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- Synthesis and characterization of carbon-based nanomaterials; - Use of carbon nanostructures (nanotubes, graphene and graphene oxide) for health and environment- related applications; - Development of innovative environmental and bio-sensors; - Study of nanocomposite materials (e.g. nanomaterials embedded in polymers) for water purification and energy applications.
Silvia Scalese received her Master Degree in Physics in 1994 and the PhD Degree in 1998 at the University of Calabria (Italy). Both thesis works concerned chemisorption of molecules and/or alkali metals on metal surfaces studied by surface characterization techniques, such as photoelectron and Auger spectroscopies and electron diffraction. She carried out part of her PhD thesis work in the Solid State Group, at the Dept. of Physics of the University of Fribourg (Switzerland).
In 1998 she got a post-doc fellowship at the INFM Research Unit of Catania (Italy) and, after a training period of 4 months in the laboratory of Molecular Beam Epitaxy at the Institut für Halbleiterphysik in Frankfurt/Oder (Germany), she was working on the MBE growth of Si-based materials for almost 4 years. Since December 2001 she has got a permanent position at the Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems of the Italian National Council of Research (IMM-CNR) in Catania (Italy), where she worked on the synthesis and characterization of Si-based materials for microelectronics, in particular ion implantation and diffusion of dopants in silicon. Since 2005 her scientific interests and research activity have focused on the synthesis and characterization of carbon-based nanomaterials and, more recently, on the use of carbon nanostructures (nanotubes, graphene and graphene oxide) for health and environment-related applications, such as the development of innovative environmental and bio-sensors, and the study of nanocomposite materials for water purification and energy applications.
She authored about 150 peer-reviewed papers on international journals, 1 book chapter and 1 patent, and was supervisor of 10 Master Degree / PhD thesis works in Physics, Materials Science and Electronic Engineering. She organized and chaired the two Editions of the Workshop on Carbon-based low dimensional Materials “CARBOMAT” in 2010 (https://www.cnr.it/en/event/12413/carbomat-2010-workshop-on-carbon-based...) and 2011 (https://www.cnr.it/it/evento/12761/carbomat-2011-2nd-workshop-on-carbon-based-low-dimensional-materials).
She actively participated to several National and International Research Projects, and is Referee for several international scientific journals.
She is Guest Editor and Topic Editor for Nanomaterials - a journal of the MDPI publisher.
- Nanomaterials | Special Issue : Carbon-Based Nanostructures and Nanocomposites for Health and Environmental Applications (mdpi.com)
- Nanomaterials | Special Issue : Application of Carbon-Based Nanostructures and Nanocomposites for Sustainable Development (mdpi.com)
About publications: https://scholar.google.it/citations?hl=it&pli=1&user=XmqYxjUAAAAJ
Scientific Productions
ACS Applied Nano Materials [American Chemical Society],
Copper micro-flowers for electrocatalytic sensing of nitrate ions in water
Sensors [MDPI], Volume: 24 Issue: 14 Pages: 4501
Chronoamperometric Ammonium Ion Detection in Water via Conductive Polymers and Gold Nanoparticles
Molecules [MDPI], Volume: 29 Issue: 13 Pages: 3028
TiO2—MoS2—PMMA Nanocomposites for an Efficient Water Remediation
Polymers [MDPI], Volume: 16 Issue: 9 Pages: 1200
Cu metal nanoparticles in transparent electrodes for light harvesting in solar cells
Applied Surface Science [North-Holland], Pages: 159547
Gold Ultralow Loading on Nickel Foam for Nitrogen Electrochemical Reduction
Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstracts 244 [The Electrochemical Society, Inc.], Issue: 21 Pages: 1283-1283
ACS Applied Nano Materials [American Chemical Society], Volume: 6 Issue: 24 Pages: 22947-22955
APL Materials [AIP Publishing], Volume: 11 Issue: 11
Ultra-Low Loading of Gold on Nickel Foam for Nitrogen Electrochemistry
Nanomaterials [MDPI], Volume: 13 Issue: 21 Pages: 2850
