dr. Elvio CARLINO

Head of the Center for Electron Microscopy

Transmission Electron Microscopy Laboratory
Centre for Electron Microscopy

IOM  -  CNR Laboratorio TASC
S.S. 14, Km 163.5 in Area Science Park
34149 Basovizza (Trieste) - ITALY

e-mail  carlino@TASCdomain

Tel  040 375 6457
Fax  040 226767
Location  MM-130

Elvio Carlino on May 1,  2001 became the head of the center for electron microscopy at TASC-INFM National Laboratory. Since 1985 his main interest has been in the field of the Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and its application to the study of materials of technological relevance.

From April  1997 to April  2001 he was the head of the microstructural research laboratory of the PASTIS-CNRSM (National center for the research and the development of materials at the scientific and technological park of Salento).

Since 1995 he is reviewer of  Journal of Applied Physics and Applied Physics letters. He is also reviewer for Philosophical Magazine, Ultramicroscopy, Material  Science and  Engineering  B, Microchimica Acta, Micron, Microscopy Microanalysis and Microstructure, Physical Review B, Physical Review letters.

On March 2001 he was nominated by UNI as italian expert in the TC202/SG3 to elaborate a standard procedure for EELS experiments in TEM .

Since 2003 he became project evaluator expert for the Italian Ministery of the University and Scientific Research.

On 2004 he has been invited as project evaluator expert for the Regione Emilia Romagna.

On 2004 he has been invited as project evaluator expert for Regione Veneto.

On 2003 he has been invited as a member of the scientific commitee of the center  of excellence named NAMAM (Nano and Microscale Characterisation  and Development of Advanced Materials) funded by European Union and realized by the Polish Academy of Sciente in Krakow.


Recent publications:

2011


Regina Ciancio and Elvio Carlino, Carmela Aruta, Davide Maccariello, Fabio Miletto Granozio and Umberto Scotti di Uccio          
Nanostructure of buried interface layers in TiO2 anatase thin films grown on LaAlO3 and SrTiO3 substrates
Nanoscale, 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1NR11015B

-Raffaella Buonsanti, Elvio Carlino, Cinzia Giannini, Davide Altamura, Luisa De Marco, Roberto Giannuzzi, Michele Manca, Giuseppe Gigli, Davide Cozzoli Pantaleo
Hyperbranched Anatase TiO2 Nanocrystals: Nonacqueos Synthesis, Growth Mechanism and Exploitation in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Accepted for publ. on Jour. of the Amer. Chem. Soc. on October 2011. Publ. on line: HTTP://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja208418z


2010

- Raffaella Buonsanti, V. Grillo, Elvio Carlino, Cinzia Giannini, Fabia Gozzo, Mar Garcia-Hernandez, Miguel Angel Garcia, Roberto Cingolani and Pantaleo Davide Cozzoli
Architectural Control of Seeded Grown Iron Oxide/TiO2 Nanorod Heterostructures: The role of Seeds in Topology Selection
Journal of the American Chemical Society;  2010; 132  (7); 2437-2464

- Diane Latewiec, Fernando Herrera, Alpan Bek, Valeria Losasso, Michela Candotti, Federico Benetti, 
Elvio Carlino, Agata Kranjc, Marco Lazzarino, Stefano Gustincich, Paolo Carloni, Giuseppe Legname          
Modulation of alpha-synuclein aggregation by dopamine analogs
PLoS One., 5 (2): e9234. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009234 (2010)

- Liberato De Caro,  Elvio Carlino, Gianvito Caputo, Pantaleo Davide Cozzoli, Cinzia Giannini
Electron diffractive imaging of oxygen atoms in nanocrystals at sub-angstrom resolution
Nature Nano. 5 ( 2010), 360 DOI: 10.1038/NNANO.2010.55

E. Carlino, L. De Caro, C. Giannini, P. D. Cozzoli, G. Caputo
Detecting light atoms at sub-angstrom resolution by TEM electron diffractive imaging
Invited paper on Proc. IMC 17 international congress - Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

