Curriculum Vitae - FRANCESCO ROSSELLA

Curriculum Vitae - FRANCESCO ROSSELLA
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FRANCESCO
ROSSELLA
1977/11/26
Pavia, Italy
Affiliation
NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR, Piazza S. Silvestro 12, I-56127 Pisa,
Italy
Education
PhD Physics Condensed Matter, 2007, University of Pavia
MSc SAFI-Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori, 2006, University of Pavia
MSc Physics, 2002, University of Pavia
Field of Interests
Electronic and thermal transport in nanostructures.
Research Experience
Ongoing-2013 Postdoctoral fellow - “MIUR-Futuro in Ricerca” Program SNS Unit Coordinator,
NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR, Pisa. Ultrafast Thermodynamics at
the Nanoscale.
2013-2012 Postdoctoral fellow, NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR, Pisa.
Study of charge transport phenomena in quantum devices based on self-assembling nanostructures.
2012/2011 Visiting scientist - LNCMI, Toulouse. Magneto-transport in InAs low dimensional
nanostructures
2011-2009 Postdoctoral fellow - Dipartimento di Fisica “A. Volta”, Università di Pavia. Quantum &
Mesoscopic Nanodevices
2009-2008 Postdoctoral fellow - Dipartimento di Fisica “A. Volta”, Università di Pavia. Diluted
magnetic oxides thin films
2008-2007 Postdoctoral fellow - Department of Physik E19, Technische Universität München &
Dipartimento di Chimica-Fisica “M. Rolla”, Università di Pavia. Solid oxide fuel cells
2006-2003 Doctoral assistant - Dipartimento di Fisica “A. Volta”, Università di Pavia. ABO3 single
crystal oxides for photorefractivity applications
2003-2002 Contract worker - Dipartimento di Fisica “A. Volta”, Università di Pavia. Phototransport
properties of ferroelectric materials
Projects participated
_Ultrafast Thermodynamics at the Nanoscale - MIUR-Futuro in Ricerca 2013 Unit Coordinator, 3Years
_Developement of graphene-based fast THz detector operating at room temperature (TERAGRAPH)
Scuola Normale Superiore (MISE - ICE - CRUI Agreement), 2012-2014
_Quantum & Mesoscopic Nanodevices in collaboration with European Laboratories and Large Scale
Facilities (QUANTDEV) - Cariplo Foundation, 2007-2011
_Study and development of new tecnologies for energy generation based on thin film solar cells
Universidad de Salmanca, Laboratorio de Bajas Temperatures, 2011
_Diluted magnetic oxides thin films: Towards transparent spintronics - Cariplo Foundation, 07-09
_Dalla scienza del materiali alla biomedicina molecolare - Percorsi scientifico-formativi per giovani
ricercatori - Regione Lombardia and University of Pavia (Project REGLOM06), 2007 - 2009
_Development of new materials and demonstration of prototypes of polymer and solid oxide fuel cells
Cariplo Foundation, 2006 - 2008
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_Realizzazione di microdispositivi fotonici in niobato di litio Italian Ministry of University and Scientific
Research (FIRB RBNE01KZ94), 2003 - 2006
_Crecimiento y caracterización de los materiales ferroeléctricos LiNbO3 estequiométrico, LiTaO3 y Srx
Ba 1-x Nb2 O5 para su aplicación como materiales fotónicos - Italian Ministry of University and
Scientific Research (EC grant Azione Integrata España-Italia HI0211), 2003 – 2005
Visiting
Laboratoires National de Champs Magnetic Intense-Toulouse: Guest Researcher, 6 months, within 20122010; External User, ~ 2 months, within 2011-2009 Magneto-transport and magneto-photoluminescence
experiments.
Laboratoires National de Champs Magnetic Intense-Grenoble: External User, 1 month, within 20112009 Magneto-transport and magneto-photoluminescence experiments.
Institute for Systems based on Optoelectronics and Microtechnology, Universidad Politécnica de
Madrid: External User, 1 month, within 2010-2009 Processing of nanoelectronic devices.
Laboratorio de Bajas Temperaturas, University of Salamanca: Visiting Researcher, 1 month, 2008
Electron transport and magneto-transport experiments.
Department of Physics E19, Technical University of Munich, Garching (Munich): Visiting Researcher, 9
months, within 2008-2006 Preparation, characterization, functional test of solid oxide fuel cells.
Crystal Growth Laboratory, Materials Physics Dept, Autonoma University in Madrid, Cantoblanco:
Visiting PhD Assistant, 1 month, within 2005-2004 Grow and sample preparation of single crystals
oxide.
