ’Application of phototrophic biofilms in waste water treatment plants’, University Research Grant.
2003-2005 ‘PHOBIA’ for an investigation of the “Phototrophic biofilms and their potential applications: towards the development of a unifying concept”, EU-Quality of Life Programme (contract n°LFK3-CT2002-01938).
2004-2005 ‘Biodiversity and adaptive mechanisms in terrestrial extremophilic cyanobacteria’ in the frame of the project “Phylogeny and survival strategies of extremophilic phototrophic microorganisms”, Italian Ministry of University and Research-MIUR.
2004-2005 ’Identification of toxin producing algae in bivalves harvesting areas sensible to phycotoxins accumulation risk’, funded by Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana.
2005-2006 ‘Biology and ecology of planktic bloom-forming microalgae in coastal areas’,University Research Grant.
2005-2007 ‘The phytoplankton ofLakeAlbanoin the territory of the Regional Park of Castelli Romani’, funded by the Ente Parco Regionale dei Castelli Romani.
2005-200 ‘Assessment of bioerosion of exposed surfaces of monuments and hypogea, and development of preventive strategies for their conservation (CHCRT-1), in the frame of the Scientific and Technological cooperationMAEItalianRepublic- DST Republic of India.
2007-2008 ‘Biology for Cultural Heritage: phototrophic biofilms on monuments’, University Research Grant.
2007-2009 ‘Nanotechnologies and Biotechnologies for the assessment and monitoring of biodeterioration caused by phototrophic biofilms on stone monuments’, International Cooperation Programme between the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” and the Utkal University, Bhubaneswar (Orissa, India).
2008-2010 ‘Microphytobenthic algae in coastal and inland waters of the Oristano area (Sardinia,Italy)’, financed by CNR-IAMC.
2009-2010 ‘Toxic cyanobacteria of Vico and Bolsena lakes’, funded by SS-National Health Institute of Italy.
2009-2010 ‘Evolution of desiccation tolerance in cyanobacteria’, Executive Programme Italy-French Community of Belgium.
2010-2011 ‘Biotechnology and nanotechnology for Cultural Heritage’, International Cooperation Programme between the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” and theVisva-Bharati University, Santiniketan (West Bengal, India).
2011-2012 ‘Extremophilic cyanobacteria of Antarctic sub-glacial lakes’, National Programme for Antarctic Research PNRA 2009.

Teaching Activities

Prof. Albertano is currently teaching Botany and Evolution, Diversity and Biology of Algae at the Faculty of Sciences. She also co-ordinates the activity of the PhD Schoolin Evolutionary Biology and Ecology at the University of Rome“Tor Vergata.

Teaching activities in undergraduate and graduate biology and biotechnology courses also include applied research, particularly focussing on preventive conservation of stone monuments, production of algal biomass and application of new sensors for environmental monitoring, mostly in collaboration with colleagues of the Department of Chemical Sciences and Technologies.

Management and organizational experience

1994-1999 National Coordinator of the Phycology Working Group of the Italian Botanical Society
1996-1999 Organizing Committee and Scientific Council of the 2^nd European Phycological Congress and the 8th International Conference on Applied Algology (Montecatini 1999)
2000-2004 European Co-ordinator of ‘CATS’ project – contract n° EVK4-CT2000-00028
2006-2007 Founder Member of the Federation of European Phycological Societies
2006-2009 NAST Scientific Council
2006-2008 Scientific Council of the 14^th International Symposium on Biodeterioration and Biodegradation (Taormina 2008)
2006-2009 Scientific Council of the 13^th International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes (Montreal 2009)
2009-2010 Vice-President Overseas of the British Phycological Society
2009-2011 Scientific Councils of the 5^th European Phycological Congress (Rhodes 2011)
2008 to present Council Member of FEPS
2008 to present Coordinator of the PhD school in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology
2008 to present Scientific Responsible of CMA - Centre for Advance Microscopy of Tor Vergata
2008 to present Promoter and President of the Scientific and Technical Board of the University spinoff AlgaRes s.r.l

Member of the scientific societies

FEPS – Federation of European Phycological Societies
IAC – International Society for Cyanophyte Research
ISAP – International Society for Applied Phycology
BPS – British Phycological Society
SBI – Italian Botanical Society
EMS- European Microscopy Society

Recent publications (last five years)

Albertano P., 2011. Cyanobacterial biofilms in monuments and caves. In: B. A. Whitton (ed.) The ecology of Cyanobacteria II: Their Diversity in Space and Time, Springer,Dordrecht, The Netherlands, in press.

Congestri R., Albertano P., 2011. Benthic diatoms in biofilm culture. In: Seckbach (ed) The Diatom World. Springer,Dordrecht, The Netherlands, in press.

Di Pippo F., Cavalieri F., A. Bohn, Albertano P., 2011. ¹H-NMR analysis of water mobility in cultured phototrophic biofilms. Biofouling 27: 327–336.

Di PippoF., GuzzonA., Ellwood NTW, Siliato L., Micheletti E., De Philippis R., Albertano P., 2011. Effect of light and temperature on biomass, photosynthesis and capsular polysaccharides in cultured phototrophic biofilms. Journal of Applied Phycology 23: 1-10.

SpizzichinoV., FioraniL., LaiA., Palucci A., Semyanov K., Viaggiu E., Albertano P., 2011. First studies of pico- and nanoplankton populations by a laser scanning flow cytometer. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer 112: 876–882.

Zammit G., Billi D., Shubert E., Kastovsky J., Albertano P., 2011. The biodiversity of subaeorophytic phototrophic biofilms from Maltese hypogea. Fottea 9: 155-164.

Zammit G., Sanchez-Moral S., Albertano P., 2011. Bacterially mediated mineralisation processes lead to biodeterioration of artworks in Maltese catacombs. Science of the Total Environment 409: 2773–2782.

MoroI., Rascio N., La Rocca N., Sciuto K., AlbertanoP., BrunoL., AndreoliC., 2010. Polyphasic characterization of a thermo-tolerant filamentous cyanobacterium isolated from the Euganean thermal muds (Padua,Italy). European Journal of Phycology 45:143-154.

Palozzi R., Caramanna G., Albertano P., Congestri R., Bruno L., Romano A., Giganti M.G., Zenobi R., Costanzo C., Valente G., Polani D., Vecchio M., Vinci M., 2010. The underwater exploration of the Merro sinkhole and the associated diving physiological and psychological effects. Underwater Technology 29: 1-10.

Urzi C., De Leo F., Bruno L., Albertano P., 2010. Microbial diversity in Paleolithic caves: a study case on the phototrophic biofilms of theCaveofBats(Zuheros,Spain). Microbial Ecology 60: 116-129.

Urzi C., De Leo F., Bruno L., Zammit G., Krakova L., Pangallo D., Albertano P., 2010. Methodological approaches to the control of phototrophic biofilms colonizing subterranean sites in the Mediterranean area. In: Ferrari A. (ed), 4th Science and Technology for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean Basin, CNR, Grafica Elettronica, Napoli, pp. 265-271. ISBN 978-88-96680-32-2

Zammit G., Kastovsky J., Albertano P.,2010. Afirst cytomorphological and molecular characterization of a new Stigonematalean cyanobacterial morphotype isolated from Maltese catacombs. Algological Studies 135: 1-14.

Bruno L., Billi D., Bellezza S., Albertano P., 2009. Cytomorphological and genetic characterization of trogophilic Leptolyngbya strains isolated from Roman hypogea. Applied Environmental Microbiology 75: 608-617.

Di Pippo F., Bohn A., Congestri R., De Philippis R., Albertano P., 2009. Capsular polysaccharides of cultured phototrophic biofilms. Biofouling 25: 495-504.

Ellwood N.T.W., Albertano P., Galvez R., Funiciello R., Mosello R., 2009a. Water chemistry and trophic evaluation ofLakeAlbano(Central Italy): a 4 year water monitoring study. Journal of Limnology 68: 288-303.

Ellwood N.T.W., Albertano P., Viaggiu E., Mosello R., 2009b. Physical, chemical and biological aspects ofLakeAlbano. In: Funiciello R. and Giordano G. (eds), The Colli Albani Volcano, Special Publications of IAVCEI 3, pp. 269–277, Geological Society, London.

Urzì C., De Leo F., Albertano P., De Philippis R., Adhikary S.P., 2009. The Method of Adhesive Tape (MAT) for the sampling of biofilms on Indian temples. In: Scienze e Patrimonio Culturale nel Mediterraneo – Diagnostica e Conservazione, Atti del III Convegno Internazionale di Studi “La materia e i segni della Storia”, Quaderni Palazzo Moltalbo 15, Palermo (Italy), pp. 275-, ISBN 978-88-64-086-3.

Zammit G., De Leo F., Urzì C., Albertano P., 2009. Anon-invasive approach to the polyphasic study of biodeteriogenic biofilms at St Agatha Crypt and Catacombs at Rabat, Malta. In: Scienze e Patrimonio Culturale nel Mediterraneo – Diagnostica e Conservazione, Atti del III Convegno Internazionale di Studi “La materia e i segni della Storia”, Quaderni Palazzo Moltalbo 15, Palermo (Italy), pp. 323-327, ISBN 978-88-64-086-3.

AlbertanoP., CongestriR., MicheliL., MosconeD., Palleschi G., 2008. Development of sensors to trace toxins from dinoflagellates and other algae to seafood. In: V. Evangelista, L. Barsanti, A.M. Frassanito, V. Passarelli, P. Gualtieri (eds), “Algal Toxins: nature, occurrence, effect and detection”, NATO ASI Ser. A, p. 301-310, Springer,Dordrecht(NL), ISBN 978-1-4020-8479-9.

CongestriR., Polizzano S., Albertano P., 2008. Toxic Pseudo-nitzschia populations from the middle Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea,Italy). In: V. Evangelista, L. Barsanti, A.M. Frassanito, V. Passarelli, P. Gualtieri (eds), “Algal Toxins: nature, occurrence, effect and detection”, NATO ASI Ser. A, p. 197-210, Springer,Dordrecht (NL), ISBN 978-1-4020-8479-9.

Guzzon A., Bohn A., Albertano P., 2008. Cultured phototrophic biofilms for phosphorus removal in wastewater treatment. Water Research 42: 4357-4367.

Reale L, Bonfigli F., Lai A., Flora F., Poma A., Albertano P., Bellezza S., Montereali R.M., Faenov A., Pikuz T., Almaviva S., Vincenti M.A., FrancucciM., Gaudio P., Martellucci S., Richetta M., 2008. X-ray microscopy of plant cells by using LiF crystal as detector. Microscopy Research and Technique 71: 839–848.

Valentini F., Diamanti A., Bellezza S., Albertano P., Palleschi G., 2008. Analytical diagnosis of stone deterioration: a comparison between different substrata and different environments. In: Lukaszewicz J.W. and P. Niemcewicz (eds), 11th International Congress on Stone Deterioration, p. 309-316, Nicolaus Copernicus University Press, Torun (Poland), ISBN 978-83-231-2236-4.

Viaggiu E., Russo T., Bianco I., Cortese M., Zaottini E., Albertano P., 2008. Modelling fluctuation of the toxic cyanobacterium Planktothrix rubescens in the Lake San Puoto (Central Italy) using self-organizing maps. In: G. Morabito and C.N. Bianchi (eds), Atti Associazione Italiana di Oceanologia e Limnologia 19: 499-503, CNR – Pallanza.

Zammit G., De Leo F., Albertano P., Urzì C.,2008. Apreliminary comparative study of microbial communities colonizing ochre-decorated chambers at the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum atPaola,Malta. In: J.W. Lukaszewicz and P. Niemcewicz (eds), 11th International Congress on Stone Deterioration, p. 555-562, Nicolaus Copernicus University Press, Torun (Poland), ISBN 978-83-231-2236-4.

Zammit G., Psaila P., Albertano P., 2008. An investigation into biodeterioration caused by microbial communities colonising Maltese Palaeo-Christian Catacombs. In: A. Notea and Y. Shoef (eds), ‘Art 2008 Non-destructive testing, microanalysis and preservation in the conservation of cultural and environmental heritage’, p. 1-10, ISAS International Seminars Ltd.,Jerusalem(Israel).

Albertano P., Bruno L., Piermarini S., Bellezza S., 2007. Monochromatic light and portable spectroradiometry for the conservation of stone monuments affected by phototrophic micro-organisms. In: Drdacky M., Chapuis M. (eds.) “Safeguarded Cultural Heritage – Understanding & Viability of the Enlarged Europe”, vol 2, pp. 814-817. Glos Semily, Praha (CzechRepublic), ISBN 987-80-86246-32-1.

