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Pulse, polarization and topology shaping of polariton fuids
Lorenzo Dominici, David Colas, Stefano Donati +9
Here we present different approaches to ultrafast pulse and polarization shaping, based on a ``quantum fluid'' platform of polaritons. Indeed we exploit the normal modes of two dim…
Fluorescent nano- and microparticles for sensing cellular microenvironment: past, present and future applications
Giuliana Grasso, Francesco Colella, Stefania Forciniti +7
The tumor microenvironment (TME) features distinct hallmarks, including acidosis, hypoxia, reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, and altered ion fluxes, which are crucial targe…
Engineering Dion-Jacobson Perovskites in Polariton Waveguides
Annalisa Coriolano, Anna Moliterni, Francesco Todisco +12
Hybrid two-dimensional perovskites hold considerable promise as semiconductors for a wide range of optoelectronic applications. Many efforts are addressed to exploit the potential…
Conformal-invariance of 2D quantum turbulence in an exciton-polariton fluid of light
Riccardo Panico, Alessandra S. Lanotte, Dimitrios Trypogeorgos +4
The similarities of quantum turbulence with classical hydrodynamics allow quantum fluids to provide essential models of their classical analogue, paving the way for fundamental adv…
Strongly enhanced light-matter coupling of a monolayer WS2 from a bound state in the continuum
E. Maggiolini, L. Polimeno, F. Todisco +11
Optical bound states in the continuum (BIC) allow to totally prevent a photonic mode from radiating into free space along a given spatial direction. Polariton excitations derived f…
Rydberg polaritons in ReS2 crystals
A. Coriolano, L. Polimeno, M. Pugliese +14
Rhenium disulfide (ReS2) belongs to group-VII transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDs) with attractive properties such as exceptionally high refractive index and significant oscillat…
Surface Lattice Resonances in 3D Chiral Metacrystals for Plasmonic Sensing
Mariachiara Manoccio, Vittorianna Tasco, Francesco Todisco +4
Chiral lattice modes are hybrid states arising from chiral plasmonic particles assembled in ordered arrays with opportune periodicity. These resonances exhibit dependence on excita…
Co-loading of doxorubicin and iron oxide nanocubes in polycaprolactone fibers for combining Magneto-Thermal and chemotherapeutic effects on cancer cells
Francesca Serio, Niccolò Silvestri, Sahitya Kumar Avugadda +8
Among the strategies to fight cancer, multi-therapeutic approaches are considered as a wise choice to put in place multiple weapons to suppress tumors. In this work, to combine che…
Coupled quantum vortex kinematics and Berry curvature in real space
Lorenzo Dominici, Amir Rahmani, David Colas +6
The Berry curvature provides a powerful tool to unify several branches of science through their geometrical aspect: topology, energy bands, spin and vector fields. While quantum de…
Shaping the topology of light with a moving Rabi-oscillating vortex
Lorenzo Dominici, Nina Voronova, David Colas +8
Quantum vortices are the analogue of classical vortices in optics, Bose-Einstein condensates, superfluids and superconductors, where they provide the elementary mode of rotation an…
Highly sensitive fluorescent pH microsensor based on the ratiometric dye pyranine immobilized on silica microparticles
Anil Chandra, Saumya Prasad, Helena Iuele +5
Pyranine (HPTS) is a remarkably interesting pH sensitive dye that has been used for plenty of applications. Its high quantum yield and extremely sensitive ratiometric fluorescence…
Emerging Technologies for Cancer Research: Towards Personalized Medicine with Microfluidic Platforms and 3D Tumor Models
Matteo Turetta, Fabio Del Ben, Giulia Brisotto +7
In the present review, we describe three hot topics in cancer research such as circulating tumor cells, exosomes, and 3D environment models. The first section is dedicated to micro…
Towards the development of human immune-system-on-a-chip platforms
Alessandro Polini, Loretta L. del Mercato, Adriano Barra +3
Organ-on-a-chip (OoCs) platforms could revolutionize drug discovery and might ultimately become essential tools for precision therapy. Although many single-organ and interconnected…
A synergic approach to enhance long term culture and manipulation of MiaPaCa-2 pancreatic cancer spheroids
Marta Cavo, Donatella Delle Cave, Eliana D'Amone +3
Tumour spheroids have the potential to be used as preclinical chemosensitivity assays. However, the production of three dimensional (3D) tumour spheroids remains challenging as not…
Probing the pH microenvironment of mesenchymal stromal cell cultures on additive-manufactured scaffolds
Ivan Lorenzo Moldero, Anil Chandra, Marta Cavo +5
Despite numerous advances in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, monitoring the formation of tissue regeneration and its metabolic variations during culture…
Electrospun nanofibers in cancer research: from engineering of in vitro 3D cancer models to therapy
Marta Cavo, Francesca Serio, Narendra R. Kale +3
Electrospinning is historically related to tissue engineering due to its ability to produce nano-/microscale fibrous materials with mechanical and functional properties that are ex…
Femtomolar Biodetection by a Compact Core-Shell 3D Chiral Metamaterial
Mariachiara Manoccio, Marco Esposito, Elisabetta Primiceri +8
Highly sensitive and selective label free devices for real-time identification of specific biomarkers are expected to significantly impact the biosensing field. The ability of plas…
Optical and magnetic resonance imaging approaches for investigating the tumour microenvironment: state-of-the-art review and future trends
S. Prasad, A. Chandra, M. Cavo +8
The tumour microenvironment (TME) strongly influences tumorigenesis and metastasis. Two of the most characterized properties of the TME are acidosis and hypoxia, both of which are…
Dynamics of a vortex lattice in an expanding polariton quantum fluid
Riccardo Panico, Guido Macorini, Lorenzo Dominici +7
If a quantum fluid is driven with enough angular momentum, at equilibrium the ground state of the system is given by a lattice of quantised vortices whose density is prescribed by…
Tuning the Berry curvature in 2D Perovskite
Laura Polimeno, Milena De Giorgi, Giovanni Lerario +14
Topological physics and in particular its connection with artificial gauge fields is a forefront topic in different physical systems, ranging from cold atoms to photonics and more…
Observation of two thresholds leading to polariton condensation in 2D hybrid perovskites
Laura Polimeno, Antonio Fieramosca, Giovanni Lerario +12
Two dimensional (2D) perovskites are promising materials for photonic applications, given their outstanding nonlinear optical properties, ease of fabrication and versatility. In pa…
Fluorescent nanoparticles for sensing
Anil Chandra, Saumya Prasad, Giuseppe Gigli +1
Nanoparticle-based fluorescent sensors have emerged as a competitive alternative to small molecule sensors, due to their excellent fluorescence-based sensing capabilities. The tail…
Demonstration of dipolar-induced enhancement of parametric effects in polariton waveguides
Daniel G. Suárez-Forero, Fabrizio Riminucci, Vincenzo Ardizzone +13
Exciton-polaritons are hybrid light-matter excitations arising from the non-perturbative coupling of a photonic mode and an excitonic resonance. Behaving as interacting photons, th…
Controlling the Functional Properties of Oligothiophene Crystalline Nano/Micro-Fibers via Tailoring of the Self-Assembling Molecular Precursors
Francesca Di Maria, Mattia Zangoli, Massimo Gazzano +13
Oligothiophenes are pi-conjugated semiconducting and fluorescent molecules whose self-assembly properties are widely investigated for application in organic electronics, optoelectr…