Research Activity

In my research I address scientific and technological problems at the nanoscale, focusing on low dimensional materials like carbon nanotubes, graphene and graphene oxide membranes and other two-dimensional crystals. I work to develop new strategies to integrate carbon-based nanomaterials into micro electro-mechanical systems, tuning their physical behavior to control the properties of the final micro-systems. Within the Graphene Flagship Program our group is contributing to graphene nanocomposites research, to transfer the impressive properties of this material from the atomic to meso- and macroscopic level, enabling new materials with superior electrical, optical and mechanical functionalities.

Latest publications

1. Bepete, G. et al. (2017). Surfactant-free single-layer graphene in water. Nature Chemistry, DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2669
2. Dionigi, C. et al. (2017). Electrically conductive gamma-alumina/amorphous carbon nano-composite foams. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 694, 921-928. DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.10.056
3. Clochard, M.-C. et al. (2016). Large area fabrication of self-standing nanoporous graphene-on-PMMA substrate. Materials Letters, 184, 47-51. DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2016.07.133
4. Ferroni, M. et al. (2016). Biological application of compressed sensing tomography in the scanning electron microscope. Scientific Reports, 6, 33354. DOI: 10.1038/srep33354
5. Capasso, A., et al. (2016) Chemical Vapor Deposited Graphene-Based Derivative As High-Performance Hole Transport Material for Organic Photovoltaics. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8, 23844-23853. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b06749

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