EspLORE@NanoLab Talks

Posted on May 19, 2018June 15, 2018 by Carlo Casari

Talk entitled: “On the growth dynamics of low-density carbon foams in Pulsed Laser Deposition experiments” given by Dr. Alessandro Maffini from Politecnico di Milano When: Monday 21st of may at 15.00 Where: Politecnico di Milano, Building 19 - Cesnef (Leonardo Campus ) via Ponzio 34/3 Milano - Seminar Room I floor 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)...

Department of Excellence

Posted on April 14, 2018April 14, 2018 by Carlo Casari

the Department of Energy of Politecnico di Milano has been awarded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) as “Department of Excellence” with a grant of over 9 million Euros for the next 5 years. The grant will allow to pursue an ambitious development plan, named “Energy for Motion”. EspLORE is proud to be part of this initiative. More info

new perspective article on carbon wires

Posted on April 6, 2018April 14, 2018 by Carlo Casari

In this Perspective article we discuss some of the new perspectives opened by the recent advancements in the research on sp-carbon systems. C.S. Casari, A. Milani. Carbyne: From the elusive allotrope to stable carbon atom wires. MRS Communications, 1-13 (2018). doi:10.1557/mrc.2018.48

EspLORE@NanoLab Talks

Posted on March 29, 2018March 30, 2018 by Carlo Casari

Talk entitled “Perchè citiamo? L'etica delle citazioni e gli (ipotetici) allotropi del carbonio” given by Prof. Davide M. Proserpio from Department of Chemistry, University of Milano, Italy When: Monday 9th April 2018 at 14.30 Where: Politecnico di Milano, Building 19 - Cesnef (Leonardo Campus ) - Seminar Room I floor Proserpio-Nanolab Talk-2018

POLIMI in the world top 20

Posted on March 3, 2018April 5, 2018 by Carlo Casari

POLIMI in the TOP 20 UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD The QS World University Rankings by Subject measures the best universities throughout the world. It compares their ability to engage in research, the reputation of professors and the assessment of graduate students. For the very first time, it lists an Italian university, Politecnico di Milano, among the top 20 in all the three areas of specialisation: 17th in Engineering and Technology (24th in 2016), 9th in Architecture (15th in 2016) and 5th in ...

EspLORE at CSEM – Basel

Posted on February 24, 2018April 10, 2018 by Carlo Casari

22 February 2018, invited by Dr. R. Ferrini, Carlo Casari went to visit CSEM - The Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique in Muttenz and the Laboratories in Basel (Switetzerland) for future collaborations. The talk was entitled: "Assembling Nanostructures into Functional Films: a bottom up approach to novel materials".

Talk by Dr. Luca Bettini

Posted on January 26, 2018April 14, 2018 by Carlo Casari

Seminar entitled “Cluster-assembled carbon materials (and devices) for sustainable energy applications” given by Dr. Luca Bettini from Physics Department, University of Milano, Italy When: Tuesday 6th February 2018 at 15.00 Where: Politecnico di Milano, Building 19 - Cesnef (Leonardo Campus ) - Seminar Room I floor Bettini-Nanolab Talk-2018

Talk by Prof. Tommaso Del Rosso

Posted on January 11, 2018April 14, 2018 by Carlo Casari

Seminar entitled "Laser based Synthesis and Characterization of Nanomaterials" given by Prof. Tommaso Del Rosso from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro When: Monday 15th January 2018 at 15.30 Where: Politecnico di Milano, Building 19 - Cesnef (Leonardo Campus ) - Seminar Room I floor

New paper on the synthesis of carbon wires

Posted on October 17, 2017March 30, 2018 by Carlo Casari

New paper just published: Stable polyyne chains terminated with biphenyl end groups (α,ω-biphenylpolyynes) were synthesized in a single step through a simple procedure. Authors: Franco Cataldo, Ornella Ursini, Alberto Milani, Carlo S. Casari Go to the Carbon Journal page

Top Italian Scientist

Posted on October 3, 2017April 5, 2018 by Carlo Casari

Carlo S. Casari is in the list of Top Italian Scientist (TIS) by VIA-Academy in the area Material & Nano Sciences. TIS is based on the evaluation of Top Italian scientists & academics using Google Scholar database (h-index > 30 only).