Quintiliani V., Valentini F., Terranova M.L., Orlanducci S., Albertano P., Palleschi G., 2007. Studiodeldegrado fisico, chimico e biologicodelmattone romano. In: F. Lo Coco (ed), AttidelCongresso Società di Chimica Italiana su “Inquinamento atmosferico e beni culturali. Protezione e conservazionedelpatrimonio culturale”, p. 1-18,Udine, ISBN 978-88-902460-2-9.

Albertano P. (2006) Biotecnologie per la diagnosi e il controllodeldanno prodotto da biofilms epilitici In: Sabbioni C.,PersiaF., Castelletti L., (eds.) “Biologia e Archeobiologia nei beni culturali: conoscenza, problematiche e casi di studio”, pp. 112-124. AIAR e Musei Civici- Comune di Como,Como, ISBN 88-85680-32-2.

Bellezza S., De Philippis R., Paradossi G., Albertano P., 2006. Exopolysaccharides of two cyanobacterial strains from Roman hypogea. Geomicrobiology Journal 23: 301-310.

Bianco I., Congestri R., Sangiorgi V., Zaottini E., Albertano P., 2006. Blooms (Fioriture) di microalghe potenzialmente tossiche lungo le coste laziali. Biologia Marina Mediterranea 13: 947-950, ISSN1123-4245.

BorlinghausR., GugelH., AlbertanoP., SeyfriedV., 2006. Closing the spectral gap – the transition from fixed-parameter fluorescence to tunable devices in confocal microscopy. In: Conchello J-A, Cogswell C.J. and Wilson T. (eds) “Proceedings of SPIE”, vol 6090: 0T1-6,San Josè(CA,USA).

Bruno L., Billi D., Urzì C., Albertano P., 2006. Genetic characterisation of epilithic cyanobacteria and their associated bacteria. Geomicrobiology Journal 23: 293-299.

Bruno L., Piermarini S., Albertano P., 2006. Monitoraggio del biodeterioramento: la spettroradiometria nel visibile. In: Sabbioni C.,PersiaF., Castelletti L. (eds.) “Biologia e Archeobiologia nei beni culturali: conoscenza, problematiche e casi di studio”, pp. 277-284. AIAR e Musei Civici- Comune di Como,Como, ISBN 88-85680-32-2.

CongestriR., Di PippoF., De Philippis R., Buttino I., Paradossi G., Albertano P., 2006. Seasonal succession of phototrophic biofilms in an Italian wastewater treatment plant: biovolume, spatial structure and exopolysaccharides. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 45: 301-312.

Congestri R., Sangiorgi V., Bianco I., Polizzano S., Ravizza P., Albertano P., 2006. Il fitoplancton delle coste laziali dal1997 aoggi: struttura della comunità, taxa dominanti e specie tossiche. Biologia Marina Mediterranea 13: 54-60, ISSN1123-4245.

Piermarini S., Calvo-Quintana J., Bruno L., Albertano P., Moscone D., Palleschi G., 2006. Importanza dei microsensori nella conservazione dei beni culturali. In: Sabbioni C., PersiaF., Castelletti L., (eds.) “Biologia e Archeobiologia nei beni culturali: conoscenza, problematiche e casi di studio”, pp. 229-234. AIAR e Musei Civici-Comune di Como, Como, ISBN 88-85680-32-2.

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Notes. Prof. Albertano is co-editor of two books, and author of more than 170 full papers and 280 contributions to national and international meetings.

Comment

Dr. Maurizia Palummo

Contact details

Address: Dipartimento di Fisica,
Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”
Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1
00133 Roma, Italy

Tel: +39 06 7259 4894
Fax: +39 06 202 3507

Research Activity

Maurizia Palummo is researcher at the Physics Department of the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

The main research topics are the following:

quantum-mechanical simulations of the electronic and optical properties of materials based semiempirical and ab-initio aproaches;
First-principles Many-body Green’s functions schemes for a proper description of the electronic excited states.

The systems of recent interest are: Semiconductor Nanowires, molecular organic compounds and titanium dioxide surfaces and nanostructures.

Invited Talks

“Silicon and Germanium nanostructures for opto-electronic and photo-voltaic applications: ab-initio results”, “MRS Fall Meeting” Boston, 29 November-3 December 2010
“Materials for opto-electronic applications: ab-initio calculations and modelling”, “Nanoscience and Nanothecnology workshop N&N2010″ INFN, Frascati 20-23 September 2010
“Quasi-particles and excitons in Silicon Nanowires: effect of Doping and Surface Termination and mixing” OSI-VIII 7-11 September 2009 Ischia
Invited Talk :”Quasi-particles and excitons in Silicon Nanowires: effect of Doping and Surface Termination” Cecam Workshop 6-8 July 2009 Lausanne
”Electronic properties and dielectric response of semiconducting surfaces and nanostrutures from ab-initio approaches” Nanosea2008 7-10 July 2008 MontePorzio Catone, Rome Italy
“Semiconducting nanowires: from one-particle to many-body approaches” Cecam-Psi-K Workshop 9-12 June 2008 Lyon France
“First-principles optical spectra of semiconducting surfaces and nanowires: the role of the excitonic effects”, 12th Nanoquanta Workshop 18-22 September (2007), Aussois France
“First-principles optical and energy loss spectra of one-dimensional nanostructures of Silicon”, Epioptics 2006, Erice 20-26 July (2006)
“Semiconductor nanowires: ab-initio electronic and optical properties beyond the one-particle approach”, OSI 2005, Aalborg, Denmark 6-10 June, (2005)
“First-principles optical spectra of semiconductor surfaces: from one-particle to many-body approach”, Epioptics-7 20-26 July 2002

Scientific Publications

MP is author of more than 80 papers published in peer-reviewed international scientific journals.

Go here http://www.fisica.uniroma2.it/~palummo/Maurizia_homepage_files/publications_mau.html to read the complete list of MP publications.

Other activities

Member (up 2008) of the Nanoquanta (link a http://www.fisica.uniroma2.it/~cmtheo-group/Nanoquanta/nanoquanta.html) Network of Excellence.
Member of the ETSF and responsible for several ETSF user-projects (link to www.etsf.eu)
Project Manager of several Cineca/ISCRA supercomputing projects since 2001.
Host of European young scientists, within the HPC-Europa2 Transnational Access programme proposal
Organizer of a series of Nanoquanta conferences from 2003-2006.
Local Organizer of the conference in Maratea Nanoexc2004 (link a http://www.fisica.uniroma2.it/~palummo/conferenza.html)
Local Organizer of the Conference OSI -VIII: 7-11 September 2009, Ischia (http://osi8.roma2.infn.it/)
Organizer of the Conference NW2010: 27 September – 1 October 2010, Crete http://www.iesl.forth.gr/conferences/nw2010/default.html)
Organizer of the Conference NW2011: 13 June – 19 June 2011, Plomari-Lesvos Greece (link a http://www.iesl.forth.gr/conferences/nw2011/default.html)

Teaching Activities

A.A. 2000-2001 and 2001-2002, Univ. Tor Vergata, Course of Classical Physics, Assistant Professor;
A.A. 2004-2005 and 2005-2006, Univ. Tor Vergata, Matematical Methods for Material Science, Professor;
Since A.A. 2002, Univ. Tor Vergata, Course of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Assistant Professor;
Since A.A. 2007, Univ. Tor Vergata, Course of Solid State Physics, Professor;
Chemistry of Materials, Faculty of Science;
Processing Structure and Properties of Sintered Materials, Faculty of Science;
Supervisor/Director of Master (5-year degree) theses in Chemistry;
Member of the Teaching Supervising Committee of the Ph.D. Course in Materials for Health, Environment and Energy and Supervisor/Director of Ph.D. theses.

Recent Publications (selected)

G. Bussetti, B. Bonanni, S. Cirilli, A. Violante, M. Russo, C. Goletti, P. Chiaradia, O. Pulci, M. Palummo, R. Del Sole, P. Gargiani, M. G. Betti, C. Mariani, R. M. Feenstra, G. Meyer, and K. H. Rieder” Coexistence of Negatively and Positively Buckled Isomers on n+-Doped Si(111)-2×1” Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 067601 (2011)
M. Palummo, M. Amato, S. Ossicini “Ab-initio opto-electronic properties of SiGe nanowires: role of many-body effects” Phys. Rev. B 82, 073305 (2010), selected for the August 30, 2010 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology
M. Palummo, F. Iori, R. Del Sole, S.Ossicini Giant excitonic exchange splitting in Si nanowires Phys. Rev. B 81, 121303 (2010)
M. Amato, M. Palummo, S. Ossicini SiGe Nanowires:structural stability, quantum confinement and electronic properties Phys. Rev. B 80 235333 (2009)
M. Palummo, C.Hogan, F. Sottile, P. Bagala’, A. Rubio Ab initio electronic and optical spectra of free-base porphyrins: the role of electronic correlation J. Chem. Phys. 131, 084102 (2009)

Comment

Dr. Riccardo Polini

Contact details

Office: Department of Chemical Science and Technology
Tel: +39 06 72594414
Fax: +39 06 72594328

Research Activity

Dr Riccardo Polini (RP) is Professore Aggregato of Chemistry at the Department of Chemical Science and Technology of the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

RP research activity is mainly focused on the following topics:

Nucleation and growth processes of micro- and nano-crystalline diamond films deposited by CVD onto technologically important substrates;
Surface tailoring of cemented carbides for improving adhesion of diamond coatings;
Synthesis, characterization and evaluation of functional properties of micro- and nano-structured advanced electroceramics for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs);
Development of novel ionomers to be used in Polymeric Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs);
Surface modification of porous Silicon layers.

RP has been the leader of several R&D projects funded by Italian SMEs (overall funding > 360,000 €).

Active Research Collaborations

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro,PORTUGAL;
Laboratoire Capteurs Diamant (CEA-LIST-DETECS – SSTM), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, Saclay, FRANCE;
Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films (IST),Braunschweig,GERMANY.

Professional Recognitions

2010 – Keynote Speaker, 3rd International Conference on Advanced NanoMaterials (ANM 2010), 12-15 Sept 2010, Agadir, Morocco.
2009 – Co-Chair of the 4th International Conference on Surfaces, Coatings and Nanostructured Materials (nanoSMat 2009), 19-22 Oct 2009, Rome (Italy).
2008 – Guest Editor of the Speial Issue on “Micromachining systems and tailored surfaces”, Int. J. Surface Science and Engineering, Vol. 2 [3/4], 177-324 (2008).
2008 – Invited Speaker, 5th International Conference on Hot-Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition (HWCVD-5),Cambridge,MA (USA).
2008 – Invited Speaker, 2nd International Conference on Advanced NanoMaterials (ANM 2008),Aveiro,Portugal.
2007 – Organizer and Chair of the “Nanoporous Semiconductor” Symposium, 2nd International Conference on Surfaces, Coatings and Nanostructured Materials (nanoSMat 2007),Algarve,Portugal.
2007 – member of the International Organizing Committee of the 2nd International Conference on Surfaces, Coatings and Nanostructured Materials (nanoSMat 2007),Algarve,Portugal.
2006 – Visiting Research Scientist at the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,University of Aveiro,Portugal.
2006 – “Interlayers for diamond film deposition on hostile substrates” (invited seminar), Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,University of Aveiro,Portugal.
2006 – “Diamond CVD: nucleation and early growth stages” (invited seminar), Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique (CEA),Saclay,France.
2005 – Invited Speaker, International Conference on Surfaces, Coatings and Nanostructured Materials (nanoSMat2005),Aveiro,Portugal.
2004 – Visiting Research Scientist at the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,University of Aveiro,Portugal.

Scientific Publications

RP is the author of more than 80 papers published in peer-reviewed international scientific journals, 2 patents and more than 30 papers in Conference Proceedings (h-index = 15). Click here to read the complete list of RP publications.

Other Activities

RP is member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering (IJSurfSE).

Teaching Activities

Chemistry of Materials, Faculty of Science.

Processing Structure and Properties of Sintered Materials, Faculty of Science.

Supervisor/Director of Master (5-year degree) theses in Chemistry.

Member of the Teaching Supervising Committee of the Ph.D. Course in Materials for Health, Environment and Energy and Supervisor/Director of Ph.D. theses.

Recent Publications (selected)

[1] V. Valentini and R. Polini, “Confined Functionalization of Mesoporous Silicon Layers”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 158 (2011) K35-K41.

