EspLORE @ ANNIC2021

Posted on March 24, 2021March 24, 2021 by Carlo Casari

We will be present at the Applied Nanotechnology and Nanoscience International Conference – ANNIC 2021 with a talk and a poster showing results of the project EspLORE: Oral: Synthesis and characterization of polyynes by pulsed laser ablation in organic solvents Speaker: Pietro Marabotti Poster: 1D sp-carbon chains-based nanocomposites by laser ablation in polymeric solutions Presenter: Pietro Marabotti Wednesday 24th MArch 2021 conference website: https://premc.org/conferences/annic-nano...

EspLORE@ELETTRA Synchrotron

Posted on February 5, 2021February 7, 2021 by Carlo Casari

A beamtime experiment has been approved at ELETTRA Synchrotron light source in Trieste (Italy). The experiment will be done at the IUVS beamline from 8th to 13th of February. Pietro Marabotti, Valeria Russo and Carlo Casari will be there with samples produced within the EspLORE project for advanced characterization techniques available at ELETTRA. https://www.elettra.trieste.it/index.html

Welcome Andrea to the team

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Carlo Casari

We welcome on board Andrea Macrelli as a new PhD student working on EspLORE project. Andrea Macrelli was born in 1996 in Melzo (Milano), Italy. He is a PhD student in Energy and Nuclear Science and Technology since february 2021. He received his Master’s degree in Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology at Politecnico di Milano in December 2020, with a thesis on the application of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) to the detection of anti-epileptic drugs using paper-based silver s...

Lecture at the Prof. Dasgupta Memorial Workshop

Posted on February 1, 2021February 2, 2021 by Carlo Casari

EspLORE will be present at the prof. N.N. Dasgupta Memorial Workshop organized by the Electron Microscopy Society of India. A lecture will be given by C. Casari with the title: “Exploring new materials from carbyne to 2D carbon beyond graphene”. Further info on the flyer here The workshop has been broadcasted on YouTube with more than 2500 views, you can watch it at this link: https://youtu.be/iMXm97uq3_8

EspLORE @ NanoLab Talk

Posted on January 30, 2021January 30, 2021 by Carlo Casari

Talk entitled: “Chemistry in the World’s Tiniest Test Tube” given by prof. Andrei N. Khlobystov from University of Nottingham When: Tuesday 2nd of Febraury 2021 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: Khlob...

NanoLab Talk 2020

Posted on January 8, 2021January 30, 2021 by Carlo Casari

In 2020 NanoLab talks have been organized passing to a teleconference modality due to Covid-19 restrictions. We had 13 talks from Italian and international speakers. If you want to have a look on the talks in 2020 the book of abstracts is avalible here: NanoLab Talk abstracts 2020

New Results: 2D carbon network featuring appealing properties

Posted on December 4, 2020February 1, 2021 by Carlo Casari

We have synthesized a 2D carbon network as a graphdiyne-like structure. The material grown on a gold substrate has been investigate by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy allowing to image at molecular-scale resolution. We were able to observe the Raman spectrum giving combined information on the local bond structure. The system shows appealing properties due to the interaction with the gold substrate. This work is the result of a collaboration between EspLORE, University of Milan and Tonji Unversi...

Welcome Paolo to the team

Posted on November 2, 2020February 2, 2021 by Carlo Casari

We welcome on board Paolo D'Agosta as a new PhD student working on EspLORE project. Paolo D’Agosta was born in 1994 in Catania, Italy. He is a PhD student in Energy and Nuclear Science and Technology since 2020. He obtained his Master’s degree cum laude in Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology in October 2020 with a thesis focused on the synthesis and characterization of two-dimensional (2D) MoS2-WS2 heterostructures through scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy (STM/STS). His main in...

EspLORE on the Cover Page

Posted on November 1, 2020February 1, 2021 by Carlo Casari

Our paper: In situ synthesis of polyynes in a polymer matrix via pulsed laser ablation in a liquid by S. Peggiani et al. has been selected for the inside front cover page of the November 2020 issue of RSC Materials Advances. We thank Lia Tagliavini for the graphical realization representing the nanocpmpoiste structure and the ablation process for its realization.

New results: synthesis of polyynes with controlled length and termination

Posted on October 16, 2020February 2, 2021 by Carlo Casari

Polyynes have been synthesized by laser ablation in liquids in different solvents, carbon atomic wires up to 22 carbon atoms in length are observed. The terminations are driven by the preesence of the solvent. The work has been published on Phys Chem Chem Phys. S. Peggiani, P. Marabotti, R.A. Lotti, A. Facibeni, P. Serafini, A. Milani, V. Russo, A. Li Bassi and C.S. Casari, Solvent-dependent termination, size and stability in polyynes synthesized via laser ablation in liquids, Phys.Che...