Personal webpages:

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3609-1154 

• www.linkedin.com/in/stefano-casalini-b5a10829 

• http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3609-1154 

• https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=oh0eZKsAAAAJ&hl=it

• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stefano_Casalini

Degrees: 

1. PhD in Chemistry at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (2008). 

2. Chemistry graduation at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (2003). 

Fields of interest: 

• Development of amperometric sensors.

• Study of the charge-transport across self-assembled monolayers.

• Potentiometric sensors based on liquid-gated transistors.

• Surface engineering of technologically relevant substrates for smart actuation.

• Implementation2D materials in electronic devices.

Participation to past EU projects:

• EU project FP7-NMP-2007-LARGE-1, grant agreement n. 212311,  “Organic Nanomaterials for Electronics and Photonics: Design, Synthesis, Characterization, Processing, Fabrication and Applications” (ONE-P), from 2009 to 2011.

• EU project FP7, grant agreement n. 280772, “Implantable Organic Nano-Electronics” (iONE), from 2012 to 2015.

• TECNIOSpring2015 fellowship (Marie COFUND grant). Project title: “HI-TECH platform for LABel-free biosensors (HITECH_LAB)” (total budget: 133020€), from 2016 to 2018.

• Graphene Flagship – Core 2, Spearhead SH4 project “Multifunctional plaster, sensor for human skin, based on functionalized graphene” (ChemSens) from 2018 to 2019.

Running projects:

1. Principal investigator of the scientific project entitled "On-surface synthesis of CARBON- based nanostructures for Field Effect Transistors (CARBONFET)" - P-DiSC#11NExuS_BIRD2020-UNIPD - total budget: 30917.68€

2. Scientific responsible of the scientific project entitled "Development of electronic devices based on 0D, 1D and 2D materials" of the call Bando Vinci 2021, chapter III. Total budget: 76455.72€

Didacticts:

1. AG19101298 – CHIMICA GENERALE E INORGANICA (80 hours, 8 CFU) of the first cycle degree course in Forestry and Environmental Technology, Department of Land, Environment, Agricolture and Forestry (TeSAF). 

2. SC08101111 – CHIMICA 2021-2022 (34 hours, 4CFU) of the first cycle degree course in Optics and Optometry, Department of Physics and Astronomy (DFA). Students’ evaluation: general satisfaction (8,82), Organizational aspects (8,84), Didactic action (8,09) 

3. SCQ1096918 – LABORATORIO DI CHIMICA 1 2021-2022 (48 hours, 2CFU) of the first cycle degree course in Chemistry, Department of Chemical Sciences (DiSC). 

4. SEMICONDUCTORS AND THEIR INTEGRATION IN ELECTRONIC DEVICES (24, 3 CFU) of the Doctoral Program in Molecular Sciences. Department of Chemical Sciences (DiSC). 

5. SC08101111 – CHIMICA 2020-2021 (34 hours, 4CFU) of the first cycle degree course in Optics and Optometry, Department of Physics and Astronomy (DFA). Students’ evaluation: general satisfaction (8,80), Organizational aspects (9,22), Didactic action (8,60).

6. SC09101329 – CHIMICA INORGANICA 1 2020-2021 (24 hours): supplementary teaching for the laboratory related to this course. First cycle degree course in Chemistry, Department of Chemical Sciences (DiSC). Students’ evaluation: general satisfaction (8,60), Organizational aspects (8,47), Didactic action (8,64).

7. SCN1035672 – CHIMICA GENERALE E INORGANICA (24 hours): supplementary teaching for the laboratory related to this course. First cycle degree course in Chemistry, Department of Chemical Sciences (DiSC).

8. SEMICONDUCTORS AND THEIR INTEGRATION IN ELECTRONIC DEVICES (24 hours, 3 CFU) of the Doctoral Program in Molecular Sciences. Department of Chemical Sciences (DiSC). 

9. SC09101329 – CHIMICA INORGANICA 1 (24 hours): supplementary teaching for the laboratory related to this course. First cycle degree course in Chemistry, Department of Chemical Sciences (DiSC).

Supervision of under-graduate students and post-doc fellows:

1. Dr. Rafael Cintra Hensel, post-doc fellow (1 year contract) funded by the project “On-surface synthesis of CARBON- based nanostructures for Field Effect Transistors (CARBONFET)” [P-DiSC#11NExuS_BIRD2020-UNIPD].

2. Davide Grifalconi (1187086); bachelor thesis, title: “Graphene oxide: properties, synthesis and technological applications”; first cycle degree course in Chemistry (Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padua). 

3. Filippo Mantesso (1240729); master thesis, title: “Synthesis, Characterization and Transfer of Graphene Nanomeshes”; second cycle degree course in Material Science (Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padua). 

