Research activity is developed in the framework of Solid State Physical-Chemistry and Condensed Matter Physics investigating the relationship between physical properties, crystalline structures and morphological features of nanostructured magnetic materials. In particular, the activity is focused on design and synthesis by chemical methods of hybrid magnetic nano-architectures (HMNA) consisting of a magnetic nano-heterostructure (e.g. nanoparticles with controlled morphology, core-shell and multi-shell bi-magnetic structures, nanoparticles’ superstructures) suitably functionalized with specific molecules (e.g. amorphous silica also mesostructured, zirconia, organic molecules). HMNA are of great interest for various applications such as permanent magnets with reduced content of critical rare earth elements, advanced thermoelectrics, biomedicine (e.g. imaging, magnetic hyperthermia and biosensors) and catalysis. Consolidate expertise are present in the investigation of static and dynamic magnetic properties of HMNA by DC/AC magnetometry techniques, Mössbauer spectrometry as well as X-Ray Magnetic circular dichroism and neutron diffraction.
Contact Person: D. Peddis | Un. Genova & CNR - ISM |davide.peddis@cnr.it; davide.peddis@unige.it | Ph: +39 0690672552; +39 0103538705