Research interests
Growth and characterization of semiconductor nanowires by means of molecular and chemical beam epitaxy. Growth of axial and radial nanowire heterostructures using both Au-assisted and catalyst free methods. Chemical, morphological and structural studies of semiconductor nanowires.
Biographical sketch
Since August 2020: Researcher at Nano - CNR, Laboratorio NEST, Pisa
Jan 2015 - July 2020: Post Doc at Nano - CNR, Laboratorio NEST, Pisa
Jan 2012 - Dec 2014: PhD in Nanotechnology, University of Trieste
Aug 2011 - Dec 2011: CNR fellow (borsista) at IOM - CNR, Laboratorio TASC, Trieste
Oct 2008 - May 2011: Master Degree in Chemistry, University of Trieste
Oct 2005 - Sept 2008: Bachelor Degree in Chemistry, University of Trieste
Selected publications
- Rocci M, Rossella F, Gomes U P, Zannier V, Rossi F, Ercolani D, Sorba L, Beltrsm F and Roddaro S, Tunable Esaki effect in catalyst-free InAs/GaSb core/shell nanowires. Nano Letters (2016). In press
- Gomes U P, Ercolani D, Zannier V, Battiato S, Ubyivovk E, Mikhailovskii V, Murata Y, Heun S, Beltram F and Sorba L, Heterogeneous nucleation of catalyst-free InAs nanowires on silicon. Nanotechnology (2016). In press
- Zannier V, Ercolani D, Gomes, U P, David J, Gemmi M, Dubrovskii V G and Sorba L, Catalyst composition tuning: the key for the growth of straight axial nanowire heterostructures with group III interchange. Nano Letters, 16 (11), 7183–7190 (2016).
- Dubrovskii VG, Sibirev NV, Berdnikov Y, Gomes UP, Ercolani D, Zannier V, Sorba L, Length distributions of Au-catalyzed and In-catalyzed InAs nanowires. Nanotechnology 27 (2016)
- Gomes U P, Ercolani D, Zannier V, David J, Gemmi M, Beltram F and Sorba L, Nucleation and growth mechanism of self-catalyzed InAs nanowires on silicon. Nanotechnology 27 (2016)
- Gomes U P, Ercolani D, Zannier V, Beltram F and Sorba L, Controlling the diameter distribution and density of InAs nanowires grown by Au-assisted methods. Semiconductor Science and Technology 30 (2016)
- Zannier V, Cremel T, Artioli A, Ferrand D, Kheng K, Grillo V and Rubini S, Optical properties of single wurtzite/zinc-blende ZnSe nanowires grown at low temperature. Journal of Applied Physics 118 (2015)
- Naumenko D, Zannier V, Grillo V, Cassese D, Priante G, Dal Zilio S, Rubini S and Lazzarino M, Enhanced plasmonic properties of gold-catalysed semiconductor nanowires. Nanoscale 6 13651-9 (2014)
- Zannier V, Grillo V, Martelli F, Plaisier J R, Lausi A and Rubini S, Tuning the growth mode of nanowires via the interaction among seeds, substrates and beam fluxes. Nanoscale 6 8392–9 (2014)
-Zannier V, Grillo V and Rubini S, Diameter-dependent morphology of vapour–solid–solid grown ZnSe nanowires. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 47 394005 (2014)
- Zannier V, Martelli F, Grillo V, Plaisier J R, Lausi A and Rubini S, Strong blue emission from ZnSe nanowires grown at low temperature. Physica Status Solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters 8 182–6 (2014)