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Time-domain observation of interlayer exciton formation and thermalization in a MoSe/WSe heterostructure
Veronica R. Policht, Henry Mittenzwey, Oleg Dogadov +11
Vertical heterostructures (HS) of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) host interlayer excitons (ILX), with electrons and holes residing in different layers. With respect to the…
Tamm Plasmon Resonance as Optical Fingerprint of Silver/Bacteria Interaction
Simone Normani, Pietro Bertolotti, Francesco Bisio +8
Incorporation of responsive elements into photonic crystals is an effective strategy for building up active optical components to be used as sensors, actuators and modulators. In t…
Role of the annealing parameters on the resistance of indium tin oxide nanocrystalline films
Fabio Marangi, Luigi Fenzi, Michele Bellingeri +1
The optical and electrical properties of films made of nanoparticles of indium tin oxide (ITO) are widely studied because of the significance of this material for transparent elect…
Vanadium oxide metal-insulator phase transition in different types of one-dimensional photonic microcavities
Francesco Scotognella
The optical properties of vanadium dioxide () can be tuned via metal-insulator transition. In this work different types of one-dimensional photonic structure-based microcavit…
Tunable cavity modes and light-pulse propagation in diarylethene-based photo-switchable polymeric microcavities
Francesco Scotognella
Light responsive devices employing molecular photo-switches are interesting for displays and dynamic light filtering. In this work, polymeric microcavities embedding a layer of pho…
Microcavities integrated in metal halide perovskite light-emitting field-effect transistors
Francesco Scotognella
Metal halide perovskites are materials that show unique characteristics for photovoltaics and light emission. Amplified spontaneous emission and stimulated emission has been shown…
Near-Infrared plasmon induced hot electron extraction evidence in an indium tin oxide nanoparticle / monolayer molybdenum disulphide heterostructure
Michele Guizzardi, Michele Ghini, Andrea Villa +8
In this work, we observe plasmon induced hot electron extraction in a heterojunction between indium tin oxide nanocrystals and monolayer molybdenum disulphide. We study the sample…
The Impact of Tamm Plasmons on Photonic Crystals Technology
Simone Normani, Francesco Federico Carboni, Guglielmo Lanzani +2
This review describes hybrid photonic-plasmonic structures based on periodic structures that have metallic coatings or inserts which make use of the Tamm plasmon for sensing applic…
Ultrafast structural color change in indium tin oxide/titanium dioxide 1D photonic crystal
Liliana Moscardi, Stefano Varas, Alessandro Chiasera +2
Photonic crystals can integrate plasmonic materials such as indium tin oxide (ITO) in their structure. Exploiting ITO plasmonic properties it is possible to tune the photonic band…
Bismuth vanadate layers alternated with nanoparticle-doped silicon dioxide layers for one-dimensional multilayer photonic crystals
Francesco Scotognella
Bismuth vanadate is one of most studied materials in the field of photocatalysis due to its high photocatalytic activity. The modulation of its optical properties can be engineered…
New Strategies for Solar Cells Beyond the Visible Spectral Range
Fabio Marangi, Matteo Lombardo, Andrea Villa +1
The endeavor of the scientific community to maximize the possibility to harvest Sun irradiation for energy production is mainly devoted to the improvement of the power conversion e…
Bringing the Interaction of Silver Nanoparticles with Bacteria to Light
Simone Normani, Nicholas Dalla Vedova, Guglielmo Lanzani +2
In the last decades the exploitation of silver nanoparticles in novel antibacterial and detection devices have risen to prominence for their well-known specific interaction with ba…
MaPBI3 and 2D hybrid organic inorganic perovskite based microcavities employing periodic, aperiodic and disordered photonic structures and with the possibility of light-induced tuning
Michele Bellingeri, Francesco Scotognella
Inorganic-organic perovskites semiconductors are becoming increasingly interesting due to their remarkable optical properties, such as a high photoluminescence quantum yield and th…
Calculated optical properties of BTTzR donor molecule and its derivatives
Giuseppe Maria Paternò, Andrea Farina, Francesco Scotognella
In this work, we study the light absorption properties of a novel molecule (BTTzR) and its more extended derivatives, which hold promise as electron-donor material in organic solar…
The Impact of Bacteria Exposure on the Plasmonic Response of Silver Nanostructured Surfaces
Giuseppe M. Paternò, Aaron M. Ross, Silvia M. Pietralunga +8
Silver, especially in the form of nanostructures, is widely employed as an antimicrobial agent in a large range of commercial products. The origin of the biocidal mechanism has bee…
Anisotropic complex refractive indices of atomically thin materials: determination of the optical constants of few-layer black phosphorus
Aaron M. Ross, Giuseppe M. Paternò, Stefano Dal Conte +2
In this work we briefly review the studies of the optical constants of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides and few layer black phosphorus, with particular emphasis to the co…
A Polymer Blend Substrate for Skeletal Muscle Cells Alignment and Photostimulation
V. Vurro, A. D. Scaccabarozzi, F. Lodola +8
Substrate engineering for steering cell growth is a wide and well-established area of research in the field of modern biotechnology. Here we introduce a micromachining technique to…
Modularity affects the robustness of scale-free model and real-world social networks under betweenness and degree-based node attack
Quang Nguyen, Tuan Van Vu, Hanh Duyen Dinh +4
In this paper we investigate how the modularity of model and real-world social networks affect their robustness and the efficacy of node attack (removal) strategies based on node d…
Optical properties of recent non-fullerene molecular acceptors for bulk heterojunction solar cells
Andrea Farina, Giuseppe M. Paternò, Francesco Scotognella
For many years the faith of organic photovoltaics has been linked to the one of fullerene, since fullerene has been considered the electron-acceptor of choice in bulk heterojunctio…
Electrochromism in Electrolyte-Free and Solution Processed Bragg Stacks
Liliana Moscardi, Giuseppe M. Paternò, Alessandro Chiasera +5
Achieving an active manipulation of colours has huge implications in optoelectronics, as colours engineering can be exploited in a number of applications, ranging from display to l…
Ultrafast photochromism and bacteriochromism in one dimensional hybrid plasmonic photonic structures
Francesco Scotognella, Giuseppe M. Paternò, Ilka Kriegel +8
Hybrid plasmonic photonic structures combine the plasmonic response with the photonic band gap, holding promise for utilization as optical switches and sensors. Here, we demonstrat…
The ultrafast onset of exciton formation in 2D semiconductors
Chiara Trovatello, Florian Katsch, Nicholas J. Borys +11
The equilibrium and non-equilibrium optical properties of single-layer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are determined by strongly bound excitons. Exciton relaxation dynamic…
Multilayer plasmonic photonic structures embedding photochromic molecules or optical gain molecules
Francesco Scotognella
We design photonic structures embedding different functional molecular systems of photochromic switching and lasing. We study the light absorption of two photochromic molecules and…
Hybrid 1D Plasmonic/Photonic Crystals are Responsive to Escherichia Coli
Giuseppe Maria Paterno, Liliana Moscardi, Stefano Donini +6
Photonic crystal-based biosensors hold great promise as valid and low-cost devices for real-time monitoring of a variety of biotargets. Given the high processability and easiness o…