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We study complex molecular systems on the nanoscale. Our research is both fundamental and oriented towards technological applications, including instrumentation development.
We prepare complex molecular architectures by Langmuir-Blodgett and Self-Assembly techniques, and we characterize them by several structural and dynamical experimental methods. The applications are focussed on: food science, molecular electronics, biotechnological and biomedical applications.
On the fundamental side, we are interested in the dynamics of nanostructured disordered systems, with particular reference to glasses and the glass transition in restricted dimensionality.
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Recent publications
2D dynamical arrest transition in a mixed nanoparticle-phospholipid layer studied in real and momentum spaces Scientific Reports(2015)
Revealing the fast atomic motion of network glasses Nature Communications (2014)
Controlling the dynamics of a bidimensional gel above and below its percolation transition. Physical Review E (2014)
Soft pinning of liquid domains on topographical hemispherical caps. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids. (2014) doi:10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2014.07.012
Two-Dimensional DPPC Based Emulsion-like Structures Stabilized by Silica Nanoparticles. Langmuir 30, 11504–11512 (2014). doi:10.1021/la502183t
Polymer Blending through Host–Guest Interactions. Macromolecules, 47(2), 632–638. (2014) doi:10.1021/ma401506t
Photon statistics and speckle visibility spectroscopy with partially coherent X-rays. J Synchrotron Radiation, 21(Pt 6), 1288–1295 (2014). doi:10.1107/S1600577514015847
Statistical properties and morphology of a 2D gel network at the air/water interface Colloids and Surface Science A (2014)
Raman spectroscopy application on frozen carrot differently cooked and the relationship with carotenoids. J. Science of Food and Agriculture (2014) doi:10.1002/jsfa.7009
Synchrotron x-ray techniques for the investigation of structures and dynamics in interfacial systems. Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science (2014)
Emergence of Crystal-like Atomic Dynamics in Glasses at the Nanometer Scale. Physical Review Letters (2013)
Optimization of a buffer layer for cubic silicon carbide growth on silicon substrates. Journal of Crystal Growth (2013)
Heterogeneous dynamics of a 2D gel of gold nanoparticles Physical Review Letters (2012)
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Available Instrumentation
- Langmuir troughs for ellipsometry, interfacial rheology, in-situ microscopy and deposition
- SEM with Microanalysis