Luca Persichetti

Tenure Assistant Professor in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
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  1. PERSONAL INFORMATION 

 

Family name, First name:           Persichetti, Luca

ORCID:                                           0000-0001-6578-254X

Date of birth:                                19th October 1985

Nationality:                                   Italian

URL SCOPUS PROFILE:              https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=25936693900

 

  • BIOSKETCH

I have a Master in Material Science and Technology and a PhD in Physics obtained from the University of Roma “Tor Vergata” in November 2012. Since my PhD, my research activity has been focused on the investigation of surface systems/phenomena in ultra-high vacuum conditions using microscopy and spectroscopy techniques, in particular scanning probe microscopies and x-ray absorption and photoelectron spectroscopies.

In 2013, I was awarded a highly competitive postdoctoral fellowship funded by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH-Zurich and the Marie Curie Actions to explore single-atom systems for applications in computation and data-storage with the aim to demonstrate the use of individual magnetic atoms on surfaces as qubits. This work demonstrated, for the first time, that individual rare-earth atoms on ultra-thin insulating layers grown on non-magnetic metal substrates exhibit magnetic remanence and, therefore, are the first magnets formed by a single surface-adsorbed atom (Science 352, 318). My research activity on single-atom magnets has continued since then and has been carried out in collaboration with international partners at ETH and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), through the competitive access to different synchrotron radiation facilities across Europe and by exploiting spin polarized scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and Electrons Spin Resonance (ESR) STM (I was involved in the development of one of the first ESR-STM in the world).

My research interests also include:

  • growth of SiGe heterostructures by molecular beam epitaxy and chemical vapor deposition;
  • THz spectroscopy of intersubband transitions in Group IV Quantum Wells
  • Growth and characterization of 2D materials 
  • Nanoscopic investigation by atomic force microscopy of organic thin films and biosystems

I have been back in Italy since 2018, first at the Department of Sciences at Roma Tre University as non-tenured assistant professor (RTDA) and now at the Department of Physics of “Tor Vergata” University as tenure-track assistant professor (RTDB).

 

  • EDUCATION

2009 – 2012     PhD in Physics, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy

Title: Effects of elastic field anisotropy on the heteroepitaxial growth of Ge on vicinal Si surfaces.

                  Supervisor: Prof. Anna Sgarlata

         

2007 – 2009     Master in Material Science and Technology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy

                  Supervisor: Prof. Anna Sgarlata

                  Grade: 110/110 cum Laude

 

  • CURRENT POSITION

Since 2022       Tenure-Track Assistant Professor

                           Department of Physics, University of Roma “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

 

  • PREVIOUS POSITIONS

2018 – 2022     Non-tenure Assistant Professor (RTDA), Department of Sciences, Roma Tre University, Roma Italy

 

2016 – 2018     Research Assistant, Magnetism and Interfaces Physics (Prof. Pietro Gambardella), Department of Materials-ETH Zurich, Switzerland

 

2013 – 2016     Marie Curie-COFUND Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Magnetism and Interfaces Physics (Prof. Pietro Gambardella), Department of Materials-ETH Zurich, Switzerland

 

  • FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2023                 National Scientific Qualification (ASN) for Full Professorship (Experimental Physics of Matter), issued by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR)

 

2020                 National Scientific Qualification (ASN) for Associate Professorship (Experimental Physics of Matter), issued by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR)

 

2014                Marie Curie Actions People (COFUND ETH ZURICH) Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, “Frequency- and time resolved spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy” Grant Agreement FEL-42 13-2, Marie Curie Actions and ETH, Switzerland

 

2014                Fellowship Programme de bourses d’excellence pour étudiants étrangers (PBEEE)- Quebec Postdoctoral research fellowship- Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche, de la Science et de la Technologie “Nanoscale control of structural architecture in functional oxide materials for next generation photovoltaics”, Quebec, Canada

 

2011                Raeli Grant for academic results, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy

 

2007                Traineeship Grant at the Procter&Gamble Research and Development Center, Procter&Gamble, Bruxelles, Belgium

 

  • FUNDED PROJECTS

LIFEPLASTSENS – My role: PI

Grant agreement A0375-2020- 36566

Duration: 2021-2023. Amount: 149,625 Euros.