Lab. of Quantum Electronics and Nonlinear Optics, Electronics Dept, University of Pavia: Visiting PhD
Assistant, ~ 2 months, 2004 Electro-optics experiments.
Thermoluminescence Laboratory, Material Science Dept, Univ. of Milano-Bicocca, Milan: Visiting
Undergraduate Student, 4 months, within 2002-2001 Thermoluminescence-dating experiments
Grants
MIUR-Futuro in Ricerca 2013 Program – “Ultrafast Thermodynamics at the Nanoscale”, SNS Unit
Coordinator, ~ 520 k€ / 3 Years
EuroMagNet-II Transnational Access Program _ EU contract number 228043, 13 financed experiments
within 2009-2012, ~ 20 k€
EuroMagNet-II Exchange Program _ EU contract number 228043, 6 months secondments within 20102012, 12 k€
ICTS-MICINN Program, 4 financed experiments within 2010-2012, ~ 5 k€.
Awards
National Prize for Nanoscience NEST 2012 (5 k€)
Best Dissertation 2004, SAFI-IUSS Pavia (2 k€).
Other Achievements
Referee for 6 journals edited by Elsevier, Wiley, Taylor and Francis, Electrochemical Society.
Membership to Scientific Boards: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2008 (NN2008- International
Conference); Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi e Ricerche per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali
(University of Pavia, 2004-2007); 12 Bus Project - INFN-SISSA, on the occasion of the World Year of
Physics 2005 (WYP2005); SEMISUPER06 - Interactive exhibition with live experiments (University of
Pavia, 2006).
Teaching Experience
@ University of Pavia. Type: lecturer (105h), lab. assistant (55h), examination board member (6
academic years/11 courses), 1 MSc and 1 Bsc thesis supervisor, tutor (60h). Level: MSc and Bsc.
Discipline: Optics, Physical Technologies and Cultural Heritage @ Physical Science and Technology,
Experimental Physics @ Physics, Earth Science and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Physics @ Construction
Engineering-Architecture, Biotechnology and Pharmacy, Introductory Math.-Phys. course for high
school student @ Pharmacy.
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Languages
Italian mother-tongue. English fluent. Spanish fluent. French basic knowledge
Publications
2014
Tuning electronic transport in cobalt-filled carbon nanotubes using magnetic fields
F. Rossella, C. Soldano, P. Onorato, V. Bellani
NANOSCALE 6(2) 788-794 2014
2013
Giant Thermovoltage in Single InAs Nanowire Field-Effect Transistors
S. Roddaro, D. Ercolani, M.A. Safeen, S. Suomalainen, F. Rossella, F. Giazotto, L. Sorba, F.
Beltram
NANO LETTERS 2013, 13(8), 3638-3642
Quantum Hall effect in monolayer, bilayer and trilayer graphene
C. Cobaleda, E. Diez, M. Amado, S. Pezzini, F. Rossella, V. Bellani, D.Lopez-Romero, D. K. Maude
J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 456 (2013) 012006
2012
Functionalization of reduced graphite oxide sheets with a zwitterionic surfactant
B. Martín-García, M. Mercedes Velázquez, F. Rossella, V. Bellani, E. Diez, J. L. G. Fierro, J. A. Pérez
Hernández and J. Hernández-Toro
ChemPhysChem 2012, 13, 1 – 10
Magneto-transport of graphene and quantum phase transitions in the quantum Hall regime
M. Amado, E. Diez, F. Rossella, V. Bellani, D Lopez-Romero, and D. K. Maude
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 24 (2012) 305302
Trion confinement and exciton shrinkage in the 2DEG at high magnetic fields
V. Bellani, F. Rossella, F. Dionigi, M. Goiran, G. Biasiol and L. Sorba
Solid State Communications 152 (2012) 1123–1126
Metal-filled Carbon Nanotubes as a Novel Class of Photothermal Nanomaterials
F. Rossella, C. Soldano, V. Bellani and M. Tommasini
Adv. Mater. 2012, 24, 2453–2458
Quantum Hall effect in bilayer and trilayer graphene
C. Cobaleda, F. Rossella, S. Pezzini, E. Diez, V. Bellani, D. K. Maude, and P. Blake
Phys. Status Solidi C 9 (6) 1411–1414 (2012)
2011
Quantum Hall effect in inhomogeneous trilayer graphene
C. Sanchez, F. Rossella, S. Pizzini, E. Diez, V. Bellani, D. Maude and P. Blake
Physica E 44(2), 2011, 530-533
Optical probing of correlation driven liquid-to-insulator transition in 2D electron gas
F. Dionigi, F. Rossella, V. Bellani, M. Amado, E. Diez, K. Kowalik, G. Biasiol and L. Sorba
New. J. Phys. 13 (2011) 063003
Circularly polarized resonant Rayleigh scattering and skyrmions in the ν = 1 quantum Hall ferromagnet
V. Bellani, F. Rossella, M. Amado, E. Diez, K. Kowalik, G. Biasiol and L. Sorba
Phys. Rev. B, 83, 193307 (2011)
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Automated Raman imaging of graphene
J.M. Caridad, F. Rossella, V. Bellani, M. Grandi and E. Diez
J. Raman Spectrosc. 42 (3) 286-293 (2011)
Charge transport in graphene–polythiophene blends as studied by Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy and