- Giovanna Melcarne, Luisa De Marco, Elvio Carlino, Francesca Martina, Michele Manca, Roberto Cingolani, Giuseppe Gigli and Giuseppe Ciccarella
Surfactant-free synthesis of pure anatase TiO2 nanorods suitable for dye-sensitized solar cells
Jour. Mater. Chem., 20, 7248-7254 (2010)

2009

- Fiore Angela, Rosanna Mastria, Maria Grazia Lupo, Guglielmo Lanzani, Cinzia Giannini, Elvio Carlino, Giovanni Morello, Milena De Giorgi, Yanqin Li, Roberto Cingolani, Liberato Manna
Tetrapod-shaped colloidal nanocrystals of II-VI semiconductors prepared by seeded growth
Journal of the American Chemical Society;  2009; 131  (6); 2274-2282  DOI: 10.1021/ja807874e

- A. Taurino, M. Catalano, R. Krahne, E. Cociancich  and  Elvio Carlino
Setting-up a novel approch to in-situ TEM study of structure transport correlations on single nanostructures
Proc. MC 2009 microscopy conference Graz (A)  30 August - 4 September 2009  W. Grogger, F. Hofer, P. Polt (Eds)  Vol 3: Materials Science; DOI: 10.3217/978-3-85125-062-6-636 Verlag der TU Graz 2009

- Giuseppe Legname, Diane Latawiec, Fernando Herrera, Alpan Bek, Michela Candotti, Federico Benetti,
Vincenzo Grillo, Elvio Carlino, Marco Lazzarino, Stefano Gustincich, Paolo Carloni          
Modulation of alpha-synuclein aggregation by dopamine analogs
M. A. Pabst, G. Zellnig (Eds) Vol 2: Life Sciences, DOI: 10.3217/978-3-85125-062-6-250 Verlag der TU Graz 2009

-  Elvio Carlino
Quantitative Z-contrast atomic resolution studies of semiconductor nanostructured materials
Invited paper in XVI International conference of  Microscopy of Semiconducting Materials 2009 17-20 March 2009, Univ. of Oxford, UK -  Jour. of Phys.: Conf. Ser. 209 012005 (2010) doi:10.1088/1742-6596/209/1/012005 IoP Publ. Eds. T. Walther, P. D. Nellist, J. L. Hutchinson and  A.Cullis
  

2008

- Raffaella Buonsanti, V. Grillo, Elvio Carlino, Cinzia Giannini, Tobias Kipp, Roberto Cingolani, and Pantaleo Davide Cozzoli
Nonhydrolytic Synthesis of  high-quality Anisotropically Shaped Brookite TiO2 Nanocrystals
J. Am.Chem. Soc.; 2008; 130 (33); 11223-11233
DOI: 10.1021/ja803559b

- E. Carlino
Quantification of chemical distribution of guest species in a host matrix by atomic resolution STEM Z-contrast
In: "Beam injection based nanocharacterization of advanced materials"
Ed. G. Salviati, T. Sekiguchi, S. Heun, A. Gustafsson
Research Signpost 37/661 (2) Fort P. O. Trivandrum - 695 023, Kerala India (2008); 221-242 ISBN: 978-81-308-0226-8


- V. Grillo, F. Glas and E. Carlino
Quantitative determination of the chemical composition of  an alloy by High Angle Annular Dark Field imaging
Proc. EMC 2008 Aachen September 1-5 2008 Springer Verlag

- V. Grillo, E. Carlino, F.Glas
Influence of  the static displacement on atomic resolution Z-contrast imaging
Phys. Rev. B 77, 054103 (2008)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.054103

- G. Caputo, C. Nobile, T. Kipp, L. Blasi, V. Grillo, E. Carlino, L. Manna, R. Cingolani, P. D. Cozzoli, A. Athanassiou
Reversible wettability changes in colloidal TiO2  nanorod thin film coatings under selective UV-laser irradiation
Jour. Phys. Chem. C, 112 (3), 701-714, (2008)
DOI: 10.1021/jp0777061

