News

Our paper on the hybrid QM/classical model for SEIRA is out @arXiv
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Our paper on the energy contributions determining the adsorption of pyridine on Ag and Au NPs is out @Nanomaterials
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We have performed a comprehensive computational investigation of tryptophan in aqueous solution [link].
Open Access @JPCA

Our paper on layered bimetal nanoporous platforms for SERS sensing is out @arXiv
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We have finally released plasmonX!
An Open-Source Code for Nanoplasmonics @arXiv
@GitHub

We predict by using state-of-the-art ab initio methods the optical properties of aromatic cyclocarbons, a novel class of carbon allotropes [link]

Open Access @Chem. Sci. 

Our mixed theoretical-experimental paper on the Resonance Raman spectra of Isotope-Edited N-Methylacetamide is out @JPCA [link]

Nice collaboration with Schlücker group!

During the EuCompChem 2025 conference in Naples (15-18 September 2025), I received the "Eolo Scrocco" Award.

Last week (15-18 September 2025)
I attended EuCompChem 2025 in Naples (Italy), where I also delivered an invited talk

The members of the Nano Letters Early Career Board, including myself, were highlighted in the following editorial: [link]

The IUPAC Young Observers for Italy, including myself, were highlighted Spotlight on IUPAC Italian Young Observers [link]

I am truly honored to share that I have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant (~€1.4 million over the next 5 years)!

Truly grateful to the European Research Council (ERC) for the support! 

Together with Prof. Stefano Corni, we organized a special session at META 2025 on theoretical approaches for nano and molecular plasmonics.
Thanks to all the speakers!

Last week (22-25 July 2025) I attended META 2025 in Torremolinos (Spain), where I also delivered an invited talk

I am honored to receive the "Eolo Scrocco" Award from the DCTC division of the Societa' Italiana di Chimica. I will receive the award at the EuChemS CompChem 2025 in September! 

Last week (01 - 03 July 2025) I delivered a perspective talk at the first edition of the workshop "Open Quantum Systems in Chemistry" in Trieste

Our paper on the electric field morphology of plasmonic picocavities is out @ Nano Letters! [link]

Our paper on ultrafast interband transitions in nanoporous gold metamaterial is out @arXiv [link]

Last week (22 - 24 June 2025) I attended the 13th Triennial Congress of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (WATOC) 

Last week (17 - 20 June 2025) I attended the #NanoSeries2025 conference in Valencia, where I delivered an invited talk on our models for nanoplasmonics

Our paper on the unified Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulation for all classical polarizable models is out @ PRB [link]

Last week (11 - 14 May 2025) I attended the Gold2025 conference in San Sebastian. I delivered a talk on our atomistic models for plasmonics and molecular plasmonics

Our paper on the DFTB/FQ approach to model infrared and vibrational circular dichroism spectra of complex systems is out @ PCCP [link]

I am deeply honored to have been selected as a member of the Early Career Board of Nano Letters (ACS Publications)!

The special session "Advanced Theoretical Methods for Nanoplasmonics and Molecular Plasmonics" I am organizing together with Stefano Corni will feature 16 invited talks and 3 contributed orals! 

Usman Ali and Vasil Saroka have joined my group at the University of Rome Tor Vergata as postdoctoral researchers working on the PRIN 2022 PNRR project!

On the 25th of March, Luca defended his Thesis entitled: "Atomistic Models for Plasmonics: From Metal Nanostructures to Molecular Plasmonics"

On the 21st of March, Pablo defended his Thesis entitled: "Modeling Atomistic Nanoplasmonics: Classical and Hybrid Quantum Mechanical/Classical Schemes"

Our perspective on Raman spectroscopy, from solutions to Surface-Enhanced Raman scattering, is out @ JPCL [link]

Our project has been funded by the University of Rome Tor Vergata. This small project (~14k€) will foster initial research in a novel research topic/area (novel materials for photocatalysis), stimulating external collaborations and funding opportunities.

I am glad to announce that I will attend #Nanoseries2025 as an invited speaker. See you in June in Valencia!

I have coordinated the IUPAC Young Observers for Italy for an informative paper on “The 2024 Top 10 Emerging Technologies in Chemistry”, selected by IUPAC, published in the Societa' Chimica Italiana informative journal [link]

Our paper on a novel multiscale approach coupling the boundary element method and the fully atomistic method for nanoplasmonics is out @JCP [link]

I have been named social media manager and member of the Third Mission Committee of the Dept. of Physics of the University of Rome Tor Vergata

We have developed a unified Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulation for all classical polarizable models (also for nanoplasmonics) and multiscale polarizable QM/classical methods [link]

I am happy to announce that I will attend META2025 as an invited speaker.
See you in July in Malaga!

I have been invited to hold a seminar at the Scientific High School "Righi" in Rome. Title: "Wave or particle...Physics or Chemistry: That is the (Quantum) Question"

There are two postdoc positions in my group to develop and apply theoretical methods for condensed phase (focusing on eutectic solvents) [link1 link2]

We have developed a novel multiscale approach for nanoplasmonics coupling the boundary element method and the fully atomistic ωFQFμ method. [link]

Our paper focusing on a novel MCSCF/FQ approach for calculating the excitation energies of molecular systems in solution has been published in JCTC. [link]

We developed a fully atomistic approach for describing solvent effects on the plasmonics of metal nanoparticles
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I actively participated in the organization of the Material Science Degree stand of the University of Rome Tor Vergata for the 2024 European Researchers’ Night.
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Our paper on the UV/Vis absorption spectra of food colorants (anthocyanins and curcumin) in solution has been published in Molecules. [link]

My first single-author paper has been published in the 2024 Emerging Investigators Special Collection of the Journal of Chemical Physics.
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Last week (9 - 13 September 2024) I attended the NanoInnovation 2024 conference in Rome. I have presented a perspective on the energy conversion in plasmonic materials

Our Italian patent "In-silico process for identifying the design of a nanostructured plasmonic sensor" has been granted! 

We developed a fully atomistic polarizable MCSCF/FQ approach for calculating the excitation energies of molecular systems  in solution.
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I am deeply honored and thrilled to receive the Raman Award for the Best Junior Researcher at the closing ceremony of ICORS2024!

We developed a fully atomistic approach for describing solvent effects on the plasmonics of metal nanoparticles
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Last week (17 - 22 June 2024) I attended the NanoPlasm 2024 conference. Awesome science, new collaborations, and new friends in a wonderful location!

Our paper on the Real-Time extension of the fully atomistic approaches for plasmonics is out @arXiv
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On 3rd June 2024, I started my new position as a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Rome Tor Vergata

I was selected by the National NAO-CNR Commission for IUPAC as one of the Italian IUPAC Young Observers at the 53rd IUPAC General Assembly. 

Our paper on multiscale modeling of surface-enhanced fluorescence has been published in the Nanoscale Advances
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Our paper on the role of conformational sampling in computational spectroscopy of aqueous solutions has been published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B
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Our paper on Time-Dependent Multilevel DFT has been published in the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
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I have been selected as one of the early-career researchers (top 10%) in the CAS Future Leaders 2024 Top 100 program, one of the most prestigious recognition for young researchers [link]