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Vittorio Privitera is Research Director at the Italian National Council of Research (Institute of Microelectronics and Microsystems, CNR) and Section Head of the IMM Catania (University) Unit. His current research is focused on the application of functional nanomaterials to water purification. He was a member of the project management committee of several European Projects (ENDEASD, FRENDTECH, IMPULSE) in the field of nanomaterials and nanoelectronics. He was the Coordinator of the European project “Fundamentals and applications of laser processing for highly innovative MOS technology” (FLASH) and of several national projects. More recently, he has been the Coordinator of the European Coordination Action “Winning Applications of nano Technology for Resolutive hydropurification” (WATER), granted with 4 M€ to the IMM Catania (University) Unit within the VII FP. He is author of 225 publications in international scientific journals, delivered several invited talks at international conferences, won 4 awards at national and international conferences and chaired three international conferences (E-MRS Symposium 2001, IEEE-RTP 2007, IEEE-NMDC 2014). He was a member of the Doctoral Examination Committee at the University of Oslo (Norway) and at the Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands), and is project evaluator of H2020.
Scientific Productions
Green synthesis of photocatalytic TiO2/Ag nanoparticles for an efficient water remediation
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry [Elsevier], Volume: 443 Pages: 114838
Laser crystallization of amorphous TiO2 on polymer
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing [Pergamon], Volume: 157 Pages: 107328
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics [IEEE],
Single and dual polymeric sponges for emerging pollutants removal
European Polymer Journal [Pergamon], Volume: 179 Pages: 111556
Applied Surface Science [North-Holland], Volume: 596 Pages: 153641
Materials Chemistry and Physics [Elsevier], Volume: 272 Pages: 124986
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry [Elsevier], Volume: 413 Pages: 113258
Suitability of Different Titanium Dioxide Nanotube Morphologies for Photocatalytic Water Treatment
Nanomaterials [Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute], Volume: 11 Issue: 3 Pages: 708
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing [Pergamon], Volume: 118 Pages: 105214
Laser-Based Synthesis of Au Nanoparticles for Optical Sensing of Glyphosate: A Preliminary Study
Micromachines [Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute], Volume: 11 Issue: 11 Pages: 989
N-methyl-D-glucamine based cryogels as reusable sponges to enhance heavy metals removal from water
Chemical Engineering Journal [Elsevier], Volume: 399 Pages: 125753
Ag/ZnO/PMMA nanocomposites for an efficient water reuse
ACS Applied Bio Materials [American Chemical Society], Volume: 3 Issue: 7 Pages: 4417-4426
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing [Pergamon], Volume: 112 Pages: 105019
Polymer Bulletin [Springer Berlin Heidelberg], Volume: 77 Pages: 2073-2087
CeO2 for Water Remediation: Comparison of Various Advanced Oxidation Processes
Catalysts [Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute], Volume: 10 Issue: 4 Pages: 446
Preferential removal of pesticides from water by molecular imprinting on TiO2 photocatalysts
Chemical Engineering Journal [Elsevier], Volume: 379 Pages: 122309
Coatings [Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute], Volume: 9 Issue: 9 Pages: 571
Selective photodegradation of 2, 4-D pesticide from water by molecularly imprinted TiO2
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry [Elsevier], Volume: 380 Pages: 111872
Molecularly imprinted polymer for selective adsorption of diclofenac from contaminated water
Chemical engineering journal [Elsevier], Volume: 367 Pages: 180-188
FEMS microbiology letters [Oxford University Press], Volume: 366 Issue: 14 Pages: fnz179
Hydrogenated black-TiOx: A facile and scalable synthesis for environmental water purification
Catalysis Today [Elsevier], Volume: 321 Pages: 146-157
Scientific reports [Nature Publishing Group], Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-14
Journal of colloid and interface science [Academic Press], Volume: 533 Pages: 369-374
Hybrid nickel-free graphene/porphyrin rings for photodegradation of emerging pollutants in water
RSC advances [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 9 Issue: 52 Pages: 30182-30194