4. Andrea Pollesel (1218607); thesis title: “Study and implementation of a digital control of dual-gated electrolyte-gated transistors for cell stimulation and recording”; second cycle degree course in Electronic Engineering (Department ofInformation Engineering, University of Padua). 

5. Davide Zappetti (1237211); thesis title: “Graphene oxide thin-film transistor: development and optimization of the electrochemical reduction procedure of the semiconductor”; second cycle degree course in Electronic Engineering (Department ofInformation Engineering, University of Padua)..

6. Donatien Benier, master student (Programme Erasmus + Stage) in Control & Durability of Materials, University of Bourgogne (France).

List of publications:

1. Ricci S., Buonomo M., Casalini S., Bonacchi S., Meneghetti M. and Litti L. * “High performance multi-purpose nanostructured thin films by inkjet printing: Au micro-electrodes and SERS substrates”, Nanoscale Advances, 2023, doi: 10.1039/d2na00917j.

2. Ivanovskaya V.V., Zobelli A., Basagni A., Casalini S., Colazzo L., de Boni F., de Oteyza D.G., Sambi M., and Sedona F.* “On-Surface Synthesis and Evolution of Self-Assembled Poly(p‑phenylene) Chains on Ag(111): A Joint Experimental and Theoretical Study”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2023, 127, 393-402. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c06926.

3. de Oliveira R.F., Montes-García V., Livio P.A., González-García M.B., Fanjul-Bolado P., Casalini S.,* and Samorì P.* “Selective Ion Sensing in Artificial Sweat Using Low-Cost Reduced Graphene Oxide Liquid-Gated Plastic Transistors”, Small 2022, 2201861. doi: 10.1002/smll.202201861.

4. Lago N.*, Buonomo M., Cintra Hensel R., Sedona F., Sambi M., Casalini S., Cester A. “Characterization and modeling of reduced-graphene oxide ambipolar thin-film transistors”, Transactions on Electronic Devices 2022, 3192-3198 doi:10.1109/TED.2022.3169451.

5. Lago N., Buonomo M., Ruiz-Molia S., Pollesel A., Cintra Hensel R., Sedona F., Sambi M., Mas-Torrent M., Casalini S.* and Cester A. “Real-time threshold voltage compensation on dual-gate electrolyte-gated organic field-effect transistors”, Organic Electronics 2022 doi: 10.1016/j.orgel.2022.106531.

6. Ranieri A., Borsari M., Casalini S., Di Rocco G., Sola M., Bortolotti C.A.* and Battistuzzi G.*, "How to Turn an Electron Transfer Protein into a Redox Enzyme for Biosensing", 2021, Molecules, 26,4950.

7. Gullace S., Montes-García V., Martín V., Larios D., Girelli Consolaro V., Obelleiro F., Calogero G., Casalini S.*, and Paolo Samorì*, "Universal Fabrication of Highly Efficient Plasmonic Thin-Films for Label-Free SERS Detection", 2021, Small, 2100755.

8. De Boni F., Merlin G., Sedona F.*, Casalini S., Seyyed M.M. and Sambi M., "Templating Effect of Different Low-Miller-Index Gold Surfaces on the Bottom-Up Growth of Graphene Nanoribbons", 2020, ACS Applied Applied Nano Materials, 2, 11497-11507.

9. Montes-García V., De Oliveira R., Wang Y., Berezin A., Fanjul-Bolado P., González García M.B., Hermans T.H., Bonifazi D., Casalini S.* and Samorì P.*,"Harnessing Selectivity and Sensitivity in Ion Sensing via Supramolecular Recognition: A 3D Hybrid Gold Nanoparticle Network Chemiresistor", 2020, Advanced Functional Materials, 2008554.

10. Lancellotti L., Borsari M., Bonifacio A., Bortolotti C.A., Di Rocco G., Casalini S., Ranieri A., Battistuzzi G. and Sola M. "Adsorbing surface strongly influences the pseudoperoxidase and nitrite reductase activity of electrode-bound yeast cytochrome c. The effect of hydrophobic immobilization", 2020, Bioelectrochemistry, 136, 107628.

11. Ricci S., Casalini S.*, Parkula V., Selvaraj M., Saygin G.D., Greco P., Biscarini F., Mas-Torrent M. "Labeel-free immunodetection of alpha-synuclein by using a microfluidics coplanar electrolyte-gated organic field-effect transistor", 2020, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 167, 112433.

12. Sedona F., Fakhrabadi M.M.S., Carlotto S., Mohebbi E., De Boni F., Casalini S., Casarin M. and Sambi M. "On-surface synthesis of extended linear graphyne molecular wires by protecting the alkynyl group", 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22, 12180-12186.