[2] S. Zeppilli, J.C. Arnault, G. Gesset, P. Bergonzo, R. Polini, “Thermal stability and surface modifications of detonation diamond nanoparticles studied with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy”, Diamond Relat. Mater., 19 (2010) 846-853.

[3] R. Polini, M. Barletta, G. Cristofanilli, “Wear resistance of nano- and micro-crystalline diamond coatings onto WC-Co with Cr/CrN interlayers”, Thin Solid Films, 519 (2010) 1629-1635.

[4] F. Bozza, R. Polini, E. Traversa, “Electrophoretic Deposition of Dense La_0.8Sr_0.2Ga_0.8Mg_0.115Co_0.085O_3-_δ Electrolyte Films from Single-Phase Powders for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells”, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 92 [9] (2009) 1999-2004.

[5] F. Bozza, R. Polini, E. Traversa, “High performance anode-supported intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells (IT-SOFCs) with La_0.8Sr_0.2Ga_0.8Mg_0.2O_3-_δ electrolyte films prepared by electrophoretic deposition”, Electrochem. Comm., 11 (2009) 1680-1683.

[6] R. Polini and M. Barletta: “On the use of CrN/Cr and CrN interlayers in hot filament chemical vapour deposition (HF-CVD) of diamond films onto WC-Co substrates”, Diamond Relat. Mater., 17 (2008) 325-335.

[7] J. C. Arnault, S. Saada, S. Delclos, L. Rocha, L. Intiso, R. Polini, A. Hoffman, S. Michaelson and P. Bergonzo, “Surface Science Contribution to the BEN Control on Si(100) and 3C-SiC (100): Towards Ultrathin Nanocrystalline Diamond Films”, Chem. Vap. Deposition, 14 (2008) 187-195.

[8] R. Polini, A. Falsetti, E. Traversa, O. Schäf, P. Knauth, “Sol-gel synthesis, X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and electrical properties of Co-doped (La,Sr)(Ga,Mg)O_3-_δ perovskites”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 27 (2007) 4291-4296.

[9] J. C. Arnault, L. Intiso, S. Saada, S. Delclos, P. Bergonzo, R. Polini, “Effect of 3C-SiC(100) initial surface stoichiometry on bias enhanced diamond nucleation”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90 (2007) 044101.

[10] G. Mattei, V. Valentini, R. Polini, “Chemical Vapour Infiltration of nano-structured carbon in Porous Silicon”, Phys. Stat. Sol. (c), 4 (2007) 2049-2053.

[11] R. Polini, F. Pighetti Mantini, M. Barletta, R. Valle, F. Casadei, “Hot Filament Chemical Vapour Deposition and wear resistance of diamond films on WC-Co substrates coated by PVD-arc deposition technique”, Diamond Relat. Mater., 15 (2006) 1284-1291.

[12] G. Cabral, P. Reis, R. Polini, E. Titus, N. Ali, J.P. Davim, J. Grácio, “Cutting performance of time-modulated chemical vapour deposited diamond coated tool inserts during machining graphite”, Diamond Relat. Mater., 15 (2006) 1753-1758.

[13] R. Polini, “Chemically vapour deposited diamond coatings on cemented tungsten carbides: substrates pretreatments, adhesion and cutting performance”, Thin Solid Films, 515 (2006) 4-13.

Comment

Dr. Massimo Celino

Contact details

ENEA

Tel: +39 0630483871

Fax: +39 0630483176

Comment

Dr. Festa Giulia

Contact details

Office: Physics Department
Tel: +39 06 72594429

Fax: +39 06 72594089

Research Activity

Giulia Festa is an experimental physicist. Her research interests relate to the development of neutron instrumentation for applications on materials and, in particular, applied to the study of materials of archaeological and cultural interest.

With regard to neutron instrumentation, GF worked on the development of neutron imaging instrumentation (Prompt Gamma Activation Imaging) and devices for gamma and neutron detection (Silicon Photo-Multiplier technology, neutron radiative capture-based counting technique). Within the EU-funded ANCIENT CHARM project, GF developed ancillary equipment and gamma detectors to be used for Neutron Resonance Capture Imaging (NRCI) and neutron tomography on objects of cultural and archaeological interest as well as software for data analysis.

GF employed scientific investigation techniques in the field of archaeological research providing successful results such as the integrated neutron analysis of the Ghiberti East Door from the Florence Baptistery determining state of conservation and manufacturing technique, or the study about the composition and corrosion products of Etruscan Bronzes from the Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia.

Link

IRICH: Forum on Technology for Cultural Heritage, Shanghai, 24-25 June 2010 ( Video)

Neutron Tomography results of an Etruscan Vase ( Video)

Recent Publications

♦ G. Festa, P. A. Caroppi, A. Filabozzi, C. Andreani, M. L. Arancio, R. Triolo, F. Lo Celso, V. Benfante, S. Imberti ‘Composition and corrosion phases of Etruscan Bronzes from Villanovan Age’, Meas. Sci. Technol. 19, 034004 (2008)

♦ G. Festa, W. Kockelmann, A. Kirfel and the Ancient Charm Collaboration ‘Neutron Diffraction Analysis of ’Black Boxes’’, Archaeometry Workshop, Hungary, N. 1

♦ Zs. Kasztovszky, Z. Kis, T. Belgya, W. Kockelmann, S. Imberti, E. M. Schooneveld, G. Festa, A. Filabozzi, C. Andreani, A. Kirfel, K. T. Biró, K. Dúzs, Zs. Hajnal, P. Kudejova M. Tardocchi and the Ancient Charm Collaboration, ‘Promt Gamma Activation Analysis and time of flight neutron diffraction of ‘Black Boxes’ in the ‘Ancient Charm’ project’, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 278, N.3 (2008) 661–664

♦ T. Belgya, Z. Kis, L. Szentmiklósi, Zs. Kasztovszky, P. Kudejova, R. Schulze, T. Materna, G. Festa, P. A. Caroppi and the Ancient Charm Collaboration ‘First elemental imaging experiments on a combined PGAI and NT setup at the Budapest Research Reactor’, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 278, N.3 (2008) 751–754

♦ T. Belgya, Z. Kis, L. Szentmiklósi, Zs. Kasztovszky, G. Festa, L. Andreanelli, M. P. De Pascale, A. Pietropaolo, P. Kudejova, R. Schulze, T. Materna and the Ancient Charm Collaboration, ‘A new PGAI-NT setup at the NIPS facility of the Budapest Research Reactor’, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 278, N.3 (2008) 713–718

♦ G. Festa, C. Andreani, M. P. De Pascale, R. Senesi, G. Vitali, S. Porcinai, A. M. Giusti, R. Schulze,L. Canella, P. Kudejova,M. Mühlbauer, B. Schillinger and the Ancient Charm Collaboration, ‘A non-destructive stratigraphic and radiographic neutron study of Lorenzo Ghiberti’s reliefs from Paradise and North doors of Florence Baptistery.’ Journal of Applied Physics, 106, N.4 (2009)

♦ A. Pietropaolo, G. Gorini, G. Festa, C. Andreani, M. P. De Pascale, E. Reali, F. Grazzi and E. M. Schooneveld, ‘A silicon photomultiplier readout for time of flight neutron spectroscopy with gamma-ray detectors’, Review of Scientific Instruments, 80, Issue 9 (2009)

♦ G. Festa, Pietropaolo, E. Reali, F. Grazzi and E. M. Schooneveld, ‘A gamma-ray detector with silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) readout for neutron diffraction experiments at spallation neutron sources’, Measurement Science and Technology, 21 (2010) 035901

♦ A. Pietropaolo, G. Gorini, G. Festa, E. Reali, F. Grazzi and E. M. Schooneveld, ‘Neutron Resonance Capture Analysis Experimental Station at the ISIS Spallation Source’, Applied Spectroscopy, 64, n.9 (2010)

♦ G. Festa, R. Senesi, M Alessandroni, C. Andreani, G. Vitali, S. Porcinai, A. M. Giusti, T. Materna, A. Paradowska, ‘Non destructive neutron diffraction measurements of cavities, inhomogeneities and residual strain in bronzes of Ghiberti’s relief from the Gates of Paradise’, Journal of Applied Physics, 109, n.6 (2011)

♦ G. Festa, A. Pietropaolo, F. Grazzi, E. Barzagli, E. M. Schooneveld, A. Scherillo, ‘Neutron diffraction measurements at the INES diffractometer using a neutron radiative capture-based counting technique’, Nuclear Instruments and Methods A, doi:10.1016/j.nima.2011.04.032, (2011)

1 Comment

Prof. Stefano Marini

Contact details

Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry,

Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.

Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome

Office: Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences

Tel: +39 06 72596354

Research Activity

1) Laboratory development and managing.
2) Molecular biology techniques
3) Microbiology techniques.
4) Immunobiosensors for analisys of enviromental pollution and food contaminants.
5) Cellular immunology
6) Immunochemistry
7) Cell culture and monoclonal antibody production
8) Drug design and HTS
9) Activity evaluation of new drugs against parasites.

Recent Publications

[1]. Ciaccio C, Coletta A, De Sanctis G, Marini S., Coletta M. (2008) Cooperativity and allostery in haemoglobin function. IUBMB Life. Feb;60(2):112-23

[2]. Gemma S, Campiani G, Butini S, Kukreja G, Coccone SS, Joshi BP, Persico M, Nacci V, Fiorini I, Novellino E, Fattorusso E, Taglialatela-Scafati O, Savini L, Taramelli D, Basilico N, Parapini S, Morace G, Yardley V, Croft S, Coletta M, Marini S, Fattorusso C. (2008) Clotrimazole scaffold as an innovative pharmacophore towards potent antimalarial agents: design, synthesis, and biological and structure-activity relationship studies. J Med Chem. 2008 Mar 13;51(5):1278-94. Epub 2008 Feb 16.

[3]. Monaco S, Gioia M, Rodriguez J, Fasciglione GF, Di Pierro D, Lupidi G, Krippahl L, Marini S, Coletta M. (2007) Modulation of the proteolytic activity of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (gelatinase A) on fibrinogen. Biochem J. Mar 15;402(3):503-13.

[4]. Saladino R, Fiani C, Crestini C, Argyropoulos DS, Marini S, Coletta M. (2007) An efficient and stereoselective dearylation of asarinin and sesamin tetrahydrofurofuran lignans to acuminatolide by methyltrioxorhenium/H(2)O(2) and UHP systems. J Nat Prod. Jan;70(1):39-42.

[5]. Gioia M, Monaco S, Fasciglione GF, Coletti A, Modesti A, Marini S, Coletta M. (2007) Characterization of the Mechanisms by which Gelatinase A, Neutrophil Collagenase, and Membrane-Type Metalloproteinase MMP-14 Recognize Collagen I and Enzymatically Process the Two alpha-Chains. J Mol Biol. May 11;368(4):1101-1113. Epub 2007 Mar 2.

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Prof. Mauro Maccarrone

Contact details

Full Professor in Biochemistry at the School of Veterinary Medicine,

University of Teramo, Italy.

Visiting Professor at the School of Medicine,

University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy.

Tel.: 0861266875

Tel.: 0672596388

Research Activity

Published 207 full papers including 32 review articles (total I.F. ≈ 800), and 43 invited papers in international refereed journals, besides 41 mini-papers and 128 Congress communications on the following main topics:
1. Structure and function of enzymes; 2. Membranes and lipid messengers in programmed cell death (apoptosis) and in neurodegenerative processes; 3. Endocannabinoids; 4. Ultraweak luminescence in biomedicine; 5. Gravitational effects on enzyme reactions.

Recent Publications

[1] Dainese E, Oddi S, Maccarrone M.
Lipid-mediated dimerization of beta(2)-adrenergic receptor reveals important clues for cannabinoid receptors.
Cell Mol Life Sci. 2008 May 26.

[2] Battista N, Pasquariello N, Di Tommaso M, Maccarrone M.
Interplay between endocannabinoids, steroids and cytokines in the control of human reproduction.
J Neuroendocrinol. 2008 May;20 Suppl 1:82-9.

[3] Di Marzo V, Maccarrone M.
FAAH and anandamide: is 2-AG really the odd one out?
Trends Pharmacol Sci. 2008 May;29(5):229-233.

[4] Cupini LM, Costa C, Sarchielli P, Bari M, Battista N, Eusebi P, Calabresi P, Maccarrone M.
Degradation of endocannabinoids in chronic migraine and medication overuse headache.
Neurobiol Dis. 2008 May;30(2):186-9.