Coatings [MDPI], Volume: 13 Issue: 10 Pages: 1715
International Journal of Molecular Sciences [MDPI], Volume: 24 Issue: 8 Pages: 6877
Strategies to improve the catalytic activity of Fe-based catalysts for nitrogen reduction reaction
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy [Pergamon],
Nanomaterials [MDPI], Volume: 13 Issue: 7 Pages: 1163
Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology [Elsevier], Pages: 104086
Nanomaterials [MDPI], Volume: 13 Issue: 3 Pages: 561
Nanomaterials [MDPI], Volume: 13 Issue: 1 Pages: 215
Orange-Peel-Derived Nanobiochar for Targeted Cancer Therapy
Pharmaceutics [MDPI], Volume: 14 Issue: 10 Pages: 2249
Iron Based Catalysts for Nitrogen Reduction Reaction
Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstracts 242 [The Electrochemical Society, Inc.], Issue: 48 Pages: 1809-1809
International Journal of Molecular Sciences [MDPI], Volume: 23 Issue: 19 Pages: 11777
Innovative Antibiofilm Smart Surface against Legionella for Water Systems
Microorganisms [MDPI], Volume: 10 Issue: 5 Pages: 870
Photo-Fenton Degradation of Methyl Orange with Dunino Halloysite as a Source of Iron
Catalysts [MDPI], Volume: 12 Issue: 3 Pages: 257
Early Stages of Aluminum-Doped Zinc Oxide Growth on Silicon Nanowires
Nanomaterials [MDPI], Volume: 12 Issue: 5 Pages: 772
Study of the Molecule Adsorption Process during the Molecular Doping
Nanomaterials [Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute], Volume: 11 Issue: 8 Pages: 1899
Materials [MDPI], Volume: 14 Issue: 13 Pages: 3676
Global attitudes in the management of acute appendicitis during COVID‐19 pandemic: ACIE Appy Study
British Journal of Surgery [Oxford University Press], Volume: 108 Issue: 6 Pages: 717-726
Nanomaterials [Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute], Volume: 10 Issue: 12 Pages: 2549
Antimicrobial s-PBC Coatings for Innovative Multifunctional Water Filters
Molecules [MDPI], Volume: 25 Issue: 21 Pages: 5196
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy [Pergamon], Volume: 45 Issue: 51 Pages: 26583-26594
TiO2 Colloids Laser-Treated in Ethanol for Photocatalytic H2 Production
ACS Applied Nano Materials [American Chemical Society], Volume: 3 Issue: 9 Pages: 9127-9140
New insight into Pt nucleation mechanism on Si surface during galvanic displacement deposition
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids [Pergamon], Pages: 109722
Nanomaterials [MDPI], Volume: 10 Issue: 6 Pages: 1157
RSC Advances [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 10 Issue: 43 Pages: 25426-25434
Laser Micro-Nano-Manufacturing and 3D Microprinting [Springer International Publishing], Pages: 133-162
Wet Environment Effects for Ethanol and Water Adsorption on Anatase TiO2 (101) Surfaces
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C [American Chemical Society], Volume: 124 Issue: 4 Pages: 2406-2419
Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth of Silicon Nanowires with Diameter Smaller Than 5 nm
ACS omega [American Chemical Society], Volume: 4 Issue: 19 Pages: 17967-17971
Investigation of ZnO-decorated CNTs for UV Light Detection Applications
Nanomaterials [MDPI], Volume: 9 Issue: 8 Pages: 1099
Study on the Physico-Chemical Properties of the Si Nanowires Surface
Nanomaterials [Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute], Volume: 9 Issue: 6 Pages: 818
Energies [MDPI], Volume: 12 Issue: 11 Pages: 2064
Self‐Assembling of Block Copolymers with Alternative Solvents
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics [], Volume: 220 Issue: 9 Pages: 1800523
Electroless Deposited IrOx Nanoparticles for Ni Foam Functionalization with Low Iridium Loading
ECS Meeting Abstracts [IOP Publishing], Issue: 29 Pages: 1435
Catalysis Today [Elsevier], Volume: 321 Pages: 158-163
Energies [Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute], Volume: 12 Issue: 14 Pages: 2655
International Journal of Molecular Sciences [Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute], Volume: 20 Issue: 14 Pages: 3548
Energies [Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute], Volume: 12 Issue: 16 Pages: 3116
3C-SiC Growth on Inverted Silicon Pyramids Patterned Substrate
