Researches

The Activating MAAT project and its derivative Nanotech Living Lab involve researchers belonging to several different institutions and Centers. Their experience is evident browsing through their papers and publications.
Their Community can give opportunities and access to higher level labs:

  • MBE, MOCVD e sputtering;
  • EBL, ICP-RIE, soft litography e nano-imprinting;
  • XRD, SEM-FEG

    List of recent publications:

    • 1.  Ultrathin TiO2(B) Nanorods with Superior Lithium-Ion Storage Performance. Roberto Giannuzzi, Michele Manca, Luisa De Marco, Maria R. Belviso, Alessandro Cannavale, Teresa Sibillano, Cinzia Giannini, P. Davide Cozzoli, and Giuseppe Gigli, ACS Applied materials and interfaces , DOI: 10.1021/am4049833
    • 2.  Fully integrated photovoltachromic devices with a micro-patterned bi-functional counter electrode Cannavale A., Manca M., De Marco L., Carallo S., Grisorio R., Suranna G. and Gigli G. ACS Applied materials and interfaces – doi:10.1021/am404800m
    • 3. Smart Windows for Building Integration: a New Architecture for PhotoVoltaChromic Devices Malara F., Cannavale A., Carallo S., Gigli G. ACS – Applied Materials and Interfaces – doi: 10.1021/am501648z

    • 4.  3D photoelectrode for dye solar cells realized by laser micromachining of photosensitive glass *Manca M., Beke S., *De Marco L., *Pareo P., *Qualtieri A., *Cannavale A., *Brandi F. and Gigli G. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 118, (no. 30), pp. 17100–17107, 1932-7447
    • 5. Biocompatible and biodegradable fluorescent microfibers physiologically secreted by live cells upon spontaneous uptake of thiophene fluorophore. Ilaria Elena Palamà, Francesca Di Maria, Stefania D’Amone, Giovanna Barbarella and Giuseppe Gigli. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2015, 3 (1), 151- 158
    • 6. Sustained anti BCR-ABL activity with pH responsive Imatinib Mesylate loaded PCL nanoparticles in CML cells. Barbara Cortese, Stefania D’Amone, Giuseppe Gigli and Ilaria Elena Palamà. MedChemComm, 2015, 6, 212–221.
    • 7. Couple delivery of Imatinib Mesylate and Doxorubicin with nanoscaled polymeric vectors for a sustained downregulation of BCR-ABL in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Ilaria Elena Palamà, Barbara Cortese, Stefania D’Amone, Valentina Arcadio and Giuseppe Gigli. Biomaterials Science, 2015, DOI: 10.1039/C4BM00289J, in press
    • 8. mRNA delivery using non-viral PCL nanoparticles. Ilaria Elena Palamà, Barbara Cortese, Stefania D’Amone and Giuseppe Gigli. Biomaterials Science, 2015, 3, 144-151
    • 9. Live Cell Cytoplasm Staining and Selective Labeling of Intracellular Proteins by Non-toxic Cell-permeant Thiophene Fluorophores. Francesca Di Maria, Ilaria Elena Palamà, Massimo Baroncini, Andrea Barbieri, Ranieri Bizzarri, Giuseppe Gigli and Giovanna Barbarella. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2014, 12: 1603-1610
    • 10. Uptake of Imatinib-loaded polyelectrolyte nanocomplexes by BCR-ABL+ cells: a long-acting drug delivery strategy for targeting oncoprotein activity. Ilaria Elena Palamà, Addolorata M.L. Coluccia and Giuseppe Gigli. Nanomedicine (London), 2014, 9 (14): 2087-2098
    • 11. Unconventional patterning by Solvent-Assisted Surface-tension-driven Lithography, R. Toro, D. Caschera, I.E. Palamà, S. D’Amone, M. Biasiucci, F. Federici, G. Gigli and B. Cortese. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2015 doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2015.01.015
    • 12. Underwater Wenzel and Cassie Oleophobic behaviour. I. E. Palamà, S. D’Amone, V. Arcadio, D. Caschera, R.G. Toro, G. Gigli and B. Cortese J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, DOI: 10.1039/C4TA06787H
    • 13. Bioinspired Design of a Photoresponsive Superhydrophobic/oleophilic surface with Underwater Superoleophobic Efficacy,I.E. Palamà, S. D’Amone, M. Biasiucci, G. Gigli, B. Cortese. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2 (41), 17666 – 17675. DOI: 10.1039/C4TA04068F (Impact Factor 6.626)
    • 14. Surface chemistry of arenethiolate-capped PbS quantum dots and application as colloidally stable photovoltaic ink, Giansante C. et al., Thin Solid Films 2014, 560, 2-9.
