Research interests
Theoretical description of the electronic properties of solids at the nano-scale
SYSTEMS OF INTEREST
- optical properties of quantum dots, wires, wells
- Charge and spin excitations in semiconductor nanostructures
- spin-orbit coupling at the nanoscale
- Nano-hybrid systems
- Carbon-based systems
METHODS
- pseudo-empirical Hamiltonians, K.p formulations
- configuration interaction methods
- diagonalization techniques on massively parallel architectures
- evolutionary programming algorithms applied to solid-state nano-devices
OTHER INTERESTS
- Nanoscience education methods in high-schools and undergraduate programs
Biographical sketch
CURRENT POSITION
- Associate professor, University of Modena and Reggio E.
- Research affiliate, CNR-NANO
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2001-2013 Assitant professor, University of Modena and Reggio E.
2010/9 Visiting professor, Universtiy Jaume I, ES
1996-2001 post-doc at the Department of Physics of the University of Modena
1994-1995 post-doc at the Department of Physics of the University of Antwerp (Belgium)
1989-1993 PhD fellow at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste
MEMBERSHIPS
- Editorial board of Physica Scripta
Selected publications
High mobility 1- and 2D electron systems in nanowire-based quantum heterostructures, Nano Lett. 13, 6189 (2013)
Modeling opto-electronic properties of a dye molecule in proximity of a semiconductor nanoparticle, J. Chem. Phys. 139, 024105 (2013)
Landau levels, edge states, and magnetoconductance in GaAs/AlGaAs core-shell nanowires, Phys. Rev. B 87, 115316 (2013)
The absorption properties of metal-semiconductor hybrid nanoparticles, ACS Nano 5, 47124719 (2011)
Optimal generation of indistinguishable photons from non-identical artificial molecules, Opt. Exp. 19, 17156-17163 (2009)
Magnetic states in prismatic core multi-shell nanowires, Nano Lett. 9, 1631 (2009)
A molecular state of correlated electrons in a quantum dot, Nature Physics 4, 467 (2008)
Biexciton stability in carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 126806 (2007)
Evidence of strong correlation in spin excitations of few-electron quantum dots, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 266806 (2005)
Reduced electron relaxation rate in multi-electron quantum dots, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 066806 (2005)