Research interests
My main research activity is about the physics of low dimensional materials. By utilizing Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and other surface analysis techniques we investigate surface phenomena applications oriented (hydrogen storage, defect characterization, surface functionalization, metal intercalation) mainly in graphene and functionalized graphene. Recently we have developed a sophisticated thermometric technique able to detect the heat released during the hydrogen loading of a sub-nanogram amount of hydrogen in a nanogram size sample.
Biographical sketch
Stefano Veronesi got his degree in Physics in 1987 from University of Pisa (Italy) in the research group of Prof. P. Minguzzi on the Laser spectroscopy of liquids in the Far InfraRed region.
1989 grant at Istituto di Fisica Atomica e Molecolare (Atomic and Molecular physics Institute) in the frame of a research on calorimetry and Dielectrometry of liquids and solids.
2001 winner of a temporary position as researcher at Istituto Nazionale Fisica della Materia (INFM, melted inside CNR in 2006) in a research group developing a Magneto Optical Trap of Francium atoms.
2008 permanent position as researcher at Istituto Nanoscienze – CNR.
2012 scientific coordinator of a LASERLAB-EUROPE (Q-switching laser sources of thulium doped LiLuF4 and BaY2F8 single crystals) project.
2016 Italian scientific coordinator of the project "Development of High Reliability Lasers at 461NM and 689NM (SR Lattice) and 422NM (Single trapped SR Ion)" ITT 1-8322/15/NL/RA funded by European Space Agency (ESA), contract n. 4000116340/16/NL/BJ
Stefano Veronesi has co-authored more than 70 papers. To date (November 2018) his papers have been cited over 950 times. h-index: 18.
Selected publications
L. Basta, S.Veronesi, Y. Murata, Z. Dubois, N. Mishra, F. Fabbri, C. Coletti, S. Heun “A Sensitive calorimetric technique to study energy (heat) exchange at the nano-scale” Nanoscale 10, 10079-10086 (2018)
Q. Hu, Z. Jia, S. Veronesi, J. Zhang, A. Sottile, M. Tonelli, E. Cavalli, Z. Tao “Crystal growth and optimization of Pr:CaGdAlO4 by the flux-Czochralski method” CrystEngComm, 20, 590-596 (2018)
S. Fiori, Y. Murata, S. Veronesi, A. Rossi, C. Coletti, S. Heun “Li-intercalated Graphene on SiC(0001): an STM study” Phys. Rev. B 96, 125429 (2017)
W. Mu, Y. Yin, Z. Jia, L. Wang, J. Sun, M. Wang, C. Tang, Q. Hu, Z. Gao, J. Zhang, N. Lin, S. Veronesi, Z. Wang, X. Zhao, X. Tao “An extended application of β-Ga2O3 single crystals to the laser field: Cr4+:β-Ga2O3 utilized as a new promising saturable absorber” RCS Advance 7 (35), 21815 (2017)
Q. Hu, Z. Jia, A. Volpi, S. Veronesi, M. Tonelli, X. Tao “Crystal growth and spectral broadening of a promising Yb:CaLuxGd1−xAlO4 disordered crystal for ultrafast laser application” CrystEngComm, 19 (12), 1643-1647 (2017)
P. Loiko, J.P. Serres, X. Mateos, S. Tacchini, M. Tonelli, S. Veronesi, D. Parisi, A. Di Lieto, K. Yumashev, U. Griebner and V. Petrov “Comparative spectroscopic and thermo-optic study of Tm:LiLnF4 (Ln= Y, Gd, Lu) crystals for highly-efficient microchip laser at ~2 m” Opt. Mat. Express 7(3), 844 (2017)
E. Favilla, G. Cittadino, S.Veronesi, M.Tonelli, S. Fischer, J.C. Goldschmidt, A. Cassanho, H.P.Jenssen “Comparative analysis of upconversion efficiencies in fluoride materials for photovoltaic application” Sol. Cells 157, 415, (2016)
F. Pirzio, M. Kemnitzer, A. Guandalini, F. Kienle, S. Veronesi, M. Tonelli, J. Aus der Au, and A. Agnesi “Ultrafast, solid-state oscillators based on broadband, multisite Yb-doped crystals” Opt. Express 24, 11782, (2016)
A. Sottile, Z. Zhang, S. Veronesi, D. Parisi, A. Di Lieto, and M. Tonelli “Visible laser operation in a Pr3+:LiLuF4 monocrystalline fiber grown by the micro-pulling-down method” Opt. Mat. Express, 6 (6), 1964 (2016)
S. Veronesi, Zhitai Jia, D. Parisi, E.Damiano, Wenxiang Mu, Yanru Yin, M. Tonelli, X. Tao, “Spectroscopy and diode pumped laser emission in (LuxGd(1-x))3Ga5O12:Tm3+ single crystal” J. Phys. D: Applied Physics, 48, 385302 (2015)