Paolo Matteini, Maximilien Cottat, Francesco Tavanti, Elizaveta Panfilova, Mario Scuderi, Giuseppe Nicotra, Maria Cristina Menziani, Nikolai Khlebtsov, Marella de Angelis, Roberto Pini

Site-Selective Surface-Enhanced Raman Detection of Proteins

ACS Nano [American Chemical Society], 

Mario Scuderi, Paola Prete, Nico Lovergine, Corrado Spinella, Giuseppe Nicotra

Effects of VLS and VS mechanisms during shell growth in GaAs-AlGaAs core-shell nanowires investigated by transmission electron microscopy

Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing [Pergamon], 

Alessandro Di Mauro, Maria Cantarella, Giuseppe Nicotra, Vittorio Privitera, Giuliana Impellizzeri

Low temperature atomic layer deposition of ZnO: Applications in photocatalysis

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental [Elsevier], Volume: 196 Pages: 68-76 

Lei Jin, Gianluca Sirigu, Xin Tong, Andrea Camellini, Andrea Parisini, Giuseppe Nicotra, Corrado Spinella, Haiguang Zhao, Shuhui Sun, Vittorio Morandi, Margherita Zavelani-Rossi, Federico Rosei, Alberto Vomiero

Engineering Interfacial Structure in “Giant” PbS/CdS Quantum Dots for Photoelectrochemical Solar Energy Conversion

Nano Energy [Elsevier], 

Mario Scuderi, Marco Esposito, Francesco Todisco, Daniela Simeone, Iolena Tarantini, Luisa De Marco, Milena De Giorgi, Giuseppe Nicotra, Luigi Carbone, Daniele Sanvitto, Adriana Passaseo, Giuseppe Gigli, Massimo Cuscunà

Nanoscale Study of the Tarnishing Process in Electron Beam Lithography-Fabricated Silver Nanoparticles for Plasmonic Applications

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C [American Chemical Society], 

Maria Caporali, Manuel Serrano-Ruiz, Francesca Telesio, Stefan Heun, Giuseppe Nicotra, Corrado Spinella, Stefano Caporali, Maurizio Peruzzini

Noncovalent functionalization of few-layer black phosphorus with metal nanoparticles and its application in catalysis

arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.05010 [], 

M Bollani, D Chrastina, R Ruggeri, G Nicotra, L Gagliano, E Bonera, V Mondiali, A Marzegalli, F Montalenti, C Spinella, L Miglio

Anisotropic extended misfit dislocations in overcritical SiGe films by local substrate patterning

Nanotechnology [IOP Publishing], Volume: 27 Issue: 42 Pages: 425301 

Marco Esposito, Vittorianna Tasco, Francesco Todisco, Massimo Cuscunà, Alessio Benedetti, Mario Scuderi, Giuseppe Nicotra, Adriana Passaseo

Programmable Extreme Chirality in the Visible by Helix-Shaped Metamaterial Platform

Nano Letters [American Chemical Society], Volume: 16 Issue: 9 Pages: 5823-5828 

Viviana Scuderi, Giuliana Impellizzeri, Massimo Zimbone, Ruy Sanz, Alessandro Di Mauro, Maria Antonietta Buccheri, Maria Miritello, Antonio Terrasi, Giancarlo Rappazzo, Giuseppe Nicotra, Vittorio Privitera

Rapid synthesis of photoactive hydrogenated TiO 2 nanoplumes

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental [Elsevier], Volume: 183 Pages: 328-334 

A Convertino, L Maiolo, V Scuderi, A Di Mauro, M Scuderi, G Nicotra, G Impellizzeri, G Fortunato, V Privitera

A forest of SiO 2 nanowires covered by a TiO 2 thin film for an efficient photocatalytic water treatment

RSC Advances [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 6 Issue: 94 Pages: 91121-91126 

Haiguang Zhao, Gianluca Sirigu, Andrea Parisini, Andrea Camellini, Giuseppe Nicotra, Federico Rosei, Vittorio Morandi, Margherita Zavelani-Rossi, Alberto Vomiero

Dual emission in asymmetric “giant” PbS/CdS/CdS core/shell/shell quantum dots

Nanoscale [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 8 Issue: 7 Pages: 4217-4226 

Deepanshu Srivastava, Colin Norman, Feridoon Azough, Marion C Schäfer, Emmanuel Guilmeau, Demie Kepaptsoglou, Quentin M Ramasse, Giuseppe Nicotra, Robert Freer

