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Nanoscience Laboratory • Silicon nanophotonics • Metamaterials • Nanobiotechnologies, antioxidants and human health Few lab members
Nanoscience Laboratory• Silicon nanophotonics• Metamaterials• Nanobiotechnologies, antioxidants and
human health
Few lab members
NL Laboratory
people• 3 professors• 4 technical/administrative
staff• 10 post-docs• 9 PhDs• 3 MS students
facilities• Optical laboratories
– From vis to THz– From fs to cw– From nJ to J– Macro and micro
• Nanoprobe laboratory• Electrochemical laboratory• Electrical laboratory• Biochemical laboratory• Cluster of PCs
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Research activityMission:• Generate new knowledge from phenomena which occur when the
matter is of nanometer size. • Apply the nanoscience paradigm to silicon or silicon compatible
materials – to enable new application of this key material– to develop nanosystems compatible with the main driving silicon
technologies.• Emphasis is placed on nanophotonics and its applications• New projects concern hybrid organic/inorganic nanostructures to
tailor atom-by-atom their properties or metals to investigate plasmonics.
• Research projects span from – fundamental research work on the interaction between biomolecules
and silicon nanostructures or on the control of photons by dynamically structuring the dielectric environment
– applied research work on the development of integrated optical circuits, optical switches, light emitting devices and amplifiers, novel MIR and THz sources, third generation photovoltaic and biosensors.
• European projectPhotonics and electronics convergence in silicon
• European projectPhotonics and electronics convergence in silicon
P type Poly - silicon
N type Poly - silicon
~200 nm
~200 nm
~50 nm
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• European projectPhotonics and electronics convergence in silicon
• Grandi progetti PATUn microchip per la proteomica
• Grandi progetti PATUn microchip per la proteomica
• Grandi progetti PATUn microchip per la proteomica
• Grandi progetti PATUn microchip per la proteomica
• Progetto europeoRete ottica su di un chip
• Progetto europeoRete ottica su di un chip
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• Progetto europeoFotovoltaico di terza generazione
• Progetto europeoFotovoltaico di terza generazione
• Progetto europeoRifrazione and riflessione in sistemi dielettrici in
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• Progetto europeoRifrazione and riflessione in sistemi dielettrici in
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