Functional molecules on surfaces: production and spectro/microscopic characterization Line of research Experimental and theoretical studies on the reactivity of well characterized surfaces (mainly semiconductors) towards molecular and redox species, covalently or supramolecularly linked, and characterized by means of photoemission spectroscopies excited by synchrotron radiation and laboratory sources, micro/nanoscopic studies via SPM, spectromicroscopy. OBJECTIVES: Development of specific properties of materials through surface functionalization at the nanoscale. ACTIVITIES: Measure the composition and the electronic structure of solids by XPS, UPS, Synchrotron photoemission. More info Staff Supervisor: Robertino ZanoniDepartment staff: Andrea Giacomo MarraniSimone Morpurgo Publications C-C bond unsaturation degree in monosubstituted ferrocenes for molecular electronics investigated by a combined NEXAFS, XPS and DFT approachAssembly of Gold Nanoparticles on Functionalized Si(100) Surfaces via Pseudorotaxane FormationThe Reactivity of Saturated Hydrocarbon Anchoring Arms on Si(100) upon White Light Photoactivation: Experimental Evidence and Theoretical InsightsAddition of hydrocarbons to H-Si(100) in extramild conditions: A novel mechanism valid for single and multiple C-C bondsSurface Grafting and Reactivity of Calixarene-based Receptors and of Pseudorotaxanes on Si(100)Synthesis and properties of ZnTe and ZnTe/ZnS core/shell semiconductor nanocrystals Collaborations National collaborations: CNR-ISTEC, Dr.ssa Mariarosa RaimondoDipartimento di Chimica, Università di Parma, Prof. Andrea Secchi e Prof. Arturo ArduiniDipartimento di Scienze e Tenologie Avanzate (DISTA), Unversità del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro”, Prof. Maurizio CossiDipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università Tor Vergata, Dr. Pierluca GalloniDipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università di Trieste, Prof. Pietro DeclevaDipartimento di Chimica «Giacomo Ciamician», Università di Bologna, Prof. Alberto CrediINSTM, Dr. Alessandro MottaInternational collaborations: Prof. Massimiliano Del Ferro, Northwestern University, Evanston (IL), USADr. Gerald Dujardin, ISMO, OrsayProf. Viktor N. Nemykin, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Minnesota Duluth Fundings and awards Fundings: Ateneo 2012Ateneo 2014 Theme and ERC Theme: MaterialsERC: PE4_4 Surface science and nanostructuresPE5_6 New materials: oxides, alloys, composite, organic-inorganic hybrid, nanoparticles Traineeship offer Area di ricerca: Inorganic chemistryAvailability: two positionsCourse of study (advised): ChemistryIndustrial chemistry
