Advanced fabrication and characterization of functional materials
Facing the crucial challenges for our society -such assustainable development, health, information technologies- requires the ability to imagine and create advanced materials with innovative properties controlling their composition, structure and morphology at the micro and nanoscale. The combination of different nano-systems in fact opens up a new world to explore, with properties and phenomena that are not the simple sum of those of individual objects, with possibilities for completely new applications. The application areas of these systems range from catalysis, photovoltaics and tribology to those inherent in ICT developments, such as nano-electronics, spin- and opto-electronics, nano-mechanics and new quantum technologies.
The activities at FIM are focused on:
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Nanofabrication
Electron-beam lithography and FIB
On-surface synthesis
Nanoparticle physical deposition -
Tribology and nanomechanics
Graphene and 2D materials
Multiscale surface modifications
Hard coatings and self-lubricants -
Surface spectroscopies and microscopies
Oxide films, nanostructures and nanoparticles for sustainable energy solutions
Graphene nanostructures and 2D metal-dichalcogenides systems
Hybrid molecular magnets/inorganic substrate interfaces -
Transmission Electron Microscopy spectroscopy and diffraction
Electron Holography of magnetic materials and electromagnetic fields
Orbital angular momentum (OAM) resolved /EELS
Basic experiment in quantum mechanics exploiting the TEM
Faculty
Marco Affronte, Antonio Ballestrazzi, Roberto Biagi, Sergio DAddato, Valentina De Renzi, Stefano Frabboni, Claudia Menozzi, Alberto Rota, Rita Tonini, Sergio Valeri.
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