[5] Battista N, Rapino C, Di Tommaso M, Bari M, Pasquariello N, Maccarrone M.
Regulation of male fertility by the endocannabinoid system.
Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2008 Apr 16;286(1-2 Suppl 1):S17-23.

[6] Kurtuncu M, Battista N, Uz T, D’Agostino A, Dimitrijevic N, Pasquariello N, Manev R, Maccarrone M, Manev H.
Effects of cocaine in 5-lipoxygenase-deficient mice.
J Neural Transm. 2008;115(3):389-95.

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Prof. Laura Fiorucci

Contact details

Professor of Biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine

University of Rome Tor Vergata

Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome

Office: Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences

Tel: +39 06 72596478

Research Activity

Scientific topics: A. Proteases and inhibitors: mast cell proteases, structural and functional studies, interaction with endogenous inhibitors, search for new inhibitors;. B. Protein folding/unfolding of cytochrome c as probed by limited proteolysis, its interaction with lipids and search for the structural requirements for its pro-apoptotic activity.

Recent Publications

[1] Sinibaldi F, Fiorucci L, Patriarca A, Lauceri R, Ferri T, Coletta M, Santucci R. Insights into Cytochrome c-Cardiolipin Interaction. Role Played by Ionic Strength (2008) Biochemistry. [Epub ahead of print]

[2] Santucci R., Sinibaldi F., Fiorucci L. Protein Folding, Unfolding and Misfolding Role Played by Intermediate States Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, 2008, 8, 000-000 1

[3]Agueci F., Polticelli F., Sinibaldi F., Piro M.C., Santucci R., Fiorucci L. (2007) Probing the effect of mutations on cytochrome c stability Protein and Peptide Letters, 14, 335-339 ISSN 0929-8665

[4]Sinibaldi F., Mei G., Ponticelli F., Piro M.C., Howes, B.D., Smulevich G., Santucci R., Ascoli F., Fiorucci L. (2005) ATP specifically driver refolding of non native conformations of cytochrome c Protein Science 14: 1049-1058 ISSN 0961-8368

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Dr Riccardo Polini

Contact details

Office: Department of Chemical Science and Technology

Tel: +39 06 72594414

Fax: +39 06 72594328

Research Activity

RP is Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the Faculty of Science of the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

RP research activity is mainly focused on the following topics:

• Nucleation and growth processes of polycrystalline and nanocrystalline diamond films deposited onto technologically important substrates by both Hot Filament Chemical Vapour Deposition (HFCVD) and Microwave Plasma Assisted CVD (MW-PACVD);

• Surface modification of cemented carbides for improved adhesion of diamond coatings;

• Synthesis, characterization and evaluation of functional properties of micro- and nano-structured advanced electroceramics for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs);

• Electrophoretic Deposition (EPD) of ceramic films;

• Chemical Vapour Infiltration (CVI) of porous Silicon layers with nanostructured sp²-carbon.

• RP has been the leader of several R&D projects funded by Italian SMEs concerning nucleation, growth, adhesion, wear resistance and life of CVD diamond films onto cemented carbide base tools (total funding > 350,000 €).

Active Research Collaborations

• Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, PORTUGAL;

• Laboratoire Capteurs Diamant (CEA-LIST-DETECS – SSTM), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, Saclay, FRANCE;

• Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films (IST), Braunschweig, GERMANY.

Professional Recognitions

• 2008 – Invited Speaker, 5th International Conference on Hot-Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition (HWCVD-5), Cambridge, MA (USA).

• 2008 – Invited Speaker, 2nd International Conference on Advanced NanoMaterials (ANM 2008), Aveiro, Portugal.

• 2007 – “Materials Science and Nanotechnology for Polymeric Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) and Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs)” (invited seminar), Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal.

• 2007 – Organizer and Chair of the “Nanoporous Semiconductor” Symposium, 2nd International Conference on Surfaces, Coatings and Nanostructured Materials (nanoSMat 2007), Algarve, Portugal.

• 2007 – member of the International Organizing Committee of the 2nd International Conference on Surfaces, Coatings and Nanostructured Materials (nanoSMat 2007), Algarve, Portugal.

• 2006 – Visiting Research Scientist at the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal.

• 2006 – “Interlayers for diamond film deposition on hostile substrates” (invited seminar), Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal.

• 2006 – “Diamond CVD: nucleation and early growth stages” (invited seminar), Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique (CEA), Saclay, France

• 2005 – Invited Speaker, International Conference on Surfaces, Coatings and Nanostructured Materials (nanoSMat2005), Aveiro, Portugal.

• 2005 – member of the International Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Surfaces, Coatings and Nanostructured Materials (nanoSMat2005), Aveiro, Portugal.

• 2004 – Visiting Research Scientist at the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal.

• 2001 – Visiting Researcher at the Dept. of Chemistry and Materials, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.

Scientific Publications

RP is the author of more than 70 papers published in peer-reviewed international scientific journals, 2 patents and more than 30 papers in Conference Proceedings. Click here to read the complete list of RP publications.

Other Activities

RP is a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering (IJSurfSE).

Teaching Activities

Chemistry of Materials, Faculty of Science;Processing Structure and Properties of Sintered Materials, Faculty of Science.Member of the Teaching Supervising Committee of the Ph.D. Course in Materials for Health, Environment and Energy.

Recent Publications (selected)

[1] R. Polini and M. Barletta: “On the use of CrN/Cr and CrN interlayers in hot filament chemical vapour deposition (HF-CVD) of diamond films onto WC-Co substrates”, Diamond Relat. Mater., 17 (2008) 325-335.

[2] R. Polini, A. Falsetti, E. Traversa, O. Schäf, P. Knauth, “Sol-gel synthesis, X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and electrical properties of Co-doped (La,Sr)(Ga,Mg)O3-δ perovskites”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 27 (2007) 4291-4296.

[3] J. C. Arnault, L. Intiso, S. Saada, S. Delclos, P. Bergonzo, R. Polini, “Effect of 3C-SiC(100) initial surface stoichiometry on bias enhanced diamond nucleation”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90 (2007) 044101.

[4] G. Mattei, V. Valentini, R. Polini, “Chemical Vapour Infiltration of nano-structured carbon in Porous Silicon”, Phys. Stat. Sol. (c), 4 (2007) 2049-2053.

[5] R. Polini, F. Pighetti Mantini, M. Barletta, R. Valle, F. Casadei, “Hot Filament Chemical Vapour Deposition and wear resistance of diamond films on WC-Co substrates coated by PVD-arc deposition technique”, Diamond Relat. Mater., 15 (2006) 1284-1291.

[6] G. Cabral, P. Reis, R. Polini, E. Titus, N. Ali, J.P. Davim, J. Grácio, “Cutting performance of time-modulated chemical vapour deposited diamond coated tool inserts during machining graphite”, Diamond Relat. Mater., 15 (2006) 1753-1758.

[7] R. Polini, “Chemically vapour deposited diamond coatings on cemented tungsten carbides: substrates pretreatments, adhesion and cutting performance”, Thin Solid Films, 515 (2006) 4-13.

[8] S. Licoccia, R. Polini, C. D’ Ottavi, F. Serraino Fiory, M. L. Di Vona, E. Traversa, “A simple and versatile method for the synthesis of functional nanocrystalline oxides”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 5 (2005) 592-595.

[9] R. Polini, A. Falsetti, E. Traversa, “Sol-gel synthesis and characterization of Co-doped LSGM perovskites”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 25 (2005) 2593-2598.

[10] J. C. Arnault, G. Schull, R. Polini, M. Mermoux, J. Faerber, “Effects of bias enhanced nucleation hot-filament chemical-vapor deposition parameters on diamond nucleation on iridium”, J. Appl. Phys., 98 (2005) 033521 1-9.

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Prof. Giovanni Ciccotti

Contact Details

Professor in Structure of Matter

Department of Physics,

University of Rome La Sapienza,

Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Rome ITALY

Tel: +39 06 49914378

Fax: +39 06 4957697

Research Outline

Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo of Statistical Mechanical Systems

The focus of my research activity is on developing algorithms fro Molecular Dynamics simulation of complex systems in condensed matter phases. From the from now ancient SHAKE algorithm (a procedure to introduce holonomic constraints in MD) or the Subtraction Technique (a noise reducing approach to compute the response to weak external fields in Nonequilibrium MD) to the introduction of the Blue Moon’s ensemble (to simulate in MD rare events) and techniques to simulate Brownian motion to the most recent, and still very active, field of rigorous algorithms to compute nonadiabatic quantum-classical dynamics, the attempt is to widen the domain of computer simulation in condensed matter with a particular emphasis on MD (as distinguished from the very close but different MC- Monte Carlo). Together with that, I have been, and still am, also interested in challenging applications od atomistic MD simulations ranging from surface/interface physics problems in Materials sciences to simulations of biological molecules to find atomistic level explanations of their behavior or functioning mechanisms. More generally, I am interested in considering a variety of developments/applications in the simulation of systems of Statistical Mechanics interest.

Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum

Full List of Publications

Most Recent Publications

[135] E.Vanden Eijnden, and G. Ciccotti, “Second-order integrators for Langevin equations with holonomic constraints”, Chem. Phys. Lett., 429, 310, (2006)

[134] M. S. Causo, G. Ciccotti, S.Bonella, and R. Vuilleumier, “An adiabatic linearized path integral approach for quantum time correlation functions II: A cumulant expansion method for improving convergence”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 110, 3638, (2006)

[135] V. Marry, and G. Ciccotti, “Trotter derived algorithms for molecular dynamics with constraints : Velocity Verlet revisited”, J. Comp. Phys., 222, 428, (2007)

[132] L. Maragliano, A. Fischer, E. Vanden Eijnden, and G. Ciccotti, “String method in collective variables: minimum free energy paths and isocommittor surfaces”, J. Chem. Phys., 125, 024106, (2006).

[131_B] R. Kapral, and G. Ciccotti, “Transport Coefficients of Quantum-Classical Systems”, in “Computer Simulations in Condensed Matter: From Materials to Chemical Biology (The Erice Lectures)”, M. Ferrario, G. Ciccotti, and K. Binder Eds, LNP, Springer Verlag, (2006).

[130_B] G. Ciccotti, D. Coker, and R. Kapral, “Quantum statistical dynamics with trajectories”, in Quantum Dynamics of Complex Molecular Systems, p. 275-294, I. Burghardt and D. Micha Eds, Springer Verlag, Berlin, (2007)

[129] G. Kalibaeva, R. Vuilleumier, S.Meloni, A. Alavi, G. Ciccotti, and R. Rosei, “Ab initio simulation of carbon clustering on Ni(111) surface: a model of the poisoning of nickel based catalysts”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 110, 3638, (2006)

[128] F. Pizzitutti, A. Giansanti, P. Ballario, P. Ornaghi, P. Torreri, G. Ciccotti, and P. Filetici, “Relevant role of loop ZA and Pro371 in the function of yeast Gcn5p bromodomain: evidences from Molecular Dynamics and experiments”, Journal of Molecular Recognition, 19, 1, (2006)

Books

B1) “Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Statistical Mechanical Systems.”, ‘E. Fermi’ 1985 Summer School. G.Ciccotti and W.G.Hoover, Eds., North Holland 1986.

B2) “Simulation of Liquids and Solids. Molecular Dynamics and MonteCarlo methods in Statistical Mechanics. A reprint book.”, G. Ciccotti, D. Frenkel and I. R. Mc Donald, Eds. North Holland, 1987.

B3) “MC and MD of condensed matter systems”, Euroconference 1995, K. Binder and G. Ciccotti, Eds., SIF 1996.

B4) “Simulation of classical and quantum dynamics in condensed phase”, Euroconference 1997, B. J. Berne, G. Ciccotti and D. F. Coker, Eds., World Scientific, 1998.