2007


- M. Piccin, G. Bais , V. Grillo, F. Jabeen, S. De Franceschi, E. Carlino  , M. Lazzarino, F. Romanato, L. Businaro, S. Rubini, F. Martelli and A. Franciosi
Growth by molecular beam epitaxy and electrical characterization of GaAs Nanowires
Physica E, 37 (2007) 134

- S. Heun, G. Biasiol, V. Grillo, E. Carlino, L. Sorba, G. B. Golinelli, A. Locatelli, T. O. Mentes, F. Z. Guo
Morphology and composition of InAs/GaAs quantum dots
Journal of nanosci. and nanotech. 7  1721-5 (2007) 1

- E. Carlino
Quantification of chemical distribution of guest species in a host matrix by atomic resolution STEM Z-contrast
In:
"Beam injection based nanocharacterization of advanced materials"
Ed. G. Salviati, T. Sekiguchi. S. Heun, A. Gustafsson
Accepted for pubblication in a special review book in Contents of Recent Books in Physical Sciences

- E. Carlino, V. Grillo, P. Palazzari
Accurate and Fast Multi-slice Simulations of HAADF Image Contrast by Parallel Computing
In press on 
Microscopy of Semiconducting Materials Cambridge 2007 Eds. A. Cullis, P. Midgley IOP Conf: Proc. Institute of  Physics Bristol

- V. Grillo, E Carlino.
Novel method for the measure of STEM specimen thickness by HAADF imaging
In press on 
Microscopy of Semiconducting Materials 2007 Cambridge Eds. A. Cullis, P. Midgley IOP Conf. Proc. Institute of Physics Bristol

- V. Grillo, E. Carlino
On the role of specimen thickness in the chemistry quantification by HAADF
In press on Microscopy of Semiconducting Materials 2007 Cambridge Eds. A. Cullis, P. Midgley IOP Conf. Proc. Institute of Physics Bristol

- V. Grillo, E. Carlino, L Felisari
Z-contrast STEM 3D information by Abel transform in rotational
symmetric systems

In press on Microscopy of Semiconducting Materials 2007 Cambridge Eds. A. Cullis, P. Midgley IOP Conf. Proc. Institute of Physics Bristol

- A. Taurino, E. Cociancich, R. Krahne, M. Catalano  and E. Carlino
The FIB approach to the nanofabrication of devices for in-situ TEM studies of nanostructures
Proc. 8th Multinational Congress on Microscopy (p. 313),  Praha (Cz) 17-21 June  2007

- V. Grillo, F. Jabeen, G. Bais, M. Piccin, E. Carlino, S. Rubini, and F. Martelli
Evidence of gold nanoparticle on the sidewalls of Au-catalyzed GaAs nanowires
Proc. ep2ds17 Genova

- M. Casavola, V. Grillo, E. Carlino, C. Giannini, F. Gozzo, M. A. Garcia, L. Manna, R. Cingolani, P. D. Cozzoli

Topologically Controlled Growth of Magnetic-Metal-Functionalized Semiconductor Oxide Nanorods
Nano Letters on line http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl070550w
Nano Letters 2007; 7(5) pp 1386-1395

2006

- Luigi Carbone, Stefan Kudera , Elvio Carlino, Wolfgang J. Parak , Roberto Cingolani and Liberato Manna
Multiple wurtzite twinning in CdTe nanocrystals induced by methylphosphonic acid
Jour. Am. Chem. Soc. 128 (3) (2006) 748-755

- C. Hébért, S. Rubino, E. Carlino, P. Schattschneider, G. Rossi, M. Fabrizioli, F. Macherozzi:
Measurement of magnetic circular dichroism at the Fe L23 edge in the electron microscope
Soleil Synchrotron, proceedings Workshop Magnetism, Paris, Frankreich, 16. – 17.01.2006

- Teresa Pellegrino, Angela Fiore, Elvio Carlino, Cinzia Giannini, P. Davide Cozzoli, Giuseppe Ciccarella, Marc Respaud,Luca Palmirotta, Roberto Cingolani and Liberato Manna
Heterodimers based on CoPt3-Au Nanocrystals with tunable domain size
Jour. Am. Chem.. Soc. 128 (20): 6690-6698 May 24 (2006)

