CNR NANO - Istituto Nanoscienze Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

- 02.12.2021 - NANO COLLOQUIA S3 Avinash Vikatakavi

Date and Time: December 2, 2021 - 15.00

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Speaker: Avinash Vikatakavi - CNR Nano S3 and Unimore

Title: A study on the surface reactivity of modified CeO2 ultra-thin films towards H2 dissociation

Abstract: Fuel cells are promising candidates for future power sources; especially low-temperature fuel cells such as proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and dir [more]

- 25.11.2021 - Producing electricity from heat losses: engineered in Pisa the first device capable of achieving it in a controlled manner
It is now possible to create a new generation of “smart” thermoelectric systems to generate clean electricity. The work, resulting from research carried out at the NEST laboratory of the Scuola Normale Superiore and Cnr Nano, and in collaboration with University of Pisa, gained the frontispiece in the Advanced Functional Materials scientific journal. Generating electricity from temperature differences: since its discovery thermoelectricity has represented a research horizon with enormous  [more]

Link https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adfm.202170275

- 23.11.2021 - il progetto RIMMEL @ MECSPE - Bologna 2021
Si svolgerà martedì 23 novembre, dalle 16.45 alle 17.45 (Sala Concerto c/o Centro Servizi – Bologna Fiere), a Bologna all’interno del salone MECSPE 2021 per l’industria manifatturiera, il convegno “Rivestimenti tribologici e anticorrosivi per componenti in acciaio e leghe di alluminio fabbricati con manifattura additiva: il progetto RIMMEL“, organizzato da Associazione Meccanica con il supporto tecnico di Fondazione Democenter e la partecipaz [more]

- 19.11.2021 - Graphene as a solid lubricant becomes super-slippery
Cnr Nano researchers in collaboration with Sussex University and Rice University studied the frictional properties of graphene, deposited on micro and nano-textured silicon surfaces. Results could be relevant to improve the performance of nano and microelectromechanical systems

Thanks to its extreme smoothness and high mechanical resistance, graphene thin films are of great interest in the field of micro- and nano-mechanics, where nanostructured devices are often susceptible to cond [more]

Link https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.202104487

- 18.11.2021 - NANO COLLOQUIA 2021 Nest Seminar Valentino Pistore

Date and Time: November 18, 2021 - 11.00

ONLINE: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/612486029

Speaker: Valentino Pistore
CNR Nano NEST and Scuola Normale Superiore

Title: Detector-less near-field imaging from comb-emitting THz quantum cascade lasers

Abstract:
Optical frequency combs (FCs) are laser s [more]

- 17.11.2021 - International Workshop on Advanced Materials-to-Device Solutions for Synaptic Electronics

CNR Nano and ICN2 organized the International Workshop on Advanced Materials-to-Device Solutions for Synaptic Electronics, in the framework of the EU funded INTERSECT project .

The workshop has been held in Barcelona from November 10 to November 12, 2021 in the amazing location of Casa de Convalescencia.
More then 100 person attended the workshop [more]

- 10.11.2021 - International Workshop on Advanced Materials-to-Device Solutions for Synaptic Electronics

We are happy to announce the launch of the International Workshop on Advanced Materials-to-Device Solutions for Synaptic Electronics - November 10-12, 2021 - hybrid format (both in Barcelona and online).

The workshop aims at connecting academic research, R&D labs, and industry on the theme of synaptic electronics and neuromorphic computing, with a specific focus on the role of materials on the efficiency and design of next-generation devices, such as volat [more]

- 04.11.2021 - NANO COLLOQUIA 2021 S3 Seminar Andrea Mescola

Date and Time: November 4, 2021 - 15.00

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Speaker: Andrea Mescola

Title: Tunable Frictional Response of Induced Strained Graphene

Abstract:
In the nanoscale regime, one of the most plausible solutions to lower friction effects, reduce wear and protect surfac [more]

- 03.11.2021 - The RIMMEL Project @ l'Europa è qui 2021 – VOTE THE VIDEO ONLINE


The RIMMEL project enters the “Europe is here 2021” contest by the Emilia-Romagna Region with a short video. The contest is open to the beneficiaries of the regional EU funded projects and it aims at making them protagonists in communicating the European contribution, the results achieved, and highlighting the concrete benefits for people and territories obtained thanks to Europe.

The short video tells about the RIMMEL proje [more]

- 26.10.2021 - Caffe Scienza 2021

Torna CAFFÈ SCIENZA - Insolite chiacchiere da bar - l'iniziativa di Unimore che vede tra i suoi protagonisti anche l'Istituto Nanoscienze del CNR.

10 incontri informali, dal 21 settembre al 7 dicembre 2021, ogni martedì dalle 19.00 alle 20.30 presso il Caffè Concerto di Modena, per discutere di un tema scientifico rilevante, in un ambiente piacevole e in compagnia di esperti dell’argomento, che esporranno il tema e guideranno la discussione.

Prendete posto, mettet [more]

- 21.10.2021 - NANO COLLOQUIA 2021 NEST Seminar Alessandro Crippa

Date and Time: October 21, 2021 - 11.00

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Speaker: Alessandro Crippa
(NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore)

Title: Spin qubits on semiconductors: from fundamentals to the way of scale-up

Abstract:
Super and semiconductors repr [more]

- 11.10.2021 - Quantum computers become an experimental physics laboratory
A quantum computer is a machine designed to do calculations. Now a group of physicists from CnrNano, Scuola Normale Superiore and International School of Advanced Studies (Sissa) proposed an innovative use of it by Using a quantum processor to carry out experiments in fundamental physics. It might seem a minor distinction but it is not, says Michele Campisi of the Nanoscience Institute (CnrNano) who coordinated the study published in the journal PRX Quantum.

"Our idea is that quantum [more]

Link https://journals.aps.org/prxquantum/abstract/10.1103/PRXQuantum.2.030353

- 07.10.2021 - NANO COLLOQUIA 2021 S3 Seminar Claudio Bonizzoni

Date and Time: October 7, 2021 - 15.00

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Speaker: Claudio Bonizzoni

Title: Coherent Manipulation and Readout of Molecular Spins through Microwave Planar Superconducting Resonators

Abstract:
Molecular spins hold potential for quantum technologies thanks to th [more]

- 05.10.2021 - 2021 Nobel Prize for the discoveries on TRPV1 and PIEZO receptors
The seminal discoveries by this year’s Nobel Laureates have explained how heat, cold and touch can initiate signals in our nervous system. Professors David Julius and Ardem Petapoutian won the 2021 prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of TRPV1, TRPM8 and Piezo ion channels. These breakthrough discoveries launched intense research activities focused on understanding their functions in a variety of physiological processes. At clinical level that discovery helped redesigning stra [more]

- 28.09.2021 - Jacopo Fregoni awarded with the “Premio Primo Levi 2020”
Congratulations to Jacopo Fregoni on being awarded with the “Premio Primo Levi 2020” by the Italian Chemical Society! The Primo Levi prize is yearly awarded by the “Gruppo Giovani” of the Italian Chemical Society (SCI) for the best scientific work in the field of Chemical Sciences, produced by an under-35 scientist affiliated to an Italian university.

Jacopo recieved the prize for his contribution: Strong coupling with light enhances the photoisomerization quantum yield of az [more]

Link https://twitter.com/SciGiovani/status/1440609316361355264

- 23.09.2021 - CnrNano participates in the European Researchers’ Night
We're ready! CnrNano responds to the call from the European Commission regarding the Researchers' Night, which this year will take place in 29 countries on Friday 24 September 2021. The European Researchers' Night is a Europe-wide public event, which displays the diversity of science and its impact on citizens' daily lives in fun, inspiring ways.

Both units of CnrNano will join the event, contributing to the local initiatives in the city center of Modena and Pisa with presentations a [more]

- 21.09.2021 - Anyons in quantum Hall interferometry
The review article "Anyons in quantum Hall interferometry" has just been published on the journal Nature Reviews Physics. In the paper, written by our scientists Lucia Sorba, Stefan Heun and Luca Chirolli together with Matteo Carrega (Cnr-Spin), reserachers foucs their attention on anyons, emergent quasiparticles that are neither bosons nor fermions and possess fractional statistics. Their detection and manipulation represent key milestones in view of topologically protected quantum computation  [more]

Link https://rdcu.be/cxEUr

- 16.09.2021 - NANO COLLOQUIA 2020 NEST Seminar Vittorio Giovannetti

Date and Time: Semptember 16, 2021 - 11.00

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Speaker: Vittorio Giovannetti

Title: Quantum Energy Lines and the optimal output ergotropy problem

Abstract:
We study the transferring of useful energy (work) along a transmission line that allows for partial pr [more]

- 14.09.2021 - Miriam Serena Vitiello awarded with the Friedel-Volterra Prize
CnrNano researcher Miriam Serena Vitiello was awarded the Friedel-Volterra Prize by the Italian Physical Society (SIF) and the French Physics Society (SFP). The prize is awarded annually to a physicist active in the Italian-French collaboration in recognition of relevant achievements of his work over the past 10 years.
According to the jury that announced the award on the occasion of the opening ceremony of the 107th National Congress, on 13 September, Vitello was awarded the award "f [more]

- 09.09.2021 - NANO COLLOQUIA 2021 S3 Seminar Laura Bellentani
Date and Time: Semptember 9, 2021 - 15.00

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Speaker: Laura Bellentani

Title: The IQUbits project for quantum computing in Si and SiGe MOSFETs

Abstract:The IQUbits project for quantum computing in Si and SiGe MOSFETs Among the possible frameworks to encode quantum in [more]

- 01.09.2021 - Q-SORT Conference: Science and Applications of Coherent Electron Beam Manipulation

The Science and Applications of coherent electron beam manipulation Conference will be held online between 01 and 03 September 2021.

It will address key concepts in advanced electron microscopy research, including electron coherence, electron phase control and holography, magnetic contributions to electron optical phase images, light-electron interactions, and phase plates for imaging and beam shaping.
The conference aims to stimulate new ideas and to faci [more]

- 05.08.2021 - Nanotechnologies and AI for precision oenology
VIOLoC is the project born from a collaboration between the University of Pisa, CnrNano and the University of Tuscia with the aim of starting a technological revolution in the world of wine and oil analytics thanks to the development and application of microfluidimetric type micro-sensors for the analysis of polyphenols in wine and oil.

The technological core of VIOLoC lies in a micron-sized chip lab-on-a-chip with remote connectivity (clouding). The new lab-on-a-chip based on microfl [more]

Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoHRbXE6rUg

- 03.08.2021 - Nano COLLOQUIA 2021 Second Semester

A new series of Nano Colloquia is ready.

The researchers are preparing their presentations for the second semester 2021.
They will share with the colleagues the results and the achievements of the work performed, they will discuss new perspectives and define future aims.

8 seminars are scheduled from September to December.
8 researchers involved.
A single team exploring the Nano topics![more]

- 19.07.2021 - RAITH Micrograph Award 2021 – Special Edition
Congratulations to Sedighe Salimian and Isha Verma for their honorable mentions at RAITH Micrograph Award 2021 – special edition, one of the most important award in the world on e-beam lithography!

Sedighe Salimian, CnrNANO-NEST young researcher won the Honorable Mention for her image ‘Charge carrier separation in InAs/InP/GaAsSb core-dualshell based multifunctional device’ (top  [more]

Link https://www.raith.com/company/micrograph-award/winner-applications/

- 09.07.2021 - Nano-convertitori ottici ultraveloci comandati dalla luce
Progettata e realizzata una nanoantenna di dimensioni inferiori al millesimo di millimetro in grado di trasformare il colore della luce, controllabile attraverso la luce stessa. Il lavoro apre la strada allo sviluppo di nuovi dispositivi ottici miniaturizzati operanti ad altissima velocità, per applicazioni nel campo delle telecomunicazioni e non solo. Lo studio degli istituti Nano e Ifn del Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche e del Politecnico di Milano pubblicato su ACS Nano.

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- 30.06.2021 - FIM-S3 SEMINAR - Prof Lidia Martínez

Date and Time:Wednesday June 30th, 16:00 (SHARP))

LINK (Google Meet): https://meet.google.com/yud-upbp-mno

Speaker: Prof Lidia Martínez - Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (Spain)

Title: Gas-phase synthesis of nanoparticles and their interaction with gases

Abstract: The growing interest in gas phase sy [more]

- 24.06.2021 - FIM-S3 SEMINAR - Prof Jose Lado

Date and Time: Thursday June 24th, 16:00 (SHARP)

LINK (Google Meet): https://meet.google.com/yud-upbp-mno

Speaker: Prof Jose Lado - Aalto University (Finland)

Title: Designing correlated quantum matter with magnetic twisted van der Waals heterostructures

Abstract:
Twisted van der Waals heterostructures provid [more]

- 21.06.2021 - WORKSHOP: Excitonic and competing orders in low-dimensional materials

In the last twelve months, the field of the excitonic insulator has moved extremely fast.

This research has its origin in a heretic prediction formulated more than 50 years ago by a group of visionary physicists, including Leonid Keldysh and Walter Kohn [1-3]: If a narrow-gap semiconductor, or a semimetal with slightly overlapping conduction and valence bands, failed to fully screen its intrinsic charge carriers, then excitons---electron-hole pairs bound together by Coulomb attracti [more]

Link https://www.cecam.org/workshop-details/21

- 16.06.2021 - RIMMEL a R2B OnAir - 16 giugno 2021 - online

Mercoledì 16 giugno dalle ore 12.00 alle 13.00 si svolgerà il workshop “Industria 4.0: sistemi manifatturieri avanzati grazie al digitale e ai dati” all’interno dell’iniziativa “Inside Research” di R2B OnAir 2021 promossa da Art-ER , per presentare le più recenti soluzioni e tecnologie innovative sviluppate da centri di ricerca, tecnopoli e imprese della Regione Emilia [more]

- 16.06.2021 - FIM-S3 SEMINAR - Prof Claudio Conti

Date and Time: Wednesday June 16th, 16:00 (SHARP)

LINK (Google Meet): https://meet.google.com/yud-upbp-mno

Speaker: Prof Claudio Conti - La Sapienza University and ISC-CNR

Title: Learning Photonic Machines

Abstract:
Machine learning is percolating the way we do science. Many new computational tools are emergin [more]

- 14.06.2021 - Una Settimana da Scienziato | Summer Edition | 14-18 giugno 2021

Anche quest’anno il Dipartimento di Fisica, Informatica e Matematica (FIM) di Unimore propone “Una Settimana da Scienziato”, la scuola di Fisica, Informatica e Matematica rivolta agli studenti del IV anno delle scuole medie superiori di qualunque indirizzo, motivati ad approfondire tematiche di tipo tecnico-scientifico.