Funded by the Lazio Region (Italy).

 

INCENTIVAZIONE – My role: PI

Duration 2021. Amount 2,500 Euros

Funded by the Department of Sciences , Roma Tre University

 

FLASH – My role: participant (no unit coordinator).

Grant Agreement 766719

Duration: 2017-2021. Amount: 3,206,98.75

Funded by EU- Commission H2020 Future Emerging Technology (FETopen).

 

GESTO – My role: participant (no unit coordinator).

Duration: 2021. Amount: 19,367ׄ €.

Funded by the Lazio Region (Italy).

 

NIRAP – My role: participant (no unit coordinator).

Duration: 2008-2009. Amount: 1,452,877 AU$.

Queensland Government (Australia).

 

MIUR PRIN 2007– My role: participant (no unit coordinator).

Grant Agreement: N. 2007S4FAA4

Duration: 2009 2010. Amount: 146,100 €.

Italian Ministry of Research (Italy)

 

  • SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

2017                Co-supervison of bachelor student (Michael Grimes), Trinity College Dublin, during his thesis work at Department of Materials-ETH Zurich.

 

2021                Co-supervison of Master thesis work (Antonio Caporale), Dipartimento di Fisica, Università Roma Tre.

 

  • INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

2015                Committee member in PhD defense, Orlando Cenciarelli (Department of Industrial Engineering, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”).

 

2016                Committee member in PhD defense, Maria Chiara Carestia (Department of Industrial Engineering Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”).

 

2019-2020        Co-Organization of the PhD course of Microscopy, for the Department Sciences, Mathematics and Physics and Engineering, Università Roma Tre.

 

2020-2022        Organizer and Coordinator of the seminar activity of the Nanoscience and Nanothecnology Section of the Department Sciences, Università Roma Tre.

 

  • EDITORIAL ACTIVITY

2022 – present Topic Editor for the journal "Materials".

 

2019– present   Member of Editorial board of the journal "Semiconductor Science and Information Devices”

 

  • REVIEWING ACTIVITIES

 2021                Reviewer for the Polish National Science Center

Since 2017        Reviewer for Nature Physics, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Journals of the American Chemical Society, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, Nanotechnology, and others.

 

  • EXPERIENCE AT SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITIES

Since 2013, I participated to about 30 beamtime experiments, 9 of them as main proposer, at ESRF, (Grenoble, France), Alba (Barcelona, Spain), Diamond (Didcot, UK), SLS-PSI (Villigen, Switzerland), Elettra (Trieste, Italy), Soleil (Paris, France), BessyII (Berlin, Germany).

 

  • BIBLIOMETRIC INDICATORS

 Total number of publications: 78 articles indexed on Scopus (Author ID: 25936693900)

(26 as first or corresponding author)

Total citations: 808 (Scopus), 1045 (Scholar)

Hirsch-index: 15 (Scopus); 17 (Scholar)

 

For a complete list of publication: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=25936693900

 

  • INVITED PRESENTATIONS AND PARTICIPATION TO THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

2022                Oral and Member of the scientific Committee, “Semiconductors and Optoelectronics World Forum”, June 13- 15, 2022, Roma, Italy

 

2022                Oral, “GEMCMP22”, June 16- 18, 2022, Roma, Italy

 

2022                Oral, “CMPMEET2022”, May 23- 25, 2021, Munich, Germany

 

2021                Oral, “CONMAT2021”, October 18- 20, 2021, Valencia, Spain

 

2021                Oral, “Physics and Astronomy World Forum”, December 2- 3, 2021, (virtual meeting)

 

2021                Member of the scientific Committee, “International Conference on Advanced Optics & Photonics Research in Engineering”, August 28- 29, 2021, Wuhan, China

 

2020                Member of the scientific Committee, “European Composite Materials Congress 2020”, June 9- 11 2020, Stockholm, Sweden

 

2019                Member of the scientific Committee, “30th Assembly of Advanced Materials Congress under the thematic event on Asian Advanced Materials Congress”, October 31- November 4 2019, Singapore.