- S. Rubini, G. Bais, A. Cristofoli, M. Piccin, R. Duca, C. Nacci, S. Modesti, E. Carlino, F. Martelli, A. Franciosi, G. Bisognin, D. De Salvador, P. Schiavuta, M. Berti, and A. V. Drigo
Nitrogen-induced hindering of In incorporation in InGaAsN
Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 141923 (2006)

- F. Martelli, S. Rubini, M. Piccin, G. Bais, F. Jabeen, S. De Franceschi, V. Grillo, E. Carlino, N. Mahne, S. Nannarone, M. Lazzarino, L. Businaro, F. Romanato, and A. Franciosi.
Fabrication and characterization of Mn-catalyzed GaAs nanowires
In: Physics of Semiconductors 28th int. conf. 893 59 ed: W. Jantsch & F. Schaffler Am. Inst. Of Phys. Melville, New York (2007)


- P. Schattschneider, S. Rubino, C. Hébert, J. Rusz, J. Kune, P. Novák, E. Carlino, M. Fabrizioli, G. Panaccione, G. Rossi.
Experimental proof of circular magnetic dichroism in the electron microscope
Nature 441, 486 - 488 (2006)

- Elvio Carlino, Vincenzo Grillo
Atomic resolution STEM-HAADF imaging in the study of interfaces
Archives of metallurgy and materials 51 (1): 23-32 (2006)

E. Carlino, F. Martelli, S. Rubini and A. Franciosi
Catalyst incorporation in ZnSe nanowires
Phil. Mag. Lett. 86 n. 04, 261-266 (2006)

P. Schattschneider, S. Rubino, C. Hébert, E. Carlino, P. Novak, J. Rusz
CHIRALTEM: Circular Dichroism in the Electron Microscope
Proc. Int. conf. on Microscopy and Microanalysis 2006 - Sydney

- V.Grillo and E.Carlino
A novel method for focus assessment in atomic resolution STEM HAADF experiments
Ultramic. 106, 603-613
(2006)

- E. Carlino, L. Felisari, S. Rubino, C. Hébert, J. Rusz, J. Kuneš, P. Novák, , F. Maccherozzi, G. Panaccione, G. Rossi, P. Schattschneider
EMCD: electron energy loss magnetic chiral dichroism
Proc. Nanoitaly Trieste May, 22
-24 (2006)

- V. Grillo, E. Carlino
Atomic resolution quantitative composition analysis by annula dark field STEM z-contrast experiments
Proc. Nanoitaly Trieste May, 22-24 (2006)

- G. Bais, F. Jabeen, F. Martelli, M. Piccin, S. Rubini, V. Grillo, E. Carlino, A. Franciosi, F, D’Acapito, F. Boscherini
Growth of III-V nanowires by molecular beam epitaxy
Proc. Nanoitaly Trieste May, 22 - 24 (2006)

- V. Grillo, P. Verecchia, V. Rosato and E. Carlino
STEM_CELL: computer simulation for HAADF simulation and analysis
Proc. Nanoitaly Trieste May, 22-24 (2006)

- E. Carlino
STEM & EELS ovvero microscopia elettronica a scansione in trasmissione e spettroscopia elettronica a perdita d’energia in “Cinquanta anni di microscopia in Italia tra storia, progresso ed innovazione.
Ed. SIMS Board – PI.ME. press S.R.L. Pavia 2006; 69-87

- M C Frassanito, , M De Giorgi, R Rinaldi, R Cingolani, S Rubini, M Piccin, A Cristofoli, G Bais, F Martelli, E Carlino, and A Franciosi
Microphotoluminescence characterization of alloy fluctuations in InGaAsN/GaAs quantum wells emitting at 1.3μm
Semicond. Sci. and Technol. 21, 1207-1211 (2006)

- L. Felisari, E. Carlino, S. Rubino, C. Hébert, J. Rusz, J. Kuneš, P. Novák, F. Maccherozzi, G. Panaccione, G. Rossi, P. Schattschneider
EMCD: electron energy loss magnetic chiral dichroism
Proc. SILS, Naples July 6-8,  2006

