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University of Ferrara - Department of Physics and Earth Sciences - Ferrara (IT)
University of Ferrara - Department of Physics and Earth Sciences - Ferrara (IT)
Barbara Fabbri obtained her Ph.D. in Physics at University of Ferrara in 2015. Currently she is a Researcher involved in the field of gas sensors at Sensors Lab of Ferrara University. She studies all key aspects involved in the study and development of solid-state gas sensors. In particular, she is interested in innovative and sustainable nanostructured materials, gas sensor applications and their characterization through operando approaches.
Arianna Rossi completed her M.Sc. degree in Chemistry (Magna cum Laude) at the University of Ferrara, in 2021. She obtained a Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Ferrara in 2025. Her expertise is focused on sensor applications, particularly indoor CO2 monitoring. She also contributes to the development of sensors for outdoor and medical applications. A key aspect of her work involves the advanced application of operando DRIFT spectroscopy, performed under both light- and thermoactivation, to gain deeper mechanistic insights.
Emanuela Tavaglione obtained her M.Sc. degree in Physics (Magna cum Laude) at the University of Ferrara, in 2023. Currently, she is a Ph.D. student in Physics at the University of Ferrara, working in the field of chemoresistive gas sensors on photo-activation, operando DRIFT spectroscopy and data analysis through machine learning algorithms.
Elena Spagnoli obtained her M.Sc. degree in Chemistry (Magna cum Laude) at the University of Ferrara in 2019. She received her Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Ferrara in 2023. She is currently working at CNR-ISMN Bologna. Her research interests are related to development and applications of MEMS sensors and microsystems, operando DRIFT spectroscopy applied to chemoresistive gas sensors, and synthesis and characterization of nanostructured semiconductors for the fabrication of functional sensing films.
Bruno Kessler Foundation - Sensors and Devices center - Trento (IT)
Bruno Kessler Foundation - Sensors and Devices center - Trento (IT)
Matteo Valt obtained his PhD in Physics in 2020 after graduating in Chemical Sciences from the University of Ferrara. His research interests encompass various aspects of solid-state physics, including the development and characterization of innovative nanostructured materials for gas sensors across different applications. Additionally, he studies solid-gas surface phenomena using in-situ and operando techniques.
Marco Magoni obtained his PhD in Physics at the University of Ferrara in 2025 specializing in the application of machine learning to chemoresistive sensors. He has extensively collaborated on projects focused on the calibration and detection of various gas concentrations in complex environments, both indoors and outdoors. His research aims to enhance sensor performance and accuracy through advanced data-driven techniques.
Politecnico di Milano - Department of Physics - Milano (IT)
Politecnico di Milano - Department of Physics - Milano (IT)
Federico Bottegoni obtained his Ph.D. in Physics at Politecnico di Milano in 2012. He is currently associate professor of Experimental Physics at the Physics Department of Politecnico di Milano. His research is mainly focussed on spin-charge interconversion phenomena in semiconductor heterostructures, topological insulators and 2D materials.
Francesco Scali graduated in Physics Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy in 2022 and is currently enrolled as Ph.D. student at Physics Department of the same institution. The topic of F. S.’s Ph.D. research is the study of spin diffusion and drift in bulk IV-group semiconductors, spin transfer to graphene from Si/Ge architectures, spin-logic devices based on topological insulators and spin transport in antiferromagnets. These activities involve the manipulation of spin currents in solid-state systems with electric fields, strain and spin-orbit coupling.
Carlo Zucchetti received his PhD in Physics with honors in 2019 defending a dissertation on spin transport and spin-charge interconversion in Ge-based structures. He is currently assistant professor at the Department of Physics at Politecnico di Milano, in Milan. His research focuses on semiconductor-based spintronics, mainly explored by optically injecting spin-polarized carriers in the semiconductors. He worked on spin-charge interconversion phenomena like spin-Hall effect and Rashba-Edelestein effect, and uniaxial magnetoresistance in Ge.
Visible light activated gas sensors based on semiconductors: an operando investigation by DRIFT and confocal micro-Raman spectroscopy
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