http://www.centronast.com Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology & Innovative Instrumentation Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:47:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 15:00, Room: U.M. Grassano, Campus Prof. Franco Cacialli Conjugated molecular and supramolecular materials now provide a class of semiconductors in its own right, with potential application to devices such as light-emitting diodes, LEDs, displays, transistors, and solar cells, now mature for both large-scale industrial take-up and commercial exploitation. After a brief introduction ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/371 12:00, Room: Aula Seminari Dip. Sc. e Tec. Chimiche, Campus Dr. Lionel Vayssieres The demand of novel functional materials has become the major challenge scientists face to answer crucial contemporary issues such as alternative energy sources, novel sensors for a safer and cleaner environment and for health (e.g. early detection of cancer ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/370 11:00, Room: U.M. Grassano, Campus Prof. Patricia Targon Campana   The understanding of the relation between the protein structure and its function is an important challenge in Science, since proteins are involved in all crucial process for life appearing and maintenance. In this sense, the comprehension of stability and conformational mechanisms that can ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/368 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 ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/367 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 ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/362 Opening ceremony of Joint Laboratory on June 30th, 12.00 a.m. Building PP1, via della Ricerca Scientifica., 00133 Roma. programma http://www.centronast.com/archives/361 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, ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/340 NO POSITION AVAILABLE Title of the Research project Description of work   Qualification and experience   http://www.centronast.com/archives/339 Test Related Info for the "Job Opportunities" category http://www.centronast.com/archives/331 Test Related Info for the "Research Highlights" category http://www.centronast.com/archives/330 NO POSITION AVAILABLE Title of the Research project Description of work Qualification and experience http://www.centronast.com/archives/329 PHOTONIC DEVICES BASED ON PATTERNING BY TWO PHOTON INDUCED POLYMERIZATION TECHNIQUE Read More paper.pdf http://www.centronast.com/archives/327 Second International Conference on Nanostructures SElf-Assembly Villa Mondragone, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata Monteporzio Catone, Rome, Italy 7 - 10 July 2008 NANO SEA 2008 will primarily focus on the topics that are of strong current interest in the fields of nanostructures self-assembling and nanostructured substrate Web site: http://www.nanosea2008.roma2.infn.it/index.html Contacts: Prof. Maurizio De Crescenzi http://www.centronast.com/archives/323 Final programme of the Conference CONNECT RESEARCH 2008 connect-research-2008.pdf connect-research-08-program.pdf http://www.centronast.com/archives/322 Single Event Effect (SEE) Collaborative research among Italian and British scientists and engineers from Nast Centre for Nanoscience Nanotechnology and Innovative Instrumentation, CNR (I), ISIS Spallation neutron Source (UK), Universities of Central Lancashire, Padova and Milano Bicocca, and from the avionics and aerospace industries have been using VESUVIO neutron flux ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/319 Nast Centre and Toyota Read the Press Release http://www.centronast.com/archives/315 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 ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/312 NO POSITION AVAILABLE Titles of the Research projects Post Doc Positions Qualification and experience http://www.centronast.com/archives/305 Workshop on Nanotechnology at VILLA WOLKONSKY Read More at the web site of British Embassy Rome http://www.centronast.com/archives/291 Related Information - contact: Dr. P. Morales ENEA     The technique is based on a small turbomolecular pumped vacuum vessel with access for the laser beam (1064, 532, 355 and 266 nm from a Q-switched Quantel Brilliant b laser), an optical port for stereomicroscopic visual inspection of the ablation sample, an electrostatic ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/288 Related Information - contact: Dr. P. Morales ENEA A home made piezoscanner, designed for xy scanning of the sample, is hosted on the sample stage of a modified Cambridge S200 scanning electron microscope, while the STM tip is positioned on the desired feature under study by a ρ,θ,φ nanomanipulator. This ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/236 Related Information - contact: Dr. P. Morales ENEA Within the general issue of nanofabrication in our laboratory we are interested in controlling the applied forces during sharp probe interaction with the samples. We have purchased commercial piezoresistive cantilever based dynomometer probes and are planning to build more sensitive ones. Attaching this ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/238 Related Information STM contact: Dr. P. Morales ENEA This facility based at the ENEA laboratories is hosted in a 35 l ionically pumped ultra-high vacuum vessel endowed with a home made STM, a Z inertial piezo slider for sample approach and a remotely controlled ρ,θ,φ nanomanipulator for sample movement with ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/228 The idea that bottom up nanofabrication can be achieved by the joint use of nanometrically controlled sharp tips and electromagnetic radiation. If we think of an irradiated STM tip as an electromagnetic antenna operating at optical rather than radio frequencies, we can understand how, in the vicinity of its highly ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/247 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 ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/279 The Pulsed Laser Deposition technique is used in these experiments in conjunction with micro and nanopatterning techniques to produce very high density arrays of localized active biomolecular layers. Such patterned layers of homogeneous or heterogeneous biomolecules are particularly interesting for the accomplishment of high density biosensing arrays. Related Information contact: Dr. ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/240 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 ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/225 Tissue engineering emerged in the early 1990s to address limitations of organ transplantation and synthetic tissue replacements, focusing on coupling cells and a biocompatible matrix known as a scaffold [1]. Since then, some clinical success has been obtained for hard tissues, such as bones and cartilages [2], and for bidimensional ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/193 Among the possible systems investigated for energy production with low environmental impact, fuel cells are very promising as electrochemical power sources both for stationary energy production and application in portable technology and electric vehicles. Polymeric electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are the most promising candidates for the latter application. Related Information ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/175 One of the puzzling aspects of the self-assembled QDs is that the nucleated 3D volume is far larger than that being deposited in the narrow coverage range where the entire nucleation process is completed. Resercher from NAST Centre have studied a peculiar feature, recently discovered [1], at the origin of ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/147 Related Information contact: Prof. E. Traversa; Dr. A. Rinaldi   LEO 35 Field Emission by Zeiss© Characteristics • GEMINI® based Field emission e-beam column capable of ultra high resolution SEM up to 25 KV. • Achieves a similar low energy spread compared to a cold field ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/146 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 ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/142 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. ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/141 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 ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/140 The NAST mission is to serve the next generation of researchers in nanotechnology at the Bachelor, Master, PhD, and Postdoctoral levels. PhD Schools PhD Program in Nanostrucutres and Nanotechnologies a Joint Program between Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca and Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata Ph.D. Program in Materials for Environment and ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/139 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 ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/135 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. Active Member of The ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/129 The use of self-organization phenomena at semiconducting surfaces allows fabricating quantum dot structures for producing novel nanodevices with unprecedented applications not only in optoelectronics, but also for room temperature operating single electron transistors and/or resonant tunneling structures. Fabrication of ultra-dense Ge dots on silicon surfaces still presents a series of ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/126 16:00, Room: U.M. Grassano, Campus Dr. W. Meyer-Klaucke (EMBL - Hamburg) Related Information EMBL   The synergism of structural techniques in live sciences plays an increasingly important role these days. in x-ray absorption spectroscopy mainly collaborations with NMR or protein crystallography have let to a better understanding of the systems under study. Based on a ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/109 Nanotechnology is the science of manipulating matter at the atomic and molecular level to obtain materials with specifically enhanced chemical and physical properties. Collaborative research among scientists from Italy - the Nast Centre for Nanoscience Nanotechnology and Innovative Instrumentation, are working in the emerging challanging field of nanomedicine... Related Information contact: ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/117 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 ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/114 This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://www.centronast.com/archives/111 11:30, Room: U.M. Grassano, Campus Prof. Teruo Okano (Tokyo Women’s Medical University) Related Information Tokyo Women's Medical University   My research group develops polymeric “intelligent surfaces” proven useful and published for applications in medicine [1-4] and biotechnology [5-8]. We have synthesized several temperature-responsive polymers of N-(isopropylacrylamide), and have attached these polymers to various ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/90 Collaborative research among scientists from Italy - the Nast Centre for Nanoscience Nanotechnology and Innovative Instrumentation, UK - ISIS Spallation Neutron Source - have studied the single particle microscopic dynamics of helium atoms (3He, 4He) in bulk and confined in silica nanopores, using Deep Inelastic Neutron Scattering (DINS) at the ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/103 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 ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/96 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 ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/55 Scientific Report 2007 ----------------------------------------------- Ufficio Stampa di Ateneo via O. Raimondo 18 00173 ROMA tel. 0672592709 fax 0672593750 e mail: Responsabile: dr. Sandro Lomonaco e mail: dr Pamela Pergolini e mail: http://www.centronast.com/archives/82 Related Information - AFM contact: Prof. Massimo Fanfoni - STM contact: Prof. Anna Sgarlata The Variable Temperature STM/AFM Characteristics Stainless steel UHV system (Standard pressure 6 10-11mbar).Turbo molecular pump for roughing: 240 l/sec - Ionic pump: 500 l/sec - Titanium sublimator.X-Y-Z manipulator with direct current or resistive heating. Tmax=1500 K.STM/AFM (piezoresistive).Heating at the ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/51 Molecular Beam Epitaxy Related Information contact: Ernesto Placidi Characteristics (Mod.32; Riber)Stainless steel UHV system (Standard pressure 6 10-11 mbar). Turbo molecular pump for roughing: 240 l/sec - Ionic pump: 500 l/sec - Titanium sublimator. X-Y-Z manipulator with resistive heating. Tmax=800 °C. Knudsen cells: Ga, As, In, Al, Si (as dopant). Rheed optics E= ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/69 Contact details Office: Physics Department Tel: +39 06 72594441 Lab: +39 06 72594422 Fax: +39 06 2023507 webpage CA is Professor of Condensed Matter at the Faculty of Science of the University of Rome Tor Vergata. Research Activity Study of structure and dynamics of simple and complex fluids using spectroscopic techniques, (mainly x-ray and neutron scattering) and ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/27 Related Information Visit Universiy of Tor Vergata Duis aliquet egestas nisl. Quisque convallis mi id nulla. Mauris sollicitudin sem in augue. Suspendisse aliquam arcu vel eros. Suspendisse mattis. Nam ut augue tristique justo tincidunt ultricies. In porta suscipit tortor. Fusce posuere, ipsum non ultrices laoreet, sem ipsum varius eros, eu dignissim ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/15 Nulla porttitor. Aliquam erat volutpat. Mauris pretium eros a orci. Fusce elementum nisl pulvinar nisl. Praesent vulputate feugiat arcu. 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Project foreign Coordinator: Prof. Federico Rosei DESCRIZIONE DELL’INIZIATIVA L’accesso a fonti di energia rinnovabili e sostenibili, la conservazione e protezione dell’ambiente e la possibilità di garantire una qualità di vita adeguata ad una popolazione con prospettive di ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/13 Collaborative research among scientists from Italy - the Nast Centre for Nanoscience Nanotechnology and Innovative Instrumentation, UK - ISIS Spallation Neutron Source - and US, - University of Huston - have used Deep Inelastic Neutron Scattering (DINS) to shows how the proton momentum distribution in liquid water monitors the changing ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/11 Collaborative research among Italian and British scientists and engineers from Nast Centre for Nanoscience Nanotechnology and Innovative Instrumentation, CNR (I), ISIS Spallation neutron Source (UK), Universities of Central Lancashire, Padova and Milano Bicocca, and from the avionics and aerospace industries have been using VESUVIO neutron flux... 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CNR, ISM Vanderbilt University   An overview of research activity in the field of Scanning Probe Microscopy taking place in Rome, Lausanne and at Vanderbilt is presented. Several applications in Material Science and Biology will be presented as ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/91 15:00, Room: U.M. Grassano, Campus Prof. Silvia Morante (Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata) Related Information Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata   Molecular biology is nowadays strongly overlapped with supramolecular chemistry. An important aspect of supramolecular chemistry, which has recently come to the attention of the scientific community, is the structural ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/92 15:00, Room: U.M. Grassano, Campus Prof. Mauro Rovere (Università Roma Tre) Related Information Theory of Structural and DynamicalProperties of Fluids Università Roma tre   Water plays an important role in many natural processes where it is confined or at contact with substrates. Examples can be found in different fields of geology, biology, chemical engineering. Changes ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/87 15:00, Room: U.M. Grassano, Campus Prof. Maurizio De Crescenzi (Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata) Related Information Nano Phd School Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata Photovoltaic effect has always relied on semiconductors p-n junctions based on doped silicon or III-V-semiconductors. Recently, however, the use of carbon nanotubes has evoked ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/86 15:00, Room: Seminari, Campus Prof. Svante Svensson (Uppsala University, Sweden) Related Information Uppsala University   An overview of the activities at the HIKE facility at the KMC1 beamline at BESSY will be given. This facility gives possibility to perform electron spectroscopy studies at energies from 2-12 keV. The KMC1 beamline is based on ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/85 15:00, Room: U.M. Grassano, Campus Prof. Rita Grandori (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca) Related Information UNIMIB The possibility to preserve non-covalent interactions during mass spectrometric detection of macromolecules has opened exciting new perspectives in folding and binding studies. Although the forces that act on molecular structures in the gas phase are different ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/84 15:00, Room: L. Paoluzi, Campus Dr. Simone Melchionna (SOFT-INFM, Università degli studi di Roma La Sapienza) Related Information We present a computational method to model nano-sized systems, such as colloidal suspensions and DNA in solution. As compared to existing literature our model includes i) a new treatment of solid-fluid boundary conditions ii) ... http://www.centronast.com/archives/80 15:00, Room: U.M. Grassano, Campus Dr. Leonardo Guidoni (Universita’ di Roma La Sapienza) Related Information Università di Roma La Sapienza   http://www.centronast.com/archives/101