Research Area: PHYS-03/A - Fisica Sperimentale della Materia e Applicazioni
Research activities
Our research is focused on nanotechnologies applied to soft matter, polymers, organic semiconductors, fluids and biomolecules, through highly interdisciplinary programs. The elucidation of the basic structural, rheological, fluidic, and optoelectronic properties of soft and plastic materials is carried out together with the implementation of new methods for patterning molecules and enhancing their functionality, as well as for 3D and 4D additive manufacturing. This leads to the realization of new devices with organic building blocks, and especially polymer nanofibers, such as lasers in the visible and near-infrared, field-effect transistors based on active polymers, flexible nanogenerators of energy, lab-on-chips for diagnostics, and novel scaffolds for cell cultures, tissue biophysics and nanoengineering and regenerative medicine.
Recent publications
- Photochromic Molecules Enable Optical Control of Optomechanical Coupling in a Cavity [2025]
- Active control of polariton-enabled long-range energy transfer [2024]
- Advanced Materials for Energy Harvesting and Soft Robotics: Emerging Frontiers to Enhance Piezoelectric Performance and Functionality [2024]
- Light-Emitting Microfibers from Lotus Root for Eco-Friendly Optical Waveguides and Biosensing [2024]
- Measuring arrangement and size distributions of flowing droplets in microchannels through deep learning using DropTrack [2024]