13. Frank S. Benneckendorf F.S., Rohnacher V., Sauter E., Hillebrandt S., Münch M., Wang C., Casalini S., Ihrig K., Beck S.,  Jänsch D., Freudenberg J., Jaegermann W., Samorì P., Pucci A., Bunz U.H.F., Zharnikov M. and Müllen K. "Tetrapodal Diazatriptycene Enforces Orthogonal Orientation in Self-Assembled Monolayers", 2020, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12, 5, 6565-6572.

14. De Oliveira R.F., Livio P.A., Montes-García V., Ippolito S., Eredia M., Fanjul-Bolado P., Gonzalez García M.G., Casalini S.* and Samorì P.*, “Liquid-Gated Transistors Based on Reduced Graphene Oxide for Flexible and Wearable Electronics”, Advanced Functional Materials, 2019, 1905375. 

15. Parkula V., Maglione S., Casalini S. et al. “EGOFET Gated by a Molecular Electronic Switch: A single device memory cell”, Advanced Electronic Materials, 2019, 1800875. doi: 10.1002/aelm.201800875

16. Operamolla A., Casalini S. et al. “Tailoring water stability of cellulose nanopaper by surface functionalization”, Soft Matter, 2018, 14, 7390-7400. doi: 10.1039/c8sm00433a

17. Leonardi F., Tamayo A., Casalini S. et al., “Modification of the gate electrode by self-assembled monolayers in flexible electrolyte-gated organic field-effect transistors: work function vs. capacitance effects”, RSC Advances, 2018, 8, 27509–27515. doi: 10.1039/c8ra05300f

18. Maglione S., Casalini S. et al. “Fluid Mixing for Low-Power ‘Digital Microfluidics’ Using Electroactive Molecular Monolayers”, 2017, Small, 1703344. doi: 10.1002/smll.201703344

19. Berto M., Diacci C.,  D’Agata R., Pinti M., Bianchini E., Di Lauro M., Casalini S., et al. “EGOFET Peptide Aptasensor for Label-Free Detection of Inflammatory Cytokines in Complex Fluids”, Advanced Biosystems, 2017, 1700072. doi: 10.1002/adbi.201700072

20. Zhang Q., Leonardi F., Casalini S. and Mas-Torrent M., “Mercury-Mediated Organic Semiconductor Surface Doping Monitored by Electrolyte-Gated Field-Effect Transistors”, Advanced Functional Materials, 2017, 1703899. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201703899

21. Giusto E., Donega M., Dumitru A.C., Foschi G., Casalini S. et al. “Interfacing Polymer and Tissues: Quantitative Local Assessment of the Foreign Body Reaction of Mononuclear Phagocytes to Polymeric Materials”, Advanced Biosystems, 2017, 1700021. doi: 10.1002/adbi.201700021

22. Casalini S. et al. “Self-assembled monolayers in organic electronics”, Chemical Society Reviews, 2017, 46, 40-71. doi: 10.1039/c6cs00509h.

23. Zhang Q., Leonardi F., Casalini S. et al. “High performing solution-coated electrolyte-gated organic field-effect transistors for aqueous media operation”, Scientific Reports, 2016, 6, 39623. doi: 10.1038/srep39623.

24. Berto M., Casalini S. et al. “Biorecognition in organic field-effect transistors biosensors: the role of the density of states of the organic semiconductor”, Analytical Chemistry, 2016, 88(24), 12330-12338. Doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b03522

25. Leonardi F., Casalini S. et al “Electrolyte-gated Organic Field-Effect Transistor Based on a Solution Sheared Organic Semiconductor Blend”, Advanced Materials, 2016, doi: 10.1002/adma.201602479.

26. Di Lauro M., Casalini S. et al. “The substrate is a pH-Controlled Second Gate of Electrolyte-Gated Organic Field-Effect Transistors”, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2016, 8(46), 31783-31790. doi: 10.1021/acsami.6b06952

27. Desbief S., Di Lauro M., Casalini S. et al. “Electrolyte-gated organic synapse transistor interfaced with neurons”, Organic Electronics, 2016, 38, 21-28 doi: 10.1016/j.orgel.2016.07.028

28. De Oliveira R.F., Casalini S.* et al. “Water-gated organic transistors on polyethylene naphthalate films”, Flexible and Printed Electronics, 2016, 1(2), 025005. Doi: 10.1088/2058-8585/1/2/025005 

29. Foschi G., Leonardi F., Scala A., Biscarini F., Mazzaglia A. and Casalini S.*, “Electrical Release of dopamine and levodopa mediated amphiphilic β-cyclodextrins immobilized on polycrystalline gold”, Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 20025-20032 doi: 10.1039/c5nr05405b.