    • 15. A colour tunable microcavity by weak-to-strong coupling regime transition through a light switchable material” Gianluca Accorsi,* Sonia Carallo, Marco Mazzeo, Armando Genco, Salvatore Gambino and Giuseppe Gigli Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 1122–1124
    • 16.  Imaging, photophysical properties and DFT calculations of manganese blue (barium manganate(VI) sulphate) – a modern pigment” Gianluca Accorsi,* Giovanni Verri,* Angela Acocella,* Francesco Zerbetto, Giovanni Lerario, Giuseppe Gigli, David Saundersg and Rachel Billingeh Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 15297–15300
    • 17. TiO2 nanorod-based photoelectrodes for dye solar cells with tunable morphological featuresn Manca, M., De Marco, L., Giannuzzi, R., Agosta, R., Dwivedi, C., Qualtieri, A., Cozzoli, P. D., Dutta, V., Gigli, G. Thin Solid Films, 2014, 568, 122–130.
    • 18. Investigating charge dynamics in halide perovskite-sensitized mesostructured solar cells Roiati, V., Colella, S., Lerario, G., De Marco, L., Rizzo, A., Listorti, A., Gigli, G. Energy Environ. Sci., 2014, 7, 1889-1894.
    • 19. An engineered co-sensitization system for highly efficient dye solar cells  Agosta, R., Grisorio, R., De Marco, L., Romanazzi, G., Suranna, G. P., Gigli, G., Manca, M. Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 9451-9453.
    • 20. New organic dyes based on dibenzofulvene bridge for highly efficient dye–sensitized solar cells Capodilupo, A. L., De Marco, L., Fabiano, E., Giannuzzi, R., Scrascia, A., Carlucci, C., Corrente, G. A., Cipolla, M. P., Gigli, G., Ciccarella, G., J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 14181-14188.
    • 21. Influence of Porphyrinic Structure on Electron Transfer Processes at the Electrolyte/Dye/TiO2 Interface in PSSCs: a Comparison between meso Push–Pull and β-Pyrrolic Architectures Di Carlo, G., Caramori, S., Trifiletti, V., Giannuzzi, R., De Marco, L., Pizzotti, M., Orbelli Biroli, A., Tessore, F., Argazzi, R., Bignozzi, C. A. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2014, 6, 18, 15841–15852.
    • 22. Enhancing dye-sensitized solar cell performances by fine molecular engineering: towards highly efficient pi-extended organic sensitizers Grisorio, R., De Marco, L., Agosta, R., Iacobellis, R., Manca, M., Mastrorilli, P., Gigli, G., Suranna G. P. ChemSusChem, 2014, 7, 2659–2669.
    • 23. Molecular-Level Switching of Polymer/Nanocrystal Non-Covalent Interactions and Application in Hybrid Solar Cells C. Giansante, R. Mastria, G. Lerario, L. Moretti, I. Kriegel, F. Scotognella, G. Lanzani, S. Carallo, M. Esposito, M. Biasiucci, A. Rizzo, G. Gigli, Advanced Functional Materials 2015, 25, 111–119;
    • 24. Growing perovskite into polymers for easy-processable optoelectronic devices S. Masi, S. Colella, A. Listorti, V. Roiati, A. Liscio, V. Palermo, A. Rizzo, G. Gigli” Scientific Reports 2015, 5, 7725;
    • 25. Elusive Presence of Chloride in Mixed Halide Perovskite Solar Cells S. Colella, E. Mosconi, G. Pellegrino, A. Alberti, V. L. P. Guerra, S. Masi, A. Listorti, A. Rizzo, G. G. Condorelli, F. De Angelis, G. Gigli “The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2014, 5, 3532–3538;
    • 26. Room-temperature treatments for all-inorganic nanocrystal solar cell devices A. Loiudice, A. Rizzo, M. Corricelli, M. L. Curri, M. R. Belviso, P. D. Cozzoli, G. Grancini, A. Petrozza, G. Gigli, Thin Solid Films 2014, 560, 44-48;
    • 27. Investigating charge dynamics in halide perovskite-sensitized mesostructured solar cells V. Roiati, S. Colella, G. Lerario, L. De Marco, A. Rizzo, A. Listorti, G. Gigli, “Energy & Environmental Science 2014, 7, 1889-1894;
