Paola De Padova*
CNR-ISM
2 Place Le Verrier, 13004, Marseille, France;
Fellow
*On leave from:
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Istituto di Struttura della Materia
Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00133 Roma, Italy
Piazzale Aldo Moro 7, Rome, Italy
President (March 2016):Professor Massimo Inguscio
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CNR-Research Area of Tor Vergata
CNR Departments1. Physical sciences and technologies of matter2. Earth system science and environmental technology3. Agrifood science4. Biomedical sciences5. Chemical sciences and technology of materials6. Engineering, ITC and technologies for energy and transport7. Human and social sciences, cultural heritage
Institute of Translational Pharmacology
Institutes of the Department of Physical sciences
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Institute of Acoustic and Sensors "Orso Mario Corbino"
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National Institute for Astrophysics Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology
Every Department has a geograpicaldistribution of the Institutes on the wholenational territory
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NANOELETTRONICS
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BIOMEDICINE
CLIMATE
ENVIRONMENT
SPACE
TorVergata research area Competences
TorVergata research area
Institute of Structure of Matter
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Knoweldge & InnovationThe Institute with its 121 people is devoted to cutting-edge research at the intersection of physics,chemistry and material science. The activities span from the modelling to the construction ofprototypal devices via the study of basic processes, preparation and funtionalization of materials,characterization of their structure and electronic properties and the development of newinstrumentation and methods. They find their applications in several fields like energy, environment,systems of biological interest, electronic and magnetic devices and cultural heritage.
Research Area Rome 2
Research Area Rome 1
Research Area Potenza
Trieste Elettra SynchrotronRadiation Source
Permanent Staff 121 people20 phd students & postdocs15 associated researchers
Director: L. Avaldi
CNR-ISMMain Facilities• UHV Laboratories for Surface Science:
• MBE, CVD, STM, IPES, ARPES, AES\LEED,\RHEED
• XRD\EDXRR\GIIXRS\ Raman Spectroscopy\UV\FTIR Absorption
• SQUID\MOKE
• SEM\AFM\SNOM Microscopy Laboratory
• Laser and Ultra Fast Laser Facility
• Synchrotron Radiation Facilities (ELETTRA, Trieste)
• (Photoemission\Absorption on gas and solid,
• Circularly Polarized Absorption)
Main TasksBiological systems, Catalysis, Cultural heritage, Electronic and Magnetic
Properties of Matter, Environment, Macromolecules\Chiral Molecules,
Nanostructures\Artificial Nanostructures and Magnetic Nanostructural,
Solar Cells
For: Fundamental and Applied Physiscs and Chemistry
CNR-ISM
P. Vogt, P. De Padova et al. PRL, 2012, 108, 155501
Image on a book: Silicene Through the Looking-Glass
Low dimensional structures studies: Multilayer Silicene (PIIM-CNRS Lab:
Prof. J.-M. Layet, T. Angot, G. Le Lay, E. Salomon)
IMéRA Symposium 23-25 March, 2016:
"International SYMPOSIUM on Two-Dimensional Layered Materials and Art: Two Worlds Meet"
Discovery of silicene a novel silicon two-dimensional allotropeThe seminal article Silicene: Compelling Experimental Evidence for Graphenelike Two-Dimensional Silicon,P. Vogt, P. De Padova, C. Quaresima, J. Avila, E. Frantzeskakis, M. C. Asensio, A. Resta, B. Ealet, and G. Le Lay,Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 155501 (2012),describes, at variance with the general belief on the impossibility of sp2 like hybridization of silicon or the naive conception of a simple copy of graphene, the first experimental realization of silicene, supported by advanced theoretical calculations, in its archetype phase on a silver substrate.
It is cited 765 times according to the Web Of Science on 23-02-2016(1014 times according to Google Scholar).
According to PRL, from the day it was published on 12/04/2012, to 23/02/2016, it is ranked 2nd of 1578 Editors’ Suggestions and 4th of 12656 most cited PRL papers.Noteworthy is that less than three years after its publication, the first silicene field effect transistors have been made by the groups of D. Akinwande and A. MolleSilicene field-effect transistors operating at room temperatureL. Tao, E. Cinquanta, D Chiappe, C. Grazianetti, M. Fanciulli, M. Dubey, A. Molle and D.Akinwande, Nature Nanotechnol., 10, 227 (2015).
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