transistor characterization
A. Liscio, G. P. Veronese, E. Treossi, F. Suriano, F. Rossella, V. Bellani, R. Rizzoli, P. Samorì and V.
Palermo
J. Mater. Chem. 2011, 21, 2924-2931
Optical probing of quantum Hall effect of composite fermions and of the liquid-insulator transition
F. Rossella, V. Bellani, F. Dionigi, M. Amado, E. Diez, K. Kowalik, G. Biasiol and L. Sorba
J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 334 (2011) 012022
High Field Quantum Hall Effect in Disordered Graphene Near the Dirac Point
W. Escoffier, J.M. Poumirol, M. Amado, F. Rossella, A. Kumar, E. Diez, M. Goiran, V. Bellani and B.
Raquet
GraphITA 2011 Carbon Nanostructures, 2012, 61-73, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-20644-3_9
2010
Cobalt Nanocluster-filled Carbon Nanotube Arrays: Engineered Photonic Bandgap and Optical
Reflectivity
C. Soldano, F. Rossella, V. Bellani, S. Giudicatti, S. Kar
ACS Nano 4, 6573–6578, 2010
Effects of Particle Contamination and Substrate Interaction on the Raman Response of Unintentionally
Doped Graphene
J.M. Caridad, F. Rossella, V. Bellani, M. Maicas, M. Patrini, and E. Diez
J. Appl. Phys. 108, 084321 (2010)
Plateau-insulator transition in graphene
M Amado, E Diez, D Lopez-Romero, F. Rossella, J M Caridad, F Dionigi, V Bellani, and D K Maude
New J. Phys. 12, 053004 (2010)
TiO2 thin films for spintronics application: a Raman study
F. Rossella, P. Galinetto, M. C. Mozzati, L. Malavasi, Y. Diaz Fernandez, G. Drera and L. Sangaletti
J. Raman Spectrosc. 41, 558–565 (2010)
Optical detection of quantum Hall effect of composite fermions and evidence of the ν = 3/8 state
V. Bellani, F. Dionigi, F. Rossella, M. Amado, E. Diez, G. Biasiol and L. Sorba
Phys. Rev. B 81, 155316 (2010)
Micro-Raman study of the role of sterilization on carbon nanotubes for biomedical applications
S. Bellucci, M. Chiaretti, P. Onorato, F. Rossella, M. S. Grandi, P. Galinetto, I. Sacco, F. Micciulla
Nanomedicine 5 (2), 209-215 (2010)
Role of oxygen content on the magnetic properties of epitaxial anatase and rutile TiO2 thin films
P. Galinetto, M.C. Mozzati, C. Vercesi, L. Malavasi, Y.A. Diaz Fernandez, F. Rossella, G. Drera, L.
Sangaletti
J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 200, 072030 (2010)
Solar Cell Manufacturing: As-cut mc-Si Wafers Discrimination Using Magnetotransport, Optical and
Lifetime Measurements
V. Parra García, V. Bellani, F. Rossella, I. Colino, F. Dionigi, C. Sánchez-Fabrés, E. Díez
25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th World Conference on
Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 2CV.2.72, 1969-1973, ISBN: 3-936338-26-4, DOI:
10.4229/25thEUPVSEC2010-2CV.2.72
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Magneto-Transport and Optical Characterization of Amorphous Silicon Tandem Cells
E. Díez, E. García, C. Sánchez-Fabrés, M. Camarasa, J.E. Velázquez-Pérez, Y.M. Meziani, V. Bellani, I.
Colino, F. Rossella, J. Izard 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 5th
World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 3AV.2.31, 3240-3242, ISBN: 3-936338-26-4,
DOI: 10.4229/25thEUPVSEC2010-3AV.2.31
2009
Optical and Magnetotransport Characterisation of Solar-Grade mc-Silicon Wafers
V. Parra García, M. Amado, C. Sánchez-Fabrés, E. Díez, V. Bellani, F. Dionigi, F. Rossella, J.M.
Caridad, Y.M. Meziani, J. Gutiérrez, T. Del Caño
24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition / 4th World Conference on
Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 2DV.1.36, 2120 - 2124, ISBN: 3-936338-25-6, DOI:
10.4229/24thEUPVSEC2009-2DV.1.36
2008
Luminescence and Absorption Spectroscopy of Weakly Mn-Doped SrTiO3 Crystals
Potucek Z, Trepakov V,Deyneka A, Bryknar Z, Galinetto P, Rossella F.