Estudos de Conservação e Restauro [], Issue: 10 Pages: 31-43
Selective photodegradation of paracetamol by molecularly imprinted ZnO nanonuts
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental [Elsevier], Volume: 238 Pages: 509-517
Ag/TiO2 nanocomposite for visible light-driven photocatalysis
Superlattices and Microstructures [Academic Press], Volume: 123 Pages: 394-402
ZnO-pHEMA Nanocomposites: an Eco-friendly and Reusable Material for Water Remediation
ACS applied materials & interfaces [American Chemical Society], Volume: 10 Issue: 46 Pages: 40100-40110
Freestanding photocatalytic materials based on 3D graphene and polyporphyrins
Scientific Reports [Nature Publishing Group UK], Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 5001
Polymeric platform for the growth of chemically anchored ZnO nanostructures by ALD
RSC advances [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 521-530
Functional nanomaterials for water purification
La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento [Società Italiana di Fisica], Volume: 40 Pages: 595-632
Applied Surface Science [North-Holland], Volume: 416 Pages: 885-890
Optical and morphological evolution of black TiOx synthesized in water by Nd:YAG laser
physica status solidi c [WILEY‐VCH Verlag Berlin GmbH], Volume: 14 Issue: 9 Pages: 1700134
Morphology study of nanoporous black TiOx synthesized by laser‐based method
physica status solidi (b) [], Volume: 254 Issue: 7 Pages: 1600835
Applied Surface Science [North-Holland], Volume: 399 Pages: 451-462
RSC Advances [The Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 7 Issue: 19 Pages: 11222-11222
Beilstein journal of nanotechnology [Beilstein-Institut], Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 196-202
Novel synthesis of ZnO/PMMA nanocomposites for photocatalytic applications
Scientific reports [Nature Publishing Group], Volume: 7 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-12
Optical and photocatalytic properties of TiO2 nanoplumes
Beilstein journal of nanotechnology [Beilstein-Institut], Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 190-195
Applied Physics Letters [AIP Publishing LLC], Volume: 110 Issue: 1 Pages: 011905
ZnO nanorods grown on ultrathin ZnO seed layers: Application in water treatment
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry [], Volume: 332 Pages: 497-504
Low temperature atomic layer deposition of ZnO: Applications in photocatalysis
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental [Elsevier], Volume: 196 Pages: 68-76
Black TiOx photocatalyst obtained by laser irradiation in water
Catalysis Communications [Elsevier], Volume: 84 Pages: 11-15
RSC advances [The Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 6 Issue: 60 Pages: 55490-55498
Modification of graphene oxide by laser irradiation: a new route to enhance antibacterial activity
Nanotechnology [IOP Publishing], Volume: 27 Issue: 24 Pages: 245704
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry [Elsevier], Volume: 321 Pages: 1-11
Toxicity evaluation of new engineered nanomaterials in zebrafish
Frontiers in physiology [Frontiers], Volume: 7 Pages: 130
Rapid synthesis of photoactive hydrogenated TiO 2 nanoplumes
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental [Elsevier], Volume: 183 Pages: 328-334
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing [Pergamon], Volume: 42 Pages: 50-53
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing [Pergamon], Volume: 42 Pages: 45-49
Oxygen behavior in germanium during melting laser thermal annealing
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing [Pergamon], Volume: 42 Pages: 196-199
TiO2 nanowires on Ti thin film for water purification
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing [Pergamon], Volume: 42 Pages: 24-27
Photocatalytic and antibacterial properties of titanium dioxide flat film
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing [Pergamon], Volume: 42 Pages: 32-35
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing [Pergamon], Volume: 42 Pages: 58-61
Photocatalytic activity of CuO and Cu2O nanowires
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing [Pergamon], Volume: 42 Pages: 89-93
Sputtered cuprous oxide thin films and nitrogen doping by ion implantation
Thin Solid Films [Elsevier], Volume: 600 Pages: 71-75
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing [Pergamon], Volume: 42 Pages: 40-44
