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Born in Erice (Trapani-Italy) July 7th 1961.
- Degree in Physics cum laude in1986 at the University of Catania
- Ph.D in Physics in 1990 at the University of Catania
- Several post-doctoral stages granted by the “Consortium for Microelectronics Research in Southern Italy” (Co.Ri.M.Me.) and by the “Sicilian Center for Nuclear and Matter Physics” (C.S.F.N.S.M.).
- Visiting Scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (U.S.A.) in 1988, 1989 and 1990.
- Scientific Functionary at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (E.P.F.L.) in 1994
- Researcher at the National Council of Research (1995-1997).
- Assistant Professor at the University of Catania (1997-2005).
- Associate Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Catania since 2005.
- Co-Director since 2010 of the International School “Materials for Renewable Energy”, organized every 2 years at the “Ettore Majorana Center” in Erice (Italy) and sponsored by MRS and E-MRS Societies.
- Deputy Director of the IMM-CNR Catania Unit since October 2015
Scientific Productions
Cu metal nanoparticles in transparent electrodes for light harvesting in solar cells
Applied Surface Science [North-Holland], Pages: 159547
ACS Applied Nano Materials [American Chemical Society], Volume: 6 Issue: 24 Pages: 22947-22955
Efficient and Low-Cost NiO Microflowers for Oxygen Evolution Reaction
244th ECS Meeting (October 8-12, 2023) [ECS],
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy [Pergamon],
Nanomaterials [MDPI], Volume: 13 Issue: 1 Pages: 215
× Optimized electroless deposition of NiCoP electrocalysts for enhanced water splitting
Catalysis Today [Elsevier],
Plasmonic and Conductive Structures of TCO Films with Embedded Cu Nanoparticles
International Journal of Molecular Sciences [MDPI], Volume: 23 Issue: 19 Pages: 11886
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy [Pergamon], Volume: 47 Issue: 80 Pages: 33988-33998
Materials [MDPI], Volume: 15 Issue: 6 Pages: 2144
Early Stages of Aluminum-Doped Zinc Oxide Growth on Silicon Nanowires
Nanomaterials [MDPI], Volume: 12 Issue: 5 Pages: 772
ACS Applied Energy Materials [American Chemical Society],
Micromachines [MDPI], Volume: 13 Issue: 2 Pages: 247
ITALIAN YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW [], Volume: 31 Pages: 462-468
Measurement [Elsevier], Pages: 110481
Optimization of Oxygen Evolution Reaction with Electroless Deposited Ni–P Catalytic Nanocoating
Nanomaterials [Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute], Volume: 11 Issue: 11 Pages: 3010
Structural, optical and electrical characterization of ITO films co-doped with Molybdenum
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells [North-Holland], Volume: 221 Pages: 110904
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health [Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute], Volume: 18 Issue: 4 Pages: 1462
High intrinsic activity of the oxygen evolution reaction in low-cost NiO nanowall electrocatalysts
Materials Advances [RSC], Volume: 1 Issue: 6 Pages: 1971-1979
High intrinsic activity of oxygen evolution reaction in low-cost NiO nanowalls electrocatalyst
Materials Advances [Royal Society of Chemistry],
Materials Advances [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 1 Issue: 7 Pages: 2542-2542
Dewetted Gold Nanostructures onto Exfoliated Graphene Paper as High Efficient Glucose Sensor
Nanomaterials [Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute], Volume: 9 Issue: 12 Pages: 1794
Ag cluster beam deposition for TCO/Ag/TCO multilayer
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells [North-Holland], Volume: 199 Pages: 114-121
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells [North-Holland], Volume: 197 Pages: 7-12
Transparent conductive polymers obtained by in-solution doping of PEDOT: PSS
Polymer [Elsevier],
MRS Bulletin [Cambridge University Press], Volume: 43 Issue: 9 Pages: 710-710