60 studenti, divisi in piccoli gruppi, saranno guidati da docenti e ricercatori di Un [more]

- 14.06.2021 - Cnr Nano S3 partecipa a R2B Innovation&Match Brokerage Event
I prossimi 16 e 17 giugno 2021 Cnr Nano S3 parteciperà all'evento Innovat&Match 2021 Brokerage di R2B | Research To Business On Air 2021, per il secondo anno in edizione online.
L'evento si propone di fare incontrare domanda e offerta per l'innovazione mettendo in contatto ricercatori, innovatori, industrie. Quest'anno in particolare ci si occuperà di
Digital Transformation
Green & Blue Growth
Art [more]

Info accreditamento.s3@nano.cnr.it

Link http://www.nano.cnr.it/upload/allegati/allegato/726.png

- 11.06.2021 - CnrNano su Rai Scuola
"Quando si dice un futuro luminoso". Si conclude così il terzo episodio di STEM di Rai Cultura che ha tra i protagonisti anche le ricerche di CnrNano sui materiali intelligenti, condotte da Luana Persano. STEM-prgetto scienza è il programma di informazione e approfondimento scientifico di @RaiCultura condotto dal divulgatore Davide Coero Borga, che incontra alcuni tra i maggiori esperti del mondo della ricerca e dell'innovazione scientifica per mostrare dal vivo cosa la scienza e la tecnol [more]

Link https://www.raiplay.it/video/2021/06/Stem---pt3-03058383-c7bc-47ce-a1f4-2bab921d3e56.html

- 09.06.2021 - FIM-S3 SEMINAR - Dr Paul Mulheran

Date and Time: Wednesday June 9th, 16:00 (SHARP)

LINK (Google Meet): https://meet.google.com/yud-upbp-mno

Speaker: Dr Paul Mulheran - University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Title: Protein adsorption on inorganic surfaces: from fundamentals to technology

Abstract:
In my group, we have been studying protein adsorption [more]

- 08.06.2021 - MINEON project ready to start
On 8 June 2021 the CnrNANO institute in Modena will host the MINEON Kick-off Meeting for the official launch and first-ever public presentation of the MINEON Project. Funded by the European Commission under its highly competitive Future and Emerging Technologies Programme (FET) - Innovation Launchpad, the project will run for 8 months starting on 1 June 2021. The Kick-off event - which is organised by CnrNANO and supported by https://meet.google.com/qax-mddz-jzq

Speaker: Prof Giovanni Maria Vanacore - University of Milano Bicocca

Title: Ultrafast coherent manipulation of a free-electron wave function via electron-light quantum interaction

Abstract:
The interactio [more]

- 20.05.2021 - FIM-S3 SEMINAR - Dr Thibault Sohier

Date and Time: Thursday May 20th, 2021 - 16:00 (SHARP)

Link (Google Meet): https://meet.google.com/yud-upbp-mno

Speaker: Dr Thibault Sohier - University of Liège (Belgium)

Title: Electron-phonon interactions in transition metal dichalcogenides. Effects of doping and valley structure

Abstract:
Owing to the multi-val [more]

- 20.05.2021 - NANO Colloquia 2021 in streaming - Mariacristina Gagliardi

Date and Time: Thursday May 20, 2021 - 11:00

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Speaker: Mariacristina Gagliardi (NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore)

Title: Polymer nanopa [more]

- 18.05.2021 - Principles of light-induced charge transfer for optogenetics workshop

The CT4OPTO virtual workshop will be held online from June 14 to June 16, 2021.

CT4OPTO will focus on the discussion of state-of-the-art theoretical and experimental approaches to treat photoinduced charge transfer processes in light-sensitive proteins that are currently exploited in optogenetic tools.

The CT4OPTO workshop is organized by the Institute of Nanoscience of the National Res [more]

- 12.05.2021 - FIM-S3 SEMINAR - Prof Natalia Del Fatti

Date and Time: Wednesday May 12th, 16:00 (SHARP)

Link (Google Meet): https://meet.google.com/yud-upbp-mno

Speaker: Prof Natalia Del Fatti - University of Lyon 1 (France)

Title: Linear and ultrafast plasmonics with a single nano-object

Abstract:
The large size and environment dependences of the optical response of metal [more]

- 10.05.2021 - Hyperbolic Metamaterials on the cover
The recent paper by Arrigo Calzolari and Alessandra Catellani "Hyperbolic Metamaterials with Extreme Mechanical Hardness" hits the cover of the latest issue of Advanced Optical Materials (May 5, 2021, Volume 9, Issue 9).
Arrigo Calzolari toghether with Alessandra Catellani from CnrNano, Marco Buongiorno Nardelli from University of North Texas and Marco Fornari from Central Michigan University, explored a large class of layered materials with hyperbolic optical activity in the near-infrar [more]

Link https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adom.202170031

- 05.05.2021 - FIM-S3 SEMINAR - Dr Giacomo Mazza
Date and Time: Wednesday May 5th, 16:00

Link (Google Meet): https://meet.google.com/yud-upbp-mno

Speaker: Dr Giacomo Mazza - University of Geneva (Switzerland)

Title: Excitonic order and structural transition in Ta2NiSe5

Abstract:
The so-called excitonic insulator state is a prominent example of an elusive state of matte [more]

- 28.04.2021 - FIM-S3 SEMINAR - Prof Ray LaPierre
Date and Time: Wednesday April 28th, 16:00
Link (Google Meet): https://meet.google.com/yud-upbp-mno

Speaker: Prof Ray LaPierre - Mc Master University (Canada)

Title: Semiconductor nanowires for betavoltaics, photovoltaics and energy harvesting

Abstract:
III-V compound semiconductor nanowires (NWs) are being developed for the  [more]

- 26.04.2021 - Lucia Sorba honoured by the European Physical Society
The European Physical Society has nominated Lucia Sorba, our Istituto Nanoscienze director, EPS FELLOW. EPS individual members can be elected as Fellows of the EPS upon nomination by their peers, and this year's EPS Fellows are Lucia Sorba and Angel Rubio.
The European Physical Society distinguished Lucia Sorba, as EPS Fellow "for her very important contributions to the conception and engineering of reliable semiconducting nanostructures, permitting the observation and control of novel h [more]

Link https://www.eps.org/blogpost/751263/369045/EPS-Distinctions-2020--2021

- 22.04.2021 - "His Highness the music"
Listening to music has beneficial effects on the human being, while other sounds and noises that accompany our daily life sometimes disturb us. In an interview published on Almanacco della Scienza, the bimonthly magazine by Cnr Press Office, CnrNano researcher Carlo Andrea Rozzi talks about acoustic stimuli and explains the difference between sound, noise and music.

Read the article https://meet.google.com/yud-upbp-mno

Speaker: Dr Simone Meloni - University of Ferrara

Title: Phase stability and defects dynamics in halide perovskites: fundamental processes affecting the efficiency and stability of hybrid perovskites for solar cells applications

Abstract:[more]

- 15.04.2021 - NANO Colloquia 2021 in streaming - Riccardo Nifosì Seminar

Date and Time: Thursday 15 April 2021 - 11:00
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Speaker: Riccardo Nifosì - NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore

Title: Coiled coils for chlori [more]

- 15.04.2021 - FIM-S3 SEMINAR - Prof Alberto Morpurgo

Date and Time: April 15th, 2021 - 15:00
Link (Google Meet): https://meet.google.com/yud-upbp-mno

Speaker: Prof Alberto Morpurgo - University of Geneva, Switzerland

Title: Magnetic 2D materials

Abstract: The first 2D magnetic material in which ferromagnetism has been shown experimentally to persist down to individual m [more]

- 15.04.2021 - INTA Systems, the first spin-off of the NEST Lab, obtains 350k€ from Eureka! and A11 Venture
INTA Systems, the first spin-off of the NEST Laboratory of Scuola Normale Superiore and CNR-NANO, closes its first seed investment with Eureka! and A11 Venture. With 350k€, INTA will bring a novel device for molecular diagnostics on the market.

INTA, exploiting a unique synergy between nanotechnologies and artificial intelligence, has developed a novel lab-on-a-chip called BRAIKER. This portable device will detect biomarkers of  [more]

Link https://www.intasystems.net/

- 06.04.2021 - Scoperto il materiale che può diventare isolante eccitonico

COMUNICATO STAMPA 49/2021
Uno studio di Cnr-Nano predice che un nuovo stato della materia, previsto negli anni '60 e mai confermato, si realizzi in un solido di solfuro di molibdeno applicando una pressione esterna. La ricerca è pubblicata sulla rivista PNAS

L'isolante eccitonico, uno stato quantistico della materia teorizzato mezzo secolo fa e a lungo inseguito dai fisici, sembra ora a portata di esperimento. Ricercatori dell'Istituto nanoscienze del Consiglio nazionale de [more]

- 02.04.2021 - Schwinger effect in superconductors: a discovery by CnrNano and UniGe
Francesco Giazotto (Cnr-Nano) together with Paolo Solinas, Andrea Amoretti of the Physics Department of the University of Genoa have discovered that the Sauter-Schwinger effect - the creation of electron-positron pairs by a strong electric field - could finally be realised in a regular low-temperature superconducting material. The research appears as the cover story on the journal Physical Review Letters.

Giazotto, working at the NEST Laboratory of the Scuola Normale Superiore and C [more]

Link https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.117001

- 26.03.2021 - Diradicals evaporation on the cover
Arrigo Calzolari's recent paper "Challenges in Controlled Thermal Deposition of Organic Diradicals" hits the cover of the last issue of Chemistry of materials journal (March 23, 2021, Volume 33, Issue 6)
Arrigo Calzolari from CnrNano and Maria Benedetta Casu from the University of Tubingen, in collaboration with colleagues from University of Nebraska, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, demonstrated that it is possible to evaporate diradicals in  [more]

Link https://pubs.acs.org/toc/cmatex/33/6#

- 22.03.2021 - MaX CoE brand new newsletter

MaX - European Centre of Excellence - a H2020 project coordinated by CNR Nano, is proud to announce the publication of its periodical newsletter.

Check the latest achievements of the project and its flagship codes, the upcoming events involving the Centre of Excellence, the training opportunities, the European HPC strategies for the future, and much more.

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Speaker: Andrea Iorio (NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR)

Title: Heat rectification i [more]

- 12.03.2021 - INTERSECT project newsletter
INTERSECT is a H2020 project coordinated by CNR-Nano Modena, and aims at leveraging European leadership in materials’ modelling software and infrastructure.
Its first newsletter introduces the reader to the INTERSECT world, and particularly to its simulation box prototype and scientific activity.

Read the newsletter here and subscribe to it!
Visit the INTERSECT project website EMMC International Workshop has become known as a leading cross-cutting event where stakeholders from different materials modelling-related fields in industry and academia get together to discuss topics of strategic importance and elaborate on gaps and potential actions to move the field forward.
This year the 3rd EMMC International Workshop will take place in a digital format in 2021 retaining its key element of extended discussion sessions [more]

- 18.02.2021 - NANO Colloquia 2021 NEST SEMINAR - Gianmichele Blasi
Date and Time: February 18, 2021 - 11.00 am

Venue: In streaming at: https://meet.google.com/tcu-rsiq-dfb
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Speaker: Gianmichele Blasi - (NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR)

Title: Nonlocal t [more]

- 17.02.2021 - FETOPEN SuperGate “Gate Tuneable Superconducting Quantum Electronics”
From March 2021, CNR-NANO and CNR-SPIN Institutes will be starting the collaborative research and innovation project SuperGate “Gate Tuneable Superconducting Quantum Electronics”, funded by the European Commission under the HORIZON-2020 FETOPEN program. The project's goal is to combine the powerful and energy-efficient superconductor technology with existing semiconductor technology, and is based on a fundamental discovery by Francesco Giazotto's research team.

SuperGate is coo [more]

Link https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/964398/it

- 11.02.2021 - CnrNano supports the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
In a year of emergency, a time difficult for everyone and often particularly for women, Istituto Nanoscienze supports the International Day of Women and Girls in Science established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015 and now in its 6th edition. This day is a reminder that women and girls play a critical role in science and technology communities and that their participation should be strengthened.

CnrNANO testifies its support with a picture that portrays all the female r [more]

Link https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/womenandgirlinscienceday

- 01.02.2021 - New insight in the design, building and gas adsorption of nano-porous graphene scaffolds
Cnr_Nano scientists exploited molecular dynamics simulations, Monte Carlo methods and machine learning algorithms to obtain realistic models of graphene scaffold with predetermined density and porosity.

In an article published on Nanotechnology (IOP Publishing) Luca Bellucci, Francesco Delfino and Valentina Tozzini demonstrate that the method is capable of building realistic models with pre-determined density and porosity. This goal is achieved using a multi-step strategy mimicking th [more]

Link https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6528/abbe57#artAbst

- 21.01.2021 - NANO Colloquia 2021 NEST Seminar - Gian Michele Ratto
Date and Time: Thursday January 21, 2021 - 11:00
Venue: In streaming @ https://meet.google.com/tcu-rsiq-dfb
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Speaker: Gian Michele Ratto

Title: Vaccine, epidemy, rabbits and chaos

Abstract:The s [more]

- 22.12.2020 - ESRF: una rivoluzione che parla italiano
In un articolo uscito sull'ANSA, Elisa Molinari sottolinea il fondamentale contributo dell'Italia sia nella ideazione che nella realizzazione della centro europeo per la luce di sincrotrone di Grenoble. L'ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) da settembre sta funzionando come una sorta di microscopio gigante, offrendo opportunità ineguagliabili per esplorare materiali e materia biologica. Molinari, che guida la delegazione italiana al Cda di ESRF, osserva che ora "la sfida è governar [more]

- 20.12.2020 - A new frontier for the detection of light in semiconductor nanowires
In a new paper published in Light Science & Application, a team of scientists, led by Miriam Serena Vitiello from CNR - Istituto Nanoscienze and Scuola Normale Superiore, and co-workers have developed an elegant approach that exploits scattering near-field optical nanoscopy to unambiguously reveal the photodetection mechanism in semiconductor (InAs) nanowire FETs.

By innovatively exploiting nanoscopy of the photoinduced current in the nanostructure, and scattering near-field microscop [more]

- 17.12.2020 - NANO Colloquia 2020 NEST Seminar E. Pogna
Date and Time: Thursday December 17, 2020 - 11:00
Streaming at: https://meet.google.com/tcu-rsiq-dfb
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Speaker: Eva A. A. Pogna - NEST, NANO-CNR

Title: THz near-field nanoscopy

Abstract:
The  [more]

- 10.12.2020 - Optically-programmed 'smart label' based on nano-textured non-wovens fibers
Detecting interruptions in the supply cold chain and exposure to inappropriate temperature are essential operations in the food or pharmaceutical sector. In the days of the development of a first anti Covid-19 vaccine, which must be stored and transported at 70 degrees below zero, the issue is in the spotlight.

A possible answer to this problem comes from a research published in Nature Communications, coordinated by researchers from Cnr-NANO and the University of Pisa in collabor [more]

Link https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19676-y

- 03.12.2020 - Modelling genetic mosaicism of neurodevelopmental disorders in vivo by a Cre-amplifying fluorescent reporter
CnrNANO and Scuola Normale Superiore researchers developed the first molecular tool to visualize genetic mosaics in cells in vivo. It is called Beatrix and will allow to study the genetic mosaicism typical of neurological and oncological diseases. Results are published in Nature Communications.

Several neurodevelopmental diseases are characterized by genetic mosaicsm: in this condition, cells belonging to the same organ expresses two different genes because of mutations during embryon [more]

Link https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19864-w

- 03.12.2020 - Mosaicismo genetico: il primo strumento molecolare
Ricercatori dell’Istituto nanoscienze del Cnr e della Scuola normale superiore di Pisa hanno realizzato il primo strumento molecolare per visualizzare i mosaici genetici nelle cellule in vivo. Si chiama Beatrix e permetterà di studiare il mosaicismo tipico di malattie neurologiche e oncologiche. Lo studio è pubblicato su Nature Communications.

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- 01.12.2020 - Ecco i nanomateriali "termici" che si programmano con la luce

Messi a punto da ricercatori dell'Università di Pisa e dell'Istituto nanoscienze del Cnr dei nanomateriali con proprietà termiche programmabili per via ottica: permetteranno di progettare etichette intelligenti per monitorare le temperature di conservazione di alimenti, farmaci e vaccini. Lo studio pubblicato su Nature Communications.

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Intelligent no [more]

- 14.10.2020 - MaX Webinar on FLEUR code
The sixth Webinar of the series presenting the most recent developments of the MaX flagship codes entitled "All-electron DFT using the FLEUR code" will take place on October 14, 2020 at 11:00 CEST, featuring the FLEUR code.

Within the zoo of different density functional theory methods frequently employed, the full-potential linearized augmented planewave (FLAPW) method is commonly considered as the approach able to provide the most precise results. A [more]

- 30.09.2020 - SEMINARIO S3 - Savio Laricchia
Date and Time: Wednesday September 30, 2020 – 15.00
Venue: online on zoom.us
link:
https://zoom.us/j/91534212500?pwd=RzkzTEtxbjZRUUdzQkhNNEtndmsydz09
ID: 915 3421 2500 Passcode: wHH1XC

Speaker: Savio Laricchia
Affiliazione: King's College London (UK)

Title: Electron-phonon coupling within Quasiparticle Self-consistent GW

Abstract: The reliability of Dens [more]

- 22.09.2020 - MaX WEBINAR on SIESTA code
The fifth Webinar of a series presenting the most recent developments of the MaX flagship codes entitled "New developments in SIESTA for high-performance materials simulations" will take place on 22 September 2020 at 15:00 CEST, featuring the SIESTA code.

