Ricerca
Research activities mainly focus on materials and interfaces, devices and microsystems, renewable energy and environment:
Materials & Interfaces
- Development of new materials and interfaces
- Chemical‐physical analysis of materials and Interfaces
- Biomaterials and biotechnologies for medical applications
Devices & Microsystems
Design, fabrication, characterization and packaging of innovative devices based on silicon compatible technology. In particular:
- Silicon‐based devices for radiation detection
- CMOS high‐performance low‐cost vision devices
- Silicon‐based photonics and custom MEMS for radio frequency, biomedical, agro‐food and environmental applications
Renewable energy and environment
Study and development of innovative solutions for renewable energies with a special focus on energy re‐use and near zero energy buildings [NZEB]
Highlight examples of research activities are reported
- Advanced nanosystems for a new era in molecular oncology – NEWTON
- Nonlinear dynamics of optical frequency combs – NEMO
- All Solid-State Super-Twinning Photon Microscope – SUPERTWIN
- Integrated System based on photonic microresonators and microfluidic components for rapid detection of toxins in milk and dairy products – SYMPHONY
- Development of a Master Socket for optimised design of prosthetic socket for lower limb amputees – SOCKETMASTER
Details of our research capabilities can be found in the description of the individual research units and laboratories, here.