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing [Pergamon], Volume: 42 Pages: 28-31
Impurity and defect interactions during laser thermal annealing in Ge
Journal of Applied Physics [AIP Publishing LLC], Volume: 119 Issue: 4 Pages: 045702
Impurity and defect interactions during laser thermal annealing in Ge
Journal of Applied Physics [], Volume: 119 Issue: 4
RSC advances [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 6 Issue: 94 Pages: 91121-91126
New Journal of Chemistry [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 40 Issue: 4 Pages: 3654-3663
EPJ Web of Conferences [EDP Sciences], Volume: 117 Pages: 06013
Physical Review C [American Physical Society], Volume: 92 Issue: 6 Pages: 064611
Nanoscale [The Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 7 Issue: 48 Pages: 20778-20778
Physical Review B [American Physical Society], Volume: 92 Issue: 17 Pages: 174302
AIP Conference Proceedings [AIP Publishing LLC], Volume: 1681 Issue: 1 Pages: 060007
Nanoscale [The Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 7 Issue: 32 Pages: 13468-13476
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental [Elsevier], Volume: 165 Pages: 487-494
C ion-implanted TiO {sub 2} thin film for photocatalytic applications
Journal of Applied Physics [], Volume: 117 Issue: 10
C ion-implanted TiO2 thin film for photocatalytic applications
Journal of Applied Physics [AIP Publishing LLC], Volume: 117 Issue: 10 Pages: 105308
UV-black rutile TiO2: An antireflective photocatalytic nanostructure
Journal of Applied Physics [AIP Publishing LLC], Volume: 117 Issue: 7 Pages: 074903
Carbon [Pergamon], Volume: 82 Pages: 489-499
Toxic effects caused by a long-term exposure of Daniorerio to TiO2 nanoparticles
Front. Mar. Sci. Conf. Abstr. XV Eur. Congr. Ichthyol. doi: 10.3389/conf. FMARS [], Volume: 139
TiO2-coated nanostructures for dye photo-degradation in water
Nanoscale research letters [SpringerOpen], Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-7
Fe ion-implanted TiO2 thin film for efficient visible-light photocatalysis
Journal of Applied Physics [AIP Publishing LLC], Volume: 116 Issue: 17 Pages: 173507
Fe ion-implanted TiO {sub 2} thin film for efficient visible-light photocatalysis
Journal of Applied Physics [], Volume: 116 Issue: 17
N-type doping of Ge by As implantation and excimer laser annealing
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 115 Issue: 5 Pages: 053501
Nanoscale [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 6 Issue: 19 Pages: 11189-11195
Role of ion mass on damage accumulation during ion implantation in Ge
physica status solidi (a) [], Volume: 211 Issue: 1 Pages: 118-121
Role of oxygen on the electrical activation of B in Ge by excimer laser annealing
physica status solidi (a) [], Volume: 211 Issue: 1 Pages: 122-125
In-growth of an electrically active defect in high-purity silicon after proton irradiation
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 114 Issue: 22 Pages: 223706
Enhanced light scattering in Si nanostructures produced by pulsed laser irradiation
Applied Physics Letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 103 Issue: 22 Pages: 221902
Investigation of germanium implanted with aluminum by multi-laser micro-Raman spectroscopy
Thin Solid Films [Elsevier], Volume: 541 Pages: 76-78
Heavy residue excitation functions for the collisions 6, 7 Li+ 64 Zn near the Coulomb barrier
Physical Review C [American Physical Society], Volume: 87 Issue: 6 Pages: 064614
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 113 Issue: 21 Pages: 214313
Radial junctions formed by conformal chemical doping for innovative hole-based solar cells
Materials Science and Engineering: B [Elsevier], Volume: 178 Issue: 9 Pages: 686-690
Journal of Raman Spectroscopy [], Volume: 44 Issue: 5 Pages: 665-669
Applied Physics Express [IOP Publishing], Volume: 6 Issue: 4 Pages: 042404
Applied Physics Letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 102 Issue: 13 Pages: 132108
B-doping in Ge by excimer laser annealing
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 113 Issue: 11 Pages: 113505
Challenges and opportunities for doping control in Ge for micro and optoelectronics applications
ECS Transactions [IOP Publishing], Volume: 50 Issue: 5 Pages: 89
Raman and photoluminescence spectroscopy of Si nanocrystals: Evidence of a form factor
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 113 Issue: 6 Pages: 063518
Advanced characterization of carrier profiles in germanium using micro-machined contact probes
