Author: Carlo Casari

Our Paper selected in the 2020 HOT Materials Advances

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Our paper: In situ synthesis of polyynes in a polymer matrix by pulsed laser ablation in liquid, by S. Peggiani et al. published on Materials Advances, DOI: 10.1039/D0MA00545B has been selected by the Editors as a 2020 HOT Materials Advances article. Please find the collection, including our publication, here: Materials Advances HOT Article Collection 2020
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What’s EspLORE?

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EspLORE is a project focusing on the potential of novel forms of carbon with an application-oriented approach. The project is hosted at Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy), at the Department of Energy and is funded for 5 years  by the European Reseach Council - ERC under the Consolidator Grant scheme (Grant N°724610) and is  coordinated by the principal investigator Prof. Carlo  S.  Casari.     What are sp-Carbon wires? Carbon films, graphite, diamond and Carbon Fiber Composites (CFC), play a ...
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EspLORE @ Virtual SPM Workshop

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EspLORE will be present at the Virtual SPM workshop on Thursday June 18th 2020. We will present two posters on EspLORE results: 2D materials and heterostructures on metal substrates: a combined Pulsed Laser Deposition and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy approach by Francesco Tumino, Politecnico di Milano   On-surface synthesis of low-dimensional sp-sp2 hybrid carbon systems on Au(111): atomic-scale structure, electronic and vibrational properties by Andi Rabia, Politecnico di Milano   https://...
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EspLORE @ NanoLab Talk

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Talk entitled: “Confined one-dimensional linear carbon chains” given by prof. Lei Shi from Sun Yat-sen University (China)  When: Friday 12th of June 2020 at 11.00 (CET) Where: In teleconference (the link is on the abstract) NanoLab Talks are organized at the Micro- and Nanostructured Materials Laboratory (NanoLab) at the Department of Energy of Politecnico di Milano (www.nanolab.polimi.it). The EspLORE@NanoLab Talks cover topics of interest for the EspLORE project. Abstract: Lei...
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EspLORE @ NanoLab Talk

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We restarted the NanoLab Talks in teleconference. Talk entitled: “Recent advances on sp-carbon nanostructures: modeling of structural, electronic and vibrational properties” given by Alberto Milani, Politecnico di Milano (EspLORE Team)  When: Friday 8th of May 2020 at 10.00 Where: In teleconference NanoLab Talks are organized at the Micro- and Nanostructured Materials Laboratory (NanoLab) at the Department of Energy of Politecnico di Milano (www.nanolab.polimi.it). The EspLORE@NanoLab Talks cov...
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Welcome Alessandro to the team

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We welcome on board Alessandro Vidale as a new research collaborator working on the PoC PROTECHT project. Alessandro Vidale was born in 1991 in Milano, Italy. He currently works as a research fellow at the Micro and Nanostructured Materials Lab (NanoLab) of the Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano. He received his Master’s degree in Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology in December 2018 with a thesis focused on the manufacture and characterization of linear sp carbon chains embedded...
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EspLORE for independency of ERC

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After the recent resignation of the scientist Mauro Ferrari as President of the European Research Council (ERC) we want to reaffirm independency of ERC. We signed the petition together with more than 300 italian ERC grantees to support ERC as the only European agency that finances research based on a Bottom-up approach, solely based on the ideas coming from the proponents. The petition (italian and english version) The petition on Italian newspaper (in italian)
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EspLORE opportunities for talented researchers

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EspLORE is looking for talented Post Docs to apply for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) european fellowship. We partipate to the MSCA EF MASTER CLASS 2020 @ POLIMI organized by Politecnico di Milano. The aim of the Master Class is to attract and train young and talented researchers to successfully applying for MSCA European Fellowship with the Politecnico di Milano as host institution. Promising candidates will be invited for 3 days (10-12 June 2020) to meet with their supervisors, to...
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This is Politecnico, this is us

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On the Polimi web page these 200 faces from their homes represent the community of Politecnico di Milano. In this picture there are some of the team working on the EspLORE project: Andrea, Anna, Carlo B. and Carlo C. as well as collegues and friends. Together with all the polytechnic community we go on studying, teaching, working and do research, even if remotely, for the time being. https://www.polimi.it/en/opening-details/article/10/il-politecnico-ce-8479/  
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EspLORE virtual meeting under Covid-19 restrictions

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Today our periodic EspLORE meeting has been done in distance mode to comply with Covid-19 restrictions in Italy. Thanks to efforts put by Politecnico di Milano to provide tools for teleworking we were able to meet, discuss and chat in a virtual meeting room.  We are trying to go on with the project activities even without accessing to the labs.
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