 

2019                Opening ceremony of Academic Year 2019/2020, Department of Physics, University of Rome "Tor Vergata"

 

2019                Oral, “2019 EMN Barcelona Meeting on Semiconductor”, 19- 23 August 2019, Barcelona, Spain

 

2019                Oral, “EMN Meeting on Epitaxy 2019”, 17- 21 June 2019, Amsterdam, Netherland

 

2019                Oral, “26th Assembly of Advanced Materials Congress”, 10- 13 June 2019, Stockholm, Sweden

 

2016                Oral, Nanosea 2016 6th International Conference on Nanostructures SElf-Assembly”, 3- 8 July 2016, Giardini Naxos, Italy

 

2014                Oral, “Nanosea 2014 5th International Conference on Nanostructures SElf-Assembly”, 7- 11 July 2014, Marseille, France

 

2012                Oral, “Nanosea 2014 5th International Conference on Nanostructures SElf-Assembly”, 7- 11 July 2014, Marseille, France

 

2011                Invited seminar, “Effects of elastic field anisotropy on the heteroepitaxial growth of Ge quantum dots on vicinal Si surfaces”, Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)-Universidad de Pais Vasco, 15-16 November 2012, Donostia, Spain

 

2011                “Workshop on epitaxial growth and semiconductor nanostructures”, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 10 March 2011, Roma, Italy

 

For the complete list of publications:

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=25936693900

*Corresponding author

  • PUBLICATIONS ON SINGLE-ATOM MAGNETISM AND MAGNETISM AT THE NANOSCALE
  • V. Bellini, S. Rusponi, J. Kolorenč, S.K. Mahatha, M.A. Valbuena, Luca Persichetti, M. Pivetta, B.V. Sorokin, D. Merk, S. Reynaud, D. Sblendorio, S. Stepanow, C. Nistor, P. Gargiani, D. Betto, A. Mugarza, P. Gambardella, H. Brune, C. Carbone, A. Barla, ”Slow Magnetic Relaxation of Dy Adatoms with In-Plane Magnetic Anisotropy on a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas”, ACS Nano, 16 11182 (2022).
  • F. Donati, M. Pivetta, C. Wolf, A. Singha, C. Wäckerlin, R. Baltic, E. Fernandes, J.-G. de Groot, S.L. Ahmed Luca Persichetti, C. Nistor, J. Dreiser, A. Barla, P. Gambardella, H. Brune, S. Rusponi, ”Correlation between Electronic Configuration and Magnetic Stability in Dysprosium Single Atom Magnets”, Nano Letters, 21 8266 (2021).
  • S. Seifert, S. Kovarik, C. Nistor, Luca Persichetti, S. Stepanow, and P. Gambardella, ”Single-atom electron paramagnetic resonance in a scanning tunneling microscope driven by a radio-frequency antenna at 4 K”, Physical Review Research 2, 013032 (2020).
  • F. Donati, S. Rusponi, S. Stepanow, Luca Persichetti, A. Singha, D. M. Juraschek, C. Wäckerlin, R. Baltic, M. Pivetta, K. Diller et al., ”Unconventional Spin Relaxation Involving Localized Vibrational Modes in Ho Single-Atom Magnets”, Physical Review Letters 124, 077204 (2020).
  • M. Blanco-Rey, A. Sarasola, C. Nistor, Luca Persichetti, C. Stamm, C. Piamonteze, P. Gambardella, S. Stepanow, M. Otrokov, V. Golovach, et al, ”Magnetic Properties of Metal-Organic Coordination Networks based on 3d Transition Metal Atoms”, Molecules 23, 964 (2018).
  • A. Singha, R. Baltic, F. Donati, C. Wäckerlin, J. Dreiser, Luca Persichetti, S. Stepanow, P. Gambardella, S. Rusponi, H. Brune, ”4f occupancy and magnetism of rare-earth atoms adsorbed on metal substrates”, Physical Review B 96, 224418 (2017).
  • A. Eschenlohr, Luca Persichetti, T. Kachel, M. S. Gabureac, P. Gambardella, and C. Stamm, ”Spin Currents during Ultrafast Demagnetization of Ferromagnetic Bilayers”, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 29, 384002 (2017).
  • F. Donati, S. Rusponi, S. Stepanow, C. Wackerlin, A. Singha, Luca Persichetti, R. Baltic, K. Diller, F. Patthey, E. Fernandes, J. Dreiser, Z. Sljivankanin, K. Kummer, C. Nistor, P. Gambardella and H. Brune, ”Magnetic Remanence of Single Atoms”, Science 352, 318 (2016).
  • A. Barla, V. Bellini, S. Rusponi, P. Ferriani, M. Pivetta, F. Donati, F. Patthey, Luca Persichetti, S. Mahatha, M. Papagno, C. Piamonteze, S. Fichtner, S. Heinze, P. Gambardella, H. Brune, C. Carbone, ”Complex Magnetic Exchange Coupling between Co Nanostructures and Ni(111) across Epitaxial Graphene”, ACSNano 10, 1101 (2015).