B5) “Bridging time scales: Molecular simulations for the next decade”, SIMU Conference, Konstanz 2001, P. Nielaba, M. Mareschal, and G. Ciccotti, Eds., Springer, Berlin, 2003

B6) “Computer Simulations in Condensed Matter: From Materials to Chemical Biology (The Erice Lectures)”, M. Ferrario, G. Ciccotti, and K. Binder, Eds, LNP, Springer Verlag, Berlin, (2006)

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Dr Pietro Morales

Contact Details

Sezione FIM MATNANO
Bldg. F65, Centro Ricerche della Casaccia, ENEA
Via Anguillarese km 1.3
00123 S.Maria di Galeria, Roma
Tel: +39 06 30486350
Lab: +39 06 30486082

Research Activity

From his first interest in molecular spectroscopy, which he pursued at the University La Sapienza in Roma, at the University of Venice and at the University of Kent UK, PM moved to spectroscopic applications in the field of uranium isotope separation, on which he worked up to the end of the italian laser isotope separation project led by ENEA. More recently he developed an interest in micro and nanobioscience and in nanotechnologies. From 1997 to 2000 he was the european coordinator of the LASMEDS project, devoted to the development of a molecular electronics technology that exploits vapour phase photoionization in the near field of STM probes. Later he coordinated and was involved in other national projects on nanotechnology, nanobioscience and organic devices. His present interests are in nanofabrication following both the inorganic, machine assisted, and the biological selfassembling approaches.

Recent Publications

[1] S. Gagliardi, B. Rapone, L. Mosiello, D. Luciani, A. Gerardino, P. Morales, Laser-Assisted Fabrication of Biomolecular Sensing Microarrays, IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience, 6 (3): 242 – 248 (2007)

[2] A. Dell’Aquila, P. Mastrorilli, C.F. Nobile, G. Romanazzi, G.P. Suranna, L. Torsi, M.C. Tanese, D. Acierno, E. Amendola, P. Morales, Synthesis and field-effect properties of alpha,omega-disubstituted sexithiophenes bearing polar groups, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 16 (12): 1183-1191 (2006)

[3] S. Gagliardi, S. Nufris B. Rapone, P. Morales, G. D’Agostaro, Laser techniques for the fabrication of nanobiodevices, Proceedings of SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5850, pp. 271-279 (2004)

[4] T. Di Luccio, G. Scalia, L. Tapfer, P. Morales, M. Traversa, P. Prete, N. Lovergine, Microstructural and morphological properties of homoepitaxial (001) ZnTe layers investigated by x-ray diffuse scattering,
Journal of Applied Physics, 97 (8): Art. No. 083540 (Apr 15 2005).

[5] I. Dierking, G. Scalia, P. Morales, Liquid crystal-carbon nanotube dispersions, Journal of Applied Physics, 97 (4): Art. No. 044309 (Feb 15 2005).

[6] M. Traversa, N. Lovergine, P. Prete, G. Scalia, M. Pentimalli, L. Tapfer, P. Morales, A.M. Mancini, Effects of substrate treatment and growth conditions on structure, morphology, and luminescence of homoepitaxial ZnTe deposited by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy, Journal of Applied Physics, 96 (2): 1230-1237 (Jul 15 2004).

[7] P. Morales, Laser assisted SPM nanofabrication, in Encyclopaedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, American Scientific Publishers, (Jan. 2004).

[8] I. Dierking, G. Scalia, P. Morales, D. LeClere, Aligning and reorienting carbon nanotubes by nematic liquid crystals, Advanced Materials, 16 (11) 865-869 (Jun 4 2004).

[9] A. Gerardino, A. Notargiacomo, P. Morales, Laser assisted deposition of nanopatterned biomolecular layers, Microelectronic Engineering, 67-8: 923-929 (Jun 2003).

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Prof. Silvia Morante

Contact Details

Office: Physics Department
Tel: +39 06 72594554
Fax: +39 06 2023507

Research Activity

Folding versus misfolding: physiological and pathological role of metal

The role of metals in neurodegenerative diseases – Alzheimer, BSE and Parkinson

Structural studies of biomolecules by XAS (X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy)

Numerical simulation based approaches (Molecular Dynamics, Monte Carlo, Car-Parrinello)

Recent Publications

[1] V. Minicozzi, S. Morante, G.C. Rossi, F. Stellato, K. Jansen, The role of metals in misfolding and aggregation processes: X-ray spectroscopy and numerical simulations, in From Computational Biophysics to System Biology (CBSB07), Proceedings of the NIC Workshop 2007, 36: 223

[2] S. Furlan, F. Guerrieri, G. La Penna, S. Morante, G.C. Rossi, Studying the Cu binding sites in the PrP N-terminal region. A test case for ab initio simulations, European Biophysics Journal, 36: 841-845 (2007)

[3] S. Furlan, G.La Penna, F. Guerrieri, S. Morante, G.C.Rossi, Ab initio simulations of Cu binding sites on the N-terminal region of PrP, Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 12(4), 571-583, (2007)

[4] S. Furlan, F. Guerrieri, G.La Penna, S. Morante, G.C. Rossi, Ab initio simulations of Cu binding sites in the N-terminal region of PrP, in From Computational Biophysics to System Biology, J. Meinke, O. Zimmermann, S. Mohanty, U.H.E.Hansmann (Editors) John von Neumann Institute for Computing, Juelich, NIC Series, 34, 153-156, (2006).

[5] S. Morante, G. C. Rossi, M. Testa, The stress tensor of a discrete system: an exercise in Statistical Mechanics, J. Chem. Phys., 125, 034101 (2006).

[6] F. Stellato, G. Menestrina, M. Dalla Serra, C. Potrich, R. Tomazzolli, W. Meyer-Klaucke, S. Morante, Metal binding in amyloids beta peptides shows both intra- and inter-peptide coordination modes, European Biophysics Journal, 35(4), 340 (2006).

[7] S. Morante, C. Poltrich, R. González-Iglesias, C. Meneghini,W. Meyer-Klaucke, G. Menestrina, M. A. Pajares, M. Gasset, Inter- and Intra-octarepeat Cu(II) Site Geometries in the Prion Protein. Implication in Cu(II) binding cooperativity and Cu(II)-mediated assemblies, J. Biol. Chem. 279, 11753 (2004).

[8] G. La Penna, S. Morante, A. Perico, G.C. Rossi, Designing generalized statistical ensembles for numerical simulations of biopolymers, J. Chem. Phys., 121, 10725 (2004).

[9] M. Benfatto, S. Della Longa, Z. Wu, Y. Qin, G. Pan, S. Morante, The role of Zn in the interplay among Langmuir-Blodgett Multi-Layer and Myelin Basic Protein: a quantitative analysis of XANES spectra, Biophysical Chemistry, 110, 191 (2004).

[10] G. La Penna, V. Minicozzi, S. Morante, G.C. Rossi, Tuning force-field parameters by pressure measurements in micro-canonical simulations, International Journal of Modern Physics C., 15, 205 (2004).

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Prof. Lorenzo Stella

Contact Details

Office: Department of Science and Chemical Technologies
Tel: +39 06 72594463
Fax: +39 06 72594328

Research Activity

3-D structures of peptides in solution
Peptide-membrane interactions
Biomolecular electronics
Molecular recognition and chiral discrimination
Computational chemistry and molecular modeling

Recent Publications

[1] L. Stella, G. Bocchinfuso, E. Gatto, C. Mazzuca, M. Venanzi, F. Formaggio, C. Toniolo, A. Palleschi and B. Pispisa.  “Peptide foldamers: from spectroscopic studies to applications”.  Reviews in Fluorescence 2007. C. D. Geddes and J. R. Lakowicz (Eds.), Springer, New York, (2007).

2] E. Gatto, C. Mazzuca, L. Stella, M. Venanzi, C. Toniolo, B. Pispisa.  “Effect of peptide lipidation on membrane perturbing activity: a comparative study on two trichogin analogues”.  J. Phys Chem. B., 110: 22813 (2006).

3] M. Venanzi, E. Gatto, G. Bocchinfuso, A. Palleschi, L. Stella, C. Baldini, F. Formaggio, C. Toniolo.  ”Peptide folding dynamics: a time-resolved study from the nanosecond to the microsecond time regime”.  J. Phys. Chem. B, 110: 22834 (2006).

4] B. Pispisa, L. Stella, C. Mazzuca, M. Venanzi.  “Trichogin topology and activity in model membranes as determined by fluorescence spectroscopy” .  Reviews in fluorescence 2006, C. D. Geddes and J. R. Lakowicz (Eds.), Springer, New York, pp. 47 (2006).

5] E. Gatto, M. Venanzi, A. Palleschi, L. Stella, B. Pispisa, L. Lorenzelli, C. Toniolo, F. Formaggio, G. Marletta.  ”Self-assembled peptide monolayers on interdigitated gold microelectrodes” .  Mat. Sci. Eng. C., 26: 918 (2006).

6] C. Carta, F. Pantaleoni, G. Bocchinfuso, L. Stella, I. Vasta, A. Sarkozy, C. Digilio, A. Palleschi, A. Pizzuti, P. Grammatico, G. Zampino, B. Dallapiccola, B. D. Gelb, M, Tartaglia.  “Germline missense mutations affecting KRAS isoform B are associated with a severe Noonan syndrome phenotype” .  Am. J. Hum. Gen., 79: 129 (2006).

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Prof. Nicola Rosato

Contact Details

Office: Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences
Tel: +39 06 72596471
Fax: +39 06 72596465

Research Activity

Fields of interest: structure and function of biological macromolecules under high pressure and electromagnetic field. Application of optical spectroscopy and Near Infrared Spectroscopy “in vivo”. Smart nanomaterials in biology and medicine. From 1991 is a member of the commission for the medical application of informatics at the Medical School of the “Tor Vergata” University. From March 2000, is Full Professor in Biochemistry in the Faculty of Medical EngineeringFrom December 2002 is director of the Medical Engineering Service in the “Tor Vergata” University Hospital.N. Rosato is author of about 70 scientific publications (60 on international journals) in the fields of optical spectroscopy of biological molecules, fluorescence instrumentation and medical informatics.

Recent Publications

[1] Bottini M, D’Annibale F, Magrini A, Cerignoli F, Arimura Y, Dawson MI, Bergamaschi E, Rosato N, Bergamaschi A, Mustelin T., “Quantum dot-doped silica nanoparticles as probes for targeting of T-lymphocytes”, Int. J. Nanomedicine, 2(2):227-33, (2007)

[2] Bottini M, Cerignoli F, Tautz L, Rosato N, Bergamaschi A, Mustelin T., “Adsorption of streptavidin onto single-walled carbon nanotubes: application in fluorescent supramolecular nanoassemblies”, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 6(12), 3693-8 (2006)

[3] Nicolai E, Di Venere A, Rosato N, Rossi A, Finazzi Agro’ A, Mei G., “Physico-chemical properties of molten dimer ascorbate oxidase”, FEBS J. , 273(22):5194-204. (2006)

[4] Iucci G, Rossi L, Rosato N, Savini I, Duranti G, Polzonetti G., “The interaction of the polyphenylacetylene surface with biological environments studied by XPS, RAIRS and biological tests”, J Mater Sci Mater Med. 17(9):779-87, (2006)

[5] Bottini M, Cerignoli F, Dawson MI, Magrini A, Rosato N, Mustelin T., “Full-length single-walled carbon nanotubes decorated with streptavidin-conjugated quantum dots as multivalent intracellular fluorescent nanoprobes”, Biomacromolecules, 7(8):2259-63, (2006)

[6] Bottini M, Magrini A, Rosato N, Bergamaschi A, Mustelin T., “Dispersion of pristine single-walled carbon nanotubes in water by a thiolated organosilane: application in supramolecular nnoassemblies”, J Phys Chem B.,20; 110 (28) : 13685-8, (2006)

[7] Bottini M, Magrini A, Di Venere A, Bellucci S, Dawson MI, Rosato N, Bergamaschi A, Mustelin T. “Synthesis and characterization of supramolecular nanostructures of carbon nanotubes and ruthenium-complex Luminophores”, J Nanosci Nanotechnol., 6(5):1381-6, (2006)

[8] Mei G, Di Venere A, Rosato N, Finazzi-Agro A., “The importance of being dimeric”, FEBS J., 272(1):16-27, (2005), Review.

[9] Iucci G, Infante G, Rossi L, Polzonetti G, Rosato N, Avigliano L, Savini I, Catani MV, Palacios AC., “Albumin-containing sol-gel glasses: chemical and biological study”, J Mater Sci Mater Med., 15(5):601-6, (2004)

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Prof. Giuseppe Gorini

Contact Details

Office: Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, Milano
Tel: +39 02 6448 2312

Academic career

1986 – 1988 Phd student, Scuola Normale Superiore – Pisa
1989 – 1990 Researcher, IFP-CNR, Milan
1990 – 1998 Researcher, Universita’ degli Studi di Milano
1998 – 2000 Researcher, Universita’ degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
2000 – present Associate Professor, Universita’ degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

Research Activity

Neutron spectroscopy in thermonuclear plasmas.
Neutron spectroscopy for materials science
Physics of high temperature plasmas
Application of neutron-based techniques to Cultural Heritage research

Teaching

Electromagnetism and optics, degree in Environmental Science.
Physics of Plasmas, degree in Physics.
Supervisor of undergraduate and Ph D students in Physics.

