Research & Training
@ the NAST Center
Silvia Licoccia
Università di Roma Tor Vergata
[email protected]
www.centronast.it
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Participants
Ca. 50 from Roma Tor Vergata Departments
Ca. 65 from other Italian Universities and research centers
Objectives:
NAST combines basic science with application-orientated research and
development of innovative instrumentation
NAST aims to be an interdisciplinary research and training centre where
biologists, chemists, engineers, physicians, and physicists work together
to investigate scientific issues at the nanoscale. This knowledge is
exploited to develop innovative materials and methodological tools,
nanoelectronic and photonic devices and instrumentations.
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Biology
Chemistry
Electronic Engineering
Experimental Medicine
Mechanical Engineering
Physics
 Multidisciplinary Team
 Synergic research activities in:
o Materials for Energy
o Materials for Biomedical Applications
o Innovative instrumentation and tools for ICT, Environment,
Health, Space, Cultural Heritage
PhD Program in
Materials for Health, Environment and Energy
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Some of our National and International
Collaborations:
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CNR (I)
CNMS - ORNL (USA)
CUB (SK)
ENEA Casaccia (I)
KAUST (SA)
ISIS Spallation Neutron Source (UK)
Tel Aviv University (IL)
University Milano Bicocca (I)
University of Aarhus (DK)
Université du Québec (CDN)
Universitade de Sao Paulo (BZ)
Vatican City (SCV)
and many more…..
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Some of the topics investigated
(not exhaustive!!!!):
 Health
• Tissue engineering
• Nanotoxicology
• Nanomedicine
 Energy
• Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells
• Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
• Microbial Fuel Cells
• Conformationally constrained peptides for electron transfer
• Solar Cells
 Cultural Heritage
• Molecular dynamics modelling
• Instrumentation/methods for Imaging with eV neutrons of (CH materials) (e.g.
IMAT Instrument at ISIS)
 ICT
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Instrumentation for accelerated MeV neutron testing of semiconductors
(SEE), (e.g. CHIPIR Instrument at ISIS)
 Space
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Instrumentation for space research (e.g. PAMELA space missions)
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More beside today….
Smart nanomaterials for Biomedical Application
PI: Nicola Rosato
BIO-NanoMorSi: Biological impact of engineered oxide nanoparticles:
morphology and size in health hazard
with partners from:
CZ, D, F, Mal, NL, UK, USA
PI: Lina Ghibelli
Nanofactory: nanotechnology for the bio-inorganic interface
PI: Piero Morales
Nanostructures: quantum dots [InAs/GaAs(001)]: MBE growth, AFM
characterization and modelling.
PI: Fulvia Patella
CH: Imaging methods of CH materials with eV neutrons
PI: Carla Andreani
In collaboration with G. Gorini,
Milano Bicocca & Nast, C. Vasi
CNR-IPFC Messina
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More beside today….
Energy from waste: microbial fuel & electrolysis cells
PI: Silvia Licoccia
MATTM, POR Lazio, AGER
ICT: Accelerated neutron testing of semiconductor electronics: Single
Event Effects (SEE) via MeV neutrons at ISIS (UK)
PI: Carla Andreani
In collaboration with:
C. Frost (ISIS ), G. Gorini (Milano Bicocca &
NAST), FINMECCANICA, ST Microelectronics
Space:
1. Space Station Mission-MIR Station and light flashes
2. Instrumentation for Satellites–PAMELA
and CSES MISSIONS
PI: Piergiorgio Picozza
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More beside today….
Biological systems
Theory: ab initio calculation of geometrical structures electronic and
optical properties, quantum transport
PI: Olivia Pulci
3-D
0-D
1-D
Many Body Theory
Code
development
2-D
nanoclusters
nanowires
Surfaces
bulks
O. Pulci, M. Palummo, C.r Hogan, A. Marini, M. Marsili, V. Garbuio, A. Mosca Conte, E. Cannuccia, P. Gori, L. Guidoni, A.
Kavokin, M. Cini, A. Desideri, M. Falconi, A. Palleschi, S. Morante, A. Varlamov
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PARIS
(Reining)
ROME
(Pulci)
YORK
(Godby)
LOUVAIN
(Gonze)
NANOQUANTA
Network of Excellence
S.SEBASTIAN
(Rubio)
Nanoscale Quantum Simulations
for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials
http://www.cmt.york.ac.uk/nanoquanta/
http://etsf.ehu.es/
BERLIN FHI
(Scheffler)
JENA
(Bechstedt)
BERLIN FU
(Gross)
LUND
(von
Barth)
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More beside today….
The botanical garden: a multifunctional
structure for research and education
- Green energy from plants: plant modules
for CO2 uptake – phytoremediation
- Massive production of biomolecules by
micropropagation
PI: Antonella Canini
http://www.ortobotanicoroma2.it/
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Today….
META: Materials Enhancement
for Technological Applications:
a research & training project
•Materials interphase enhanced conductivity
•Nanotechnology for the bio-inorganic surface
•Inelastic neutron scattering on porous anode SOFC materials at SNS – ORNL
•Ab initio molecular dynamics simulation of peptide-TiO2 interaction
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Today….
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Today….
Hilights from current projects
HEALTH
“Bionano” research lines
Temperature dependent protein encapsulation in self-assembled DNA
nanocages
MATERIALS
Peptide self-assembled monolayers as a new tool for bioinspired
nanotechnology
CULTURAL HERITAGE
A multidisciplinary approach for the conservation and valorization of CH
Neutron and X-ray imaging for Cultural Heritage research
Ancient biomolecules and the reconstruction of human population hystory
Ab-initio computational methods applied to CH
SPACE
Heralding a new era in cosmic ray physics: PAMELA, JEM-EUSO and CSES
Missions
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Acknowledgements
Thanks to
All our members that I have forgotten!
All of you for your attention
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