 

  • PUBLICATIONS ON 2D MATERIALS, CARBON-BASED NANOMATERIALS
  • L. Camilli, M. Galbiati, L. Di Gaspare, M. De Seta, I. Píš, F. Bondino, A. Caporale, V.P. Veigang-Radulescu, V. Babenko, S. Hofmann, A. Sodo, R. Gunnella, Luca Persichetti, "Tracking interfacial changes of graphene/Ge(110) during in-vacuum annealing", Appl. Surf. Sci., 602 154291 (2022).
  • M. Galbiati , Luca Persichetti*, P. Gori, O. Pulci, M. Bianchi, L. Di Gaspare, J. Tersoff, C. Coletti, P. Hofmann, M. De Seta, L. Camilli, C. Coletti, P. Hofmann, M. De Seta, L. Camilli, ”Tuning the doping of epitaxial graphene on a conventional semiconductor via substrate surface reconstruction”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 12, 1262 (2021).
  • Luca Persichetti, M. De Seta, A. M. Scaparro, V. Miseikis, A. Notargiacomo, A. Ruocco, A. Sgarlata, M. Fanfoni, F. Fabbri, C. Coletti, L. Di Gaspare, ”Driving with temperature the synthesis of graphene films on Ge(110)”, Applied Surface Science, 499 143923 (2020).
  • M. Pea, M. De Seta, L. Di Gaspare, Luca Persichetti, A. M. Scaparro, V. Miseikis, C. Coletti, and A. Notargiacomo, ”Sub-micron size Schottky junctions on as-grown monolayer epitaxial graphene on Ge(100): a low-invasive scanned-probe based study”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11, 35079 (2019).
  • Luca Persichetti*, L. Di Gaspare, F. Fabbri, A. M. Scaparro, A. Notargiacomo, A. Sgarlata, M. Fanfoni, V. Miseikis, C. Coletti, and M. De Seta, ”Abrupt changes in the graphene on Ge(001) system at the onset of surface melting”, Carbon 145, 345 (2019).
  • Luca Persichetti*, F. Jardali, H. Vach, A. Sgarlata, I. Berbezier, M. D. Crescenzi, and A. Balzarotti, ”van der Waals Heteroepitaxy of Germanene Islands on Graphite”, The Journal Physical Chemistry Letters 7, 3246 (2016).
  • M. Scarselli, L. Camilli, Luca Persichetti, P. Castrucci, S. Lefrant, E. Gautron, M. De Crescenzi, ”Strain analysis of noble metal islands grown on multiwalled carbon nanotubes”, Carbon 50, 3616 (2012).
  • F. Valentini, Luca Persichetti, A. Sgarlata, A. Balzarotti, and G. Palleschi, ”Morphological and electronic characterization of functionalized graphene nanoribbons obtained by the unzipping of Single-Wall carbon nanotubes: A scanning tunneling microscopy study”, Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures 21, 302 (2012).
  • Luca Persichetti*, F. Tombolini, S. Casciardi, M. Diociaiuti, M. Fanfoni, G. Palleschi, A. Sgarlata, F. Valentini and A. Balzarotti, ”Folding and stacking defects of graphene flakes probed by electron nanobeam”, Applied Physics Letters 99, 041904 (2011).