For over two-decades, SIESTA has enabled the treatment of large systems with first-principles electronic-structure methods, bringing new opportunities to many disciplines. At the core of SIESTA's eff [more]

- 17.09.2020 - NANO Colloquia 2020 - Sergio Pezzini
Date and Time: Thursday September 22, 2020 - 11:00
Speaker: Sergio Pezzini - NEST, NANO-CNR

Title: Opportunities from high-quality CVD graphene devices

Abstract: Two-dimensional materials and van der Waals heterostructures stand at the core of current research in condensed-matter. A key feature of these systems is the possibility of engineering their electronic properties via controlled stacking, as well a [more]

- 04.09.2020 - MaX centre brings HPC at the EuroScience Open Forum

Cnr Nano participates in ESOF, the EuroScience Open Forum 2020, taking place in Trieste from 2 to 6 September. The event, coordinated by the MaX center of excellence, is dedicated to the scientific frontiers of supercomputing and the ambitious challenge that Europe has taken up in this field.

The meeting entitled Super-computing and the science & technology of the future, will be held in virtual form on 5 September from 10.15 to 11:45, and sees the participation of Robert [more]

Link https://bit.ly/356Lf7M

- 31.08.2020 - Supercurrent control in a fully suspended superconducting nanobridge
CNR nano researchers demonstrates the control of a supercurrent transistor made up of a suspended nanowire, fabricated with an innovative technique. The result, published in the journal ACS Nano by Francesco Giazotto's group and Lucia Sorba's group, allows a better understanding of the electrostatic field-effect in superconducting metals.

Under standard conditions, the electrostatic field-effect is negligible in conventional metals and was expected to be completely ineffective also [more]

Link https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.0c05355

- 28.08.2020 - NANODEVICE IONTRONICS mini-colloquium

Francesco Rossella chairs the mini-colloquium titled Nanodevice Iontronics hosted at CMD2020GEFES online conference, on August 31st and September 1st September.
CMD2020GEFES, a large international conference covering all aspects of condensed matter physics, combines the biennial meeting of the Condensed Matter Divisions of the Spanish Roya [more]

Link https://eventos.uam.es/_files/_event/_28512/_editorFiles/file/44791.pdf

- 18.08.2020 - Lock keeping for spins
Researchers at the University of Basel and Cnr NANO in Pisa have demonstrated a new route for semiconductor spintronics that can filter single electrons according to their spins in quantum electronic devices. They use ‘nanomagnets’ to individually spin polarize electron states in semiconductor quantum dots. By placing two such “artificial magnetic atoms” in series they demonstrate a switching of the electrical current based on the orientation of the nanomagnets. These results, publish [more]

- 07.07.2020 - The importance of being H.P.C. Earnest
The fourth webinar of the series The importance of being H.P.C. Earnest will be broadcasted live on the CECAM YouTube Channel https://youtu.be/ODinODSf3vQ
on Thursday July 9
15:00-17:00 (CEST)
with the following program

15:00 Welcome and Introduction, Ignacio Pagonabarraga (CECAM)
15:10 Eduard Audit (CEA - Maison de la simulation): EoCoE : Fostering the energy transition using HPC
15:40 Elisa M [more]

Link https://youtu.be/ODinODSf3vQ

- 24.06.2020 - MaX Webinar on flagship codes: CP2K
The 4th MaX Webinar of the series on its flagship codes is dedicated to the CP2K code. The webinar will take place next 24th of June at 11am (CEST).

The Webinar will provide an accurate overview of the HPC libraries developed at CSCS in order to accelerate electronic structure code such as CP2K and Quantum ESPRESSO. These libraries are (1) DBCSR, (2) COSMA, (3) SpFFT and (4) SIRIUS).

CSCS is working on several HPC libraries which can be [more]

- 23.06.2020 - Carlo Andrea Rozzi and the mind traps
Tuesday, June 23 at 15.00, a new live broadcast of #TuttiInMusica entitled 'Mind traps- Game, music and science to go further', hosts among others our researcher Carlo Andrea Rozzi.

Our mind is constantly searching for known forms and patterns. We see it as we look at the sky and in the clouds, we feel like we recognize animals and faces. It is a winning strategy for dealing with the complexity of the world, which enables us to quickly identify dangers and benefits and intervene effec [more]

Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKIlHI-TLRA

- 17.06.2020 - CnrNano's team realizes the first phase battery for quantum technologies
The first quantum phase battery has been realized by the groups of Francesco Giazotto (CNRNano) and Sebastian Bergeret (CFM, CSIC-UPV/EHU, DIPC, Donostia / San Sebastian), with the collaboration of Salerno University. The device consist of an indium arsenide (InAs) nanowire in contact with aluminum superconducting leads and is a key element for quantum technologies based on phase coherence. The work has been published in the prestigious journal Nature Nanotechnology(2020).
https://doi.org/10 [more]

Link https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-020-0712-7

- 16.06.2020 - MaX Webinars on Yambo code
Date and Time: June 16, 2020 - 15.00

Title: Quasiparticle Band Structures and Excitons in Novel Materials using the Yambo Code

Abstract: The MaX European Centre of Excellence is working to prepare Yambo for the forthcoming pre- and exascale machine. The scope of this webinar is, indeed, to provide a broad view of the Yambo code, where to get it from and how to use it. We will also provide an update of the status of the GP [more]

- 26.05.2020 - MaX Webinars on flagship codes

MaX is proud to announce the second MaX webinar focused on AiiDA : "Managing, simplifying and disseminating High-Throughput computational materials science with AiiDA, AiiDA lab, and the Materials Cloud Archive" planned for May 27, 2020 at 3pm.

You can find here all the relevant info and th [more]

- 25.05.2020 - Webinar di presentazione Progetto RIMMEL
Date and Time: 27 maggio 2020 - 17:00-18:30

Presentazione del Progetto RIMMEL - RIvestimenti Multi-funzionali e multi-scala, per componenti MEccanici in acciaio e Leghe di alluminio fabbricati con additive manufacturing diretto dal Prof. Sergio Valeri, Unimore e CNR Nano

Agenda:

Introduzione ai lavori
Ing. Francesco Blumetti, Responsabile Area Meccanica della Fondazione De [more]

- 21.05.2020 - Nano Colloquia in streaming
Date and Time: Thursday 21 May 2020 - 11:00
Streaming at: https://meet.google.com/ykk-gkry-mip
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Speaker: Sedighe Salimian (NEST, NANO-CNR)

Title: Quantum transport in dual-channel InAs [more]

- 18.05.2020 - #TuttiInMusica with Carlo Andrea Rozzi
Tuesday 19 May at 5 pm, on Facebook and YouTube Cnr channels, the live broadcast #TuttiInMusica will be dedicated to "Scomposizione" (decomposition). The broadcast will host also CnrNano researcher Carlo Andrea Rozzi who will talk about sound, how to study it, "dismantle" "recombine" and "reassemble" it, and how these operations can have consequences even outside the purely scientific and technological scope.

#TuttiInMusica. Decompose to discover, compose to progress.
Science a [more]

Link https://www.facebook.com/ComunicazioneCnr/

- 14.05.2020 - Activity Report 2020 is out!
The new edition of the Cnr Nano Activity Report is finally out! It spots the main scientific highlights of the Institute, along with glimpses from its outreach activity, and many other important topics (publications, funded projects,…).
It’s a must-read to have an overview of what is done and who is who there!
You can read it online (link to Issuu here) or download it [more]

Info report@nano.cnr.it

Link http://www.nano.cnr.it/?mod=men&id=511

- 27.04.2020 - Great success for G M. Ratto's online lessons, thanks to the Normale initiative
More than 1300 high-school students from all over Italy will have the chance to follow Gian Michele Ratto's free video lessons from today until June 5, as part of the "La Normale Va a Scuola" initiative.

Our researcher takes part in a solidarity initiative launched by the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa to support high schools and educational institutions in distance learning. Professors and researchers from the Scuola Normale and collaborating institutes, have agreed to offer  [more]

Link https://www.sns.it/it/normale-va-scuola-un-aiuto-alle-scuole-ditalia-0

- 16.04.2020 - NANO Colloquia 2020 in streaming
Date and Time: Thursday 16 April 2020 - 11:00
Venue: Streaming at: https://jitsi.cedrc.cnr.it/blsarhLGLGLGLG24666kjggggGGKHHG467618768
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S [more]

- 10.04.2020 - From the conservation of tapestries to "smart clothes"
In an article published in the latest issue of the Almanacco della Scienza, the fortnightly webzine of the Cnr, our Luana Persano talks about smart fabrics. The article talks about the restoration of textile products, such as tapestries ('arazzi'), which require a lot of time and transversal skills, from art history to chemistry, up to physics.
The characterization techniques of these materials are also connected with the most advanced research of the textiles of the future, such as those  [more]

Link http://www.almanacco.cnr.it/reader/cw_usr_view_articolo.html?id_articolo=9867&giornale=9979

- 26.03.2020 - Protective equipment donation to support the COVID19 emergency
With a joint action the Cnr Nanoscience Institute and the Scuola Normale Superiore through the NEST Laboratory, decided to donate their "personal protective equipment" (PPE) to support the COVID- 19 health emergency. The donation was made to the Gabriele Monasterio Foundation which will send the material to the hospital in Pisa, the one inside the CNR Research Area, and the one in Massa (Ospedale del Cuore "G. Pasquinucci"), and to other hospitals in the Tuscany region. The donated material cons [more]

- 17.03.2020 - Cnr Nano paper on PSS Showcase 2020

The article by Cnr Nano researchers Stefano Guiducci, Matteo Carrega, Lucia Sorba and Stefan Heun "Towards Quantum Hall Effect in a Josephson Junction" has been selected for the Physica Status Solidi Showcase 2020, a selection of the most interesting contents published on the Wiley’s 'Physica Status Solidi' journals.
The paper will be featured on the Showcase2020 website and will be free-to-read until the end of the year.

Link to the The study, conducted by Giampiero Marchegiani, Alessandro Braggio and Francesco Giazotto at the NEST laboratory of Cnr-Nano and Scuola Normale Superiore, allows to study new ways of generating thermoelectricity and opens up the realization of thermoelectric memories, ultra-sensitive detecto [more]

Link https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.106801

- 04.03.2020 - Excitonic and topological order in T'-MoS2
In an article just published on Nature Nanotechnology, our researchers Daniele Varsano, Elisa Molinari, and Massimo Rontani, in collaboration with Maurizia Palummo of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, studied the topological insulator MoS2, using advanced theoretical-computational methodologies based on quantum mechanics.
By combining calculations from first principles with a self-consistent mean-field model, researchers showed that in the paradigmatic case of monolayer T' MoS2 the ele [more]

- 26.02.2020 - New institute board
On February 19 the CnrNano institute board was renewed by the election of new members, which registered a large participation of the voters. The new institute board will remain in office for the next four years, supporting the Director in planning the scientific activity of the institute. The new board is made up of 9 members, for the 60% women and for the 60% new, listed below:
- Representatives of researchers/technologists: Stefania Benedetti, Giorgia Brancolini, Marco Cecchini, Stefan  [more]

- 17.02.2020 - S3 SEMINAR Francesco Rossella
Date and Time: Monday February 17, 2020 - 12:00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Francesco Rossella
NEST Laboratory, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR (IT)

Title: Engineering electronic functionalities in nanowire-based devices: advantages from heterostructuring and electrostatic doping

Abstract: Semiconductor n [more]

- 14.02.2020 - S3 SEMINAR Tyler Harvey
Date and Time: Friday February 14, 2020 - 11:00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Tyler Harvey
Affiliazione: Università Goettingen (DE)

Title: Imaging optical fields with ultrafast electron microscopy

Abstract: Transmission electron microscopes typically offer excellent spatial resolution, but limited temporal resolution. It is  [more]

- 11.02.2020 - S3 SEMINAR Marco Frasconi
Date and Time: Tuesday February 11, 2020 - 15:00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Marco Frasconi
Dip. Scienze Chimiche, Università di Padova (IT)

Title: Electrochemically Driven Processes in Mechanically Interlocked Molecules

Abstract: The self-assembly of molecular building blocks into the desire structures plays a fundamental  [more]

- 01.02.2020 - Cnr Nano Modena is SUPER!
As an important step forward within the national and international HPC ecosystem, and in strong synergy with the MaX Centre of excellence, CNR-NANO participates in SUPER (Supercomputing Unified Platform - Emilia-Romagna), an Emilia-Romagna POR-FESR 2014-2020 regional funded project.

SUPER aims at extending the regional computing and storage infrastructure to support scientific and industrial use cases. Within the materials domain, this will be done by leveraging the MaX flagship code [more]

Link https://www.hpc.cineca.it/projects/super

- 27.01.2020 - Computational School on Electronic Excitations in Novel Materials Using the Yambo Code
Date: January 27-31, 2020
Venue: ICTP - Kastler Lecture Hall (AGH), via Grignano, 9 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)

The Computational School on Electronic Excitations in Novel Materials Using the Yambo Code, organized by MaX , introduces participants to post-DFT simulations, in particular many-body perturbation theory (MBPT) approaches and provide training in the calculation of electronic and optical properties of materials.

The program [more]

- 22.01.2020 - Cnr-Nano project Terasec funded with a ERC grant
Among the 76 top European researchers selected under the ERC Proof of Concept grants - third round 2019 - the ‘Terasec’ project proposed by Francesco Giazotto (Cnr-Nano) will develop an innovative device for the detection of security threats of European citizens and infrastructures.

The researcher will receive a €150,000 grant to explore the innovation potential of its project and bring the results closer to market: the goal of the project is to deliver an unrivalled novel secur [more]

Link http://web.nano.cnr.it/sqel/

- 17.01.2020 - Francesca Telesio on air talking about the science to come
Francesca Telesio was a guest on Radio Aula40 episode "The science to come". The first episode of the year of the radio program produced by the Cnr Area of Pisa broadcasted on January 16, involved 5 researchers to summarise the major advancement and the future opportunities of 5 disciplinary areas: medicine, nanomaterials, computer science, physics and robotics. Our Francesca Telesio explained the exciting new possibilities opened by the discovery of graphene and two-dimensional materials to the [more]

Link http://radioaula40.cnr.it/8-la-scienza-che-verra/

- 16.12.2019 - S3 SEMINAR Sabina Spiga
Date and Time: Monday December 16, 2019 - 12:00

Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Sabina Spiga, CNR-IMM Agrate Brianza (IT)

Title: Memristive devices for brain inspired computing

Abstract: Memristive devices have been receiving an increasing interest for a wide range of applications, such as storage class memory, non-volatile logi [more]

- 10.12.2019 - S3 - Unimore SEMINAR: Carsten Gachot
Date and Time: Tuesday December 10, 2019 - 11.00
Venue: Room 1.6, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Carsten Gachot
Vienna University of Technology - TU Wien

Title: Tribology and Materials Physics at TU Wien

Abstract:
• Tribofilm formation in machine elements
• Materials tribology
• Surface engineering
• Wear processes
• Contact mecha [more]

- 09.12.2019 - S3 SEMINAR Enrico Da Como
Date and Time: Monday 9 December - 12.00 

Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker:  Prof. Enrico Da Como, University of Bath United Kingdom

Title: "Dynamics of charge density waves in semi-metallic metal chalcogenides"

Abstract: Most semimetallic transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) exhibit phase transitions to a charge density wa [more]

- 04.12.2019 - Il progetto d'impresa Inta System di Matteo Agostini e Marco Cecchini si aggiudica il Premio "Innovazione Health Care" del Premio Nazionale per l'Innovazione
Svoltosi a Catania dal 28 al 29 novembre, il concorso ha visto partecipare un migliaio di progetti di impresa. Inta System nasce per sviluppare e commercializzare il dispositivo elettronico Braiker, sviluppato da Scuona Normale Superiore e Cnr, che individua la presenza di traumi cerebrali a partire da analisi del sangue.