    • 28. Three-Dimensional Self-Assembly of Networked Branched TiO2 Nanocrystal Scaffolds for Efficient Room-Temperature Processed Depleted Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells A. Loiudice, G. Grancini, A. Taurino, M. Corricelli, M. R. Belviso, M. Striccoli, A. Agostiano, M. L. Curri, A. Petrozza, P. D. Cozzoli, A. Rizzo, G. Gigli “ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2014, 6, 5026-5033;
    • 29. MAPbl(3-x)Clx Mixed Halide Perovskite for Hybrid Solar Cells: The Role of Chloride as Dopant on the Transport and Structural Properties S. Colella, E. Mosconi, P. Fedeli, A. Listorti, F. Gazza, F. Orlandi, P. Ferro, T. Besagni, A. Rizzo, G. Calestani, G. Gigli, F. De Angelis, R.  Mosca Chemistry of Materials 2013, 25, 4613-4618;
    • 30. All-Donor Poly(arylene-ethynylene)s Containing Anthracene and Silole-Based Units: Synthesis, Electronic, and Photovoltaic Properties R. Grisorio, G. P. Suranna, P. Mastrorilli, G. Allegretta, A. Loiudice, A. Rizzo, G. Gigli, K. Manoli, M. Magliulo, L. Torsi, Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2013, 51 , 4860-4872;
    • 31. Fabrication of flexible all-inorganic nanocrystal solar cells by room-temperature processing A. Loiudice, A. Rizzo, G. Grancini, M. Biasiucci, M. R. Belviso, M. Corricelli, M. L. Curri, M. Striccoli, A. Agostiano, P. D. Cozzoli, A. Petrozza, G. Lanzani, G. Gigli, Energy & Environmental Science 2013, 6, 1565-1572;
    • 32. Stark effect in perovskite/TiO2 solar cells: evidence of local interfacial order Vittoria Roiati, Edoardo Mosconi, Andrea Listorti, Silvia Colella, Giuseppe Gigli, Filippo De Angelis, Nano letters, 14, 2168 (2014)
    • 33. Thiophene-based fluorescent probes with low cytotoxicity and high photostability for lysomes in living cell. Agostina Lina Capodilupo, Viviana Vergaro, Francesca Baldassarre, Antonio Cardone, Giuseppina Anna Corrente, Claudia Carlucci, Stefano Leporatti, Paride Papadia, Giuseppe Gigli, Giuseppe Ciccarella Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) – General Subjects 10/2014; 1850(2):385-392. ·
    • 34. Design aand synthesis of fluorenone-based dyes: two-photon excited fluorescent probes for imaging  of lysomes and mitochondria in living cells A. L. Capodilupo, V. Vergaro, E. Fabiano, Milena De Giorgi, F. Baldassarre, A. Cadone, A. Maggiore, V. Maiorano, D. Sanvitto, G. Gigli, G. Ciccarella. submitted  with revision to J. Mater. Chem. B
    • 35. Iodopropyl-branched polysiloxane gel electrolytes with improved ionic conductivity upon cross-linking De Gregorio G. L., Giannuzzi R., Cipolla M.P., Grisorio R., Capodilupo A. L., Suranna G. P., Gigli G. and *Manca M. Chemical Communications , vol. 50, (no. 90), pp. 13904-13906
    • 36. Polymer Self-Assembling of Light Converting Microlenses Arrays Coppola S., Mandracchia B., Nasti G., Vespini V., Pareo P., Carbone L., Manca M., Gigli G. and Ferraro P. Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 9130
    • 37. Exploring Light–Matter Interaction Phenomena under Ultrastrong Coupling Regime S. Gambino, M. Mazzeo, A. Genco, O. Di Stefano, S. Savasta, S. Patanè, D. Ballarini, F. Mangione, G. Lerario, D. Sanvitto, G. Gigli, , ACS Photonics, 1 (10), pp. 1042–1048 (2014), ISSN: 2330-4022, DOI: 10.1021/ph500266d.
    • 38. Ultrastrong light-matter coupling in electrically doped microcavity OLEDs, M. Mazzeo, A. Genco, S. Gambino, D. Ballarini, F. Mangione, O. Di Stefano, S. Patanè, S. Savasta, D. Sanvitto, G. Gigli, Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 233303 (2014), ISSN:  0003-6951, DOI: 10.1063/1.4882422.
    • 40. Graphene and carbon black nano-composite polymer absorbers for a pyro-electric solar energy harvesting device based on LiNbO3 crystals L. Battista, L. Mecozzi, S. Coppola, V. Vespini, S. Grilli, P. Ferraro,  Applied Energy 136, 357-362 (2014).