 

  • SILICON-GERMANIUM HETEROSTRUCTURES
  • D. Stark, M. Mirza, Luca Persichetti, M. Montanari, S. Markmann, M. Beck, T. Grange, S. Birner, M. Virgilio, C. Ciano, M. Ortolani, C. Corley, G. Capellini, L. Di Gaspare, M. De Seta, D.J. Paul, J. Faist, G. Scalari, ”THz intersubband electroluminescence from n-type Ge/SiGe quantum cascade structures”, Applied Physics Letters 118, 101101 (2021).
  • M. Montanari, C. Ciano, Luca Persichetti, C. Corley, L. Baldassarre, M. Ortolani, L. Di Gaspare, G. Capellini, D. Stark, G. Scalari, M. Virgilio, M. De Seta, ”THz intersubband absorption in n-type Si1−x Gex parabolic quantum wells”, Applied Physics Letters 118, 163106 (2021).
  • C. Ciano, Luca Persichetti*, M. Montanari, L. Di Gaspare, G. Capellini, L. Baldassarre, M. Ortolani, A. Pashkin, M. Helm, S. Winnerl, M. Virgilio, M. De Seta, ”Electron-phonon coupling in n-type Ge two-dimensional systems”, Physical Review B 102, 205302 (2020).
  • O. Skibitzki, M. H. Zoellner, F. Rovaris, M. A. Schubert, Y. Yamamoto, Luca Persichetti, L. Di Gaspare, M. De Seta, R. Gatti, F. Montalenti, and G. Capellini, ”Reduction of Threading Dislocation Density beyond the saturation limit by optimized reverse grading”, Physical Review Materials 4, 103403 (2020).
  • L. Bagolini, M. Montanari, Luca Persichetti*, L. Di Gaspare, G. Capellini, M. Ortolani, M. De Seta, and M. Virgilio, ”Disentangling elastic and inelastic scattering pathways in the intersubband electron dynamics of n-type Ge/SiGe quantum fountains”, Physical Review B 101, 245302 (2020).
  • A. Balzarotti, M. Fanfoni, Luca Persichetti, A. Sgarlata, ”Steps and Ge epitaxy on vicinal Si (111) surfaces: An STM study”, Surface Science 696, 121591 (2020).
  • T. Grange, S. Mukherjee, G. Capellini, M. Montanari, Luca Persichetti, L. Di Gaspare, S. Birner, A. Attiaoui, O. Moutanabbir, M. Virgilio et al., ”Atomic-Scale Insights into Semiconductor Heterostructures: From Experimental Three-Dimensional Analysis of the Interface to a Generalized Theory of Interfacial Roughness Scattering”, Physical Review Applied 13, 044062 (2020).
  • C. Ciano, M. Virgilio, L. Bagolini, L. Baldassarre, A. Pashkin, M. Helm, M. Montanari, Luca Persichetti, L. Di Gaspare, G. Capellini, et al., ”Terahertz Absorption-Saturation and Emission from Electron-doped Germanium Quantum Wells”, Optics Express 28, 7245 (2020).
  • Luca Persichetti*, M. Montanari, C. Ciano, L. Di Gaspare, M. Ortolani, L. Baldassarre, M. Zoellner, S. Mukherjee, O. Moutanabbir, G. Capellini, et al., ”Intersubband Transition Engineering in the Conduction Band of Asymmetric Coupled Ge/SiGe Quantum Wells”, Crystals 10, 179 (2020).
  • C. Ciano, M. Virgilio, L. Bagolini, L. Baldassarre, A. Rossetti, A. Pashkin, M. Helm, M. Montanari, Luca Persichetti, L. Di Gaspare, et al., ”Electron Population Dynamics in Optically Pumped Asymmetric Coupled Ge/SiGe Quantum Wells: Experiment and Models”, Photonics 7, 2 (2019).
  • T. Grange, D. Stark, G. Scalari, J. Faist, Luca Persichetti, L. Di Gaspare, M. De Seta, M. Ortolani, D.J. Paul, G. Capellini, S. Birner, M. Virgilio, ”Room temperature operation of n-type Ge/SiGe terahertz quantum cascade lasers predicted by non-equilibrium Green's functions”, Applied Physics Letters 114, 111102 (2019).
  • C. Goletti, L. Ottaviano, and A. Sgarlata, ”Islanding, growth mode and ordering in Si heteroepitaxy on Ge(001) substrates structured by thermal annealing”, Surface Science 683, 31 (2019).