AIP Conference Proceedings [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 1496 Issue: 1 Pages: 167-170
Anomalous transport of Sb in laser irradiated Ge
Applied Physics Letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 101 Issue: 17 Pages: 172110
Nanoporous Ge electrode as a template for nano-sized (< 5 nm) Au aggregates
Nanotechnology [IOP Publishing], Volume: 23 Issue: 39 Pages: 395604
Role of F on the Electrical Activation of As in Ge
ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology [IOP Publishing], Volume: 1 Issue: 3 Pages: Q44
Journal of Raman Spectroscopy [John Wiley & Sons, Ltd], Volume: 43 Issue: 8 Pages: 1018-1023
A Combined Ion Implantation/Nanosecond Laser Irradiation Approach towards Si Nano structures
Journal of Nanotechnology [], Volume: 2012
Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures [North-Holland], Volume: 44 Issue: 6 Pages: 1005-1008
Applied Physics Express [IOP Publishing], Volume: 5 Issue: 2 Pages: 021103
Applied Physics Letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 100 Issue: 4 Pages: 042104
Aluminium implantation in germanium: uphill diffusion, electrical activation, and trapping
Applied Physics Express [IOP Publishing], Volume: 5 Issue: 2 Pages: 021301
A combined ion implantation/nanosecond laser irradiation approach towards SI nanostructures doping
Journal of Nanotechnology [Hindawi], Volume: 2012
Silicon Nanowires Obtained by Low Temperature Plasma-Based Chemical Vapor Deposition.
Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc [], Volume: 1408 Pages: 139
Solid phase phosphorous activation in implanted silicon by excimer laser irradiation
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 109 Issue: 11 Pages: 113513
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C [American Chemical Society], Volume: 115 Issue: 15 Pages: 7760-7767
Laser annealing of SiGe and Ge based devices
Microelectronic engineering [Elsevier], Volume: 88 Issue: 4 Pages: 488-491
Dopant activation and damage evolution in implanted silicon after excimer laser annealing
physica status solidi c [WILEY‐VCH Verlag], Volume: 8 Issue: 3 Pages: 940-943
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 108 Issue: 12 Pages: 123511
Crystallization of deposited amorphous silicon by infrared laser irradiation
Journal of The Electrochemical Society [IOP Publishing], Volume: 158 Issue: 1 Pages: H25
Niobium contamination in silicon
ECS Transactions [IOP Publishing], Volume: 33 Issue: 11 Pages: 133
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
Applied Physics Letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 97 Issue: 2 Pages: 022107
Applied Physics Letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 96 Issue: 14 Pages: 142113
physica status solidi (b) [WILEY‐VCH Verlag], Volume: 247 Issue: 4 Pages: 884-887
Synthesis of crystalline Si quantum dots by millisecond laser irradiation of SiO x N y layers
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 107 Issue: 2 Pages: 023703
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
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
Insulator-metal transition in biased finite polyyne systems
The European Physical Journal B [Springer-Verlag], Volume: 70 Issue: 3 Pages: 311-316
Direct observation of the formation of linear C chain/carbon nanotube hybrid systems
Carbon [Pergamon], Volume: 47 Issue: 8 Pages: 2134-2137
Deep-level transient spectroscopy of low-energy ion-irradiated silicon
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 105 Issue: 1 Pages: 014501
Role of the strain in the epitaxial regrowth rate of heavily doped amorphous Si films
Applied Physics Letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 93 Issue: 23 Pages: 231901
Defect and dopant kinetics in laser anneals of Si
Materials Science and Engineering: B [Elsevier], Volume: 154 Pages: 35-38
Journal of The Electrochemical Society [IOP Publishing], Volume: 155 Issue: 10 Pages: H764
Boron electrical activation in crystalline Si after millisecond nonmelting laser irradiation
Journal of The Electrochemical Society [IOP Publishing], Volume: 155 Issue: 8 Pages: H603
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
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 102 Issue: 11 Pages: 114905
Vacancy generation in liquid phase epitaxy of Si
Physical Review B [American Physical Society], Volume: 75 Issue: 23 Pages: 235201
Integration of melting excimer laser annealing in power MOS technology
IEEE transactions on electron devices [IEEE], Volume: 54 Issue: 4 Pages: 852-860