Si è conclusa la XVII edizione del Premio Nazionale per l’Innovazione (PNI) 2019, la più partecipata Business Plan Competition italiana, ospitata quest’ [more]

- 21.11.2019 - Short master - Tecnologie avanzate per la SURFACE ENGINEERING di materiali di interesse industriale
Nelle 2 giornate del 21 e del 27 novembre 2019 si svolgerà la quarta edizione del corso in Tecnologie avanzate per la surface engineering di materiali di interesse industriale, organizzato da Fondazione Democenter, in collaborazione con il Centro Interdipartimentale Intermech e i Dipartimenti FIM e DIEF dell’Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, con il sostegno di CNR Nano nell'ambito del Progetto RIMMEL (Progetto finanziato nell’ambito del POR-FESR Emilia-Romagna 2014-202 [more]

- 14.11.2019 - S3 SEMINAR - Dr. Alessandra Satta
Date and Time: Thursday November 14, 2019 - 12:00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Dr. Alessandra Satta
CNR-IOM Cagliari (IT)

Title: "Towards modelling the degradation of pigments: Cd-yellow as a case study"

Abstract: Several of the historical coloured pigments belonging to the paintings of the late 1800 and early 1900, are un [more]

- 11.11.2019 - S3 SEMINAR - Dr Filippo Troiani
Date and Time: Monday November 11, 2019 - 15:00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Dr Filippo Troiani
CNR Nanoscienze di Modena

Title: "Quantum supremacy with a superconducting processor"

Abstract: Google has recently reported the achievement of quantum supremacy [1]. The 54-qubit programmable processor has in fact performed, in  [more]

- 05.11.2019 - Nadia Ligato awarded at RAITH Micrograph Award 2019
CnrNANO Technologist Nadia Ligato won the third prize of RAITH Micrograph Award 2019. The micrograph winning the award pictures a superconducting quantum interference proximity transistor with multi-tunnel junctions nanofabricated using electron beam lithography technique and shadow-angle evaporation..

The prize is a recognition of the SQEL - Superconducting Quantum Electronics Lab group cutting-edge research and it follows a long series of CnrNANO and Laboratorio NES [more]

Link https://www.raith.com/company/micrograph-award/winner-2019.html

- 31.10.2019 - Rewind Materials, modifiche reversibili su materiali magnetici
Modificare la forma di un oggetto e poi tornare indietro è possibile. Questo il risultato di uno studio svolto da un gruppo di ricercatori provenienti da diverse realtà di ricerca, pubbliche e private: l’Istituto officina dei materiali del Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche (Cnr-Iom), il Sincrotrone Elettra, l’università di Milano, il Politecnico di Milano, l’Istituto di Nanoscienze di Modena l’azienda nanotec, A.P.E. Research, spin-off del CNR. Il lavoro è stato pubblicato e compare [more]

Info stefania.benedetti@nano.cnr.it

Link https://www.cnr.it/it/comunicato-stampa/9003/rewind-materials-modifiche-reversibili-su-materiali-magnetici

- 28.10.2019 - Start Cup Toscana awards the brain trauma nano-detector developed by Nano researchers
An entrepreneurial project by Istituto Nanoscienze and Scuola Normale Superiore won the 2019 edition of Start Cup Toscana, the competition awarding the best entrepreneurial initiatives with high technological content developed by from the world of research.

The winner, among 10 participants selected for the final run, is the future startup called 'Inta Systems'. The project was presented by Marco Cecchini from Cnr-NANO and Matteo Agostini from SNS, who also received a 5,000 euros prize [more]

Link https://www.cnr.it/it/news/8998

- 21.10.2019 - Conference on Signatures of Topology in Condensed Matter October 21-25, 2019
This conference will focus on the observable signatures of topology in electronic, photonic, phononic, and atomic systems, with participation by leading theorists and experimentalists. The conference will offer an excellent opportunity for cross-fertilisation of ideas and an exciting learning experience for early career researchers.

TOPICS:
Topological insulators and superconductors
Dirac and Weyl semimetals
Time-dependent and non-equilibrium topologi [more]

- 10.10.2019 - S3 SEMINAR Dr. Federico Fedele
Date and Time: Thursday October 10, 2019 - 15.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Federico Fedele
Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen

Title: Simultaneous operations of four singlet-triplet qubits in a GaAs multi-dot device

Abstract: Spins in gate defined quantum dots have always been a major pl [more]

- 08.10.2019 - S3 SEMINAR Dr. Jindrich Kolorenc
Date and Time: Tuesday October 08, 2019 - 11.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Dr. Jindrich Kolorenc, PhD
Department of Condensed Matter Theory Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

Title: Inelastic Electron Tunneling through an Adatom: Selection Rules and Orbital Exchange

Abstract: I investig [more]

- 30.09.2019 - S3 SEMINAR - RIMMEL'S seminar series Simone Di Mare
Date and Time: Monday September 30, 2019 - 15.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Simone Di Mare, PhD
Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Centro Materiali e Microsistemi (FBK-CMM)

Title: 3D printing of Ni-based superalloys: ADAM project methodology

Abstract: ADAM (ADditive mAnufacturing of Metal superalloys) is a research project pursuing t [more]

- 25.09.2019 - Notte dei ricercatori 2019
Torna la Notte dei ricercatori, manifestazione indetta dall’Unione Europea il 27 settembre 2019 per promuovere i temi della ricerca scientifica e dell’innovazione, e l'Istituto nanoscienze partecipa all’appuntamento anche quest'anno con eventi in programma nelle edizioni di Pisa e di Modena.

CnrNANO di Pisa partecipa alla notte della scienza toscana, che si svolge nell'ambito del progetto Bright, con diverse iniziative, in programma all'Area di  [more]

- 23.09.2019 - Graphene week 2019
CNR Nano researchers are attending the Graphene Week, just started in Helsinki (Finland).

Graphene Week is Europe´s Leading Graphene Conference, bringing together the latest innovations and leading-edge technology and research on graphene from more than 200 experts related to industry and academia meeting to explore the hottest topics influencing the field (industry).

Elisa Molinari, Massimo Rontani and Valentina Tozzini are respectively chair and speakers of the session sched [more]

- 23.09.2019 - Modena Smart Life
Prof. Elisa Molinari will be one of the speakers of the "L’umanesimo nell’impresa 4.0 - valorizzazione del pensiero al tempo dell'intelligenza artificiale" session on September 28 at Laboratorio Aperto Modena.

She will analize the relationship between man and machine in a dialogue with Andrea Cattabriga from Makers Modena Fab Lab. Don't miss it!

The complete program of the 3 days event (September 27-29, 2019) on the Modena Smart Li [more]

- 20.09.2019 - Waiting for the Researchers' Night
Cnr NANO is getting ready for the 2019 Researchers' Night. This year our scientists will talk about icy superconducting computers, lab-on-a-chip for biomedical use and two-dimensional materials, as well as new materials designed with quantum simulations. STAY TUNED!

And in the meantime you can watch the short Tech Talks given by our Gian Michele Ratto and Simone Zanotto at the last Researchers' Night, here:  [more]

- 13.09.2019 - CnrNANO is going to be OPEN

CnrNano Modena takes part in the Emilia Romagna OPEN event, an initiative dedicated to citizens of all ages, including students, to discover the industrial and research heritage of the Emilia-Romagna region. A week where the public has the chance to visit and learn about excellent productions, working processes, technological innovations and research centers.

CnrNano Modena join the event by opening its laboratories and showing its resear [more]

- 11.09.2019 - S3 SEMINAR Patrick Charchar
Date and Time: Wednesday September 11, 2019 - 15.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Patrick Charchar
School of Engineering, RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia)

Title: Exploring the gold–nano–bio interface through molecular simulations

Abstract: Biologically compatible noble metal nanoparticles are envisaged to become an int [more]

- 10.09.2019 - S3 SEMINAR Myrta Gruning
Date and Time: Tuesday September 10, 2019 - 15.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Myrta Grüning
Queen's University Belfast

Title: Nonlinear optics from first-principles real-time approaches

Abstract: In the past decades, many-body approaches based on the GW approximation and the Bethe-Salpeter equation have become the state-of-the [more]

- 30.08.2019 - Nanowire Week 2019
The Nanowire Week 2019 will be held in Pisa (Tuscany), Italy, from September 23 to 27, 2019.

Nanowire Week 2019 is merging two well-established and highly successful annual workshops: NANOWIRES and the Nanowire Growth Workshop.

Nanowire Week 2019 will follow the same objectives, scientific standards and programs of the previous editions in Lund and Hamilton, covering all topics of nanowire-related research, from fabrication and fundamental properties to applications.

Y [more]

Link http://webtheory.sns.it/nanowireweek2019/index.php

- 09.08.2019 - Excited states of matter, simulating them will be simpler
A research conducted by Stefano Pittalis from CNR NANO and Tim Gould from Griffith University, makes it easier to conduct simulations of states of matter so far difficult to deal with computation.
Stefano Pittalis and Tim Gould have shown that in order to simulate with a DFT-like approach passive state ensembles (i.e. states of matter that include higher-than-normal energies) it is necessary to include an additional form of correlation, which they referred to as "density-driven correlati [more]

- 01.08.2019 - S3 SEMINAR Prof. Sander Tans
Date and Time: Thursday August 1, 2019 - 11.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Professor Sander Tans
FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics [AMOLF] Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Title: Chaperone-guided folding of single proteins

Abstract:Chaperones are well known to be central to the folding of larger proteins in cells. But it [more]

- 09.07.2019 - 70th birthday of Federico Capasso

To celebrate the 70th birthday of the eminent scientist Federico Capasso and his enthusiastic scientific vision into the future, the symposium “Harnessing Light with Structured Materials” aims to bring together outstanding, worldwide renowned speakers dealing with a broad range of subjects, including flat optics and metamaterials, photonics, high energy lasers, ultra-cold matter, nano-optics, opto-genetics and biological science.

The simposium, organized by Cn [more]

Link https://fed.ino.it/?p=14843

- 04.07.2019 - NANO COLLOQUIA 2019 Giovanni Bertoni
Date and Time: Thursday July 4, 2019 - 15.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Giovanni Bertoni

Title: Coloring atoms: chemical characterization of nanostructures at sub-nm resolution in the TEM

Abstract: Advanced materials require control of the structural properties at sub-nanometer or atomic scale. Chemical information at high spati [more]

- 02.07.2019 - Q-SORT 2019 Interdisciplinary Training Webinars
The second Q-SORT Webinar Series, will be broadcasted during the Q-SORT 2019 International Conference on Quantum Imaging and Electron Beam Shaping via Facebook Live streaming from the Q-SORT Facebook page.

These are part of a series of interdisciplinary webinars organised by the Q-SORT project and aimed at promoting dialogu [more]

Info vincenzo.grillo@nano.cnr.it

Link http://www.qsort.eu/conference-2019-overview/

- 27.06.2019 - Blender course on 3D scientific images
In an effort to improve the quality of our scientific communication, CNR Nano and the MaX European Centre of Excellence organized a one day course on Blender.
The goal of the course is to provide hands-on knowledge of producing great images and animations from 3D (scientific) data.
The course just started!
26 PhD students and researchers are attending it! [more]

- 26.06.2019 - IN THE MEDIA: Our Andrea Camposeo interviewed @ Radio24
Cnr NANO researcher Camposeo comments on Radio24, the researcht published in the journal Science Advances, by the University of Cambridge ‘Scalable electrochromic nanopixels using plasmonics.’ UK scientists created the smallest pixels ever, by coating nanoparticles of gold with an active polymer and then spraying them onto flexible mirror-coated plastic. Tha active polymer changes chemically when electrically switched, causing the pixel to change colour across the spectrum.
Camposeo r [more]

Link http://www.radio24.ilsole24ore.com/programma/smart-city/trasmissione-giugno-2019-210358-ACcpQeU

- 25.06.2019 - S3 Seminar: Oliviero Andreussi 25/06/2019
Prof. Oliviero Andreussi (Department of Physics, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA)
Continuum approaches in electrochemistry

Wednesday June 26, 2019 - 15.00
S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Abstract: Continuum models of solvation have played a crucial role in the computational characterization of molecules solvated in neutral or electrolyte solutions. Recent advances in the field have extended the capabilitie [more]

Info andrea.ferretti@nano.cnr.it

Link https://physics.unt.edu/people/oliviero-andreussi-phd

- 25.06.2019 - NEST Seminar: E. Hankiewicz 25/06/2019
Ewelina Hankiewicz, Physics Department, Wurzburg University, Germany
Unconventional superconductivity in topological insulators and Rashba 2DEGs

Tuesday 25 June 2019 - 11:00
NEST seminar room 1 floor

Abstract:
A topological insulator in the proximity to an s-wave superconductor is the prefect material to detect signatures of Majorana fermions. S-wave superconductor on the top of the surface states of 3D TI generates s-wave and p-wave pairing mixt [more]

Info alessandro.braggio@nano.cnr.it

- 24.06.2019 - SuperTop Quant ERA 1st Year Meeting
The 1st year meeting of the SuperTop Quant ERA project will take place on June 24-25 at Nest in Pisa.

Program
Day 1: 24/06/2019
15:00 - 18:00 | Sightseeing tour to NEST Facilities
20:00 | Dinner

Day 2:2: 25/06/2019 09:00 - 09:05 | Welcome
09:05 - 09:50 | J. Nygard, University of Copenhagen
09:50 - 10:35 | L. Sorba/M. Carrega, Istituto Nanoscience-CNR
10:35 - 11:00 | Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45 | S. Csonka, Bud [more]

Info lucia.sorba@nano.cnr.it

Link http://dept.physics.bme.hu/Supertop/research?language=en

- 21.06.2019 - NEST Seminar: Prof. Daniel Mittleman (Brown University)
Prof. Daniel Mittleman, Brown University, Providence (USA)
Terahertz wireless communications: A photonics approach

Friday June 21st - 12:00 a.m.
NEST Seminar room
Host: Miriam Vitiello [more]

Info miriam.vitiello@nano.cnr.it

- 20.06.2019 - Nano Colloquium: Hybrid and bio-materials for all-optical switching and light amplification
Cnr Nano Colloquium

Adam Szukalski (NEST, NANO-CNR)
Hybrid and bio-materials for all-optical switching and light amplification

Thursday 20 June 2019 - 11:00
NEST seminar room

Abstract:
The possibility to control light properties (polarization, light amplification, generation of harmonics, photo-induced refractive index anisotropy) by optical signals demand for the engineering of new optical materials with tailored optical properties. I [more]

Info fabio.taddei@nano.cnr.it

Link http://www.nano.cnr.it/?mod=men&id=277

- 18.06.2019 - S3 seminar: Giulia Avvisati (UniRoma1)
Tuesday June 18, 2019 - 15:00
S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Giulia Avvisati
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università La Sapienza - Roma

Title: Tuning the (anti)ferromagnetic coupling of MPcs/Gr/FM spin interfaces

Host: Andrea Ferretti andrea.ferretti@nano.cnr.it

Abstract: Paramagnetic metal organic molecules can open the route to engineer spintronic devices when their magnetic moments are  [more]

Info andrea.ferretti@nano.cnr.it

Link http://www.nano.cnr.it/?mod=men&id=116

- 13.06.2019 - S3 Seminar: Laura Zanetti Polzi, 18/06/19
Date and Time: June 18, 2019 - 11.30
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Laura Zanetti Polzi
Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche Università degli Studi dell'Aquila e CNR-NANO Modena

Title: Quantitatively connecting experiments and simulations on biomolecules with a hybrid quantum-classical approach.

Abstract: The applications of multiscale quantum-classical approaches  [more]

- 06.06.2019 - NANO COLLOQUIA 2019
Date and Time: Thursday June 6, 2019 - 15.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Claudia Maria Cardoso Pereira

Title: Electronic and structural properties of few layers van der Waals materials

Abstract: The recent reports of ferromagnetic order in two dimensional crystals sign the beginning of a new chapter in the field of 2D materials. [more]

- 06.06.2019 - CnrNANO participates in R2B Research to Business event
The Nanoscience Institute of the National Research Council of Modena (CnrNANO) participates in R2B Research to Business - Smau, on 6-7 June 2019 at BolognaFiere. The institute presents a range of services dedicated to industrial research, made up of advanced skills for the study of materials and nanoscale devices at the border between basic and industrial research, in sectors ranging from mechanics to biomedicine, from stroke to energy.

At CnrNANO stand, located in booth E19 Hall 33,  [more]

Link https://www.smau.it/bologna19/schedules/industria-40-sistemi-manifatturieri-avanzati-grazie-al-digitale-e-ai-dati/

- 16.05.2019 - CnrNano on the TRC newscast
The local television TRC newscast talks about the 2,6 million euros of funding obtained by CnrNano-Modena from national and European competitive calls. Seven new research projects fueled by these funds, plus nine researchers contractually stabilized: these significant numbers are a proof of the quality of the research going on in CNRNANO labs in Modena.