MRS Bulletin [Cambridge University Press], Volume: 43 Issue: 9 Pages: 710-710
Optical bandgap of semiconductor nanostructures: Methods for experimental data analysis
Journal of Applied Physics [AIP Publishing LLC], Volume: 121 Issue: 23 Pages: 234304
Robustness and electrical reliability of AZO/Ag/AZO thin film after bending stress
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells [North-Holland], Volume: 165 Pages: 88-93
Ion irradiation of AZO thin films for flexible electronics
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms [North-Holland], Volume: 392 Pages: 14-20
EPJ Web of Conferences [EDP Sciences], Volume: 148
Teaching energy and sustainability: The Erice schools
MRS Bulletin [Cambridge University Press], Volume: 41 Issue: 11 Pages: 907
Teaching energy and sustainability: The Erice schools: erice-energy-school-2016. ct. infn. it
MRS Bulletin [Cambridge University Press], Volume: 41 Issue: 11 Pages: 907-907
Growth kinetics of colloidal Ge nanocrystals for light harvesters
RSC advances [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 6 Issue: 44 Pages: 38454-38462
Nanoscale [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 8 Issue: 2 Pages: 995-1006
Influence of interface potential on the effective mass in Ge nanostructures
Journal of Applied Physics [], Volume: 117 Issue: 15
Influence of interface potential on the effective mass in Ge nanostructures
Journal of Applied Physics [AIP Publishing LLC], Volume: 117 Issue: 15 Pages: 154304
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells [North-Holland], Volume: 135 Pages: 22-28
Ge Nanostructures for Harvesting and Detection of Light
Nanotechnology and Photovoltaic Devices: Light Energy Harvesting with Group IV Nanostructures [],
Visible and infrared emission from Si/Ge nanowires synthesized by metal-assisted wet etching
Nanoscale research letters [SpringerOpen], Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-7
MRS Bulletin [Cambridge University Press], Volume: 39 Issue: 9 Pages: 767-767
TCO/Ag/TCO transparent electrodes for solar cells application
Applied Physics A [Springer Berlin Heidelberg], Volume: 116 Issue: 3 Pages: 1287-1291
News and analysis on materials solutions to energy challenges
MRS Bulletin [Cambridge University Press], Volume: 39 Issue: 9 Pages: 767
Applied Physics A [Springer Berlin Heidelberg], Volume: 116 Issue: 1 Pages: 233-241
Light harvesting with Ge quantum dots embedded in SiO2 or Si3N4
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 115 Issue: 4 Pages: 043103
Role of Ge nanoclusters in the performance of photodetectors compatible with Si technology
Thin Solid Films [Elsevier], Volume: 548 Pages: 551-555
Nanoscale research letters [SpringerOpen], Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-5
Identification and tackling of a parasitic surface compound in SiC and Si-rich carbide films
Materials Science and Engineering: B [Elsevier], Volume: 178 Issue: 9 Pages: 623-629
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 112 Issue: 8 Pages: 083103
Matrix role in Ge nanoclusters embedded in Si3N4 or SiO2
Applied Physics Letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 101 Issue: 1 Pages: 011911
Thin Solid Films [Elsevier], Volume: 520 Issue: 13 Pages: 4432-4435
The role of the surfaces in the photon absorption in Ge nanoclusters embedded in silica
Nanoscale research letters [SpringerOpen], Volume: 6 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-7
Systematic characterization of silicon nanodot absorption for third generation photovoltaics
Proceedings of the 26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Hamburg, Germany [], Pages: 21-25
Ge Quantum Dots Embedded in SiO2 or SiNx: Synthesis and Light Absorption
ECS Meeting Abstracts [IOP Publishing], Issue: 29 Pages: 2015
High-efficiency silicon-compatible photodetectors based on Ge quantum dots
Applied Physics Letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 98 Issue: 22 Pages: 221107