- M. Piccin, G. Bais , V. Grillo, F. Jabeen, S. De Franceschi, E. Carlino, M. Lazzarino, F. Romanato, L. Businaro, S. Rubini, F. Martelli and A. Franciosi
Growth by molecular beam epitaxy and electrical characterization of GaAs nanowires
Physica E DOI. 10.1016/J. PHYSE 2006.07.02


- Faustino Martelli, Silvia Rubini, Matteo Piccin, Giorgio Bais, Fauzia Jabeen, Silvano De Franceschi, Vincenzo Grillo, Elvio Carlino, Francesco D’Acapito, Federico Boscherini, Stefano Cabrini, Marco Lazzarino, Luca Businaro, Filippo Romanato, and Alfonso Franciosi.
Manganese-induced growth of GaAs nanowires
Nanoletters 6 n. 9, pp. 2130-2134 (2006)


- Stefano Rubino, Peter Schattschneider, Cécile Hébert, Christian Hurm, Josef Zweck, Elvio Carlino, Mauro Fabrizioli, Giancarlo Panaccione, Giorgio Rossi, Jan Rusz, Pavel Novak
Detection of Magnetic Circular Dichroism in the TEM
Proc. ICM 16 Sapporo (Japan) 2006

- Stefan Kudera, Luigi Carbone, Elvio Carlino, R. Cingolani, Pantaleo Davide Cozzoli, Liberato Manna
Synthesis routes for the growth of complex nanostructures
Physica E 37 issues 1-2 ; 128-133 (2006)

- Buonsanti Raffaella, Vincenzo Grillo, Elvio Carlino, Cinzia Giannini, Maria Lucia Curri, Claudia Innocenti, Claudio Sangregorio, Klaus Achterhold, Fritz G. Parak, Angela Agostiano and Pantaleo Davide Cozzoli
Seeded growth of asymmetric binary nanocrystals made of a semiconductor TiO2 rod-like section and a magnetic γ-Fe2O3 spherical domain
J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2006; 128 (51); 16953-16970

2005

- F. Capotondi, G. Biasiol. D. Ercolani, V. Grillo, E. Carlino, F. Romanato and L. Sorba
Strain induced effects on the transport properties of In0.75Al0.25As/In0.75Ga0.25As quantum wells
Thin Solid Films 484/1-2,  400 (2005)

- M. Epifani, E. Carlino, D. Furlanetto, C. Giannini, P. Imperatore
Syntesis of gold nanocrystals in cuncurrently polymerizing organic-inorganic hybrid films
Jour. Mater. Res. 20 (5), 1287 (2005)

- E.Carlino, V.Grillo
Atomic resolution quantitative composition analysis by scanning transmission electron microscopy z-contrast experiments
Phys. Rev. B. 71 235303 (2005)

- G. Bais, A. Cristofoli, F. Jabeen, M. Piccin, E. Carlino, S. Rubini, F. Martelli, and A. Franciosi
InAsN/GaAs(N) quantum-dot and InGaNAs/GaAs quantum-well emitters: a comparison.
Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 233107 (2005)

- E. Carlino, V. Grillo
0.12 nm resolution in HAADF experiment performed by conventional 200KV FEG TEM/STEM microscope
Proc. MCEM VII Portoroze (Slo) June 2005 p 159 ISBN 961-6303-69-4

- S. Rubino, E. Carlino, P. Schattschneider, G. Rossi, M. Fabrizionli, F. Macherozzi.
Circular dichroism in the tem and in the synchrotron
Proceedings MCEM VII Portoroze (Slo) June 2005 p 281 ISBN 961-6303-69-4

- V. Grillo, P. Verecchia, V. Rosato and E. Carlino
STEM_CELL:computer simulation for HAADF simulation and analysis
Proceedings MCEM VII Portoroze (Slo) June 2005 p 163 ISBN 961-6303-69-4

- E. Carlino, S. Rubini, F. Martelli, A. Cristofoli, M. Piccin, G. Bais, and A. Franciosi
On the influence of nitrogen on the indium incorporation in InGaAsN epilayers
Proceedings MCEM VII Portoroze (Slo) June 2005 p 309 ISBN 961-6303-69-4