Watch the video report Ultrafast generation and control of an electron vortex beam via chiral plasmonic near fields

Read the ANSA article Dai vortici di elettroni computer più v [more]

- 07.05.2019 - MaX @ the Graphene Week 2019
Helsinki, 23-27 September 2019

Graphene Flagship – MaX joint workshop on
“High performance computing for 2D materials research”
Parallel Session on Tuesday, 24 September 2019 (15.30-18.00) + Poster Session (18.00-20.00)
Chairs: Elisa Molinari – director of MaX Center, Vladimir Falko – Director of NGI

“European HPC initiatives and 2D materials research: collaborating and funding opportunities”
Policy session [more]

- 06.05.2019 - S3 - Unimore SEMINAR Yongli Zhang
Date and Time: May 6, 2019 - 14.30
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Prof. Yongli Zhang
Department of Cell Biology,Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA

Title: SNARE folding and assembly in neurotransmission

Abstract:SNARE proteins and Sec1/Munc18 (SM) proteins constitute the core molecular engine that driv [more]

- 06.05.2019 - Cnr-Nano at InnovAgorà, the first fair of Italian innovation
A patent by Cnr-Nano and Scuola Normale Superiore will be presented at InnovAgorà, the first fair of Italian innovation promoted by MIUR - from Monday 6 to Wednesday 8 May, in Milan - to showcase the most promising technologies developed by Italian universities and research institutes ("Leonardo da Vinci" National Museum of Science and Technology, with teh perticipation of 48 universities and 13 research institutes).

The patented device is named Braiker: it is a complet [more]

Link http://www.innovagora.it/

- 18.04.2019 - NANO COLLOQUIA 2019
Date and Time: Thursday April 18, 2019 - 11.00
Venue: NEST Seminar Room

Speaker: Enrico Pracucci
Title: Computation in the autistic brain

Abstract: Phelan-McDermid Syndrome (PMS) is a rare genetic condition, that leads to severe intellectual disability, delayed development and autism spectrum symptoms. In these patients, the impairment of higher cognitive functions is the most evident [more]

- 18.04.2019 - Video presentation of BRAIKER brain-biosensor
A video presentation of BRAIKER, the novel biosensor for brain biomarkers, is now available.
BRAIKER is a novel biomedical device for brain pathologies developed by Neurosens research group at NEST. It is based on nano-acoustics, namely acoustics exploiting nanotechnology. Thanks to nano-sensors and micro-transductors it can manipulate fluids and perform molecular assays. This lab-on-a-chip will be explored for other pathologies, too. [more]

- 17.04.2019 - NANO COLLOQUIA 2019
Date and Time: Thursady May 2, 2019 - 15.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Carlo Andrea Rozzi

Title: Ultrafast electronic and nuclear dynamics in photovoltaic materials

Abstract: I will report on recent studies of sub-ps dynamics of photoinduced charge separation in several prototypical photovoltaic materials. The simulations, perfor [more]

- 16.04.2019 - QSORT International Conference 2019
Date and Time:
2-5 JULY 2019

Venue:
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Staudtstraße 2, 91058
Erlangen (Germany)

The Q-SORT International Conference on Quantum Imaging and Electron Beam Shaping aims to gather experts from the fields of electron and laser beam shaping, free-space electron optics, and related sub-fields of quantum mechanics. Participants will present and share their late [more]

- 16.04.2019 - S3 SEMINAR Carlo Pignedoli
Date and Time: Tuesday April 16, 2019 - 12.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Carlo Pignedoli
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland

Title: On-surface synthesis of graphene nanoribbons from a computational perspective

Abstract: Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) are strips of graphene with nan [more]

- 11.04.2019 - NEST Seminar Thomas McDermott
Date and Time: Date and Time: Thursday April 11, 2019 - 11.00
Venue: NEST Seminar Room

Speaker: Dott. Thomas McDermott, University of Exeter, UK

Title: Electromechanical effects in suspended Josephson junctions

Abstract:Thanks to the progress in the fabrication of ultrathin and flexible electronic devices, the interplay between electronic transport and mechanical deformations is b [more]

- 28.03.2019 - S3 - INTERSECT Seminar Marco Bernasconi
Date and Time: Thursday March 28, 2019 - 14.30
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Prof. Marco Bernasconi
Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

Title: Atomistic Simulations of Phase Change Materials for Data Storage

Abstract:Chalcogenide compounds such as GeTe and GeSbTe alloys are attract [more]

- 21.03.2019 - NEST Seminar Gina Greco
Date and Time: Thursday March 21, 2019 - 15.00
Venue: Nest Seminar Room PT

Speaker: Gina Greco
NEST CNR Nano, Pisa, Italy

Title: Surface acoustic wave biosensors

Abstract:

Host: Fabio Taddei & Stefan Heun [more]

- 12.03.2019 - Patented a lab-on-a-chip for brain desease detection
A novel biomedical device has been realized and patented at NEST Laboratory (Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto Nanoscienze of the National Research Council, Pisa, Italy). The invention is a lab-on-a-chip: it is as small as a computer chip, but it performs lab-analyses on its surface. It can detect biomarkers: tiny amounts of molecules in blood that are present only in case of pathologies. Matteo Agostini and Marco Cecchini developed the devise capable of detecting a biomarker related to brai [more]

Link https://www.cnr.it/it/news/8600/un-microchip-rileva-traumi-e-tumori-cerebrali-brevettata-una-scoperta-del-laboratorio-nest

- 05.03.2019 - NEST Seminar Liliana Arrachea
Date and Time: Tuesday March 5, 2019 - 11:00
Venue: NEST Seminar Room

Speaker: prof. Liliana Arrachea
International Center for Advanced Studies, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina

Title: Thermoelectric effects in structures of the quantum Hall effect and the quantum spin Hall

Abstract: Boosting the efficiency for the conversion of electrical and thermal energy at  [more]

- 05.03.2019 - Materiali e Scienziati del futuro : Space Girls e la maglia spaziale

Martedì 5 marzo 2019 gli scienziati del Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Informatiche e Matematiche di Unimore, dell’Istituto Nanoscienze del CNR, e del Centro di Eccellenza Europeo ‘MaX – Materials design at the exascale’, hanno incontrato le studentesse e gli studenti della Scuola Media Focherini di Carpi.

Le SPACE GIRLS sono un gruppo di st [more]

- 01.03.2019 - NEST Seminar Claudio Guarcello
Date and Time: Friday March 1, 2019 - 11:00
Venue: NEST Seminar Room

Speaker: dr. Claudio Guarcello
NEST CNR Nano, Pisa, Italy

Title: Nonlinear critical current thermal response in an asymmetric Josephson tunnel junction: the Josephson threshold calorimeter

Abstract:We discuss the peculiar behavior of the critical current Ic, that is the maximum supercurrent that can flow in [more]

- 27.02.2019 - S3 Seminar Fabio Landuzzi
Date and Time: Wednesday February 27, 2019 - 15.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Fabio Landuzzi (Università di Lille, Instituto di Elettronica, Microelettronica e Nanotecnologie (IEMN) a Villeneuve d'Ascq, Francia)

Title: MOLECULAR PHENOMENA IN DNA DAMAGED BY IONIZING RADIATION

Abstract:This seminar is dedicated to a combined theor [more]

- 15.02.2019 - CnrNano research got the cover of Nanoscale Journal
Arrigo Calzolari and Alessandra Catellani study on "Augmented band gap tunability in indium-doped zinc sulfide nanocrystals" in collaboration with colleagues from RMIT University of Melbourne, is published and illustrates the cover of the 7th issue of the journal Nanoscale.

Read the paper Augmented band gap tunability in indium-doped zinc sulfide nanocrystals  [more]

Link https://tinyurl.com/y5dptsef

- 14.02.2019 - S3 SEMINAR Stefano Fabris
Date and Time: Thursday February 14, 2019 - 11.30
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Stefano Fabris
CNR-IOM DEMOCRITOS, Istituto Officina dei Materiali, National Research Council, Trieste, ITALY

Title: Modelling the effects of chemical environments on oxide-supported catalysts

Host: Massimo Rontani massimo.rontani@nano.cnr.it [more]

- 04.02.2019 - INTERSECT kick-off meeting

The INTERSECT project (a H2020-NMBP-TO-IND-2018 project, grant n. 814487), coordinated by Arrigo Calzolari - CNR Nano, is starting in a few days!

The project kick off meeting with all the partner teams is scheduled on February 4 and 5 at the Accademia delle Scienze, Arti e Lettere, Corso Vittorio Emanuele 59, Modena.

All interested researchers and studentsYou are [more]

- 23.01.2019 - SEMINARIO S3 - UniMoRe: Origini e conseguenze culturali delle leggi razziali italiane del 1938: scienza, università, accademie

Data e ora: Mercoledì 23 e Giovedì 24 Gennaio 2019 - 15:00
Luogo: Aula L1.3 (E) Fisica, Dipartimento FIM

Relatore: Prof. Stefano Ossicini (Scuola di dottorato in Physics and Nanosciences, UniMore, CNR-Istituto Nanoscienze, Dipartimento di Scienze e Metodi dell’Ingegneria (DISMI))

Titolo: Origini e conseguenze culturali delle leggi razziali italiane del 1938: scienza, università, accademie

 [more]

- 17.01.2019 - IN THE MEDIA: CnrNano goes on air
The ISTITUTO NANOSCIENZE (Pisa unit) has been the guest of Aula40, a radio program dedicated to sciences, on January 10th. Five researchers from Cnrnano -Valentina Tozzini, Elia Strambini, Francesca Telesio, Valentina Zannier, Marco Cecchini - were on live show and in front of high school students to talk about nanosciences and frontier research going on at CnrNano.

For more info and to watch the filmed radio show (in Italian) the dedicated webpage in the Cnr nano website [more]

Info segreteria.s3@nano.cnr.it

Link http://www.nano.cnr.it/upload/allegati/allegato/707.pdf

- 11.01.2019 - S3 SEMINAR Sutapa Dutta
Date and Time: Friday January 11, 2018 - 11.30
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Sutapa Dutta
Department of Chemical Biological & Macro-molecular Sciences S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, WB, India

Title: Model studies on self-assembly of amphiphilic macro-molecules with solvent exposed hydrophobic moieties

Abstract: [more]

- 11.01.2019 - Cnr Nano Colloquia
The 2019 Cnr Nano Colloquia schedule is almost ready.
Nest seminars are listed below, S3 's will be announced soon.
The former colloquia presentations are available here


17/01/19 Paolo A. Erdman | Optimal probabilistic work extraction beyond the free energy difference
21/02/19 Francesco Cardarelli | Capturing dynamic molecular processes in a trafficking organelle: the lysosome case
21/03/19 Gina Greco | Surface [more]

Info luisa.neri@nano.cnr.it

Link http://www.nano.cnr.it/upload/allegati/allegato/699.pdf

- 09.01.2019 - IN THE MEDIA: Andrea Camposeo on 3D printing
Today on RLAB, the tech magazine of LaRepubblica, a featured article about 3D printing and the frontiers of 4D printing. Our Andrea Camposeo, coordinator of the XPrint Erc Grant, interviewed on 4D printing, such as printing 3-dimensional objects with properties that change over time and adapt to the environment.
Read here the full article Visto, si stampi 18/12/2018 [more]

Link https://www.cnr.it/rassegnastampa/19-01/190109/932CU5.tif

- 21.12.2018 - IN THE MEDIA: Francesco Giazotto su Radio24
La trasmissione Smart City di Radio24, dedicata all'innovazione tecnologica, ha intervistato Francesco Giazotto sui recenti risultati ottenuti dal suo gruppo di ricerca, in collaborazione con Spin-Cnr, che ha progettato e realizzato un transistor in metalli superconduttori. Smart City, del 18 dicembre 2018.[Leggi il COMUNICATO STAMPA]

Di seguito il link all'aud [more]

Link http://www.radio24.ilsole24ore.com/programma/smart-city/trasmissione-dicembre-2018-210229-gSLANUiXwC

- 20.12.2018 - Nano Colloquia 2018 - Francesco Mezzapesa
Date and Time: Thursday December 20, 2018 - 15.00
Venue: NEST Seminar Room

Speaker: Francesco Mezzapesa

Title: Modes control in terahertz quantum cascade lasers

Host: Fabio Taddei fabio.taddei@nano.cnr.it [more]

- 19.12.2018 - S3 Seminar Maria Chiara Spadaro
Date and Time: Wednesday December 19, 2018 - 11.30
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Maria Chiara Spadaro
Group of Advanced Electron Nanoscopy, Institut Catala de Nanosciencia i Nanotecnologia (Barcelona, Spain) and Nanomaterials Lab, College of Engineering, Swansea University (Swansea, UK).

Title: Recent advances on the preparation of ultra-precise catalys [more]

- 19.12.2018 - S3 SEMINAR Ilaria Siloi
Date and Time: Wednesday December 19, 2018 - 15.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Ilaria Siloi
Physics Dept. University of North Texas, Denton TX USA

Title: High-throughput study of Cu-Fe-S minerals as new thermoelectric materials

Abstract: Large-scale production of thermoelectrics (TE) devices requires the design of novel mate [more]

- 13.12.2018 - NEST Seminar - Pauli Virtanen
Date and Time: Thursday December 13, 2018 - 15.00
Venue: NEST Seminar Room

Speaker: Pauli VIrtanen

Title: Majorana bound states in hybrid 2D Josephson junctions with ferromagnetic insulators

Abstract:We consider a Josephson junction consisting of superconductor/ferromagnetic insulator (S/FI) bilayers as electrodes which proximizes a nearby 2D electron gas. We discuss the interplay [more]

- 12.12.2018 - S3 SEMINAR Francesco Grandi
Date and Time: Wednesday December 12, 2018 - 15.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Francesco Grandi
Department of Physics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, and Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Trieste, Italy

Title: Mott insulators in disguise

Abstract: The Mott transition is the phenome [more]

- 12.12.2018 - NEST SEMINAR - Jesper Nygård
Date and Time: Wednesday December 12, 2018 - 11.00
Venue: NEST Seminar Room

Speaker: Jesper Nygård
University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Title: Nanowire-based superconducting quantum devices

Abstract: Quantum wires equipped with superconducting electrodes is a versatile model system for hybrid devices and has recently attracting particular attention due to the prospects for topo [more]

- 11.12.2018 - S3 Seminar Maria Sygletou
Date and Time: Tuesday December 11, 2018 - 11.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Maria Sygletou
Department of Physics, University of Genoa, GE, Italy and Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (IESL-FORTH), and Physics Department, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

Title: Laser development of novel  [more]

- 07.12.2018 - S3 SEMINAR: Marco Cecchini
Date and Time: Friday December 7, 2018 - 11.30
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Marco Cecchini (NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore)

Title:Ultra-High-Frequency Surface-Acoustic-Wave microfluidics and biosensors

Abstract:Rayleigh Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) are an effective means to interact with fluids and act [more]

- 06.12.2018 - Nano Colloquia 2018 - Jacopo Stefano Pelli Cresi
Date and Time: Thursday December 6, 2018 - 15.00.
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Jacopo Stefano Pelli Cresi

Title: Accessing the mechanisms for plasmonic photosensitization of ceria

Abstract:

Host: Massimo Rontani massimo.rontani@nano.cnr.it. [more]

- 05.12.2018 - IN THE MEDIA: I transistor superconduttori di CnrNano su LaStampa
Oggi su LaStampa un lungo articolo dedicato ai recenti risultati ottenuti da Francesco Giazotto, Federico Paolucci, Elia Strambini, Giorgio De Simoni di CnrNano e Paolo Solinas di CnrSpin. "Dal Cnr arriva una notizia dalle enormi implicazioni pratiche e convalidata dalle più autorevoli riviste scientifiche": si tratta delle ricerche pubblicate dal team su NanoLetters e Nature Nanotechnology sulla realizzazione di un transistor interamente basato su materiali superconduttori.
Leggi [more]

Link https://goo.gl/Tu7yvw

- 03.12.2018 - S3 SEMINAR Laura Zoppi
Date and Time: Monday December 3, 2018 - 11.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Laura Zoppi
Nature Research, Springer Nature, Berlin, Germany

Title: Publishing in Nature Research journals

Abstract:Publishing your work in an influential journal begins with good research, but there is much more to it. This talk aims to demystify the  [more]

- 21.11.2018 - 2019 E-MRS IUMRS ICAM Meeting
The 2019 Spring Meeting of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) will take place from May 27 to 31, 2019, in Nice, France (Congress & Exhibition Centre Acropolis).
This event is organized in conjuction with the International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM) of the International Union of Materials Research Societies (IUMRS). The scientific programme will highlight the latest advances in materials research at an international level, with a strong emphasis on interdisciplin [more]

Info stefan.heun@nano.cnr.it

Link https://www.european-mrs.com/meetings/2019-spring-meeting

- 15.11.2018 - Nano Colloquia - Lucia Angella
NEST seminar room @ 15.00
Speaker: Lucia Angella (NEST, NANO-CNR)
Title: “Autophagy in Krabbe disease: a double-edged sword?”

