Paola De Padova* Fellow 2 Place Le Verrier, 13004, Marseille, France; *On leave from: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Struttura della Materia CNR-ISM Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00133 Roma, Italy
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CNR-Research Area of Tor Vergata CNR Departments 1. Physical sciences and technologies of matter 2. Earth system science and environmental technology 3. Agrifood science 4. Biomedical sciences 5. Chemical sciences and technology of materials 6. Engineering, ITC and technologies for energy and transport 7. Human and social sciences, cultural heritage National Institute for Astrophysics Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate Institute of Translational Pharmacology Institute of Acoustic and Sensors "Orso Mario Corbino" Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology I n s t i t u t e s TorVergata research area Every Department has a geograpical distribution of the Institutes on the whole national territory TorVergata research area Competences ENERGY MICRO/ NANOELETTRONICS BIOMEDICINE CLIMATE ENVIRONMENT SPACE Institutes of the Department of Physical sciences
Institute of Structure of Matter Knoweldge & Innovation The Institute with its 121 people is devoted to cutting-edge research at the intersection of physics, chemistry and material science. The activities span from the modelling to the construction of prototypal devices via the study of basic processes, preparation and funtionalization of materials, characterization of their structure and electronic properties and the development of new instrumentation and methods. They find their applications in several fields like energy, environment, systems of biological interest, electronic and magnetic devices and cultural heritage. Research Area Rome 2 Permanent Staff 121 people 20 phd students & postdocs 15 associated researchers Trieste Elettra Synchrotron Radiation Source Research Area Potenza Director: L. Avaldi Research Area Rome 1 9
Main Facilities CNR-ISM UHV Laboratories for Surface Science: MBE, CVD, STM, IPES, ARPES, AES\LEED,\RHEED XRD\EDXRR\GIIXRS\ Raman Spectroscopy\UV\FTIR Absorption SQUID\MOKE SEM\AFM\SNOM Microscopy Laboratory Laser and Ultra Fast Laser Facility Synchrotron Radiation Facilities (ELETTRA, Trieste) (Photoemission\Absorption on gas and solid, Circularly Polarized Absorption) Main Tasks Biological systems, Catalysis, Cultural heritage, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Matter, Environment, Macromolecules\Chiral Molecules, Nanostructures\Artificial Nanostructures and Magnetic Nanostructural, Solar Cells For: Fundamental and Applied Physiscs and Chemistry
Discovery of silicene a novel silicon two-dimensional allotrope P. Vogt, P. De Padova et al. PRL, 2012, 108, 155501 The seminal article Silicene: Compelling Experimental Evidence for Graphenelike Two- Dimensional Silicon, P. Vogt, P. De Padova, C. Quaresima, J. Avila, E. Frantzeskakis, M. C. Asensio, A. Resta, B. Ealet, and G. Le Lay, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 155501 (2012), describes, at variance with the general belief on the impossibility of sp 2 like hybridization of silicon or the naive conception of a simple copy of graphene, the first experimental realization of silicene, supported by advanced theoretical calculations, in its archetype phase on a silver substrate. It is cited 765 times according to the Web Of Science on 23-02-2016 (1014 times according to Google Scholar). According to PRL, from the day it was published on 12/04/2012, to 23/02/2016, it is ranked 2nd of 1578 Editors Suggestions and 4th of 12656 most cited PRL papers. Noteworthy is that less than three years after its publication, the first silicene field effect transistors have been made by the groups of D. Akinwande and A. Molle Silicene field-effect transistors operating at room temperature L. Tao, E. Cinquanta, D Chiappe, C. Grazianetti, M. Fanciulli, M. Dubey, A. Molle and D. Akinwande, Nature Nanotechnol., 10, 227 (2015). Image on a book: Silicene Through the Looking-Glass Low dimensional structures studies: Multilayer Silicene (PIIM-CNRS Lab: Prof. J.-M. Layet, T. Angot, G. Le Lay, E. Salomon) IMéRASymposium 23-25 March, 2016: "International SYMPOSIUM on Two-Dimensional Layered Materials and Art: Two Worlds Meet" CNR-ISM Thank you!