The UNITS group will lead WP2, and will be Task Leader in the following Tasks: T2.1, in
which it will grow OSSCs; T2.2, in which it will perform the most of the foreseen
characterizations; T2.3, in which it will carry out some of the foreseen
characterizations, and coordinate the efforts of the partners; T2.6, in which it will
model the X-rays response of the crystals. It will also contribute to the following
Tasks: T2.4, in which it will follow the formulation of jettable inks for crystal growth
after inkjet printing; T2.5, in which it will contribute to the characterization of the
considered interfaces; T3.3 and T3.4, in which it will contribute to the
characterization of the considered device elements; T5.4, in which it will contribute to
the determination of the response characteristics of the developed sensing system;
the whole WP7, in which it will contribute to the dissemination of the achieved
results. In general, the contribution of UNITS to the project will be devoted to the
development and optimization of the growth from solution of organic
semiconducting single crystals (OSSCs) and to their characterized under the structural
(X-rays diffraction for determination of lattice arrangement), optical (UV-Vis-IR for
determination of electronic and vibrational energy states), physical (melting point,
phase changes, thermal degradation, X-rays spectroscopy) and electrical (current
transport behaviour) points of view. Moreover, thanks to the possibility to
access the UNITS - Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA synchrotron light facilities to produce X-rays of
tunable energy, thorough studies over the OSSCs response to X-rays will be also
carried out.
With respect to the needs of i-FLEXIS, UNITS hosts a wealth of well equipped laboratories
(advanced scanning probe and scanning tunnelling microscopies, optical microscopes with extended digital capabilities, chemical manipulations and characterizations,
electronics, thin films deposition and characterization, UV-Vis, infrared and Raman
spectroscopy, X-rays diffraction, etc.). UNITS has an established network of
collaborations of institutional and/or informal (i.e., based on personal scientific
exchanges between single researchers) nature with a series of geographically near
research centres (UNITS - Sincrotrone Trieste, ICTP, ICGEB, SISSA, CNR branches, etc),
which provide additional scientific and technical capabilities to the department.
Among these collaborations, to the end of the i-FLEXIS project, the already granted
commitment of UNITS to allow Dr. Fraleoni Morgera to access the UNITS Laboratories
and facilities will contribute further to reach the project objectives.
ALESSANDRO
FRALEONI MORGERA graduated in Industrial Chemistry in
1995, then followed a one-year Master in Business Administration
at the University of Bologna, after which worked from 1996 to 2000
for a private company in the field of plastic pies, as a Production
Organization and raw Matter Logistics Manager. He went back to
research in 2000 to pursue a PhD in Industrial Chemistry at the
University of Bologna, on the topic of synthesis and characterization
of semiconducting polymers, and he gained his PhD in 2003. Since 2008 he is a Senior
Researcher at Sincrotrone Trieste, where he set up, and currently runs, the Organic
OptoElectronics Laboratory, supervising funded projects for an approximate total
value of 750 K€. Author or co-author of 31 research papers on international refereed
journals, and author/co-author of 68 communications to national and international
conferences (more than 30 oral communications, of which 6 on invitation). Holder of
7 national/international patents/patent applications, three of which have been
submitted to, and has passed, the PCT examination.
MAURIZIO FERMEGLIA is full professor at the Engineering Faculty of
the University of Trieste. He has been the head of the Department
of Industrial Engineering & Information Technology from 2006 to
2012 and the president of the Research board of the University of
Trieste from 2010 to 2012. At present he is the director of the
Ph.D. School of Nanotechnology at the University of Trieste.
Professor Fermeglia's research interest are focused on: multiscale
modeling for materials design and life science, phase equilibrium
and applied thermodynamics, process simulation, molecular simulation,
nanotechnology, nanomedicine. Fermeglia has published more than 140 peer
reviewed journal articles and book chapters and has made more than 180 conference
presentations as invited plenary, keynote, oral or poster presenter. In the area of
nanomaterials he was the local leader of several EU FP6 and FP7 projects dealing with
modeling and simulation. He was scientific consultant of ICS - UNIDO within the
Subprogram 'Process Simulation' from 1999 to 2011 and of UNEP for the
implementation of PRTR in different countries. H index in 2012 is 23; sum of times
cited is 1673; average citations per items is 12.21 (WOS).