Abstract: Krabbe disease (KD) is a rare hereditary condition with no cure currently available. KD is due to the deficiency of a lysosomal enzyme called galactosyl-ceramidase (GALC), which causes the accumulation of a cytotoxic sphingolipid, psychosine (PSY). The early-infantile and most widespread form of this lysosomal storage d [more]

Info fabio.taddei@nano.cnr.it

Link http://www.nano.cnr.it/?mod=men&id=277

- 15.11.2018 - Premio Nest 2018, apply by 23.12.2018
Scuola Normale Superiore and Laboratorio NEST are proud to present the PREMIO NEST 2018 for research in nanoscience. Sponsorized by Rivoira, a company of PRAXAIR Group, the objective of the NEST Prize is to promote and recognise the activity of young scientists (less than 35 years old) working in Italy in the fields of nanoscience, represented by a submitted publ [more]

Info pingue@sns.it

Link http://www.laboratorionest.it/nest-prize/

- 08.11.2018 - COLLOQUIA 2018 S3 SEMINAR
Date and Time: Thursday November 8, 2018 - 15.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Seyedeh Samaneh Ataei

Title: Excitonic insulator in transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs)

Abstract:We study the pressure induced electronic phase transition in bulk 2H-MoS2, an indirect gap layered material. By using accurate ab initio calculations ba [more]

- 05.11.2018 - Energia per il futuro - Il ruolo strategico delle nanotecnologie
Lunedì, 5 novembre, 2018
8:30 - 18:00
Aula L1.1 Dipartimento FIM, via Campi 213/A - Modena

Giornata di studio sul mondo nanotech e le sue promettenti applicazioni, il ruolo dei fisici nella progettazione di un futuro sostenibile e le opportunità di studio e di ricerca che il c.d.l. in Fisica di UNIMORE offre a giovani ed aziende. Esperti illustreranno il fascino del nanomondo e delle sue leggi, la possibilità di “creare� [more]

Link http://www.outreach.fim.unimore.it/site/home/stage--scuole/la-fisica-nella-societa/energia-per-il-futuro.html

- 29.10.2018 - Al via il 3° NanoMeeting
Il nostro direttore Lucia Sorba e Vincenzo Barone di Scuola Normale Superiore hanno aperto i lavori del 3° Meeting di Istituto. Oltre 90 ricercatori dell'Istituto Nanoscienze riuniti! 3° NanoMeeting, 29-30 ottobre 2018, Pisa . [more]

Link https://twitter.com/StampaCnr/status/1056858622762905600

- 24.10.2018 - CnrNano partecipa a "Ci vuole il Fisico!"
Ci vuole il Fisico! Il ruolo dei Fisici nella realtà industriale del territorio è un pomeriggio di confronto tra mondo imprenditoriale, comunità accademica e scuola, per scoprire l’importanza che i laureati in Fisica hanno nello sviluppo tecnologico del territorio. Un’occasione per condividere le opportunità di formazione universitaria, dalla laurea al dottorato, ispirate dalla ricerca scientifica sviluppata nei laboratori di Unimore e CnrNano.

Elisa Molinari p [more]

Link http://www.outreach.fim.unimore.it/site/home/stage--scuole/la-fisica-nella-societa/ci-vuole-il-fisico.html

- 22.10.2018 - S3 SEMINAR Pierre-Emmanuel Mihiet
Date and Time: Monday October 22, 2018 - 15.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Pierre-Emmanuel Mihiet
Centre de Biochimie Structurale, Inserm, U1054, CNRS UMR5048, Montpellier University France

Title: Probing Architecture and Dynamics of Biological Membranes using Atomic Force Microscopy

Abstract:Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is  [more]

- 19.10.2018 - INCONTRO di PRESENTAZIONE del PREMIO NOBEL per la Fisica 2018
Il Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Informatiche e Matematiche (FIM) e l'Istituto Nanoscienze del CNR hanno organizzato per venerdì 19 ottobre alle ore 15 in Aula L1.3 (E - Fisica) un incontro di presentazione del Premio Nobel per la Fisica 2018, appena assegnato per scoperte nel campo degli "strumenti fatti di luce":

-ad Arthur Ashkin per l'uso della luce laser per afferrare e muovere particelle, di grande rilievo ad esempio per manipolare e capire na [more]

- 19.10.2018 - COLLOQUIA 2018 NEST Seminar
Date and Time: 19/10/2018 - 15.00
Venue: NEST Seminar Room

Speaker: Simone Zanotto

Title: Chiral metasurface optomechanics

Abstract: Chirality is an ubiquitous concept of deep significance in physics, chemistry and biology; it deserves appeal both for its fundamental essence and in view of applications (i.e., drug development). Manipulation of electromagnetic chirality can be acco [more]

- 11.10.2018 - COLLOQUIA 2018 S3 SEMINAR Maria Clelia Righi
Date and Time: Thursday October 11, 2018 - 15.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Maria Clelia Righi

Title: Computational (Nano)Tribology and Materials to Reduce Friction

Host: Massimo Rontani [more]

- 08.10.2018 - Nano scientists ready to gather in Pisa
The researchers of the CNR Nanoscience Institute will meet for the 3rd NanoMeeting in Pisa on October 29-30, 2018 in the Sala Azzurra of the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa.
The meeting will offer the Institute researchers the chance of meeting and discuss their scientific results and interests and hopefully build and strengthen collaborations. The rich program (22 oral presentations, 45 posters, and a focus on the technology transfer) has been thought to push the work if younger scienti [more]

- 05.10.2018 - Le tecniche dei Nobel sviluppate anche dai fisici modenesi
Il Nobel a Arthur Ashkin, uno dei tre assegnati per la Fisica, premia l’invenzione delle pinzette ottiche (“optical tweezers”). L’idea del Prof. Ashkin è stata quella di usare la luce per intrappolare e spostare delle micro-particelle, che possono così funzionare come “pinzette” per manipolare la materia in maniera ultra-precisa su scala nanometrica (milionesimi di millimetro). Questa idea, nata alla fine degli anni 80, è stata il punto di partenza di ricerche di avanguardia in a [more]

- 28.09.2018 - CnrNano alla Notte dei ricercatori 2018
L'Istituto Nanoscienze anche quest’anno partecipa all’appuntamento della Notte dei Ricercatori, l'evento europeo dedicato a sensibilizzare i cittadini alla scienza e alle sue ricadute. Simone Zanotto, Gian Michele Ratto e il gruppo di Andrea Camposeo saranno a BRIGHT, l'evento toscano che si svolge all’Area della Ricerca Cnr di Pisa il 28 settembre.

Simone Zanotto e Gian Michele Ratto sono tra i protagonisti del Bright Tech Talk, l’evento novità di quest'anno che vede avvicen [more]

- 25.09.2018 - S3 SEMINAR Simone Sprio
Date and Time: Tuesday September 25, 2018 - 15.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Simone Sprio
ISTEC-CNR

Title: Biomimetic materials and technologies to develop bioactive scaffolds for muskuloskeletal tissues regeneration

Abstract: cientific research in material science is increasingly devoted to new biomaterials for musculoskele [more]

- 21.09.2018 - COLLOQUIA 2018: NEST Seminar De Simoni
Date and Time: Friday September 21, 2018 - 15.00
Venue: NEST Seminar Room

Speaker: Giorgio De Simoni

Title: Metallic supercurrent field-effect transistors

Host: Fabio Taddei
 [more]

- 10.09.2018 - 10th International Workshop on Nanoscale Spectroscopy and Nanotechnology
NSS10 is a biennial meeting series that brings together experts to discuss and share information on latest research advances of science and technology in the nanoscale regime including (but not limited to) electronic, optical, magnetic, mechanical and transport properties of nanoscale systems and nanoscale devices, as well as characterisation tools to study them. It will additionally focus on low dimensional materials, catalysis, energy materials, topological materials and their pr [more]

Link http://www.nss10.com/

- 07.09.2018 - S3 SEMINAR Lucia Reining
Date and Time: Friday September 7, 2018 - 15.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Lucia Reining
(ETSF Centre for Users and Technology)

Title: Coupling of excitations: how to describe dynamical effects in electronic spectra?

Abstract:Density functional theory and many-body perturbation theory based on Green's functions are powerful a [more]

- 03.09.2018 - Excitonic insulator: New perspectives in long-range interacting systems
WORKSHOP
Location: CECAM-HQ-EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

Fifty years ago a few outstanding physicists, including Leonid Keldysh and the Nobel prize recipient Walter Kohn, put forward a heretic paradigm of a strongly correlated insulator [1-3]: If a narrow-gap semiconductor (or a semimetal with slightly overlapping conduction and valence bands) failed to fully screen its intrinsic charge carriers, then excitons---electron-hole pairs bound together by Coulomb attrac [more]

Link https://www.cecam.org/workshop-1562.html

- 27.07.2018 - Transistors go metal
In the featured article Transistors go metal Nature Electronics highlights the fully metallic superconducting field-effect transistor developed by our superconductivity group led by Francesco Giazotto. The superconductive device uses a configuration known as a Dayem bridge and can be fabricated by a one-step electron beam lithography process.

The research paper by Francesco Giazotto, Federico Paolucci, Giorgio D [more]

Link https://twitter.com/nresearchnews/status/1022423051059830786

- 10.07.2018 - FEBIP 2018 Workshop
The 7th International Workshop on Focused Electron Beam-Induced Processing (FEBIP) will be held in Modena (Italy) from 10 to 13 of July 2018.

It will bring together the scientific community using focused electron and ion beams for direct nanofabrication, through gas-assisted deposition and etching.

Important dates:

-Abstract submission Deadline: May 8
-Notification of Acceptance: May 18
-Early-bird Registration Deadline: May 28
-Late Registration Deadl [more]

Link http://web.nano.cnr.it/FEBIP2018-Modena/

- 29.06.2018 - S3 Seminar Enzo Rotunno
Date and Time: Friday June 29, 2018 - 11.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Enzo Rotunno

Title: Controlling the propagation along atomic columns by intelligent electron beam shaping

Abstract:Most of the beams used so far in electron microscopy are normally shaped by a hard aperture whose radius is selected in order to limit the aberra [more]

- 29.06.2018 - NEST SEMINAR Xiulai Xu
Date and time: Friday June 29, 2018 - 15.00
Venue: NEST Seminar room

Speaker: Xiulai Xu (Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)

Title: Quantum state control in single quantum dots and the coupling with photonic crystal cavities

Hosted by: Francesco Rossella [more]

- 28.06.2018 - S3 Seminar Leon Islas
Date and Time: Thursday June 28, 2018 - 12.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Leon Islas
Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México

Title: Irreversible gating transitions in TRPV1 ion channels

Abstract: Temperature activated TRP channels or thermoTRPs ar [more]

- 28.06.2018 - Nano Colloquia 2018 S3 Seminar Rosa Di Felice
Date and Time: Thursday June 28,2018 - 15.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Rosa Di Felice
CNR Nano and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

Title: Elucidating binding mechanisms of class 2 CRISPR/CAs9 complexes by molecular dynamics simulations

Abstract:The RNA-guided endonuclea [more]

- 27.06.2018 - S3 Seminar Tamara Rosenbaum
Date and Time: Wednesday June 27 , 2018 - 15:00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Tamara Rosenbaum
Departamento de Neurociencia Cognitiva, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México

Title:The link between pain, itch, fatty acids and TRPV1

Abstract: The activity of ion ch [more]

- 26.06.2018 - S3 Seminar Federico Grasselli
Date and Time: Tuesday June 26, 2018 - 11.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Federico Grasselli
SISSA, Trieste

Title: Electric conductivity and charge-transport quantization in ionic fluids

Abstract:The Green-Kubo theory of linear response[1] allows to extract the electric (ionic) conductivity of electronically insulating fluids fr [more]

- 25.06.2018 - S3 Seminar Jia Grace Lu
Date and Time: Monday June 25, 2018 - 15.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Jia Grace Lu
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

Title: Synthesis and characterization of semiconductor nanowires

Abstract:This presentation will give an overview of semiconductor nanowires, including met [more]

- 19.06.2018 - NIPROGEN: nuovi materiali bioispirati che rigenerano l’osso
Martedì 19 giugno 2018 c/o Sala Conferenze ROMAGNA TECH - Via Granarolo, 62 - 48018 Faenza (RA)

CONFERENZA: NIPROGEN: nuovi materiali bioispirati che rigenerano l’osso

La medicina rigenerativa è una disciplina che punta a creare nuove terapie in grado di ripristinare il completo benessere del paziente mediante rigenerazione di tessuti danneggiati con tutte le loro funzionalità. Il trattamento di problemi legati alla traumatologia come la rigenerazione di [more]

- 18.06.2018 - S3 Seminar Filippo Troiani
Date and Time: Monday June 18, 2018 - 15.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Filippo Troiani

Title: Single-spin measurements and their possible application in quantum magnetometry

Abstract:
In the last years, it has become possible to read out the state of single electron spins, both in molecular and solid-state systems. E [more]

- 15.06.2018 - S3 Seminar Chris Lorenz
Date and Time: Friday June 15, 2018 - 11.00
Venue: S3 seminar room, third floor, Physics building, FIM Department

Title: Investigating the beginnings of fibronectin fibrillogenesis on different interfaces

Speaker: Chris Lorenz Biophysics & Soft Matter Research Group Department of Physics, King’s College London, UK

Abstract:Fibronectin (FN) is a large extracellular matrix gl [more]

- 14.06.2018 - S3 Seminar Fabrizio Santoro
Date and time: Thursday June 14, 2018 - 12.00
Venue: S3 Seminar room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Fabrizio Santoro, CNR-ICCOM, Pisa

Title: Modelling vibronic spectra and the dynamics of non-radiative processes: From fully quantum to mixed quantum-classical approaches for nuclei

Abstract: Quantum vibronic effects have a remarkable impact on the lin [more]

- 14.06.2018 - Cecam-MaX workshop on Excitonic insulator: New perspectives in long-range interacting systems
A Workshop on "Excitonic insulator: New perspectives in long-range interacting systems" will take place on September 3-5, 2018 in CECAM-HQ-EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, organized by our Massimo Rontani & Elisa Molinari.

Oral presentations are by invitation only. Abstract submissions are open until 15 June 2018 through the Cecam website (please include title and abstract as well as your name, affiliation, position, field of rese [more]

Info massimo.rontani@nano.cnr.it

Link https://www.cecam.org/workshop-1562.html

- 13.06.2018 - S3 Seminar Hender Lopez
Date and Time: Wednesday June 13, 2018 - 11.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics building, FIM Department

Speaker: Hender Lopez
Institut für Angewandte Physik, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and Institut Laue-Langevin

Title: Coarse-grained modelling of the bionano interface

Abstract: We present a framework for coarse-grained modelling of the interface  [more]

- 08.06.2018 - S3 Seminar Koichi Yamashita
Date and Time: Friday June 8, 2018 - 11.00
Venue: S3 Seminar room, third floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Title: Charge Separation and Charge Carrier Trapping of Lead Iodide Perovskites

Speaker: Koichi Yamashita
Department of Chemical System Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan

Abstract: Th [more]

- 07.06.2018 - Nano Colloquia 2018 S3 Seminar RITA MAGRI
Date and Time: Thursday June 07, 2018 - 15.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Rita Magri

Title: Simulating processes at surfaces: growth and catalysis

Abstract: This talk will review my research work of the last few years. Starting from the general concepts at the basis of material growth models I will show how they have been app [more]

- 28.05.2018 - Miriam S. Vitiello recipient of the Sapio Award for Innovation
More than 180 researchers applied to the 16th edition of the Sapio Award for Research and Innovation. For the Category Innovation the prize has been awarded to our researcher Miriam S. Vitiello, for her work on the usage of Terahertz spectroscopy for a platform for commercial exploitation. The prizes were delivered during a ceremony in Rome, Palazzo Giustiniani, last May 22, 2018. [more]

Info miriam.vitiello@nano.cnr.it

Link http://www.premiosapio.it/site/pagine/dynamic_art.php?table_name=2017_testata&id=10

- 28.05.2018 - Q-SORT International Conference on Electron Beam Shaping in Space and Time
Venue: FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH, GERMANY
Date: May, 28-30, 2018

This conference is organized jointly by the partners of the projects: Quantum Sorter– A new Measurement Paradigm in Electron Microscopy (H2020-FETOPEN) and Science and Applications of Electron Wavefunctions Shaped and Manipulated by Engineered Nanoholograms (Deutsch-Israelische Projektkooperation grant). With the support of Read the complete article here  [more]

Link https://www.nature.com/articles/nphys4322#f1

- 29.12.2017 - MaX International Conference on Materials Design Ecosystem at the Exascale: High-Performance and High-Throughput Computing

The MaX International Conference on Materials Design Ecosystem at the Exascale: High-Performance and High-Throughput Computing will take place in Trieste, ICTP from 29 to 31 January 2018.