Recent Publications

[1] G. Gorini et al, The resonant detector and its application to epithermal neutron spectroscopy, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A, 529, 293 (2004).
[2] C. Andreani, G. Gorini, E. Perelli-Cippo, A. Pietropaolo, N. Rhodes, E. S. Schooneveld, R. Senesi, M. Tardocchi, A resonant detector for high-energy inelastic neutron scattering experiments, Appl. Phys. Lett., 85, 5454 (2004).
[3] J Källne, L Ballabio, J Frenje, S Conroy, G Ericsson, M Tardocchi, E Traneus, G.Gorini, Observation of the Alpha Particle “Knock-On” Neutron Emission from Magnetically Confined DT Fusion Plasmas, Phys Rev Lett., 85, 1246 (2000).
[4] G.Gorini, P.Mantica, G.M.D.Hogeweij, F.De Luca, A.Jacchia, J.A.Konings, N.J.Lopes Cardozo, M.Peters, Simultaneous Propagation of Heat Waves Induced by Sawteeth and ECH Power Modulation in the RTP Tokamak, Phys. Rev. Lett., 47, 2038 (1993).

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Prof. Silvia Licoccia

Contact details

Office: Department of Chemical Science and Technology
Tel: +39 06 72594386
Lab: +39 06 72594479
Fax: +39 06 72594328

Research Activity

SL is Professor of Chemistry in the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

President of AICIng (Italian Association Chemistry for Engineering)
Deputy Director of NAST, Center for Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Innovative Instrumentation at Tor Vergata
Director of the Teaching Supervising Committee of the International Ph.D. Program in Materials for Health, Environment and Energy
Associate Editor of the International Journal of Nanoscience
Manager responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of Natural Sciences Teaching Activities of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Director of the Italy-Quebec Joint Laboratory on Nanostructured Materials for Energy, Catalysis and Biomedical Applications.

Professional Memberships

Executive Committee of the European Section of The Electrochemical Society (web site)

Materials Research Society (web site)

Royal Society of Chemistry (web site)

American Chemical Society (web site)

Interuniversity Consortium for Materials Science and Technology (web site)

Italian Association Chemistry for Engineering (AICIng) (web site)

Italian Chemical Society (SCI) (web site)

Director of a research group comprising 2 Research Associates, 1 Technician, 4 Post-docs and 11 Graduate Students.

The research activity is mainly focused on the following topics:

Development of nanostructured materials for Polymeric, Solid Oxide and Microbial Fuel Cells and for gas sensors for environmental monitoring.
Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of new materials for energy, environmental and biomedical applications.
Multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and its application to kinetic and structural studies. Investigation of the electronic and molecular structure of paramagnetic derivatives by means of NMR spectroscopy.
Nanomechanics.

SL is co-author of over 250 scientific publications (175 on international refereed Journals) and about 250 scientific oral contributions at international conferences, meetings and schools.

Active Research Programs

CARISMA Coordination Action for Research on Intermediate and high temperature Specialised Membrane electrode Assemblies. (EU; € 15,000; Local PI).
Italy-Quebec Joint Laboratory on Nanostructured Materials for Energy, Catalysis and Biomedical Applications (MAE , Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs; € 320,000; Director).
Cooperation program with the University of Uppsala (Sweden): Novel methods for characterization of the properties of functional interfaces and nanostructured materials. (MiUR, Italian Ministry for University and Research; € 10,000; Local PI).
Cooperation between the NAST Center and the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) at the National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba (Japan): Materials for Energy (€ 10,000; Local PI).
Development of MEC-based devices for the production of bio-hydrogen. (MATTM, Italian Ministry for the Environment; € 456.000, PI).
PC-SOFCs, Protonic Conductors Solid Oxide Fuel Cells based on nanostructured proton conductors: from materials synthesis to prototype fabrication. (MiUR PRIN, Italian Ministry for University and Research; € 130,000; PI).
Sustainable hydrogen production and waste treatment via MEC technology. (FILAS; € 138,000; Local PI).
Valorization of winemaking by-products and waste by application of innovative technologies for extraction of natural products of high added value (AGER; € 100,000, Local PI)

Other Activities

Co-organizer of different conferences and symposia under the frame of the Material Research Society, Electrochemical Society, AICIng, European Ceramic Society.

Teaching:

Chemistry, BEng in Medical and Energetic Engineering (90 hours/average 150 students/year)

Chemistry 1, BEng in Informatic Engineering (60 hours/average 50 students/year)

Environmental monitoring, MSc in Environmental Engineering (50 hours/average 25 students/year)

Recent Publications (selected)

♦ S. Pagliari, A. C. Vilela-Silva, G. Forte, F. Pagliari, C. Mandoli, G. Vozzi, S. Pietronave, M. Prat, S. Licoccia, A. Ahluwalia, E. Traversa, M. Minieri, P. Di Nardo: Cooperation of biological and mechanical signals in cardiac progenitor cell differentiation. Advanced Materials, 2011, 23, 514-518

♦ A. Rinaldi, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa: Nanomechanics for MEMS: A Structural Design Perspective. Nanoscale, 2011, 3, 811-824

♦ C. P. Brown, F. Rosei, E. Traversa, S. Licoccia: Spider Silk as a biomaterial: tailoring mechanical properties via structural modifications. Nanoscale, feature article, 2011, 3, 870-876

♦ M. Stefanelli, S. Nardis, L. Tortora, F. R. Fronczeck, K. M. Smith, S. Licoccia, R. Paolesse: Nitration of iron corrolates: further evidence for non-innocence of the corrole ligand. Chemical Communications, 2011, 47, 4255-4257

♦ D. Pergolesi, E. Fabbri, A. D’Epifanio, E. Di Bartolomeo, A. Tebano, S. Sanna, S. Licoccia, G. Balestrino, E. Traversa: High Proton Conduction in Grain Boundary Free Yttrium-Doped Barium Zirconate Films Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition. Nature Materials 2010, 9, 846 – 852

♦ S. Sanna, V. Esposito, A. Tebano, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa, G. Balestrino: Enhancement of ionic conductivity in DSC/YSZ heteroepitaxial structures. Small 2010, 6, 1863-1867

♦ E. Fabbri, A. D’Epifanio, S. Sanna, E. Di Bartolomeo, G. Balestrino, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa: A novel single chamber solid oxide fuel cell based on chemically stable thin films of Y-doped BaZrO₃ proton conducting electrolyte. Energy and Environmental Science 2010, 3, 618-621

♦ A. Rinaldi, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa, K. Sieradzki, P. Peralta, A. Davila-Ibanez, M. Correa-Duarte, V. Salgueirino: Radial Inner Morphology Effects on the Mechanical Properties of Amorphous Composite Cobalt Boride Nanoparticles. The Journal of Physical Chemistry 2010, 114, 13451-13458

♦ E. Fabbri, D. Pergolesi, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa: Does the Increase in Y-Dopant Concentration Improve the Proton Conductivity of BaZr_1-xY_xO_3-δ Fuel Cell Electrolytes? Solid State Ionics, 2010, 181, 1043-1051

♦ C. Mandoli, F. Pagliari, S. Pagliari, G. Forte, P. Di Nardo, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa: Stem cell aligned growth induced by CeO₂ nanoparticles in PLGA scaffolds with improved bioactivity for regenerative medicine. Advanced Functional Materials 2010, 20, 1617-1624

♦ D. Marani, A. D’Epifanio, E. Traversa, M. Miyayama, S. Licoccia: Titania Nanosheets (TNS)/Sulfonated Poly Ether Ether Ketone (SPEEK) Nanocomposite Proton Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cells. Chemistry of Materials, 2010, 22 1126-1133

♦ A. D’Epifanio, M. A. Navarra, F. C. Weise, B. Mecheri, J. Farrington, S. Licoccia, S. Greenbaum: Composite Nafion/sulfonated zirconia membranes: effect of the filler surface properties on proton transport characteristics. Chemistry of Materials 2010, 22, 813-821

♦ C. de Bonis, A. D’Epifanio, M. L. Di Vona, B. Mecheri, E. Traversa, M. Trombetta, S. Licoccia: Proton Conducting Electrolytes based on Silylated and Sulfonated Polyetheretherketone: Synthesis and Characterization. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A, Polymer Chemistry 2010. 33, 2178-2186

♦ A. Rinaldi, P. Peralta, C. Friesen, D. Nahar, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa, K. Sieradzki: Super-hard nanobuttons: constraining crystal plasticity and dealing with extrinsic effects at the nanoscale. Small 2010, 6, 528-536

♦ A. Rainer, M. Centola, C. Spadaccio, G. Gherardi, J. A.Genovese, S. Licoccia, M. Trombetta: Comparative study of different techniques for the sterilization of poly-L-lactide electrospun microfibers: effectiveness vs. material degradation. International Journal of Artificial Organs 2010, 33, 76-85

♦ C. Mandoli, B. Mecheri, G. Forte, F. Pagliari, S. Pagliari, F. Carotenuto, R. Fiaccavento, A. Rinaldi, P. Di Nardo, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa: Thick soft tissue reconstruction on highly perfusive biodegradable scaffolds. Macromolecular Bioscience 2010, 10, 127-138

♦ S. Soliman, S. Pagliari, A. Rinaldi, G. Forte, R. Fiaccavento, F. Pagliari, O. Franzese, M. Minieri, P. Di Nardo, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa: Multiscale three-dimensional scaffolds for tissue engineering via multimodal electron spinning. Acta Biomaterialia 2010, 6, 1227-1237

♦ D. Mirabile Gattia, M. Vittori Antisari, L. Giorgi, R. Marazzi, E. Piscopiello, A. Montone, S. Bellitto, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa: Study of different carbon supports for catalysts: Fuel Cells application. Journal of Power Sources 2009, 194¸243-251

♦ B. Mecheri, A. D’Epifanio, L. Pisani, F. Chen, E. Traversa, F. C. Weise, S. Greenbaum, S. Licoccia: Effect of a proton conducting filler on the physico-chemical properties of SPEEK-based membranes. Fuel Cells 2009, 9, 372-380

♦ C. de Bonis, A. D’Epifanio, M. L. Di Vona, C. D’Ottavi, B. Mecheri, E. Traversa, M. Trombetta, S. Licoccia: Proton conducting hybrid membranes based on aromatic polymers for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Applications. Fuel Cells 2009, 9, 387-393

♦ E. Fabbri, T. Oh, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa, E. D. Wachsman: Mixed Protonic-Electronic Conductors as Cathode Materials for Proton Conducting Electrolytes in Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (IT-SOFCs) Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2009, 156, B38-B45

♦ S. Sanna, V. Esposito, D. Pergolesi, A. Orsini, A. Tebano, S. Licoccia, G. Balestrino, E. Traversa: Fabrication and Electrical Properties of Epitaxial Samarium-Doped Ceria Films Onto SrTiO₃-Buffered MgO Substrates. Advanced Functional Materials 2009, 19, 1713-1719

♦ E. Fabbri, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa, E. D. Wachsman: Composite Cathodes for Application in Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (IT-SOFCs) Based on Proton Conducting Electrolytes. Fuel Cells 2009, 9, 128-138

♦ M. Zunic, L.Chevallier, F. Deganello, A. D’Epifanio, S. Licoccia, E. Di Bartolomeo, E. Traversa: Electrophoretic deposition of dense Ba Ce_0.9Y_0.1O_3-x electrolyte thick-films on Ni-based anodes for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (IT_SOFCs). Journal of Power Sources 2009, 190, 417-422

♦ A. Orsini, P.G. Medaglia, S. Sanna, E. Traversa, S. Licoccia, A. Tebano, G. Balestrino: Epitaxial Superlattices of Ionic Conductor Oxides. Superlattices and Microstructures 2009, 46, 223-226

♦ A. Rinaldi, B. Mecheri, V. Garavaglia, S. Licoccia, P. Di Nardo, E. Traversa: Engineering materials and biology to boost performance of microbial fuel cells: a critical review. Energy and Environmental Science 2008, 1, 417-429

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Prof. Maurizio De Crescenzi

Contact details

Office: Physics Department

Tel: +39 06 72594547

Lab: +39 06 72594532

Fax: +39+06 2023507

web page

Research Activity

From 1979 his research activity has been focused on the study of the structural and electronic properties of surfaces (clean and interacting with chemisorbed species), and of metal/semiconductor interfaces by means of spectroscopic techniques such as Auger, XPS and Energy Loss in reflection and STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscopy) microscope.
During these years he has contributed actively to the development of some electron spectroscopic techniques as local surface structural tool, as the EELFS (Extended Energy Loss Fine Structure) and the EXFAS (Extended Fine Auger Structure). He has received for this several invited talks and oral presentations at topic Surface Science Conferences.
He has investigated the growth of nanostructures of Germanium/Silicon and Fe/Cu/Si ultrathin films through MBE process. Recently he has synthetized nanotubes of carbon and other materials, such as silicon, and they have been visualized through STM and AFM microscopy.He has been co-author or author of more than 200 international publications concerning electronic and structural properties of the condensed matter and applications of different electron scattering and absorption spectroscopies. He has written a book entitled: ”Electron Scattering and Related Spectroscopies” (World Scientific 1996) providing an overview of all spectroscopic techniques related to electron scattering phenomena. He is in the board of editors of the following international reviews: Journal of Physics (Condensed Matter), Surface Review and Letters, Journal of Electron Spectroscopy.