30. Leonardi F., Casalini S.* et al. “Label-free dopamine sensor based on charge-injection organic gauge”, IEEE Transactions on electron devices, 2015, 62, 4251-4257 doi: 10.1109/TED.2015.2491650.

31. Casalini S. et al. “Surface Immobilized His-Tagged Azurin as a Model Interface for the Investigation of Vectorial Electron transfer in Biological Systems”, Electrochimica Acta, 2015, 178, 638-646 doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.07.156

32. Casalini S.* et al. “Multi-Scale Sensing of Antibody-Antigen Interactions by Organic Transistors and Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy”, ACS Nano, 2015, 9, 5051-5062 doi: 10.1021/acsnano.5b00136.

33. Casalini S.* et al. “Electrowetting of Nitro-Functionalized Olygoarylene Thiols Self-Assembled on Polycrystalline Gold”, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2015, 7(7), 3902-3909. doi: 10.1021/am509104z

34. Casalini S.* et al., “Self-Assembly of mono- and bi-dentate oligoarylene thiols onto polycristalline Au”, Langmuir, 2013, 29, 13198-13208. doi: 10.1021/la402217c

35. Casalini S.* et al., “Bio-sensing Based on electrochemically-gated organic field-effect transistors”, La chimica e l’industria, 2013, 5, 104-105.

36. Cramer T., Campana A., Leonardi F., Casalini S. et al., “Water-gated organic field effect transistors – opportunities for biochemical sensing and extracellular signal transduction”, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2013, 1, 3728-3741. doi: 10.1039/C3TB20340A

37. Casalini S.* et al., “Hydrophilic self-assembly monolayers for pentacene-based thin-film transistors”, Organic Electronics, 2013, 14, 1891-1897. doi: 10.1016/j.orgel.2013.03.034

38. Casalini S.* et al., “Organic field-effect transistor for label-free dopamine sensing”, Organic Electronics, 2013, 14, 156-163. doi: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.10.027 

39. Casalini S. et al., “Organic Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization and Device Applications”, Wiley Book, ISBN: 9781118016015, 2013.

40. Casalini S.* et al., “Mono/bidentate thiol oligoarylene-based self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) for interface engineering”, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22, 12155-12163. doi: 10.1039/C2JM30838J.

41. Cramer T., Kyndiah A., Murgia M., Leonardi F., Casalini S. et al. “Double layer capacitance measured by Organic Field-Effect Transistor operated in water”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2012, 100, 143302. doi: 10.1063/1.3699218

42. Casalini S.* et al., “Organic Field-Effect Transistors as new paradigm for large-area molecular junctions”, Org. Electron., 2012, 13, 789-795. doi: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.01.020

43. Albonetti C., Casalini S. et al., “Morphological and mechanical properties of alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers investigated via bimodal atomic force microscopy”, Chem. Comm., 2011, 47, 8823-8825. doi: 10.1039/C1CC12567B

44. Casalini S. et al., “Electron Transfer Properties and Hydrogen Peroxide Electrocatalysis of Cytochrome c variants at Positions 67 and 80”, J. Phys. Chem B, 2010, 114, pp. 1698-1706. doi: 10.1021/jp9090365.

45. Ranieri A., Battistuzzi G., Borsari M., Casalini S. et al., “Thermodynamics and Kinetics of the electron transfer process of spinach plastocyanin adsorbed on a modified gold electrode”; J. Electroan. Chem., 2009, 626, pp. 123-129. doi: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2008.12.001.

46. Casalini S. et al., “Catalytic reduction of dioxygen and nitrite ion at M80A cytochrome c functionalized electrode”; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130(45), pp. 15099-15104. doi: 10.1021/jp0765953.

47. Casalini S. et al., “Electron transfer and electrocatalytic properties of the immobilized M80A cytochrome c variant”; J. Phys. Chem B, 2008, 112(5), pp. 1555-1563. doi: 10.1021/jp0765953.

On-going collaborations:

• Prof. P. Samorì, Nanochemistry Laboratory, Supramolecular Science and Engineering Institute (I.S.I.S.), University of Strasbourg (France).

• Dr. M. Mas-Torrent, Institut of Material Science of Barcelona (ICMAB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain.

• Dr. M. Musiani, Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry and Technologies for Energy (ICMATE), National Council of Research (CNR), Padova, Italy.

• Dr. A. Candini, Institute of Organic Synthesis and Photoreactivity (ISOF), National Council of Research (CNR), Bologna, Italy.

• Prof. A. Cester, Molecular and Organic Semiconductor Technology (MOSLAB), Department of Information Engineering (DEI), University of Padua, Italy.

Extra activities:

1. Review Editor in Frontiers in Sensors (section: Biosensors)

2. Reviewer in several journals

3. Invited and contributed speaker in several International Conferences