The general focus of the Conference, organized by the MaX European Centre of Excellence on Materials Design at the eXascale, is on scientific advances in computational materials research, as well as future developments in the exas [more]

Info info@max-centre.eu

Link http://www.max-centre.eu/international-conference-2018

- 21.12.2017 - S3 Seminar Marco Govoni
Date: Thursday December 21, 2017 - 15.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Marco Govoni
(Argonne National Laboratory and University of Chigcago)

Title: Large Scale Many-Body Perturbation Theory Calculations: Software, Data and Applications

Affiliation: Institute for Molecular Engineering and Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory and Institute for Molecular Engineering, The University of Chica [more]

Info ivan.marri@nano.cnr.it

Link http://galligroup.uchicago.edu/People/mgovoni.php

- 21.12.2017 - S3 Seminar Diego Trancanelli
Date: Thursday December 21 2017 - 12.30
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Diego Trancanelli
(Department of Mathematical physics, Institute of Physics, University of Sao Paulo, Brasil)

Title: Holography and the emergence of spacetime

Abstract: Our point of view on spacetime has evolved along the centuries: from the Newtonian fixed stage where physics takes place, it was promoted by Einstein [more]

Info olindo.corradini@unimore.it

Link http://fma.if.usp.br/~dtrancan/

- 21.12.2017 - NEST Seminar V.S. Khrapai
Date: Thursday, December 21, 2017 - 11.00
Venue: NEST seminar room

Speaker: V.S. Khrapai
(Insitute of Solid State Physics RAS, Russian Federation, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology)  [more]

Info stefano.roddaro@nano.cnr it

- 20.12.2017 - S3 Seminar Rebecca Wade
Date: Wednesday December 20 - 11.00
Venue: S3 Seminar Room, Third floor, Physics building, FIM Department

Speaker: Prof. Rebecca Wade
Molecular and Cellular Modeling Group
Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS)
Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH)
Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR)
Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

Title: Brownian dynamics simulation of the diffusional association [more]

Info Rebecca.Wade@h-its.org

Link https://www.h-its.org/en/research/mcm/

- 05.12.2017 - Apply for the NEST prize before December 22, 2018
This year again Scuola Normale Superiore and Laboratorio NEST are proud to present the PREMIO NEST for research in nanoscience. Sponsorized by Rivoira, a company of PRAXAIR Group, the objective of the NEST Prize 2017 is to promote and recognise the activity of young scientists (less than 35 years [more]

Link http://www.laboratorionest.it/nest-prize/

- 20.11.2017 - Nest Seminar
Date: Monday 20 November 2017 - 12:00
Venue: NEST seminar room

Speaker:Michele Piana
(Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Genova)

Title:Computational methods for data analysis in physics and physiology

Host: Gian Michele Ratto gianmichele.ratto@nano.cnr it [more]

Link http://www.dima.unige.it/~piana/

- 16.11.2017 - Nest Seminar Hervé Courtois
Date & Venue:Thursday 16 November 2017 - 15:00
NEST seminar room

Speaker:Hervé Courtois (Institut Néel, CNRS et Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France)

Title:Thermal Conductance of a Single-Electron Transistor

Abstract: The flow of heat at the microscopic level is a fundamentally important issue, in particular if it can be converted into free energy via thermoelectric effects. The ability of most conductors to sustain heat flow is linked to the elec [more]

Info stefan.heun@nano.cnr.it

Link http://neel.cnrs.fr/?lang=fr

- 10.11.2017 - #weareHPC
A Cnr Nano small group of researchers and staff proudly participated to the Twitter campaign called #WeAreHPC organized and promoted by Women in HPC in an effort to ensure the greater HPC sector is inclusive and welcoming to all communities, Women in HPC is launching an online campaign during SC17. The campaign aims at showing the many faces of HPC [more]

Info luisa.neri@nano.cnr.it

Link https://twitter.com/women_in_hpc

- 03.11.2017 - S3 Seminar Tim Gould
Friday November 3 - 11.00
S3 seminar Room, Third Floor, Physics Building, FIM Department

Speaker: Dr. Tim Gould (Senior Lecturer)
Natural Sciences and Queensland Micro- and Nano-technology Centre
Griffith University | Gold Coast campus | Australia

Title: Van der Waals Dispersion Forces in Nanostructures
Host: Stefano Pittalis e Carlo Andrea Rozzi  [more]

Info carloandrea.rozzi@nano.cnr.it

Link http://members.iinet.net.au/~gambort/timgould/

- 03.11.2017 - Nest Seminar Liliana Arrachea
NEST Seminar
Friday 3 November 2017 - 11:00
Venue: NEST seminar room

Speaker: Liliana Arrachea
Affiliation: Departamento de Fisica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Title: “Fractional spin and Josephson effect in time-reversal-invariant topological superconductors”

Abstract:
Time reversal invariant topological superconducting (TRITOPS) wires are known to host a fractional spin hbar/4 at their ends. We investigate how this fractional  [more]

Info fabio.taddei@nano.cnr.it

Link https://www.pks.mpg.de/~arrachea/

- 31.10.2017 - Nature Nanot. perspective on caloritronics

In a perspective article in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, Francesco Giazotto and Antonio Fornieri from CnrNano illustrate the chances and challenges of Phase-coherent caloritronics, an emerging field of nanoscience based on the ability to control and manipulate heat currents thanks to the long-range phase coherence of the superconducting condensate.
Read the complete article
Host: Elisa Molinari
 [more]

Link http://www.esrf.eu/home.html

- 20.10.2017 - Images from the Researchers' Night
The European Researchers'n night was a great success both in Modena and Pisa. Hundreds of people visited our stand and played, with us, made questions about our work and research. You can see a video about Pisa BRIGHT night Pisa BRIGHT night
See also "Unimore illumina la notte dei ricercatori" organizzata dall'ateneo, i ricercatori di CnrNano presenteranno al pubblico le ricerche in corso sull'uso  [more]

Info comunicazione@nano.cnr.it

- 25.09.2017 - EU project FET Q-SORT Kick off meeting, Modena 2-3/10/2017
On 2 October 2017 the CNR-NANO institute in Modena will host the Q-SORT Kick-off Meeting for the official launch and first-ever public presentation of the Q-SORT Project. Funded by the European Commission under its highly competitive Future and Emerging Technologies Programme (FET) to the tune of 3 million Euros, the project will run for 42 months starting on 1 October 2017.
The Kick-off event - which is organised by Q-SORT and supported by CNR-NANO- will bring together leading institutions [more]

Info segreteria.s3@nano.cnr.it

Link http://www.nano.cnr.it/index.php?mod=men&id=292

- 18.09.2017 - Nano Colloquia 2017: Autumn dates
Nano Colloquia, a series of talks given by Nano researchers to colleagues and interested public, will start again in September, both in Modena and in Pisa.
Find the new dates are available at the dedicated page . Presentations will be also available after the colloquia. [more]

Info luisa.neri@nano.cnr.it

Link http://www.nano.cnr.it/?mod=men&id=277

- 15.09.2017 - Solvay 1927 - Trento 2017: la fisica e le donne
A novant’anni dalla celebre foto che ritraeva 28 scienziati e una sola scienziata (Marie Sklodowska Curie) scattata a margine del Congresso di Solvay, l’Università di Trento e la Società Italiana di Fisica la ripropongono a ruoli invertiti. A essere ritratte sono 28 fisiche italiane, tra loro anche Elisa Molinari di CnrNano, e un solo fisico.
Dall’epoca di Marie Sklodowska Curie tanti i passi avanti fatti per aumentare la presenza e le carriere delle donne nella Fisica. Ma molto si [more]

Link http://pressroom.unitn.it/comunicato-stampa/solvay-1927-trento-2017-la-fisica-e-le-donne

- 12.09.2017 - Graphene based Terahertz Absorbers
Graphene Flagship researches from CNR-Istituto Nanoscienze, and the University of Cambridge, UK, have shown that it is possible to create a terahertz saturable absorber using graphene produced by liquid phase exfoliation and deposited by transfer coating and ink jet printing. The paper, published in Nature Communications, reports a terahertz saturable absorber with an order of magnitude higher absorption modulation than other devices produced to date.
“We started working on saturable te [more]

Link https://graphene-flagship.eu/graphene-based-terahertz-absorbers

- 30.08.2017 - S3 Seminar: Prof. Leonhard Grill
Speaker: Prof. Leonhard Grill
Research Group "Single-Molecule Chemistry", University of Graz, Austria
www.nanograz.com Title: Study and manipulation of single functional molecules by scanning tunneling microscopy
September 5, 2017 – 16.00 @ Seminar Room, S3 Cnr Nano, Physics Building, Unimore [more]

Info segreteria.s3@nano.cnr.it

Link http://www.nanograz.com/

- 28.08.2017 - Advancing the Science and Technology of Electrospinning and Functional Nanofibers
The new special issue of Macromolecular Materials and Engineering (vol. 3, issue 208) was guest-edited by our Luana Persano, Andrea Camposeo, and Dario Pisignano (Institute of Nanoscience Pisa and Università del Salento) and collects contributions from leading groups in the electrospinning field, aiming to give an overview of most recent findings from laboratories and companies in 13 countries.
Read here for free the Es [more]

Info dario.pisignano@unisalento.it

Link http://www.advancedsciencenews.com/advancing-science-technology-electrospinning-functional-nanofibers

- 25.07.2017 - IN THE MEDIA: CnrNano researcher interviewed on Majorana particles
Commenting a recent Science paper about Majorana particles, CnrNano researcher Elia Strambini said to Ansa press agency: "The new result comes on top of several others already found by other experiments, as for example one made by our group and published last April in Nature Communications, in which we measured a superconductivity enhanced by  [more]

Info elia.strambini@nano.cnr.it

Link http://www.ansa.it/canale_scienza_tecnica/notizie/fisica_matematica/2017/07/21/aggiunto-un-pezzo-al-puzzle-della-particella-di-majorana_d7fc60ff-a415-4448-970c-823fffa6254c.html

- 24.07.2017 - NEST Seminar: prof. Jeil Jung
Prof. Jeil Jung (Department of Physics, University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Korea)
24/07/2017, 11:00 @ NEST Seminar room

"Moire superlattices in Dirac crystals"

Abstract: When 2D materials are layered to form a vertical heterostructure they often form incommensurable noncrystals that exhibit long-period moire patterns when examined with scanning probes. In this presentation I will give an overview of methodology that uses information obtained from ab initio calculations p [more]

Info stefan.heun@nano.cnr.it

Link http://www.nano.cnr.it/?mod=men&id=116

- 24.07.2017 - IN THE MEDIA: CnrNano student becomes Junior Professor at Humboldt University
Caterina Cocchi has been appointed Junior Professor the Theoretical Physics group of prof. Claudia Draxl at the prestigious Humboldt University in Berlin. Caterina Cocchi graduated in Physics at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, and received a PhD in Physics and Nanosciences from the Physics Department and CrNano. At the Humboldt University Caterina research activity will focus on the theoretical study of the interaction between light and low dimensional materials.  [more]

Link http://bologna.repubblica.it/cronaca/2017/07/20/news/caterina_cocchi_modena_universita_berlino_ricerca-171219372/

- 19.07.2017 - MaX prize for flagship codes application
MaX - Materials at the Exascale, European Centre of Excellence on materials research via HPC and HPTC towards the exascale coordinated by Cnr Nano Modena, will award the

MaX prize for frontier HPC applications in materials research - 2017

prize to recognize frontier research, performed anywhere in the world, that is enabled by enabled by Quantum ESPRESSO, SIESTA, Fleur, Yambo, Aiida, and/or contributes to their advancement.
The prize is  [more]

Info prize@max-centre.eu

Link http://www.max-centre.eu/2017/07/18/prize/

- 12.07.2017 - S3 Seminar: M. Amato
Michele Amato, de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), Université Paris-Sud, Orsay (France)

'Crystal phase effects in group IV nanowire polytypes and their homojunctions'

Wednesday July 12, 2017 – 11.00 @ S3 Seminar Room, Modena

Abstract:
Crystal structure and interface engineering are acquiring an increasing importance in nanoscience because of their enormous potential to conceive new properties and functionalities [1]. As for nanowires (NWs), the emerge [more]

Info stefano.ossicini@unimore.it

Link http://etsf.polytechnique.fr/People/Michele

- 29.06.2017 - Molecular spin transistor gets the PRL cover
The cover of Physical Review Letters (Vol. 118, Issue 25) has been dedicated to a research team based in Modena. CNR Nano & Unimore researchers (F. Troiani and M. Affronte) and colleagues have recently investigated the effect of a continuous measurement on the dynamics of a molecular spin, inserted into a spin-transistor geometry and driven through an avoided le [more]

Info filippo.troiani@nano.cnr.it

Link https://journals.aps.org/prl/issues/118/25

- 29.06.2017 - Elisa Molinari su Radio 24 per parlare di esascala
Elisa Molinari sarà ospite anche stasera di Smart City, Voci e luoghi dell'innovazione, condotto da Maurizio Melis ore 20.50 per parlare di "Supercalcolo: vicina la soglia dell'esa-scala, e l'infinitamente piccolo è a portata di mano". Si discuterà di come l'imminente salto all'esascala (con performance di calcolo fino a mille volte quelle dei migliori supercomputer attuali) permetterà di simulare al computer processi che implicano modifiche alla struttura elettronica dei materiali, e porter [more]

Link http://www.radio24.ilsole24ore.com/programma/smart-city/supercalcolo-vicina-soglia-esascala-100104-gSLAvlLZMC

- 28.06.2017 - S3 Seminar: R. Rurali
Riccardo Rurali, Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain)

Thermal conductivity by design of semiconducting nanowires and other nanostructures

30/6/2017 – 11.00 Seminar Room, S3 Cnr Nano, Physics Building, Unimore
Host: Stefano Ossicini

Abstract
The operation principle of electronic devices is the control, in a broad sense, of the flow of charge carriers through a channel whose conductivity can be tuned by means of doping and ap [more]

Info segreteria.s3@nano.cnr.it

Link http://www.nano.cnr.it/?mod=men&id=116

- 15.06.2017 - S3 Seminar: A. Zobelli
Alberto Zobelli, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris Sud, Orsay (France)

15/6/2017 – 15.00 Seminar Room, S3 Cnr Nano, Physics Building, Unimore
Host: Stefano Ossicini

Abstract
New generation of spectro-microscopies in scanning transmission electron microscopes (STEM) can provide a closer look to the topology, chemistry and optics response of individual nanostructures. Bidimensional materials are the ideal systems to test ultimate performance  [more]

Info stefano.ossicini@unimore.it

Link https://www.stem.lps.u-psud.fr/users/zobelli

- 15.06.2017 - Nano Colloquia: Pauli Virtanen
Thursday 15 June 2017 - 11:00 - NEST seminar room

Pauli Virtanen (NEST, NANO-CNR)
“Spin pumping and torque statistics in the quantum noise limit”

Abstract:
We analyze the statistics of charge and energy currents and spin torque in a metallic nanomagnet coupled to a large magnetic metal via a tunnel contact. We derive a Keldysh action for the tunnel barrier, describing the stochastic currents in the presence of a magnetization precessing with the rate ?. In con [more]