Recent Publication

[1] P. Castrucci, N. Pinto, L. Morresi, R. Gunnella, R. Murri, M. Scarselli, M. De Crescenzi, “Magnetic properties of thin MnGe films investigated by magnetic force microscopy”, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 272-276, 1541 (2004).

[2] F. Ratto, F. Rosei, A. Locatelli, S. Cherifi, S. Fontana, S. Heun, P.-D. Szkutnik, A. Sgarlata, M. De Crescenzi, N. Motta, “Composition of Ge(Si) islands in the growth of Ge on Si(111) by x-ray spectromicroscopy”, Journal of Applied Physics 97, 043516 (2005).

[3] M. De Crescenzi, P. Castrucci, M. Scarselli, M. Diociaiuti, P. S. Chaudari, C. Balasubramanian, T. M. Bhave, S. V. Bhoraskar, “Experimental images of silicon nanotubes”, Applied Physics Letters 86, 231901 (2005). Paper selected to appear on June 1, 2005 of “Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology“.

[4] P. Castrucci, M. Scarselli, M. De Crescenzi, M. Diociaiuti, P. Chistolini, M. A. El Khakani, F. Rosei, “Packing-induced electronic structure changes in bundled single-wall carbon nanotubes”, Applied Physics Letters 87, 103106 (2005).

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Dr. Roberto Senesi

R. Senesi

Contact details

Office: Department of Physics

Tel: +39 06 72594549

Fax: +39 06 2023507

R. Senesi is an experimental physicist with a background in condensed matter and material science. The main Research Topics are: Neutron Scattering, Monoatomic and Molecular Quantum Fluids and solids in bulk and confinement. Experimental determination of the atomic momentum distributions and microscopic structure and dynamics of these systems are carried out using neutron scattering and x-ray and techniques. Relevant examples are: 1) Momentum distribution and kinetic energy in fluid and solid He-3, He-4 and He-3/He-4 mixtures; 2) Kinetic energy of He-4 in nanoporous xerogels; 3) Static structure factor of binary fluid mixtures. R. Senesi has been involved in the design and construction of neutron scattering instruments at the ISIS pulsed neutron facility (UK), such as VESUVIO and e.VERDI, as well as research and development of neutron detection systems for neutrons in the energy range 1- 100 eV. R. Senesi has published more than 60 papers on international journals and presented about 20 scientific contributions at international conferences and schools.

Recent Publications

R. Senesi, A. Pietropaolo, A. Bocedi, S. E. Pagnotta, F. Bruni, Proton Momentum distribution in a protein hydration shell, Physical Review Letters, 98, 138102 (2007), also in Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, 13, issue 7 (2007).
R. Senesi, D. Colognesi, A. Pietropaolo, T. Abdul-Redah, Deep inelastic neutron scattering from orthorhombic ordered HCl: short-time proton dynamics and anomalous neutron cross-sections, Physical Review B, 72, 054119 (2005).
C. Andreani, D. Colognesi, J. Mayers, G. Reiter, R. Senesi, Measurement of Momentum Distribution of Light Atoms and Molecules in Condensed Matter Systems Using Inelastic Neutron Scattering, Advances in Physics, 54, 377 (2005).
C. Andreani, G. Gorini, E. Perelli-Cippo, A. Pietropaolo, N. Rhodes, E. M. Schooneveld, R. Senesi, M. Tarocchi, A resonant detector for high-energy inelastic neutron scattering experiments, Applied Physics Letters, 85, 5454, (2004).
C. Andreani, C. Pantalei, R. Senesi, Mean kinetic energy of helium atoms in fluid 3He and 3He-4He mixtures, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 18, 5587 (2006).
R. Senesi, C. Andreani, A. L. Fielding, J. Mayers, W. G. Stirling, Kinetic energy of He atoms in liquid 4He-3He mixtures, Physical Review B, 68, 214522 (2003).
R. Senesi, C. Andreani, D. Colognesi, A. Cunsolo, M. Nardone, Deep Inelastic Neutron Scattering determination of the single particle kinetic energy in solid and liquid 3He Physical Review Letters, 86, 4584, (2001).

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Dr Antonino Pietropaolo

A. Pietropaolo

Contact details

Physics Department “G. Occhialini”

University of Milan “Bicocca”

Tel: +39 02 6448 2302

Research activity

AP is an experimental physicist whose research interests concern the dynamics of condensed matter systems and the investigation of the high energy neutron-induced soft errors in electronics, using neutron scattering techniques, and the development of instrumentation for epithermal neutron scattering for applications on materials of cultural heritages interest (epithermal neutron imaging). As far as neutron instrumentation is concerned, AP worked on the development of gamma detectors for the Resonance Detector configuration at the VESUVIO spectrometer at ISIS spallation neutron source and the design and realization of the Very Low Angle Detector (VLAD) bang for High-energy Inelastic Neutron Scattering (HINS) on VESUVIO. In the field of condensed matter, recent experimental studies concerned the short time proton dynamics in bulk and confined water at different thermodynamic states, as well as the sub-femtosecond dynamical properties of the structural hydrogen (silanols) in porous silica xerogels of different porosity. Within the EU-funded ANCIENT CHARM project, AP is developing ancillary equipment and gamma detectors to be used for Neutron Resonance Capture Imaging (NRCI) and neutron tomography on objects of cultural and archaeological interest. A recent experimental activity is related to the test of the new Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) coupled to YAP scintillators crystals. Very recently AP, within a joint collaboration of Italian academic institutions and the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), performed the first irradiation experiments on silicon-based Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) on the VESUVIO beam line, that assessed the suitability of the ISIS source for this kind of investigation.

Recent publications

R.Senesi, A. Pietropaolo, A. Bocedi, S.E. Pagnotta, F. Bruni, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 138102 (2007);
M. Violante, L. Sterpone, A. Manuzzato, S. Gerardin, P. Rech, M. Bagatin, A. Paccagnella, C. Andreani, G. Gorini , A. Pietropaolo, G. Cardarilli, S. Pontarelli, C. Frost, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 54, 1184 (2007);
E. M. Schooneveld, J. Mayers, N. J. Rhodes, A. Pietropaolo, C. Andreani, G. Gorini, E. Perelli-Cippo, R. Senesi, M. Tardocchi, Rev. Sci. Instr. 77, 095103 (2006);
S. Imberti, C. andreani, V. Garbuio, G. Gorini, A. Pietropaolo, R. Senesi, M. Tarocchi, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 552, 463 (2005);
C. Andreani, G. Gorini, E. Perelli-Cippo, A. Pietropaolo, N. Rhodes, E. M. Schooneveld, R.Senesi, M. Tardocchi, Appl. Phys. Lett. 75, 5454 (2004).

Notes: AP is author of about 40 publications on international journals and presented about 20 scientific contributions at international conferences and meetings.

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Prof. Carla Andrean

Carla ANDREANI

Contact details

Office: Physics Department

Tel: +39 06 72594441

Lab: +39 06 72594422

Fax: +39 06 72594089

webpage

Current Professional Positions

Full Professor in Condensed Matter at the Faculty of Science of the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

Research Experience

Carla Andreani, experimental physicist, received a Laurea Cum Laude in Physics in 1977 at the Università di Roma “La Sapienza” and is presently full professor in Condensed Matter at Department of Physics – Faculty of Science – at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. From 1981 – 1987 she worked at the A.E.R.E Harwell Laboratory, at the ISIS Spallation neutron Source – Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in UK, and at the IPNS pulsed Neutron source – Argonne National Laboratory, in US. In those years she initiated a research program applying neutron spectroscopic methods to investigate structural and dynamical properties of quantum and molecular fluids and solids, complex systems and neutron science. These studies involved developing instrumental, technological and methodological tools for characterizing materials on a nanometer-length scale. These include:

quantum fluids and solids – liquid ⁴He, liquid and solid ³He, in bulk and confined geometry, and ³He-⁴He mixtures;
molecular fluids and solid – diatomic homonuclear fluids (Cl₂, Br₂, I₂, H₂, D₂) hydrogen halides (HCl, HBr, HI), H₂S and H₂O (in bulk – stable and metastable -and confined geometry);

CA employed a combination of diffraction and spectroscopy techniques (most notably, neutron and x-ray diffraction, neutron spectroscopy, combined with Raman spectroscopy). In particular neutron scattering represents an important tool for the study of the properties of matter at the nanoscale, the ideal probe of microscopic correlations in bulk sample in reciprocal space. Its provides relevant information for the understanding of microscopic physical properties of materials, which add and complement real space visualization and manipulation of matter on the nanometer scale.

CA has contributed to the design and realization of instrumentation for neutron diffraction and scattering: the DBSS diffractomer (PLUTO Reactor Harwell UK) - “Neutron diffraction methods for the study of residual stress fields“, A. J. Allen, M. T. Hutchings, C. G. Windsor, C. Andreani, Advances in Physics 34, 445 (1985) – the 2-axis diffractometer at TRIGA Reactor (ENEA Casaccia, I),the Constant Q spectrometer (CQS) at HELIOS Linac (Harwell, UK), the PRISMA spectrometer – “PRISMA – A unique phonon spectrometer”, C. Andreani, U. Steigenberger, C. G. Windsor Europhysics News 21, 147 (1990) and TOSCA spectrometer – “TOSCA: a world class inelastic neutron spectrometer”, S. F. Parker, C. J. Carlile, T. Pike, J. Tomkinson, R. J. Newport, C. Andreani, F. P. Ricci, F. Sacchetti, M. Zoppi, Physica B241, 154 (1998) - at ISIS pulsed neutron source (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory).

CA has designed and realized, with the ISIS team, the VESUVIO spectrometer – “VESUVIO: the double difference inverse geometry spectrometer at ISIS”, J. Mayers, J. Tomkinson, T. Abdul-Redah, W.G. Stirling, C. Andreani, R. Senesi, M. Nardone, D. Colognesi, E. Degiorgi, Physica B 350, 659 (2004), and the e.VERDI spectrometer at ISIS – “Recent developments of the e.VERDI Project at ISIS”, T. Abdul-Redah, C. Andreani, A. D’Angelo, G. Gorini, S. Imberti, J. Mayers, R. J. Newport, A. Pietropaolo, N. J. Rhodes, E. M. Schooneveld, R. Senesi, M. Tardocchi, J. Tomkinson, Physica B350, 837 (2004) – for Deep Inelastic Neutron Scattering, to study of proton quantum dynamics (“Measurement of momentum distribution of light atoms and molecules in condensed matter systems using inelastic neutron scattering”).

She gave a significant contribution to the development of gamma detector concepts for DINS and neutron imaging.

She is currently studying the proton quantum effects in water – in normal and metastable phases – in bulk and confined geometry via the DINS measurement of the proton momentum distribution, n(p).

She is currently participating to the construction of CHIP instrument at the ISIS neutron source, TS2 (UK)– for accelerated test of ‘‘single event effects’’ in electronic devices (Facility for fast neutron irradiation tests of electronics at the ISIS spallation neutron source) – instrument at the ISIS neutron source (UK).

