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Didattica
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Data
Italian Citizen
Born in Udine February 7, 1962
Studies
1985: "Laurea" degree in Physics, University of Trieste
Present position
2005-present: Full Professor of Physics of Matter, University of Trieste
Past positions
1999-2005: Associate Professor of General Physics, University of Trieste
1992-1999: Research Associate of Physics of Matter, University of Trieste
1988-1992: Researcher at the Scientific Division, Elettra Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (Trieste)
1986-1988: Visiting Scientist at the IBM Almaden Research Center (San Jose, California)
1986: Visiting Researcher at the International School of Advanced Studies (Trieste)
Main Scientific Interests
Structure and reactivity of catalytic model systems
Structural and electronic characterization of surfaces
Oxide formation on transition metal surfaces
Dynamics of surface reactions
Influence of strain on reactivity
Clusters on oxide surfaces
Growth of thin oxide films
Main experimental techniques
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) on metal and oxide surfaces (variable temp-STM and low temp-STM)
X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) and photoelectron diffraction with conventional sources and Synchrotron Radiation
Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) and Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (NEXAFS)
Low energy electron diffraction (LEED, LEED I-V)
TPD, TDS, TPR mass spectroscopies
Known Languages
Italian, English
Selected recent pubblications
- E. Vesselli, L. De Rogatis, X. Ding, A. Baraldi, L. Savio, L. Vattuone, M. Rocca, P. Fornasiero, M. Peressi, A. Baldereschi, R. Rosei and G. Comelli;
Hydrogen-assisted Flip of Activated Carbon Dioxide on Ni(110);
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 11417 (2008).
- L. Bianchettin, A. Baraldi, S. De Gironcoli, E. Vesselli,
S. Lizzit, L. Petaccia, G. Comelli and R. Rosei;
Core level shifts of undercoordinated Pt atoms;
J. Chem. Phys. 128, 114706 (2008).
- A. Baraldi, E. Vesselli, L. Bianchettin, G. Comelli, S. Lizzit, L. Petaccia, S. de Gironcoli, A. Locatelli, T.O. Mentes, L. Aballe, J. Weissenrieder, J.N. Andersen;
The (1x1)->hexagonal structural transition on Pt(100) studied by high resolution core level photoemission;
J. Chem. Phys. 127, 164702 (2007).
- C. Dri, C. Africh, F. Esch, G. Comelli, O. Dubay, L. Köhler, F. Mittendorfer, G. Kresse, P. Dudin, and M. Kiskinova;
Initial oxidation of the Rh(110) surface: Ordered adsorption and surface oxide structures;
J. Chem. Phys. 125, 094701 (2006).
- L. Bianchettin, A. Baraldi, S. de Gironcoli, S. Lizzit, L. Petaccia, E. Vesselli, G. Comelli, and R. Rosei;
Geometric and electronic structure of the N/Rh(100) system
by core-level photoelectron spectroscopy: Experiment and
theory;
Phys. Rev. B 74, 45430 (2006).
- C. Africh and G. Comelli;
Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy Investigations of Simple Surface Reactions on Rh(110);
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 18, R387-R416 (2006).
- C. Africh, H. Lin, M. Corso, F. Esch, R. Rosei, W.H. Hofer, and G. Comelli;
Water Production Reaction on Rh(110);
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 11454 (2005).
- F. Esch, S. Fabris, L. Zhou, T. Montini, C. Africh, P. Fornasiero, G. Comelli and R. Rosei;
Electron Localization Determines Defect Formation on Ceria Substrates;
Science 309, 752 (2005).
- P. Dudin, A. Barinov, L. Gregoratti, M. Kiskinova, F. Esch, C. Dri, C. Africh, and G. Comelli;
Initial Oxidation of a Rh(110) Surface using Atomic or Molecular Oxygen and Reduction of the Surface Oxide by Hydrogen;
J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 13649 (2005).
- A. Baraldi, D. Giacomello, L. Rumiz, M. Moretuzzo, S. Lizzit, F. Buatier de Mongeot, G. Paolucci, G. Comelli, R. Rosei, B.E. Nieuwenhuys, U. Valbusa, and M.P. Kiskinova;
Unexpected Behaviour of the Surface Composition of PtRh Alloys During Chemical Reaction;
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 5671 (2005).
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