Ferroelectrics 367, 102–110 (2008)
Impurity Effects And Charge Transport In ABO3 Single Crystal Oxides: Photorefractivity-Oriented And
Basic Studies
Rossella F., Galinetto P, Trepakov V, Badalyan AG, Samoggia G
Ferroelectrics 367, 111–119 (2008)
2007
Photoconductivity and the structural phase transition in SrTiO3
Rossella F, Galinetto P, Samoggia G, Trepakov V, Jastrabik L
Sol. St. Commun. 141(2): 95-98 (2007)
Photoconductive and Electro-optical properties of Hf doped lithium niobate crystals
Rossella F, Grando D, Galinetto P, Degiorgio V, Kokanyan E
Ferroelectrics 352, 143–147 (2007)
Influence of Cu ions on the photo-transport properties in KTaO3 :(CU,V) single crystals
F. Rossella, L. Perucchini, P. Galinetto, G. Samoggia, M. C. Mozzati, C. B. Azzoni, A. G. Badalyan, V.
A. Trepakov and P. P. Syrnikov
Phys. Stat. Sol. C 4 (3)1101-1104, 2007
Structural and optical properties of hafnium-doped lithium-niobate crystals
Galinetto P., Rossella F., Cristiani I., Minzioni P., Degiorgio V, Kokanyan EP
Phys. Stat. Sol. C 4 (3) 2007, 1372-1375
2006
Microraman and photorefractivity study of Hafnium doped lithium niobate crystals
Galinetto P, Rossella F, Minzioni P, Razzari L, Cristiani I, Degiorgio V, Kokanyan EP
J. Nonlinear Opt. Phys. 15(1), 9-21 (2006)
EPR and optical absorption investigations of photochromic effect in nearly stoichiometric LiNbO3: Fe
Mozzati MC, Badalyan AG, Demaestri G, Galinetto P, Rossella F, Bermudez V, Azzoni CB, Samogia G
Adv. Mater. Forum III, PTS 1-2, Material Science Forum, 514-516, 152-155 (2006)
Structural phase transition and photo-charge carrier transport in SrTiO3
Galinetto P, Rossella F, Samoggia G, Trepakov V, Kotomin E, Heifets E, Markovin P, Jastrabik L,
Ferroelectrics, 337, 1351-1360 (2006)
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UV light-induced IR absorption and photoconductivity in KTa1-xNbxO3
Trepakov VA, Gubaev AI, Kapphan SE, Galinetto P, Rossella F, Boatner LA, Syrnikov P, Jastrabik L
Ferroelectrics, 334, 389-399 (2006)
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Hafnium-Doped Lithium Niobate Crystals: Electrical and Optical Properties P. Minzioni, L. Razzari, I.
Cristiani, V. Degiorgio, P. Galinetto, F. Rossella, A. Morbiato, A. De Simone, and E.P. Kokanyan
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference and
Photonic Applications Systems Technologies, Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America,
2006), paper CTuJ5.
2005
Ferroelectricity in K0.992Rb0.008Ta0.96Nb0.04O3
Giulotto E, Stasi V, Galinetto P, Rossella F, Samoggia G, Trepakov V, Syrnikov P, Jastrabik L,
Ferroelectrics 320, 575-580 (2005)
Photoinduced charge transport in KTaO3:Be Galinetto P, Rossella F, Giulotto E, Samoggia G, Trepakov
V, Jastrabik L, Syrnkov P, Kapphan D, Phys. Stat. Sol. C, 2(1), 184-187 (2005)
Characterization of structural and photoinduced defects in pure and doped lithium niobate Mozzati MC,
Rossella F, Galinetto P, Giulotto E, Bermudez V, Azzoni CB, Samoggia G Phys. Stat. Sol. C, 2(1), 159162 (2005)
2004
Relationship between photorefractive activity and Raman scattering in lithium niobate crystals
Giulotto E, De Contardi R, Rossella F, Bermudez V
Opt. Mater. 27(1), 81-84 (2004)
2003
Forbidden Raman Scattering in pure and doped lithium niobate
Giulotto E, De Contardi R, Rossella F, Bermudez V
Photorefractive effects, materials and devices. OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics 87, 90-95 (2003)
Talks
Author of >15 oral presentation in international and national congresses
Other Contributions
Co-author of > 45 presentations in international and national congresses.
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