Optical properties of silicon rich oxides
physica status solidi c [WILEY‐VCH Verlag], Volume: 8 Issue: 3 Pages: 996-1001
Recent Insights in the Diffusion of Boron in Silicon and Germanium
ECS Transactions [IOP Publishing], Volume: 33 Issue: 11 Pages: 167
(Invited) Recent Insights in the Diffusion of Boron in Silicon and Germanium
ECS Transactions [The Electrochemical Society], Volume: 33 Issue: 11 Pages: 167-178
Recent Insights in the Diffusion of B in Silicon and Germanium
ECS Meeting Abstracts [IOP Publishing], Issue: 23 Pages: 1569
Radiation enhanced diffusion of B in crystalline Ge
Thin Solid Films [Elsevier], Volume: 518 Issue: 9 Pages: 2386-2389
Defects in Ge caused by sub-amorphizing self-implantation: Formation and dissolution
Thin solid films [Elsevier], Volume: 518 Issue: 9 Pages: 2326-2329
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 107 Issue: 4 Pages: 043503
The role of the surfaces in the photon absorption in Ge nanoclusters embedded in silica
NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS [], Volume: 6 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-7
Optical properties of silicon nanodots in SiC matrix
Proceedings of the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Valencia, Spain [], Pages: 662-666
Light absorption in silicon quantum dots embedded in silica
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 106 Issue: 10 Pages: 103505
Mechanism of B diffusion in crystalline Ge under proton irradiation
Physical Review B [American Physical Society], Volume: 80 Issue: 3 Pages: 033204
Detailed arsenic concentration profiles at Si/SiO {sub 2} interfaces
Journal of Applied Physics [], Volume: 104 Issue: 4
Detailed arsenic concentration profiles at Si/SiO 2 interfaces
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 104 Issue: 4 Pages: 043507
Role of C in the formation and kinetics of nanovoids induced by He+ implantation in Si
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 104 Issue: 2 Pages: 023501
Growth and characterization of Si nanodot multilayers in SiC matrix
Proceedings of the 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference [], Pages: 730-3
Cohomology of Coxeter groups with group ring coefficients: II
Algebraic & Geometric Topology [Mathematical Sciences Publishers], Volume: 6 Issue: 3 Pages: 1289-1318
Thermal Oxidation of MBE SiGe Films: Ge Segregation and Defects Injection
ECS Meeting Abstracts [IOP Publishing], Issue: 31 Pages: 1432
Self-Assembling of Ge Islands on Blank, Patterned and Ion Implanted Si (001)
ECS Meeting Abstracts [IOP Publishing], Issue: 31 Pages: 1412
Algebraic & Geometric Topology [], Volume: 6 Issue: 3 Pages: 1289-1318
Applied Physics A [Springer Berlin Heidelberg], Volume: 81 Issue: 4 Pages: 745-751
Nanoscale silicon in photonics and photovoltaics
Silicon Nanomaterials Sourcebook [CRC Press], Pages: 593-616
Ge Nanostructures for Harvesting and Detection of Light
Nanotechnology and Photovoltaic Devices [Pan Stanford], Pages: 326-362
Carrier Multiplication in Isolated and Interacting Silicon Nanocrystals
Nanotechnology and Photovoltaic Devices: Light Energy Harvesting with Group IV Nanostructures [Pan Stanford], Pages: 177-202
Optical and Structural Properties of Europium Oxide Thin Films on Silicon Substrates
Nano-Optics for Enhancing Light-Matter Interactions on a Molecular Scale [Springer, Dordrecht], Pages: 397-397
Doping of the Silicon Nanodots/Silicon Rich Carbide System
27th EU PVSEC [], Pages: 5-5
Synthesis and Light Absorption Mechanism in Si or Ge Nanoclusters for Photovoltaics Applications
Solid State Phenomena [Trans Tech Publications Ltd], Volume: 205 Pages: 465-474
Fast, high-efficiency Germanium quantum dot photodetectors
2012 Lester Eastman Conference on High Performance Devices (LEC) [IEEE], Pages: 1-3
Roughness evolution in the amorphous-crystalline interface during solid phase epitaxy of SiGe films
European Materials Research Society Spring Meeting 2006 [E-MRS], Pages: xxx-xxx