Info fabio.taddei@nano.cnr.it

Link http://www.nano.cnr.it/?mod=men&id=277

- 07.06.2017 - Nano Colloquium: V. Bellini
Valerio Bellini, CNR - NANO S3, Modena, Italy

"Magnetic molecules on surfaces: a DFT look into molecular spintronics"

7/7/2017 – 15.00 at Seminar Room, S3 Cnr Nano, Physics Building, Unimore

Abstract: One of the main research lines in magnetism is to embed the spin degrees of freedom into a molecular unit, taking advantage of the monodispersity of an ensemble of synthesized molecules with identical properties. The field of molecular spintronics a [more]

Info massimo.rontani@nano.cnr.it

Link http://www.nano.cnr.it/?mod=men&id=277

- 07.06.2017 - Wave and light, how the new Terahertz laser works.
An innovative laser, capable of emitting a very focused beam has been obtained thanks to the double nature of the Terahertz waves. A group of scientists from Istituto Nanoscienze Cnr, and from University of Pisa, along with Scuola normale superiore (Sns) and University of Cambridge. Terahertz waves can easily penetrate plastic, textiles and other materials and are at the forefront in radiology applied to the detection of hidden weapons or bio-agents.
Press release in [more]

Info comunicazione@nano.cnr.it

Link https://www.cnr.it/it/comunicato-stampa/7511/un-po-onda-e-un-po-luce-cosi-funziona-il-nuovo-laser-terahertz

- 06.06.2017 - S3 Seminar: A. Cassinese
Prof. Antonio Cassinese, CNR-SPIN and Physics Department, University of Naples, Italy

"Organic Films Deposited by Supersonic Molecular Beam Deposition"

6/6/2017 - 15.00 - Seminar Room, S3 Cnr Nano, Physics Building, Unimore
Host: Arrigo Calzolari
Abstract

In a Supersonic Molecular Beam Deposition (SuMBD) system, molecules are seeded in a hyperthermal carrier gas flow which, in specific conditions, is able to strongly accelerate them. In this w [more]

Info arrigo.calzolari@nano.cnr.it

Link http://www.nano.cnr.it/?mod=men&id=116

- 06.06.2017 - S3 Seminar: B. Casu
Prof. Benedetta Casu, Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Germany

Plastic spins: approaching spins in purely organic materials

7/6/2017 - 12.00, Seminar Room, S3 Cnr Nano, Physics Building, Unimore

Abstract
The success of organic electronics is a reality that brought new devices on the market over a short period of time since the demonstration of the first device. Thus, organic thin films and organic/inorganic interface [more]

Info arrigo.calzolari@nano.cnr.it

Link http://www.nano.cnr.it/index.php?mod=men&id=116

- 05.06.2017 - NEST Seminar: Jurgen Smet
Dr. Jurgen Smet (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart)
Nest seminar room at 11.00
Title: Squeezing the best out of graphene: graphene hybrid architectures
Abstract:
Almost any superlative one can think of has been deployed to describe the physical properties of graphene. Among others, its electronic conductivity has been praised to surpass that of copper at room temperature. However, laboratory tests yield a more sobering, differentiated picture. While it  [more]

Info francesco.giazotto@nano.cnr.it

- 18.05.2017 - Nano colloquium: K. Kahkiani
Khatuna Kakhiani (NEST, NANO-CNR)
Title: “Manipulating graphene morphology: theory and computer simulations”
Nest seminar room in Pisa, @11.00 am
Abstract:
Graphene’s strength and extreme flexibility allow sustaining ripples in a wide range of amplitudes and wavelengths. This circumstance can be exploited for applications: ripples produce a modulation of the local curvature in a considerable range, which in turn is strongly correlated with the stability of hydrogen ch [more]

Info fabio.taddei@nano.cnr.it

Link www.nano.cnr.it

- 17.05.2017 - NEST Seminar: dr. L. A. Mascaro 17/05/2017
Dr. Letizia Allegra Mascaro
Institute of Neuroscience, Pisa and LENS, Firenze
"In vivo imaging of rehabilitation-induced cortical plasticity after stroke"
Wednesday 17 May 2017 @ 11:00 - NEST Seminar Room
Abstract:
Neuro-rehabilitation is one of the most effective treatment for recovering motor deficits in stroke patients. Nevertheless, the neural basis of recovery associated with rehabilitative intervention is debated. We are interested in studying the multiple facets  [more]

Info gianmichele.ratto@nano.cnr.it

Link http://www.nano.cnr.it/index.php?mod=men&id=116

- 12.05.2017 - Scomparsa prof. Muscatello
E' con grande dolore che comunichiamo la improvvisa scomparsa del Professor Umberto Muscatello, Professore Emerito dell’Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia e associato al nostro Centro sin dalla sua istituzione.
Lo avrete sicuramente visto frequentare i nostri laboratori, i nostri seminari e i nostri momenti conviviali. Il Prof. Muscatello era di formazione medica ma ha sempre avuto una grande sensibilità per un approccio multidisciplinare nei diversi campi della ricerca, soprattutto pe [more]

Link http://www.newmagazine.unimore.it/site/home/notizie/articolo820038678.html

- 02.05.2017 - NANO Colloquia: S. D'Addato
Sergio D'Addato, Dip. FIM Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia e CNR - NANO S3, Modena
"Physical synthesis of nanoparticles: some case studies for a rational design of advanced materials"
Wednesday May 3, 2017 – 15.00
Seminar Room, S3 Cnr Nano, Physics Building, Unimore
Abstract
Synthesis, study and applications of NanoParticles (NPs) have been playing a major role in material science and technology over the last 20 years, although some important exam [more]

Info sergio.daddato@unimore.it

Link http://www.nano.cnr.it/index.php?mod=men&id=277

- 02.05.2017 - Simone Zanotto's PhD on Meta Publishing

Simone Zanotto's PhD thesis "Intersubband polaritons in photonic crystal cavities" has been published and highlighted on META Publishing, an open access platform dedicated to Electromagnetics and Photonics.
Zanotto, who works as a researcher at CnrNano in collaboration with Scuola Normale Superiore, in his thesis demonstrated how to realize the strong light-matter coupling in a photonic crystal resonator, a tool that holds great promises for the next generation of mid-infrared light sourc [more]

Info simone.zanotto@nano.cnr.it

Link http://metapublishing.org/index.php/MP/catalog/book/45

- 28.04.2017 - Conference on Weyl Fermions in Materials 24-27/10/2017
A Conference on Weyl Fermions in Materials will take place in ICTP, Trieste from Oct. 23 to 27, 2017.
It aims at bringing together the main experts in the field of Weyl-semimetal physics.
Info: attached poster
 [more]

Info fabio.taddei@nano.cnr.it

Link http://indico.ictp.it/event/8000/

- 27.04.2017 - PhD Course in Modena by Stefano Baroni, Sissa from 28/4/2017
Prof. Stefano Baroni, from Sissa Trieste, will start his course on April 28 at 2 pm, Aula A, Physics Building, Unimore.

Title: "Classical and quantum linear response: from lattice dynamics, to optical spectroscopy, and thermal transport"

Syllabus:
1. Mathematical prelude: functionals and functional derivatives.
2. The (generalized) Helmann-Feynman theorem; perturbation theory; response versus fluctuations in classical and quantum mech [more]

Info elisa.molinari@unimore.it

- 21.04.2017 - Nest Seminar: L. W. Molenkamp
L. W. Molekamp, University of Wurzburg, DE
Topological Physics in HgTe-based Quantum Devices
27.04.2017 @ 16.00
Nest seminar room, Pisa [more]

Info francesco.giazotto@nano.cnr.it

Link http://wwwold.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/EP3/

- 14.04.2017 - S3 Seminar: C. Molteni
Carla Molteni, Dept. Physics, King's College London, UK
"Exploring the activation mechanisms in ligand-gated ion channels by enhanced sampling methods"
19/04/2017 @ 15.00
S3 Seminar room, Modena [more]

Info stefano.corni@nano.cnr.it

Link http://www.nano.cnr.it/?mod=men&id=116

- 28.03.2017 - MaX school available online
Last January in ICTP Trieste a school about “High-Performance & High-Throughput Materials Simulations using Quantum ESPRESSO and AiiDA“ took place.
All lectures are now available, with slides, from the MaX website (see link below).
It is a good chance to listen to prominent scientists and learn about materials codes such as Quantum Espresso, Yambo, Aiida and much more. [more]

Info daniele.varsano@nano.cnr.it

Link http://www.max-centre.eu/training-and-education/open-online-courses-and-videolectures/

- 21.03.2017 - Phosphorene and 2D Companions workshop 08/05/2017
Two years after the ”Fosforene day” in Florence (17.07.2015) a new workshop about this amazing 2D material, “Phosphorene and 2D companions”, will take place in Rome, CNR headquarter - Piazza Aldo Moro on May 8, 2017.
Many things have been done on black phosphorus within last two years, both from chemistry, material science and physics point of views, and more has to come. In addition, the family of 2D materials  [more]

Info francesca.telesio@nano.cnr.it

Link http://phosphoreneand2dcompanions.nano.cnr.it/

- 21.03.2017 - ESP 2017 announced.
The 17th congress of the European society for photobiology will be held in Pisa on 4-8/09/2017 under the aegis of Cnr, Pisa Cnr Campus and Pisa University and municipality.
The meeting, structured in keynote lectures, symposia and poster presentations, will provide an important forum for the dissemination of new research and technological development in the science of photobiology. This transdisciplinary field encompasses scientific, technological and medical aspects, and impacts the civil [more]

Info francesco.ghetti@nano.cnr.it

Link http://pisa2017.photobiology.eu/

- 12.03.2017 - IN THE MEDIA: Women and science, against prejudice
In a very interesting inteview on Radio1 LIFE OBIETTIVO BENESSERE, Elisa Molinari higlighted the need to encourage and promote the woman careers in science and technology. On the occasion of the International Women's Day, Molinari stressed the important contributes brought to scientific enterprise by women and added: "Having more women in science labs is not only a way to give women new opportunities but also a way to enhance the working environment and the scientific research itself". [more]

Link https://tinyurl.com/j5rj8yw

- 26.02.2017 - CnrNano Quantum Technology workshop

Cnr Nano S3 organized an Institute workshop on Quantum Technology, in Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, on the 21st of February.
The aim of the workshop was to review the activities that are currently going on in the Institute in the areas of quantum information, sensing and metrology, and in related areas. Besides, the workshop was meant as an occasion to elaborate common strategies in view of the forthcoming European calls within the Quantera network and the Quantum Technologies Flagship. Th [more]

- 15.02.2017 - A video about Into The Future experience

A new compelling video about the Into The Future experience has been presented to press this morning in the framework of Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena. Students are caught in their nicest expressions of interest, awe and smart curiosity and a glimpse of activities in the different labs is given.
Check the video: click here (© FCRMO)
Press: [more]

Link http://www.nano.cnr.it/?mod=men&id=290

- 13.02.2017 - IN THE MEDIA: Why do we need more women in science

On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science declared by United Nations, Elisa Molinari has been interviewed by the web magazine Galileo. Elisa Molinari speaks about gender equality in scientific research and argues that we need the commitment of all to promote women's careers in academia and research.

Read the article (in Italian) Perché abbiamo bisogno di più d [more]

Link https://www.galileonet.it/2017/02/donne-scienza-international-day-women-girls/

- 09.02.2017 - Into the Future: high-school students in a journey of discovery of science
Starting from Feb. 1, Cnr Nano S3 will open its doors to several high-school students who will embark in a journey of discovery of science and technology.
Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena has launched a guidance project (Into the Future) for high schools in Modena and nearby, aimed at showing what a career in science is like, what res [more]

Info luisa.neri@nano.cnr.it

Link http://www.nano.cnr.it/?mod=men&id=290

- 13.01.2017 - 2017 Nano Colloquia Calendar
A list of Colloquia given by Nano researchers and post-docs is available. Several different topics will be presented, in both theoretical and experimental physics. The colloquia will be transmitted to the other Nano centre and presentations will be available in a dedicated page.
Scientists in charge of the colloquia are Fabio Taddei and Massimo Rontani.
 [more]

Info luisa.neri@libero.it

Link ./upload/allegati/allegato/518.pdf

- 04.01.2017 - MaX meeting in Trieste Jan. 10-11, 2017
New materials are our gateway to technology. From airplanes to X rays, from smartphones to servers to access the web, everything we use daily has something to do with new materials. It has always been so: the leading material of an era’s technology has always named the ages in homo sapiens’s history, i.e. Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age. Nowadays, we live in the silicon era and have found a new way of designing new materials: the so-called “in silico” experiments. We know the microscopic [more]

Info info@max-center.eu

Link http://www.max-centre.eu/max-meeting-trieste/

- 23.12.2016 - Single Molecule Device realized by CNR Nano researchers using graphene electrodes
A team made by CNR Nano researchers (Lumetti, Candini and Affronte) and colleagues has recently realized a single molecule device made of a magnetic molecule contacted by graphene electrodes. The use of graphene electrodes in single molecule electronics is considered a promising alternative to the traditionally used metals, such as gold. Graphene based molecular junctions are stable even at room temperature and above, and graphene – molecule contacts are expected to boost the conductance in mo [more]

Info andrea.candini@nano.cnr.it

Link http://tinyurl.com/jogggrh

- 15.12.2016 - Nano seed grants in the DSFTM
2016 NANO SEED GRANTEES The Cnr Nano launched last September a SEED call, open to its young researchers in order to fund one-year innovative projects. Twelve proposals were submitted and reviewed by an international panel of scientists. The all of them were positevely evaluated and 4 were awarded with a grant...see [more]

Link http://www.dsftm.cnr.it/2016-nano-seed-grantees/

- 07.12.2016 - IN THE MEDIA: Morphing graphene
Platinum, magazine of Il Sole 24 Ore, introduces the Georgian scientist Khatuna Kakhiani. She is a new researcher of Nano Institute, thanks to a Marie Sk?odowska-Curie action, where she works with Valentina Tozzini to study hydrogen storage in graphene. [more]

Info khatuna.kakhiani@nano.cnr.it

Link ./upload/allegati/allegato/504.pdf

- 07.12.2016 - 2016 NANO SEED grantees
The first Nano Seed grantees have been chosen by a panel of international evaluators.
As from the call, they are fixed-term researchers who already work in the Institute and will receive a budget to develop and independent research for one year.
The projects will be presented at the next Institute meeting. The recipients are A. Ghirri, F. Telesio, V. Zannier, and G. Brancolini. [more]

Link http://www.nano.cnr.it/index.php?mod=men&id=264

- 23.11.2016 - M. Vitiello and S. Corni talk of their ERC experience
Miriam Vitiello and Stefano Corni are now talking about their experience as ERC grantees at a national meeting in Rome. They tell tjeir experience and try to be helpful for the scientific community. See big picture.  [more]

Link http://first.aster.it/_aster_/viewNews?ID=36596

- 05.10.2016 - IN THE MEDIA: fighting the brain drain
Nano researcher Andrea Camposeo interviewed in major national newspaper as a bright example of a scientist able to attract funds to Italy to perform cutting-edge research. See article [pdf] [more]

Info andrea.camposeo@nano.cnr.it

Link http://www.corriere.it/scienze/cards/i-cervelli-non-fuga-noi-crediamo-nell-italia/notte-europea-ricercatori_principale.shtml

- 30.09.2016 - Cnr Nano SEED Call
The Cnr Nano Institute launched a SEED call, open to its young researchers, in order to fund one-year innovative projects. The young researchers are called to write and submit a project, which, if funded, they will be in charge of, from both the scientific and the management point of views. The call is available at the link below.
Link for submission: http://www.nano.cnr.it/seed_call/login.php
Deadline: 30/ [more]

Info massimo.rontani@nano.cnr.it

Link ./upload/allegati/allegato/493.pdf

- 15.09.2016 - CMD26 EPS poster prize goes to a Nano PhD student
Maria Celeste Maschio, a Unimore and Cnr Nano PhD student, was awarded the "EPS poster prize" at the recent CMD26 (EPS Condensed Matter Division conference), held in Groningen (NL) from Sept. 4 to 9, 2016. The poster "Beta2-microglobulin amyloidosis: a molecular dynamics investigation of the DeltaN6 variant" was coauthored by Nano researchers Giorgia Brancolini and Stefano Corni. [more]

Info stefano.corni@nano.cnr.it

Link http://cmd26.eu/