Example of applications of eV techniques CA has proposed and developed:

within the ANCIENT CHARM project the concepts and use of neutron spectroscopy at the eV energy to produce quantitative measurements and even 3D images of the elemental composition and physical structure of artefacts. This technique uses the “Neutron Resonant Capture Imaging” combined with “Neutron Resonance Transmission” (NRCI/NRT) as a non-invasive technique for 3D tomographic imaging and its use in cultural heritage research, i.e. http://ancient-charm.neutron-eu.net/ach, A non destructive stratigraphic and radiographic neutron study of Lorenzo Ghiberti’s reliefs from Paradise and North doors of Florence Baptistery This technique uses the “Neutron Resonant Capture Imaging” combined with “Neutron Resonance Transmission” (NRCI/NRT) as a non-invasive technique for producing quantitative measurements and even 3D images of the elemental composition and physical structure of artifacts.
the use of neutrons at the MeV for accelerated irradiation test on electronic devices.

Teaching Activities

CA is member of the Graduate School in Physics – PhD Program at the University of Roma Tor Vergata – and the Graduate School Nanostructure and Nanotechnology – a joint PhD program between University of Tor Vergata and University of Milano-Bicocca. CA has a long-standing interest in teaching improvements in undergraduate and graduate physics also providing the students with a modern introduction to spectroscopic techniques. Much of this work has concentrated on the use of modern technology to improve the student’s conceptual understanding of basic experimental physical concepts.

Management and organizational experience

Chairperson of the Area Panel for Physical Sciences, Italian Research Council, Italian Research Council CNR (2009-2010)

Chairperson of the Advisory Board for the Roadmap on Research Infrastructure, Italian Ministry of Research (2010)

Delegate of President of CNR for European Spallation Source project (2010-present)

Member of the Neutron Committee of Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) (1994-present)

Member of the Executive Board of University of Rome Tor Vergata (2005-2008).

Member of the International Advisory Board of the International Advisory Board ESS Bilbao Initiative (2008-present)

Member of the Novel Neutron Instrumentation Think Tank (2005-2009)

Member of the Science Advisory Board del Studsvik Neutron Research Laboratory (NFL) – Svezia (2000-2002 )

Member of the OECD MEGASCIENCE FORUM: NEUTRON SOURCES WORKING GROUP Panel B: International cooperation in the development of neutron instrumentation and data evaluation (1996-1999)

Member (scientific secretary) of the Scientific Advisory Board for Physical Sciences of the Italian national research Council CNR (1994-1998)

Member of the Round Table on Neutron Sources, http://neutron.neutron-eu.net/n nmi3/n (1994-present)

Peer Review

CA served as:

Referee for NSF (US), New Eurasia Foundation, Russia, European Commission FP7, Georgia National Science Foundation;
Referee American Physical Society journals, Phys. Rev. B e Phys. Rev. Letters) di J. Chem. Physics, Meas. Sci. Technology, ISRN Condensed Matter Physics.
member of evaluation Area panel Physical Science, CIVR for Italian Ministry of Research (MIUR) (2003-2009)
member of the ISIS Facility Access Panel (FAP 5), 2006-2008, 2011-present
member of peer review panel for Material science for Georgia National Science Fundation (2007-2008, 2011-present)
member of peer review panel for New Eurasia Foundation (FNE), Moscow, (2011-present)
Chairperson of the Area Panel for Physical Sciences, Italian Research Council, CNR Italy (2009-2010)
Chairperson of the Ministry of Research advisory board for the Italian Infrastructure Roadmap (2010)
member of review panel for research projects of Regione Lombardia (2010)
member of ISRN Condensed Matter Physics editorial board
member of SNS neutron scattering science proposal Review Panel (2008-2010)
chair board for ESS Italy (www.ess-italia.it)

I am currently supervising 6 scientists. I have significant experience in recruiting and interviewing. I have served as project scientist and, more recently, project sponsor in a variety of instrument development projects at ISIS (UK), SNS (US) and ESS Lund.

Membership of professional societies

Italian Physical Society
European Physical Society
American Chemical Society
School of Neutron Scattering “Francesco Paolo Ricci“
Sociedad Española de Tecnicas Neutronicas

Editorial Roles

Editor of Notiziario Neutroni e Luce di Sincrotrone, ISSN: 1592-7822m (from 1999), a journal supported by Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)

Selected Publications

[1] Temperature Dependence of Neutron-induced Soft Errors in SRAMs, M. Bagatin, S. Gerardin, A. Paccagnella, C. Andreani, G. Gorini, C. D. Frost, Microelectronics Reliability (2011)

[2] Spherical momentum distribution of the protons in hexagonal ice from modeling of inelastic neutron scattering data, D. Flammini, A. Petropaolo, R. Senesi, C. Andreani, F. McBride, A. Hodgson, M. Adams, L. Lin, R. Car, accepted for publication on J. Chemical Physics, July (2011)

[3] Ground state proton dynamics in stable phases of water, C. Andreani, D. Colognesi, A Pietropaolo and R. Senesi, Chem Physics Letters Frontier Physics, doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2011.09.036 (2011)

[4] Comment on “High energy neutron scattering from hydrogen using a direct geometry spectrometer, J. Mayers, N. I. Gidopoulos, M. A. Adams, G. Reiter, C. Andreani and R. Senesi., r”, C Stock, R A Cowley, J W Taylor and S. M. Bennington, Phys Rev B, 84, 056301 (2011)

[5] Non destructive neutron diffraction measurements of cavities, inhomogeneities and residual strain in bronzes of Ghiberti’s relief from the Gates of Paradise, G. Festa, R. Senesi, M. Alessandroni, C. Andreani,G.Vitali, S. Porcinai, A. M. Giusti, T. Materna, A. M. Paradowska, Journal of Applied Physics 109, 064908 (2011)

[6] A non destructive stratigraphic and radiographic neutron study of Lorenzo Ghiberti’s reliefs from Paradise and North doors of Florence Baptistery G. Festa, C. Andreani, et al., J. Appl. Phys. 106, 074909 (2009)

[7] Characterization of the neutron field at the ISIS-VESUVIO facility by means of a bonner sphere spectrometer
R. Bedogni, A. Esposito, C. Andreani, R. Senesi, M. P. De Pascale, P. Picozza, A. Pietropaolo, G. Gorini, C. D. Frost, and S. Ansell, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 612, no. 1, pp. 143–148, (2009)

[8] Diamond detectors for fast neutron irradiation experiments L. Giacomelli, C. Andreani, A. Fazzi, C. D. Frost, G. Gorini, E. Perelli Cippo, A. Pietropaolo, M. Rebai, H. Schuhmachere M. Tardocchi, C. Verona, G. Verona Rinati and A. Zimbal, Nuclear Physics B (Proceedings Supplements), 215, 242-246 (2011)

[9] A silicon photomultiplier readout for time of flight neutron spectroscopy with γ -ray detectors
A. Pietropaolo, G. Gorini, G. Festa, C. Andreani, M. P. De Pascale, E. Reali, F. Grazzi, E. M. Schooneveld, Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 80, no. 9, (2009)

[10] γ-Ray background sources in the VESUVIO spectrometer at ISIS spallation neutron source
A. Pietropaolo, E. Perelli Cippo, G. Gorini, M. Tardocchi, E. M. Schooneveld, C. Andreani and R. Senesi, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 608, no. 1, pp. 121–124, (2009)

[11] Pietropaolo et al Reply, A. Pietropaolo, R. Senesi, C. Andreani, A. Botti, M. A. Ricci, and F. Bruni, Physical Review Letters, vol. 103, no. 6, (2009)

[12] Quantum effects in water: Proton kinetic energy maxima in stable and supercooled liquid
A. Pietropaolo, R. Senesi, C. Andreani, J. Mayers, Brazilian Journal of Physics, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 318–321, (2009)

[13] Prompt gamma activation analysis and time of flight neutron diffraction on ‘black boxes’ in the ‘Ancient Charm’ project
Zs. Kasztovszky, Z. Kis, T. Belgya, W. Kockelmann, S. Imberti, G. Festa, A. Filabozzi, C. Andreani, A. Kirfel, K. T. Biró, K. Dúzs, Zs. Hajnal, P. Kudejova, M. Tardocchi, and the Ancient Charm Collaboration Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, vol. 278, no. 3, pp. 661–664, (2008)

[14] Neutron-induced soft errors in advanced Flash memories
G.Cellere , S. Gerardin, M. Bagatin, A. Paccagnella, A.Visconti, M. Bonanomi, S. Beltrami, P. Roche, G. Gasiot, R. H. Sørensen, A. Virtanen, C. Frost, P. Fuochi, C. Andreani, G. Gorini, A. Pietropaolo, S. Platt, International Electron Devices Meeting, IEDM, (2008)

[15] Constant-q data representation in Neutron Compton scattering on the VESUVIO spectrometer
R. Senesi , A. Pietropaolo, C. Andreani, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 594, no. 2, pp. 244–252, (2008)

[16] The very low angle detector for high-energy inelastic neutron scattering on the VESUVIO spectrometer
Enrico Perelli Cippo, Giuseppe Gorini, Marco Tardocchi, Antonino Pietropaolo, Carla Andreani, Roberto Senesi, Nigel J Rhodes, Erik M Schooneveld, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 589, no. 2, pp. 296–303, (2008)

[17] Proton momentum distribution of liquid water from room temperature to the supercritical phase
C. Pantalei, A. Pietropaolo, R. Senesi, C. Andreani, S. Imberti, J. Mayers, C. Burnham, and G. Reiter, Physical Review Letters, vol. 100, no. 17, (2008)

[18] Advances on detectors for low-angle scattering of epithermal neutrons
E. Perelli Cippo, G. Gorini, M. Tardocchi, C. Andreani, A. Pietropaolo, R. Senesi, N. Rhodes, E. Schoonveld, Measurement Science and Technology, vol. 19, no. 4, (2008)

[19] Facility for fast neutron irradiation tests of electronics at the ISIS spallation neutron source , C. Andreani_,A. Pietropaolo, A. Salsano, G. Gorini,M. Tardocchi, A. Paccagnella,^,S. C. D. Frost, S. Ansell, S. P. Platt, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 92, no. 11, (2008)

[20] Excess of proton mean kinetic energy in supercooled water
A. Pietropaolo, R. Senesi, C. Andreani, A. Botti, M. A. Ricci, F. Bruni, Physical Review Letters, vol. 100, no. 12, (2008)

[21] Composition and corrosion phases of Etruscan Bronzes from Villanovan Age
G. Festa, P. A. Caroppi, A. Filabozzi, C. Andreani, M. L. Arancio, R. Triolo, F. Lo Celso, V. Benfante, S. Imberti, Measurement Science and Technology, vol. 19, no. 3, (2008)

[22] Structure and Single Proton Dynamics of Bulk Supercooled Water
A. Botti, F. Bruni, M. A. Ricci, A. Pietropaolo, R. Senesi, C. Andreani, Journal of Molecular Liquids, vol. 136, no. 3, pp. 236–240, (2007)

[23] Proton quantum coherence observed in water confined in silica nanopores
V. Garbuio, C. Andreani, S. Imberti, A. Pietropaolo, G. F. Reiter, R. Senesi, M. A. Ricci, Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 127, 154501, (2007)

[24] A new hardware/software platform and a new 1/E neutron source for soft error studies: Testing FPGAs at the ISIS facility
M. Violante, L. Sterpone, A. Manuzzato, S. Gerardin, P. Rech, M. Bagatin, A. Paccagnella, C. Andreani, G. Gorini , A. Pietropaolo, G. Cardarilli, S. Pontarelli, C. Frost, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 1184–1189, (2007)

[25] ⁴He adsorbed in cylindrical silica nanopores: Effect of size on the single-atom mean kinetic energy , C. Andreani, C. Pantalei, R. Senesi, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, vol. 75, no. 6, (2007)

[26] Resolution function in deep inelastic neutron scattering using the Foil Cycling Technique
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 570, no. 3, pp. 498–510, (2007)

[27] Mean kinetic energy of helium atoms in fluid 3He and 3He-4He mixtures
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 18, 5587 (2006)

[28] Advances in Physics, C. Andreani, D. Colognesi, J. Mayers, G. Reiter, R. Senesi, 54, 377 (2005)

[29] Measurement of momentum distribution of light atoms and molecules in condensed matter systems using inelastic neutron scattering
Advances in Physics, 54, 377 (2005)

[30] A resonant detector for high-energy inelastic neutron scattering experiments
Appl. Physics Letters, 85, 5454, (2004)

[31] Deep Inelastic Neutron Scattering determination of the single particle kinetic energy in solid and liquid ³He, R. Senesi, C. Andreani, D. Colognesi, A. Cunsolo, M. Nardone, Phys. Rev. Letts. 86, 4584, (2001)

Notes. CA has authored about 150 publications on international journals and about 180 scientific oral contributions at international conferences, meetings and schools.

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