  • C. Ciano, M. Virgilio, M. Montanari, Luca Persichetti, L. Di Gaspare, M. Ortolani, L. Baldassarre, M. H. Zoellner, O. Skibitzki, G. Scalari, J. Faist, D. J. Paul, M. Scuderi, G. Nicotra, T. Grange, S. Birner, G. Capellini, and M. De Seta, ”Control of Electron-State coupling in asymmetric Ge/SiGe quantum wells”, Physical Review Applied 11, 014003 (2019).
  • A. B. Marçal, M. I. Richard, Luca Persichetti, V. Favre-Nicolin, H. Renevier, M. Fanfoni, A. Sgarlata, T. A. Schülli, and A. Malachias, ”Modified strain and elastic energy behavior of Ge islands formed on high-miscut Si(0 0 1) substrates”, Applied Surface Science 466, 801 (2019).
  • M. Sheverdyaeva, C. Hogan, A. Sgarlata, L. Fazi, M. Fanfoni, Luca Persichetti, P. Moras, and A. Balzarotti, ”Electronic structure of the Ge/Si(1 0 5) hetero-interface: an ARPES and DFT study”, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 30, 465502 (2018).
  • M. Montanari, M. Virgilio, C. L. Manganelli, P. Zaumseil, M. H. Zoellner, Y. Hou, M. A. Schubert, Luca Persichetti, L. Di Gaspare, M. De Seta, E. Vitiello, E. Bonera, F. Pezzoli, and G. Capellini, ”Photoluminescence study of interband transitions in few-layer, pseudomorphic, and strain-unbalanced Ge/GeSi multiple quantum wells”, Physical Review B 98, 195310 (2018).
  • Luca Persichetti*, M. Fanfoni, M. De Seta, L. Di Gaspare, L. Ottaviano, C. Goletti, and A. Sgarlata, ”Formation of extended thermal etch pits on annealed Ge wafers”, Applied Surface Science 462, 86 (2018).
  • Luca Persichetti*, A. Sgarlata, M. Fanfoni, A. Balzarotti, ”Irreversible order-disorder transformation of Ge(0 0 1) probed by scanning tunnelling microscopy”, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 27, 435001 (2015).
  • Luca Persichetti, A. Sgarlata, M. Fanfoni, A. Balzarotti, ”Heteroepitaxy of Ge on singular and vicinal Si surfaces: elastic field symmetry and nanostructure growth”, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 27, 253001 (2015).
  • C. Goletti, L. Fazi, C. Hogan, Luca Persichetti, A. Sgarlata, M. Palummo, A. Balzarotti, ”Early oxidation stages of the strained Ge/Si(105) surface: A reflectance anisotropy spectroscopy study”, Physica Status Solidi B 252, 87 (2015).
  • Luca Persichetti*, A. Sgarlata, S. Mori, M. Notarianni, V. Cherubini, M. Fanfoni, N. Motta, A. Balzarotti, ”Beneficial defects: exploiting the intrinsic polishing-induced wafer roughness for the catalyst-free growth of Ge in-plane nanowires”, Nanoscale Research Letters 9, 358 (2014).
  • Luca Persichetti*, A. Sgarlata, M. Fanfoni, A. Balzarotti, ”The entangled role of strain and diffusion in driving the spontaneous formation of atolls and holes in Ge/Si(111) heteroepitaxy”, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 25, 395801 (2013).
  • L. Fazi, C. Hogan, Luca Persichetti, C. Goletti, M. Palummo, A. Sgarlata, and A. Balzarotti, ”Intermixing and buried interfacial structure in strained Ge/Si(105) facets”, Physical Review B 88, 195312 (2013).
  • Luca Persichetti*, A. Sgarlata, M. Fanfoni, A. Balzarotti, ”Size-dependent reversal of the elastic interaction energy between misfit nanostructures”, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 25, 075802 (2013).
  • Luca Persichetti*, A. Capasso, A. Sgarlata, A. Quatela, S. Kaciulis, A. Mezzi, M. Notarianni, N. Motta, M. Fanfoni, and A. Balzarotti, ”Fabrication of SiGe rings and holes on Si(001) by flash annealing”, Applied Surface Science 283, 813 (2013).