- V. Grillo, E. Carlino
Atomic resolution quantitative composition analysis by annular dark field STEM Z-contrast experiments
Proceedings MCEM VII Portoroze (Slo) June 2005 p 277 ISBN 961-6303-69-4

- P. Schattschneider, S. Rubino, C. Hébert, E. Carlino, M. Fabrizioli, P. Formanek, H. Lichte, J. Zweck, C. Hurm, P. Novak, J. Rusz:
Circular dichroic experiments with electrons – recent results of the CHIRALTEM project
EDGE 2005 EELS-Workshop Grundlsee (Austria), 1. - 5.5.2005


- S. Rubino, P. Schattschneider, E. Carlino, G. Rossi, M. Fabrizioli, F. Macherozzi:
The CHIRALTEM project: XMCD without a synchrotron
Microscopy Conference Davos, Switzerland, 28.8. -  2.9.2005


SUPERVISING THESIS

Diploma thesis of Iwan Sugihartono (2005)
HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY STUDY OF GaAsN/GaAs QUANTUM WELL
International Center for Theoretical Physics -  Trieste - Italy

Ph. D. thesis of  Stefano Rubino (2008)
MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM IN THE TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
Institute for Solid State Physics, Vienna University of  Tecnology, Vienna - Austria

PUBLICATIONS AS EDITOR

A. Armigliato, E. Carlino, M. Catalano: Guest-Editors of the special issue of Micron on " Microstructural and Microanalytical Characterisation of semiconducting materials and devices "  Micron, 31 (3) 2000



INVITED LECTURES

October  26-28, 2011 Ljubljana (SI) - Invited lecture on " Coherent diffraction imaging at sub-angstrom resolution in a  Transmission electron microscope " at the International Conference SLO-NANO 
October 18 - 22, 2011 Aveiro (Portugal) - Invited lecture on " Electron diffractive imaging at sub-angstrom resolution " at the International Conference on Microscopy at the frontiers of Science
September 4 - 9, 2011 Urbino (I) - Invited lecture on " Electron diffractive imaging at sub-angstrom resolution " at the International Conference MCM 2011
July 18 - 22, 2011 Cadiz (E) - Invited lecture on " Coherent Electron Diffractive Imaging " at the International Microscopy School " 11th TEM-UCA European Summer Workshop
September 17 - 24, 2010 Rio de Janeiro (BS) - Invited lecture on " Detecting light atoms at sub-angstrom resolution by TEM electron diffractive imaging " at IMC 17th international congress
January 11, 2010

Trieste (I) - Invited lecture on " Coherent diffraction imaging in TEM: a strategy for imaging with spatial resolution in the range of picometer " at ELETTRA/SISSA Prion Workshop

October 18 - 22, 2009 Shanghai (China) - Invited lecture on " High spatial resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy studies of nanostructured hybrid materials " at the IUPAC 5th International  Symposium on Fine Chemistry and Functional Polimers (FCFP - XIX)
 August 30 - September 4, 2009 Graz (A) - Invited chairman of the session on " Analytical TEM (EELS, EFTEM, X-rays) " at the international Microscopy Conference 2009
May 29, 2009

Lecce (I) - Invited plenary seminar at the Physics Dep of the University of Salento on " Transmission Electron Microscopy in fundamental and applied physics "

March 17 - 20,  2009 Oxford (UK) - Invited lecturer on " Quantitative Z-contrast atomic resolution studies of semiconductor nanostructured materials " at the XVI conference of Microscopy of Semiconducting Materials
December 11, 2007 Lecce (I) - Invited lecture on " Quantitative Concentration Profile by Atomic Resolution STEM-HAADF imaging " at the " Advanced school on Scanning Electron Microscopy in Materials Science " organized by SISM
January 10, 2006 Bologna (I) – Invited seminar on “ Atomic resolution STEM-HAADF imaging in the study of materials ” at CNR-IMM laboratory
September 30, 2005 Zakopane (Pl) – Invited lecturer on “ Application of atomic resolution HRTEM and STEM-HAADF imaging in the study of interfaces ” at the MicroCEM conference
June 27, 2005