Materials [Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute], Volume: 12 Issue: 20 Pages: 3407
Transparent conductive polymer obtained by in-solution doping of PEDOT: PSS
Polymer [Elsevier], Volume: 155 Pages: 199-207
Transparent conductive polymers obtained by in-solution doping of PEDOT: PSS
Polymer [Elsevier],
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy [Pergamon], Volume: 43 Issue: 16 Pages: 7903-7910
Toxicity evaluation of graphene oxide and titania loaded nafion membranes in zebrafish
Frontiers in physiology [Frontiers Media SA], Volume: 8 Pages: 1039
β-Bi 2 O 3 reduction by laser irradiation in a liquid environment
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 20 Issue: 15 Pages: 10292-10301
β-Bi2O3 reduction by laser irradiation in liquid environment.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics [Royal Society of Chemistry],
Catalysis Today [Elsevier],
Catalysis Today [Elsevier],
Applied Surface Science [North-Holland], Volume: 420 Pages: 331-335
Journal of Applied Physics [AIP Publishing LLC], Volume: 121 Issue: 15 Pages: 155105
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C [American Chemical Society], Volume: 121 Issue: 9 Pages: 5408-5414
Formation, Morphology and Optical Properties of Electroless Deposited Gold Nanoparticles on 3C-SiC
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C [American Chemical Society], Volume: 121 Issue: 8 Pages: 4304-4311
Laser processing of TiO 2 colloids for an enhanced photocatalytic water splitting activity
Journal of colloid and interface science [Academic Press], Volume: 489 Pages: 131-137
RSC advances [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 7 Issue: 72 Pages: 45521-45534
TOXICITY EVALUATION OF GRAPHENE OXIDE AND TITANIA LOADED NAFION MEMBRANES IN ZEBRAFISH
Frontiers in Physiology [Frontiers], Volume: 8 Pages: 1039
Sensing and bio-sensing research [Elsevier], Volume: 9 Pages: 7-12
Modification of graphene oxide by laser irradiation: a new route to enhance antibacterial activity
Nanotechnology [IOP Publishing], Volume: 27 Issue: 24 Pages: 245704
Sensing and bio-sensing research [Elsevier], Volume: 8 Pages: 59-64
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry [Elsevier], Volume: 321 Pages: 1-11
Analysis of the role of elution buffers on the separation capabilities of dielectrophoretic devices
Sensing and bio-sensing research [Elsevier], Volume: 7 Pages: 162-167
Carbon nanotube-based sensing devices for human Arginase-1 detection
Sensing and bio-sensing research [Elsevier], Volume: 7 Pages: 168-173
Photocatalytic activity of CuO and Cu 2 O nanowires
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing [Pergamon], Volume: 42 Pages: 89-93
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing [Pergamon], Volume: 42 Pages: 50-53
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing [Pergamon], Volume: 42 Pages: 45-49
Photocatalytic activity of CuO and Cu2O nanowires
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing [Pergamon], Volume: 42 Pages: 89-93
MATERIALS SCIENCE IN SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING [], Volume: 42 Issue: 1 Pages: 50-53
New Journal of Chemistry [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 40 Issue: 4 Pages: 3654-3663
Electron energy-loss spectra of graphene oxide for the determination of oxygen functionalities
Carbon [Pergamon], Volume: 93 Pages: 1034-1041
Electrophoresis [], Volume: 36 Issue: 13 Pages: 1396-1404
Quasiparticle spectrum and plasmonic excitations in the topological insulator Sb 2 Te 3
Physical Review B [American Physical Society], Volume: 91 Issue: 24 Pages: 245123
Defects and gas sensing properties of carbon nanotube-based devices
Journal of Sensors and Sensor Systems [Copernicus GmbH], Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Pages: 25-30
Carbon [Pergamon], Volume: 82 Pages: 489-499
Molecular doping applied to Si nanowires array based solar cells
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells [North-Holland], Volume: 132 Pages: 118-122
Biomedical engineering online [BioMed Central], Volume: 13 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-10
Analysis on 3C-SiC layer grown on pseudomorphic-Si/Si 1-x Ge x/Si (001) heterostructures.
