Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)

Two laboratories are collaborating in the project.

The IMM institute includes 7 sections located in Bologna, Roma, Napoli, Lecce, Agrate Brianza and Catania (2). The structure in Bologna (IMM-Bo), with his 60 researchers (permanent and non permanent), is a multidisciplinary research structure having more than 30 years experience in investigation and development of materials and devices for microelectronic applications. The contemporary presence of physicists, chemists and electronic engineers allows a global approach to the problems of materials and devices, thus overriding the schemes of traditional disciplinary areas.

List of five recent publications related to the project:

• L. Ortolani, et al. Nano Lett. Folded Graphene Membranes: Mapping Curvature at the nano scale, 12 (2012), 5207-5112
• M. Melucci, et al. J. Mater. Chem. Graphene-organic hybrids as processable, tunable platforms for pH-dependent phtoemission, obtained by new modular approach, 22 (2012), 18237-18243.
• M. Cavallini, et al. Adv. Mater. Regenerable resistive switching in silicon oxide based nanojunctions, 24 (2012), 1197-1201
• A.Catheline, et al. Chem. Comm. Graphene Solutions, 47 (2011), 5470-5472
• I. Concina, et al. ChemPhysChem CdSe Spherical Quantum Dots Stabilised by Thiomalic Acid: Biphasic Wet Synthesis and Characterisation, 12 (2011), 863-870.

Web page: http://www.bo.imm.cnr.it

SENSOR located in Brescia is a laboratory of the Institute for the Acoustics and Sensors Orso Mario Corbino (IDASC) of the National Research Council (CNR, http://www.cnr.it). Director: Prof. Giorgio Sberveglieri. The main goal of SENSOR Lab is the design and development of advanced nanomaterials and processes for functional applications like chemoresistive and optical gas sensors, third generation solar cells, field emitters, thermoelectric devices. Core materials produced at SENSOR Lab are wide bandgap oxide semiconductors in form of thin films, 1-dimensional nano- and hetero-structures. A new research line is fast developing on semiconducting nanocrystals as innovative sensitizers in excitonic solar cells.

List of five recent publications related to the project:

• N. Memarian, et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (cover story), Hierarchically Assembled ZnO Nanocrystallites for High-Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, 50 (2011) 12321.
• V. Galstyan, et al Small (cover story), Vertically Aligned TiO2 Nanotubes on Plastic Substrates for Flexible Solar Cells, 7 (2011) 2437.
• A. Vomiero, et al. Energy Environ. Sci., Flexible dye sensitized solar cells using TiO2 nanotubes, 4 (2011) 3408.
• A. Braga, et al. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. Panchromatic Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Metal Sulfide Quantum Dots Grown Directly on Nanostructured TiO2 Electrodes, 2011, 2, 454.
• A. Vomiero, et al. Nano Energy (cover story, review paper), One-dimensional nanostructured oxides for thermoelectric applications and excitonic solar cells, 1 (2012) 372.

Web page: http://sensor.unibs.it