Tuning the thermoelectric properties of A-site deficient SrTiO 3 ceramics by vacancies and carrier concentration

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 18 Issue: 38 Pages: 26475-26486 

G Nicotra, A Politano, AM Mio, I Deretzis, J Hu, ZQ Mao, J Wei, A La Magna, C Spinella

Absorption edges of black phosphorus: A comparative analysis

physica status solidi (b) [], 

F Fabbri, E Rotunno, E Cinquanta, D Campi, E Bonnini, D Kaplan, L Lazzarini, M Bernasconi, C Ferrari, M Longo, G Nicotra, A Molle, V Swaminathan, G Salviati

Novel near-infrared emission from crystal defects in MoS2 multilayer flakes

Nature Communications [Nature Publishing Group], Volume: 7 

Massimo Mastromatteo, Davide De Salvador, Enrico Napolitani, Elisa Arduca, Gabriele Seguini, Jacopo Frascaroli, Michele Perego, Giuseppe Nicotra, Corrado Spinella, Cristina Lenardi, Alberto Carnera

Modeling of phosphorus diffusion in silicon oxide and incorporation in silicon nanocrystals

Journal of Materials Chemistry C [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 4 Issue: 16 Pages: 3531-3539 

G Torrisi, A Di Mauro, M Scuderi, G Nicotra, G Impellizzeri

Atomic layer deposition of ZnO/TiO 2 multilayers: towards the understanding of Ti-doping in ZnO thin films

RSC Advances [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 6 Issue: 91 Pages: 88886-88895

EL Sciuto, MF Santangelo, G Villaggio, F Sinatra, C Bongiorno, G Nicotra, S Libertino

Photo-physical characterization of fluorophore Ru (bpy) 3 2+ for optical biosensing applications

Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research [Elsevier], Volume: 6 Pages: 67-71 

Alessandro Di Mauro, Massimo Zimbone, Mario Scuderi, Giuseppe Nicotra, Maria Elena Fragalà, Giuliana Impellizzeri

Effect of Pt nanoparticles on the photocatalytic activity of ZnO nanofibers

Nanoscale research letters [Springer US], Volume: 10 Issue: 1 Pages: 1 

Giuseppe Nicotra, Antonio Massimiliano Mio, Anna Cupolillo, Jin Hu, Jiang Wei, Zhiqiang Mao, Ioannis Deretzis, Antonio Politano, Corrado Spinella

STEM and EELS Investigation on Black Phosphorus at Atomic Resolution

Microscopy and Microanalysis [Cambridge University Press], Volume: 21 Issue: S3 Pages: 427-428 

DM Kepaptsoglou, D Gilks, L Lari, QM Ramasse, P Galindo, M Weinert, L Li, G Nicotra, VK Lazarov

STEM and EELS study of the Graphene/Bi 2 Se 3 Interface

Microscopy and Microanalysis [Cambridge University Press], Volume: 21 Issue: S3 Pages: 1151-1152 

G Nicotra, EL Sciuto, MF Santangelo, G Villaggio, F Sinatra, C Bongiorno, S Libertino

Single Atom Detection Through HAADF-STEM and EELS/EDX Characterization of Fluorophore Ru (bpy) 32+ for Optical DNA-Chip Applications

Microscopy and Microanalysis [Cambridge University Press], Volume: 21 Issue: S3 Pages: 1429-1430 

IA Nechaev, I Aguilera, V De Renzi, A di Bona, A Lodi Rizzini, AM Mio, G Nicotra, A Politano, S Scalese, ZS Aliev, MB Babanly, Christoph Friedrich, S Blügel, EV Chulkov

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 

S Cosentino, EG Barbagiovanni, I Crupi, M Miritello, G Nicotra, C Spinella, D Pacifici, S Mirabella, A Terrasi

Size dependent light absorption modulation and enhanced carrier transport in germanium quantum dots devices

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells [North-Holland], Volume: 135 Pages: 22-28 

G Nicotra, I Deretzis, M Scuderi, C Spinella, P Longo, Rositsa Yakimova, F Giannazzo, A La Magna

Interface disorder probed at the atomic scale for graphene grown on the C face of SiC

Physical Review B [American Physical Society], Volume: 91 Issue: 15 Pages: 155411 

GM Vanacore, G Nicotra, M Zani, M Bollani, E Bonera, F Montalenti, G Capellini, G Isella, J Osmond, A Picco, F Boioli, A Tagliaferri

Delayed plastic relaxation limit in SiGe islands grown by Ge diffusion from a local source