Portorose (Slo) – Invited chairman in the “ High resolution imaging and analytical electron microscopy ” at the international conference MCM7th 2005

May 13, 2005 Bari (I) – Invited lecturer at CNR IPCF University of Bari on “ Recent results on advanced atomic resolution TEM/STEM experiments on nano-structured materials ”
February  24, 2005

Lecce (I) – Invited lecturer at INFM National Nanotechnology Laboratory (NNL) on: “ Recent results on atomic resolution TEM/STEM experiments ”

October 1, 2004 Lecce  (I)  – Invited lecturer at CNR IMM Institute on: “ Recent results on interface studies by STEM HAADF imaging and related spectroscopies ”
February 2 - 13, 2004

Trieste  (I)  –  Invited lecturer on: “ Transmission Electron Microscopy: imaging by electron interferometry ”. Winter college on interferometry and applications in modern physics. Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (UNESCO – IAEA)

October 20 – 24, 2003 Brindisi  (I)  Invited lectures on Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy. SIME - ENEA School on Transmission Electron Microscopy in Materials Science
June 19,  2003

Trieste (I) invited seminar at the SISSA on “ Transmission Electron Microscopy: how to study the solid state at the highest spatial resolution ”

June 1 - 5, 2003

Pula (KR) invited seminar at the Multinational Congress on Electron Microscopy on “ High spatial resolution transmission electron microscopy studies of semiconductor heterostructures “

December 10 - 11, 2002

Wien (A) invited seminar at the University of Wien, Inst. f. Festkörperphysik titled “ Magnetic Dichroism with polarization dependent electron spectroscopies and TEM activity at the TASC - INFM  National Laboratory  ”

November 26-27 2002 Paris (F) invited seminar at PICS 913, Challenge in ELNES, Ecole Centrale Paris, titled “ Atomic Imaging in ADF STEM coupled with EELS ” 
September 28, 2001

Genova (I) - Lectures on Transmission Electron Microscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy. IX Scuola Nazionale di Scienza dei Materiali - INFM - INSTM

June 2001

Trieste (I) - Course on transmission electron microscopy in the framework of the courses for the Phd in physics of the University of Trieste

November 15 - 16, 2000

Lecce (I) - Lectures on Image formation in SEM in the Master named " Electron Microscopy: a tool for industrial quality and environmental monitoring " organised by ISUFI (Istituto superiore universitario di formazione interdisciplinare)

March-June 1999

Brindisi (I) - Theoretical and practical lectures on Analytical Transmission Electron Microscopy in the Regione Puglia course named " Advanced Technology for the development of new materials and their application "; Piano Annuale di Formazione Professionale 1998/1999 Delibera del Consiglio Regionale n. 331 del 14/07/1999

February 17-19, 1999

Torino (I) - Invited Seminar titled " Transmission Electron Microscopy study of Semiconducting and Superconducting Materials " in the I International Workshop on Semiconducting and Superconducting Materials

July 24, 1998
Torino (I) - Invited Seminar in the Physics Department of the Polytechnic of Torino on " Transmission Electron Microscopy study of Ion implanted induced columnar defect in HTc superconducting materials "
October 24, 1997 Messina (I) - Invited Seminar in the training course for the Ph. D. students in Physics at the University of Messina on "  Transmission Electron Microscopy: not only "microscope" but an integrated approach to the determination at high resolution of the nanostructural properties of a solid "
March 20 - 25, 1994 Krakow (Pl) - Invited Seminar at the International School on " Application of Analytical Electron Microscopy in Material Science "
July 12 - 15, 1993 Ostuni (I) - Invited Seminar at the training course of the researcher of the project OPTEL ( for the development of materials for Optoelectronic) on "Application of  Transmission Electron Microscopy to the analysis of semiconductor heterostructures"
January 18 - 21, 1993 Brindisi (I) - Lecturer on Transmission Electron Microscopy in the training course for the researcher of the CNRSM SCpA
June 8 -11 , 1992 Brindisi (I) - Lecturer on Transmission Electron Microscopy in the training course for the technicians of the CNRSM SCpA