    • 39. Tethered pyro-electrohydrodynamic spinning for patterning well-ordered structures at micro- and nanoscale S. Coppola, V. Vespini, G. Nasti, O. Gennari, S. Grilli, M. Ventre, M. Iannone, P. Netti, P. Ferraro,  Chemistry of Materials 26, 3357-3360 (2014). 
    • 40. A Pd(AcO)2/t-Bu3P/K3PO4 catalytic system for the control of Suzuki cross-coupling polymerization” R. Grisorio, P. Mastrorilli, G.P. Suranna (2014) Polymer Chemistry, vol. 5, p. 4304-4310.
    • 41. Biotin-decorated silica coated PbS nanocrystals emitting in the second biological near infrared window for bioimaging. Corricelli, M.; Depalo, N.; Di Carlo, E; Fanizza, E.; Laquintana, V.; Denora, N.; Agostiano, A. ; Striccoli, M.; Curri, M. L., NANOSCALE, Volume: 6  Issue: 14  Pages: 7924-7933 (2014)
    • 42. Selective confinement of oleylamine capped Au nanoparticles in self-assembled PS-b-PEO diblock copolymer templates, Di Mauro, A. Evelyn; Striccoli, Marinella; Depalo, Nicoletta; Fanizza, Elisabetta; Cano, Laida; Ingrosso, Chiara; Agostiano, Angela; Curri, M. Lucia; Tercjak, Agnieszka, SOFT MATTER Volume: 10  Issue: 11  Pages: 1676-1684, (2014)
    • 43. Nanocomposites Based on Luminescent Colloidal Nanocrystals and Polymeric Ionic Liquids towards Optoelectronic Applications, Panniello, Annamaria; Ingrosso, Chiara; Coupillaud, Paul; Tamborra, Michela; Binetti, Enrico; Curri, Maria Lucia; Agostiano, Angela; Taton, Daniel; Striccoli, Marinella, MATERIALS Volume: 7  Issue: 1  Pages: 591-610, (2014)
    • 44. Segmented poly(styrene-co-vinylpyridine) as multivalent host for CdSe nanocrystal based nanocomposites, A. Evelyn Di Mauro, Marco Toscanini, Daniele Piovani, Filippo Samperi, M. Lucia Curri, Michela Corricelli, Liberato De Caro, Dritan Siliqi, Roberto Comparelli, Angela Agostiano, Silvia Destri, Marinella Striccoli. European Polymer Journal Volume 60, November 2014, Pages 222–234 (2014)
    • 45. All solution processed low turn-on voltage near infrared LEDs based on core-shell PbS-CdS quantum dots with inverted device structure, Sanchez, Rafael; Binetti, Enrico; Torre, Jose A.; Garcia-Belmonte, G.; Striccoli, Marinella; Mora-Sero, Ivan, NANOSCALE, Volume: 6  Issue: 15  Pages: 8551-8555, (2014)
    • 46. Optical and Conductive Properties of As-Synthesized Organic-Capped TiO2 Nanorods Highly Dispersible in Polystyrene-block-poly(methyl methacrylate) Diblock Copolymer, Cano, Laida; Di Mauro, Angela Evelyn; Striccoli, Marinella; Curri, M. Lucia; Tercjak, Agnieszka, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES Volume: 6  Issue: 14  Pages: 11805-11814, (2014)
    • 47. Single white light emitting hybrid nanoarchitectures based on functionalized quantum dots, Fanizza, Elisabetta; Urso, Carmine; Pinto, Vita; Cardone, Antonio; Ragni, Roberta; Depalo, Nicoletta; Curri, M. Lucia; Agostiano, Angela; Farinola, Gianluca M.; Striccoli, Marinella, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C, Volume: 2  Issue: 27  Pages: 5286-5291, (2014)
    • 48. Patterned assembly of luminescent nanocrystals: role of the molecular chemistry at the interface, Altomare, Michele; Fanizza, Elisabetta; Corricelli, Michela; Comparelli, Roberto; Striccoli, Marinella; Curri, Maria Lucia, JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH Volume: 16  Issue: 7, Article Number: 2468, (2014)
    • 49. GISAXS and GIWAXS study on self-assembling processes of nanoparticle based superlattices, Corricelli, M.; Altamura, D. ; Curri, M. L.; Sibillano, T.; Siliqi, D.; Mazzone, A.; Depalo, N.; Fanizza, E.; Zanchet, D.; Giannini, C. ; Striccoli, M., CRYSTENGCOMM, Volume: 16  Issue: 40  Pages: 9482-9492, (2014)