Journal of Applied Physics [AIP Publishing], Volume: 117 Issue: 10 Pages: 104309 

Ruy Sanz, Lucia Romano, Massimo Zimbone, Maria Antonietta Buccheri, Viviana Scuderi, Giuliana Impellizzeri, Mario Scuderi, Giuseppe Nicotra, Jens Jensen, Vittorio Privitera

UV-black rutile TiO2: An antireflective photocatalytic nanostructure

Journal of Applied Physics [AIP Publishing], Volume: 117 Issue: 7 Pages: 074903 

S Cosentino, AM Mio, EG Barbagiovanni, R Raciti, R Bahariqushchi, M Miritello, G Nicotra, A Aydinli, C Spinella, A Terrasi, S Mirabella

The role of the interface in germanium quantum dots: when not only size matters for quantum confinement effects

Nanoscale [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 7 Issue: 26 Pages: 11401-11408 

Michele Perego, Gabriele Seguini, Elisa Arduca, Jacopo Frascaroli, Davide De Salvador, Massimo Mastromatteo, Alberto Carnera, Giuseppe Nicotra, Mario Scuderi, Corrado Spinella, Giuliana Impellizzeri, Cristina Lenardi, Enrico Napolitani

Thermodynamic stability of high phosphorus concentration in silicon nanostructures

Nanoscale [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 7 Issue: 34 Pages: 14469-14475

Viviana Scuderi, Giuliana Impellizzeri, Lucia Romano, Mario Scuderi, Giuseppe Nicotra, Kristin Bergum, Alessia Irrera, Bengt G Svensson, Vittorio Privitera

TiO2-coated nanostructures for dye photo-degradation in water

Nanoscale research letters [Springer US], Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-7 

G Impellizzeri, V Scuderi, L Romano, PM Sberna, E Arcadipane, R Sanz, M Scuderi, G Nicotra, M Bayle, R Carles, F Simone, V Privitera

Fe ion-implanted TiO2 thin film for efficient visible-light photocatalysis

Journal of Applied Physics [AIP Publishing], Volume: 116 Issue: 17 Pages: 173507 

M Mastromatteo, E Arduca, E Napolitani, G Nicotra, D De Salvador, L Bacci, J Frascaroli, G Seguini, M Scuderi, G Impellizzeri, C Spinella, M Perego, A Carnera

Quantification of phosphorus diffusion and incorporation in silicon nanocrystals embedded in silicon oxide

Surface and Interface Analysis [], Volume: 46 Issue: S1 Pages: 393-396 

E Placidi, F Arciprete, V Latini, S Latini, R Magri, M Scuderi, G Nicotra, F Patella

Manipulating surface diffusion and elastic interactions to obtain quantum dot multilayer arrangements over different length scales

Applied Physics Letters [AIP Publishing], Volume: 105 Issue: 11 Pages: 111905 

Giuseppe Nicotra, Paolo Longo, Ioannis Deretzis, Mario Scuderi, Antonino La Magna, Filippo Giannazzo, Ray D Twesten, Corrado Spinella

Observation of layer by layer graphitization of 4H-SiC, through atomic-EELS at low energy

Microscopy and Microanalysis [Cambridge University Press], Volume: 20 Issue: S3 Pages: 560-561 

F Giannazzo, I Deretzis, G Nicotra, G Fisichella, QM Ramasse, C Spinella, F Roccaforte, A La Magna

High resolution study of structural and electronic properties of epitaxial graphene grown on off-axis 4H–SiC (0001)

Journal of Crystal Growth [North-Holland], Volume: 393 Pages: 150-155 

GM Vanacore, M Zani, M Bollani, E Bonera, G Nicotra, J Osmond, Giovanni Capellini, G Isella, A Tagliaferri

Monitoring the kinetic evolution of self-assembled SiGe islands grown by Ge surface thermal diffusion from a local source

Nanotechnology [IOP Publishing], Volume: 25 Issue: 13 Pages: 135606 

F Giannazzo, I Deretzis, G Nicotra, G Fisichella, C Spinella, F Roccaforte, A La Magna

Electronic properties of epitaxial graphene residing on SiC facets probed by conductive atomic force microscopy

Applied Surface Science [North-Holland], Volume: 291 Pages: 53-57 

Salvatore Cosentino, Emel Sungur Ozen, Rosario Raciti, Antonio M Mio, Giuseppe Nicotra, Francesca Simone, Isodiana Crupi, Rasit Turan, Antonio Terrasi, Atilla Aydinli, Salvo Mirabella