Materials Science Forum [], Volume: 806
Current-induced defect formation in multi-walled carbon nanotubes
Journal of nanoparticle research [Springer Netherlands], Volume: 16 Issue: 2 Pages: 2287
Nanofabrication processes for innovative nanohole‐based solar cells
Physica status solidi (a) [], Volume: 210 Issue: 8 Pages: 1564-1570
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 113 Issue: 21 Pages: 214313
Laser assisted green synthesis of free standing reduced graphene oxides at the water–air interface
Nanotechnology [IOP Publishing], Volume: 23 Issue: 50 Pages: 505601
Journal of Raman Spectroscopy [John Wiley & Sons, Ltd], Volume: 43 Issue: 8 Pages: 1018-1023
Applied surface science [North-Holland], Volume: 258 Issue: 15 Pages: 5672-5676
Carbon [Pergamon], Volume: 50 Issue: 6 Pages: 2365-2369
Carbon [Pergamon], Volume: 50 Issue: 6 Pages: 2362-2365
Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures [North-Holland], Volume: 44 Issue: 6 Pages: 1005-1008
Computer Models of Laser Ablation in Liquids
Laser Ablation in Liquids: Principles and Applications in the Preparation of Nanomaterials [CRC Press], Pages: 111
Computer models of laser ablation in liquids
Laser Ablation in Liquids. Principles and Applications in the Preparation of Nanomaterials; Yang, G., Ed [], Pages: 111-156
Silicon Nanowires Obtained by Low Temperature Plasma-Based Chemical Vapor Deposition.
Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc [], Volume: 1408 Pages: 139
Effects of temperature and humidity on electrospun conductive nanofibers based on polyaniline blends
Journal of Nanoparticle Research [Springer Netherlands], Volume: 13 Issue: 11 Pages: 6193-6200
Journal of Materials Research [Cambridge University Press], Volume: 26 Issue: 2 Pages: 240
Biomimetic sensing layer based on electrospun conductive polymer webs
Biosensors and Bioelectronics [Elsevier], Volume: 26 Issue: 5 Pages: 2460-2465
Size distribution and particle shape in silver colloids prepared by laser ablation in water
Radiation Effects & Defects in Solids: Incorporating Plasma Science & Plasma Technology [Taylor & Francis], Volume: 165 Issue: 6-10 Pages: 579-583
Order and disorder of carbon deposit produced by arc discharge in liquid nitrogen
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 108 Issue: 6 Pages: 064305
physica status solidi (b) [WILEY‐VCH Verlag], Volume: 247 Issue: 4 Pages: 884-887
Role of linear carbon chains in the aggregation of copper, silver, and gold nanoparticles
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C [American Chemical Society], Volume: 114 Issue: 2 Pages: 907-915
Controlled synthesis of carbon nanotubes and linear C chains by arc discharge in liquid nitrogen
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 107 Issue: 1 Pages: 014304
Role of linear carbon chains in the aggregation of copper, silver, and gold nanoparticles
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C [American Chemical Society], Volume: 114 Issue: 2 Pages: 907-915
Synthesis of carbon nanowires and nanotubes by plasma ignition in liquid environments
Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials [JOAM], Volume: 12 Issue: March 2010 Pages: 456-460
Preferential oxidation of stacking faults in epitaxial off-axis (111) 3 C-SiC films
Applied Physics Letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 95 Issue: 11 Pages: 111905
Direct observation of the formation of linear C chain/carbon nanotube hybrid systems
Carbon [Pergamon], Volume: 47 Issue: 8 Pages: 2134-2137
Journal of The Electrochemical Society [IOP Publishing], Volume: 155 Issue: 10 Pages: H764
Ex situ and in situ catalyst deposition for CNT synthesis by RF-magnetron sputtering
Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures [North-Holland], Volume: 40 Issue: 7 Pages: 2243-2246
Formation of nanoparticles under laser ablation of solids in liquids
Nanoparticles: New Research [Nova Science Publishers: New York], Pages: 1-37
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 102 Issue: 11 Pages: 114905
Thin crystalline 3C-SiC layer growth through carbonization of differently oriented Si substrates
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 102 Issue: 2 Pages: 023518
Carbon aligned nanocolumns by RF-Magnetron sputtering: The influence of the growth parameters
Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures [North-Holland], Volume: 37 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 231-235
AIP Conference Proceedings [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 882 Issue: 1 Pages: 375-377
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms [North-Holland], Volume: 253 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 59-62
Growth of aligned CN x nanocolumns on silicon by RF-magnetron sputtering