SCHOOLS OR CONGRESSES ORGANIZED

October 18 - 22, 2011 Aveiro (P) Invited Chairman at the Microscopy in Materials Science session at the 2nd Joint Congress of the Portoguese and Spanish Microscopy Societes " Conference Microscopy at the frontiers of Science "
September 4 - 9, 2011 Urbino (I) Invited Chairman of the session on " High resolution TEM and STEM " at the International Microscopy Conference MCM 2011
August 30 - September 4, 2009 Graz (A) Invited Chairman of the session on " Analytical TEM (EELS, EFTEM, X-rays) " at the International Microscopy Conference 2009
December 10- 14 2007 Lecce (I) - director of the " Advanced school on Scanning Electron Microscopy in Material Science " organized on the behalf of SISM
May 31 - June 1 2007

Trieste (I) 3rd CHIRALTEM workshop:
Bringing together two communities: magnetic dichroism by electrons and photons
Organized by TASC - INFM - CNR, ELETTRA, University of TS

Sept. 28 - 30, 2005

Zakopane (Pl) - MicroCEM conference Organized by Polish Academy of Sciente of Krakow - Member of the Scientific committee

November 9-11, 1998

Lecce (I) - Workshop on "Microstructural and Microanalytical Characterisation of semiconducting materials and devices"
Organised by PASTIS-CNRSM, CNR-IME and University of Lecce

Sept. 20 - 25, 2001

Lecce (I) - V Multinational Conference on Electron Microscopy
Organised by University of Lecce, CNR and ENEA

November 9 - 11, 1998 Lecce (I) - Workshop on " Microstructural and Microanalytical Characterisation of semiconducting materials and devices "
Organised by PASTIS - CNRSM, CNR - IME and University of Lecce
Sept. 14 - 18, 1998

Lecce (I) - Theoretical - Experimental School on " Scanning Electron Microscopy in Biology and Materials Science " organised by SIME, CNR - IME and University of Lecce

March 23 - 24, 1995 Lecce (I) - Memorial Workshop for Prof. C. De Blasi - titled " Microstructural and Microanalytical Characterisation Techniques in Materials Science " organised by CNRSM SCPA, CNR and University of Lecce

 PROJECTS

March 2010 - February 2011 Regional Project funded by Regione Friuli - Venezia Giulia; Bando 1022/LAVFOR/2009 D. P. Reg. n.  0165/Pres. dd  23.06.2009.
Project title: Sviluppo di nuovo materiale fotovoltaico nanostrutturato - Principal investigator for INFM - CNR
July 2004 - July 2007 6th  EU WP STREP project 508971 - CHIRALTEM - Demonstration of a new physical effect and development of a new methodology to study the chiral properties of magnetic materials in a TEM - Principal investigator for INFM and WP leader
January 2001 - January 2005

MUR FIRB on Nanostructured carbon - Principal investigator for TEM studies

January 2001 -
January 2005

MUR FIRB project on Nanotecnologie e nanodispositivi optoelettronici e spintronici - Principal investigator for TEM studies

January 2001 - January 2005

MUR FIRB project on magnetism - Principal investigator for TEM studies

January 2002 - January 2004

INFM project E5 for the quantitative study of the strain effect in TEM experiments - Principal investigator

February 2000 - February 2003 Project CIPE - INFM P5AW2 - Potenziamento di strutture di ricerca per servizio e trasferimento tecnologico -  Principal investigator for WP P5AW2A1 : New facility for atomic resolution TEM/STEM study of the matter
December 1996 - December 1999 4th EU WP Esprit project 22497 NANOLASE - Researcher in charge for the TEM experiments to develop new laser structures for telecommunications and sensor application
January 1997 - January 2000 NUR - ENEA project 1.1.85 - Realisation of  TEM centre suitable to be operated by remote users - Principal investigator for CNRSM
January 1996 -  January 1999
INFM PRA project TUSBAR - Development of new tunable Shottky barriers- In charge for the Tem studies
January 1995 - January 1998 MUR - ENEA project 1.3.8 - Development of hard materials based on BN - Principal investigator for CNRSM 

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