Light harvesting with Ge quantum dots embedded in SiO2 or Si3N4

Journal of Applied Physics [AIP Publishing], Volume: 115 Issue: 4 Pages: 043103 

Antonino La Magna, Giuseppe Fisicaro, Giuseppe Nicotra, Yohann Spiegel, Frank Torregrosa

Atomic scale Monte Carlo simulations of BF3 plasma immersion ion implantation in Si

Phys. Status Solidi C [], Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Pages: 109-112 

Viviana Scuderi, Giuliana Impellizzeri, Lucia Romano, Mario Scuderi, Maria V Brundo, Kristin Bergum, Massimo Zimbone, Ruy Sanz, Maria A Buccheri, Francesca Simone, Giuseppe Nicotra, Bengt G Svensson, Maria G Grimaldi, Vittorio Privitera

An enhanced photocatalytic response of nanometric TiO 2 wrapping of Au nanoparticles for eco-friendly water applications

Nanoscale [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 6 Issue: 19 Pages: 11189-11195 

Giuseppe Nicotra, Quentin M Ramasse, Mario Scuderi, Paolo Longo, Ioannis Deretzis, Antonino La Magna, Filippo Giannazzo, Corrado Spinella

Atomic Scale Imaging and Energy Loss Spectroscopy of Epitaxial Graphene

MRS Proceedings [Cambridge University Press], Volume: 1714 Pages: mrss14-1714-ddd05-07

Lucia V Mercaldo, Paola Delli Veneri, Iurie Usatii, Emilia M Esposito, Giuseppe Nicotra

Properties of mixed phase n-doped silicon oxide layers and application in micromorph solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells [North-Holland], Volume: 119 Pages: 67-72 

S Cosentino, S Mirabella, Pei Liu, Son T Le, M Miritello, S Lee, I Crupi, G Nicotra, C Spinella, D Paine, A Terrasi, A Zaslavsky, D Pacifici

Role of Ge nanoclusters in the performance of photodetectors compatible with Si technology

Thin Solid Films [Elsevier], Volume: 548 Pages: 551-555 

Salvatore Cosentino, Maria Miritello, Isodiana Crupi, Giuseppe Nicotra, Francesca Simone, Corrado Spinella, Antonio Terrasi, Salvatore Mirabella

Room-temperature efficient light detection by amorphous Ge quantum wells

Nanoscale research letters [Springer-Verlag], Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-7 

Anna Marzegalli, Matteo Brunetto, Marco Salvalaglio, Francesco Montalenti, Giuseppe Nicotra, Mario Scuderi, Corrado Spinella, Monica De Seta, Giovanni Capellini

Onset of plastic relaxation in the growth of Ge on Si (001) at low temperatures: Atomic-scale microscopy and dislocation modeling

Physical Review B [American Physical Society], Volume: 88 Issue: 16 Pages: 165418 

M Ostler, I Deretzis, S Mammadov, F Giannazzo, G Nicotra, C Spinella, Th Seyller, A La Magna

Direct growth of quasi-free-standing epitaxial graphene on nonpolar SiC surfaces

Physical Review B [American Physical Society], Volume: 88 Issue: 8 Pages: 085408 

G Nicotra, QM Ramasse, I Deretzis, C Bongiorno, C Spinella, F Giannazzo

Atomic-Scale Analysis of Chemical Bonding of Delaminated Graphene at Faceted SiC by Aberration-Corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy

Microscopy and Microanalysis [Cambridge University Press], Volume: 19 Issue: S2 Pages: 1238-1239 

Monica Bollani, Johann Osmond, Giuseppe Nicotra, Corrado Spinella, Dario Narducci

Strain-induced generation of silicon nanopillars

Nanotechnology [IOP Publishing], Volume: 24 Issue: 33 Pages: 335302 

S Mirabella, S Cosentino, M Failla, M Miritello, G Nicotra, F Simone, C Spinella, G Franzò, A Terrasi

Light absorption enhancement in closely packed Ge quantum dots

Applied Physics Letters [AIP Publishing], Volume: 102 Issue: 19 Pages: 193105 

Giuseppe Nicotra, Quentin M Ramasse, Ioannis Deretzis, Antonino La Magna, Corrado Spinella, Filippo Giannazzo

Delaminated graphene at silicon carbide facets: atomic scale imaging and spectroscopy

ACS nano [American Chemical Society], Volume: 7 Issue: 4 Pages: 3045-3052