Carbon [Pergamon], Volume: 44 Issue: 14 Pages: 3123-3126
Investigation of the indium-boron interaction in silicon
Journal of applied physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 99 Issue: 11 Pages: 113516
Experimental determination of the local geometry around In and In–C complexes in Si
Applied physics letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 88 Issue: 21 Pages: 212102
Journal of The Electrochemical Society [IOP Publishing], Volume: 152 Issue: 4 Pages: G277
Dry oxidation of MBE-SiGe films: rate enhancement, Ge redistribution and defect injection
Materials science in semiconductor processing [Pergamon], Volume: 8 Issue: 1-3 Pages: 219-224
Local order around Er3+ ions in thin silicon oxide layers grown in Si by MBE
Physica Scripta [IOP Publishing], Volume: 2005 Issue: T115 Pages: 384
Journal of the Electrochemical Society [New York, NY: Electrochemical Society, 1948-], Volume: 152 Issue: 4 Pages: G277
Fully solvent-free preparation of MAPbI3 films for photovoltaic application
Proceedings of International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics (HOPV19) [],
The early stages of the Molecule Deposition Process During the Molecular Doping
European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) 2022-Fall Meeting [],
Multiscale Simulations of Plasma Etching in Silicon Carbide Structures
Materials Science Forum [Trans Tech Publications Ltd], Volume: 1062 Pages: 214-218
The bonding mechanisms in the molecular doping process: an experimental and numerical approach
European Materials Research Society 2021 Fall Meeting: Symposium R: Nanomaterials-electronics &-photonics [],
Study of Ti/Al/Ni Ohmic Contacts to p-Type Implanted 4H-SiC
Materials Science Forum [Trans Tech Publications Ltd], Volume: 924 Pages: 377-380
In liquid’laser modification and photocatalytic water splitting activity of TiO2 nanoparticles
4th Conference on Advanced Nanoparticle Generation and Excitation by Lasers in Liquids (ANGEL) [],
Analysis on 3C-SiC layer grown on pseudomorphic-Si/Si1-xGex/Si (001) heterostructures
Materials Science Forum [Trans Tech Publications Ltd], Volume: 806 Pages: 21-25
Photocatalytic properties of Nafion membranes containing graphene oxide/titania nanocomposites
2014 IEEE 9th Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC) [IEEE], Pages: 54-57
2014 IEEE 9th Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC) [IEEE], Pages: 58-61
Innovative 3D graphene structures for energy and sensing applications
IEEE Nanotechnology materials and devices conference NMDC 2014 [],
Antimicrobial properties of graphene oxide/TiO2 hybrid composites
IEEE Nanotechnology materials and devices conference NMDC 2014 [],
ANGEL 2012 [],
On the “step bunching” phenomena observed on etched and homoepitaxially grown 4H silicon carbide
Materials Science Forum [Trans Tech Publications Ltd], Volume: 679 Pages: 358-361
2008 Flexible Electronics and Displays Conference and Exhibition [IEEE], Pages: 1-3
Raman Spectroscopy of carbon nanotubes and anowires prepared by arc discharge in liquid nitrogen
XXIst Interantional Conference on Raman Spectroscopy (ICORS) [Rob Withnall and Babur Z. Choudhry], Pages: 578-579
Laser annealing of a-Si for realization of polycrystalline Si film on plastic substrate
2007 15th International Conference on Advanced Thermal Processing of Semiconductors [IEEE], Pages: 271-274
2007 15th International Conference on Advanced Thermal Processing of Semiconductors [IEEE], Pages: 123-126
Characterization of carbon aligned nanocolumns growth by rf-magnetron sputtering
XX Congresso Nazionale GNSR 2007 [Consorzio Catania Ricerche], Pages: 22-22
KLVFF@ Amphiphilic Cyclodextrin/GO Nanohybrids for β-amyloid Sensing
Convegno Congiunto delle Sezioni Sicilia e Calabria della Società Chimica Italiana [], Pages: 105-105
Nanobiochar derived from orange peel for targeted cancer therapy
XIII Congresso Nazionale AICIng-II Congresso Nazionale Divisione CT Società Chimica Italiana Milano, 25-28 giugno 2023 [], Pages: 60-61
Correlation between structural and sensing properties of carbon nanotube-based devices
Sensors [Springer, Cham], Pages: 207-210
Sensors [Springer, Cham], Pages: 9-12
Formation of nanoparticles under laser ablation of solids in liquids
[Moscow, Pan Stanford Publishing], Pages: 327-396
Laser Ablation in Liquids [Pan Stanford], Pages: 457-495
Semiconductor Nanoparticles by Laser Ablation in Liquid
Laser Ablation in Liquids: Principles and Applications in the Preparation of Nanomaterials [Pan Stanford Publishing], Pages: 397-438
Laser Ablation in Liquids: Principles and Applications in the Preparation of Nanomaterials [Pan Stanford Publishing], Pages: 439-478
Laser Ablation in Liquids: Principles and Applications in the Preparation of Nanomaterials [Pan Stanford Publishing], Pages: 439-478