•development of semiconducting polymeric materials for electronic and photonic applications
•preparation of water/alcohol soluble conjugated polymers and their application as interlayer materials in OLEDs and OPV devices
•development of nano- and microstructured surfaces for biosensing and photonic applications
•development of silk-based materials for bioelectronics
PROJECTS
-Research contract: Composites with optical transition for innovative solar concentrators. Co-coordinator of RSE Spa Contract. 2020
MISE project "E-HUD"-Subcontractor of MTA SPA 2018-2021
-progetto europeo FP7 EU “Parylene based artificial smart lenses fabricated using a novel solid-on-liquid deposition process” – PALYLENS – coord. Prof. Herbert Keppner (HE-ARC, Switzerland) – partecipante nel task “Flexible displays” – 2011-2013.
-progetto bandiera “Integrable sensors for pathological biomarkers diagnosis” – NANOMAX NChem – responsabile scientifico per ISMAC – 2013-2018.
-progetto bilaterale CNR-SAS “Nanofibre di seta luminescente per lo sviluppo di sensori” -NANOSILK – coordinatore parte italiana – 2016-2017.
-progetto PRIN-2015 “Lab on fIber technology for advanced optical nanoprobes” – LIFE – coord. Prof. Andrea Cusano (Unisannio) – responsabile di unità – 2017-2020.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Self-assembly; micro- and nanopatterning; semiconducting polymers; silk-based materials.
SCIENTIFIC SKILLS
nano-organization; breath figures; nanosphere lithography; soft lithography; polymer synthesis
Research Groups
POPLab