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
Bragg reflector based gate stack architecture for process integration of excimer laser annealing
Applied physics letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 89 Issue: 25 Pages: 253502
Ultra-shallow junction by laser annealing: Integration issues and modelling
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms [North-Holland], Volume: 253 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 1-8
The As2V complex in silicon: Band-gap levels, migration and annealing
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms [North-Holland], Volume: 253 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 172-175
Mechanism of de-activation and clustering of B in Si at extremely high concentration
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms [North-Holland], Volume: 253 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 50-54
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
Excimer Laser annealing for shallow junction formation in Si power MOS devices
Thin solid films [Elsevier], Volume: 504 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 2-6
Perspectives and advantages of the use of excimer laser annealing for MOS technology
Il nuovo cimento C [Societa italiana di fisica], Volume: 29 Issue: 3 Pages: 369-379
Excimer laser annealing of B and BF 2 implanted Si
Materials Science and Engineering: B [Elsevier], Volume: 124 Pages: 232-234
Boron distribution in silicon after excimer laser annealing with multiple pulses
Materials Science and Engineering: B [Elsevier], Volume: 124 Pages: 228-231
The effect of excimer laser pretreatment on diffusion and activation of boron implanted in silicon
Applied Physics Letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 87 Issue: 19 Pages: 192109
Boron distribution in silicon after multiple pulse excimer laser annealing
Applied Physics Letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 87 Issue: 8 Pages: 081901
Role of light scattering in excimer laser annealing of Si
Applied Physics Letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 86 Issue: 16 Pages: 161905
Enhanced boron diffusion in excimer laser preannealed Si
Applied Physics Letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 86 Issue: 15 Pages: 151902
Journal of The Electrochemical Society [IOP Publishing], Volume: 152 Issue: 4 Pages: G277
Depth distribution of B implanted in Si after excimer laser irradiation
Applied Physics Letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 86 Issue: 5 Pages: 051909
Journal of the Electrochemical Society [New York, NY: Electrochemical Society, 1948-], Volume: 152 Issue: 4 Pages: G277
2014 IEEE 9th Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC) [IEEE], Pages: 31-33
Photocatalytic properties of Nafion membranes containing graphene oxide/titania nanocomposites
2014 IEEE 9th Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC) [IEEE], Pages: 54-57
2008 Flexible Electronics and Displays Conference and Exhibition [IEEE], Pages: 1-3
2007 15th International Conference on Advanced Thermal Processing of Semiconductors [IEEE], Pages: 123-126
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
Defect generation and evolution in laser processing of Si
2007 15th International Conference on Advanced Thermal Processing of Semiconductors [IEEE], Pages: 245-250
Highly active junctions formed in crystalline silicon by infrared laser annealing
2007 15th International Conference on Advanced Thermal Processing of Semiconductors [IEEE], Pages: 297-299
Excimer Laser Annealing of Ion-Implanted Silicon: Dopant Activation, Diffusion and Defect Formation
2007 15th International Conference on Advanced Thermal Processing of Semiconductors [IEEE], Pages: 31-35
Cobalt contamination in silicon
Solid State Phenomena [Trans Tech Publications Ltd], Volume: 108 Pages: 571-576
Freestanding Photocatalytic Materials Based on 3D Graphene for Degradation of Organic Pollutants
Graphene-based 3D Macrostructures for Clean Energy and Environmental Applications [], Pages: 337-366
Historical evolution of pulsed laser annealing for semiconductor processing
Laser Annealing Processes in Semiconductor Technology [Woodhead Publishing], Pages: 1-48
[Academic Press],
XX convegno Nazionale SIPI [], Pages: 52-52
Nano-crystalline Si formed by infrared laser irradiation of CVD deposited a-Si: H
E-MRS 2011 FALL MEETING [], Pages: p0-p0
Structural e photoluminescence properties of SiOxNy irradiated by CW laser IR
E-MRS 2011 SPRING MEETING [], Pages: 20-20