Feb 14
A Quantum of Matter Bio-based macromolecular architecture: how to treasure natural molecules to develop new polymeric structures Claudio Gioia Mercoledì 22 Febbraio, ore 15:00Aula B107 – Polo Ferrari (Povo 2), Povo The recent advent of green chemistry is currently promoting an unprecedented effort to achieve new safe and sustainable materials, particularly shifting from petrol in favor …
Jan 05
LM thesis proposal Supervisor: Giacomo Baldi In the last years, phase-change non-volatile memory devices have risen important attention for technological applications [1]. They are made by phase-change materials (PCMs), a class of functional materials that are reversibly and rapidly switched between amorphous and crystalline states by electrical pulses in a short timescale of a few …
Jan 05
LM thesis proposal Supervisors: Marco Zanatta & Giacomo Baldi At the macroscopic scale, an amorphous solid can be considered as an isotropic continuum and sound wave propagation is well described by the usual elasticity theory. However, the thermal properties at low temperatures (below 1 K) are heavily affected by the presence of two-level states whose …
Dec 02
LM thesis proposal Supervisors: Antonio Miotello & Michele Orlandi When a short and intense laser pulse hits a material, extreme thermodynamic conditions are reached, resulting in the ejection of mass from the irradiated region. This phenomenon is known as laser ablation. Despite the ablated mass is in general small, it leaves the target surface with …
Dec 02
LT thesis proposal Supervisors: Michele Orlandi & Antonio Miotello Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) is increasingly studied in the field of energy conversion and storage as a low-cost material providing several useful functions, among which, light-absorption in tandem configurations photoelectrochemical cells and electrode support material in electrochemical cells and batteries. The student will provide a survey …
Dec 02
LM thesis proposal Supervisors: Michele Orlandi (michele.orlandi@unitn.it) & Antonio Miotello (antonio.miotello@unitn.it) Solar chemistry, where sunlight is employed to drive complex chemical reactions, can be used for a variety of applications, from the photosynthesis of value-added products such as pharmaceuticals, to solar wastewater treatments. In particular, solid-state materials designed as catalytic platforms capable of performing multiple …
Dec 01
A Quantum of Matter Research Development of breakthrough Redox Flow Batteries Wednesday December 7, 2022 – 14.30Aula B107 – Polo Ferrari (Povo 2), Povo Redox flow batteries (RFBs) are a promising electrochemical energy storage technology that can be used to improve the ability of the grid to accommodate the intermittent nature of renewables thus promoting …
Nov 24
A Quantum of Matter Physics of Matter PhD students welcome day Wednesday November 30, 2022 – 15.00 Aula B107 – Polo Ferrari (Povo 2), Povo It is a matter of fact that PhD students represent one of the leading forces in the research activities thatare carried out in our department. A successful PhD program should, …
Nov 09
LM thesis proposal Supervisor: Raffaello Potestio (raffaello.potestio@unitn.it) One of the most challenging issues in molecular simulations is to match the gap in the broad range of length and time scales which characterises soft matter systems. One method which proved capable of reducing this gap is the Hamiltonian adaptive resolution simulation (H-AdResS) scheme [1], which enables …
Nov 09
LM thesis proposal Supervisor: Ines Mancini (ines.mancini@unitn.it) Solvation of DNA and proteins in ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents is able to stabilize and preserve their structures. Raman spectroscopy allows to provide molecular information on several kind of macromolecular systems through the investigation of their vibrational dynamics. Thanks to the resonance effect, multi-wavelength UV Resonance …