  • Luca Persichetti*, A. Sgarlata, M. Fanfoni, A. Balzarotti, ”Effects of substrate vicinality on 3D islanding in Ge/Si epitaxy”, Thin Solid Films 543, 88 (2013).
  • Luca Persichetti*, A. Sgarlata, G. Mattoni, M. Fanfoni, A. Balzarotti, ”Orientational phase diagram of the epitaxially strained Si(001): Evidence of a singular (105) face”, Physical Review B 85 195314 (2012).
  • M. Scarselli, L. Camilli, Luca Persichetti, P. Castrucci, S. Lefrant, E. Gautron, M. De Crescenzi, ”Strain analysis of noble metal islands grown on multiwalled carbon nanotubes”, Carbon 50, 3616 (2012).
  • M. Fanfoni, Luca Persichetti, M. Tomellini, ”Order and randomness in Kolmogorov-Johnson-Mehl-Avrami type”, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 24, 355002 (2012).
  • Luca Persichetti*, A. Capasso, A. Sgarlata, M. Fanfoni, N. Motta and A. Balzarotti, a chapter on ”Towards a controlled growth of self-assembled nanostructures: shaping, ordering and localization in Ge/Si heteroepitaxy” in Springer book on ”Self-assembly of Nanostrucures”, Springer Series Lectures Notes in Nanoscience and Technology 12, 201 (2012).
  • E. Placidi, F. Arciprete, R. Magri, M. Rosini, A. Vinattieri, L. Cavigli, M. Gurioli, E. Giovine, Luca Persichetti, M. Fanfoni, F. Patella and A. Balzarotti, a chapter on ”InAs epitaxy on GaAs(001): a model case of strain-driven self-assembling of quantum dots” in Springer book on ”Self-assembly of Nanostrucures”, Springer Series Lectures Notes in Nanoscience and Technology 12, 73 (2012).
  • Luca Persichetti*, R. Menditto, A. Sgarlata, M. Fanfoni, A. Balzarotti, ”Hug-like island growth of Ge on strained vicinal Si(111) surfaces”, Applied Physics Letters 99, 161907 (2011).
  • Luca Persichetti*, A. Sgarlata, M. Fanfoni, A. Balzarotti, ”Breaking elastic field symmetry with substrate vicinality”, Physical Review Letters 106, 055503 (2011).
  • Balzarotti, ”Ordering of Ge islands on Si(001) substrates patterned by nanoindentation”, Thin Solid Films 519, 4207 (2011).
  • Luca Persichetti*, A. Sgarlata, M. Fanfoni, A. Balzarotti, ”Ge growth on vicinal Si(001) surfaces: island's shape and pair interaction vs miscut angle”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 11, 9185 (2011).
  • Sgarlata, Luca Persichetti, A. Capasso, M. Fanfoni, N. Motta and A. Balzarotti, ”Driving Ge island ordering on nanostructured Si surfaces”, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters 3, 841 (2011).
  • Luca Persichetti*, A. Sgarlata, M. Fanfoni, A. Balzarotti, ”Shaping Ge Islands on Si(001) Surfaces with Misorientation Angle”, Physical Review Letters 104, 036104 (2010).
  • Luca Persichetti*, A. Sgarlata, M. Fanfoni, A. Balzarotti, ”Pair interaction between Ge islands on vicinal Si(001) surfaces”, Physical Review B 81, 113409 (2010).
  • Luca Persichetti*, A. Sgarlata, M. Fanfoni, A. Balzarotti, ”Ripple-to-dome transition: The growth evolution of Ge on vicinal Si(1 1 10) surface”, Physical Review B Rapid Communication 82, 121309(R) (2010).
  • Luca Persichetti*, A. Sgarlata, M. Fanfoni, M. Bernardi, A. Balzarotti, ”Step-step interaction on vicinal Si(001) surfaces studied by scanning tunneling microscopy”, Physical Review B 80, 075315 (2009).
  • M. Bernardi, A. Sgarlata, M. Fanfoni, Luca Persichetti, N. Motta, A. Balzarotti, ”Self-assembly of Ge quantum dots on Silicon: An example of controlled nanomanufacturing”, Superlattices and Microstructures 46, 318 (2009).

 

  • ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPY INVESTIGATION OF BIOSYSTEMS AND ORGANIC THIN FILMS
  • M. Bellussi, O. M. Roscioni, E. Rossi, A. Cardellini, M. Provenzano, Luca Persichetti, V. Kudryavtseva, G. Sukhorukov, P. Asinari, M. Sebastiani and M. Fasano, ”Wettability of soft PLGA surfaces predicted by experimentally-augmented atomistic models”, MRS Bulletin, in press (2022).
  • Rashid, G.M. Vita, Luca Persichetti, G. Iucci, C. Battocchio, R. Daniel, D. Visaggio, M. Marsotto, P. Visca, E. Bemporad, P. Ascenzi, G. Capellini, M. Sebastiani, A. di Masi, ”Biocompatibility and antibacterial properties of TiCu(Ag) thin films produced by physical vapor deposition magnetron sputtering”, Appl. Surf. Sci., 573, 151604 (2022).
  • S. Bashiri, M. Lucidi, D. Visaggio, G. Capecchi, Luca Persichetti, G. Cincotti, P. Visca, G. Capellini, ”Growth Phase- and Desiccation-Dependent Acinetobacter baumannii Morphology: An Atomic Force Microscopy Investigation”, Langmuir 37, 1110 (2021).
  • V. Gallo, A. Lai, A. Pasquo, S. Almaviva, S. Iacobelli, Luca Persichetti, G. Capellini, and G. Antonini, ”Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)–based immunosystem for ultrasensitive detection of the 90K biomarker”, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 412, 7659 (2020).
  • B. Bonanni, L. Fazi, M. Fanfoni, A. Sgarlata, F. Caroleo, G. Pomarico, P. Galloni, F. Sabuzi, Luca Persichetti, R. Paolesse, and C. Goletti, ”Corroles at the real solid-liquid interface: in-situ STM investigation of a water soluble corrole layer deposited onto Au(111)”, Chemistry – A European Journal 24, 17538 (2018).
  • L. Naitana, S. Nardis, G. Pomarico, M. Raggio, F. Caroleo, D. O. Cicero, S. Lentini, L. Prodi, D. Genovese, S. Mitta, A. Sgarlata, M. Fanfoni, Luca Persichetti, R. Paolesse, ”A Highly Emissive Water-Soluble Phosphorus Corrole”, Chemistry: a European Journal, 23, 905 (2017).

 

  • BOOK CHAPTER
  • A. Sgarlata, Luca Persichetti, and A. Balzarotti, ”Semiconductor quantum dots: Model case Ge/Si” in Wiley book on ”Surface and Interface Science” Vol. 4, Chap. 29 (2013).
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Teaching in the Physics Department
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