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Alessandro Di Mauro is a researcher of CNR IMM, he received the laurea degree in Industrial Chemistry (cum laude) in 2004, and the Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2008 from the University of Catania (Italy). The Ph.D. course contributed to the training of specialist and professional expertise in the preparation and processing of materials by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and self-assembly monolayer synthesis. Furthermore, he acquired a remarkable mastery in the use of many facilities: x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDX), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and Attenuated total reflectance spectroscopy (ATR-IR).
From 2008 to 2009, he participated to the SiCilab training project, for the training of experts in the growth of high gap semiconductors by CVD. From 2010 to June 2012, he worked in a chemical industry, dealing with antibacterial and self-cleaning ceramic surface, synthetized by CVD of Ag and TiO2 films. From July 2012 to May 2014, he was a post-doc at the University of Catania, investigating ZnO thin films deposited by MOCVD (metal organic chemical vapor deposition) for sensing application. He also studied the graphene oxide chirality by circular dichroism. Since July 2014, he is a post-doc at the CNR-IMM, (Institute of Microelectronics & Microsystems) within of the EU-FP7 project WATER (Winning Applications of nanoTEchnology for Resolutive hydropurification). His activity is focused on ZnO- and TiO2-based nanostructured materials for water treatment. The prolonged presence in the lab has allowed, among other things, a good maturation of the use of the Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), optical measurements, contact angles, ellipsometry, photodegradation tests, inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES), inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), gas chromatography flame ionization detector (GC-FID), gas chromatography electron capture detector (GC-ECD), total organic carbon analysis (TOC).
He has decennial expertise in physical and chemical vapor deposition techniques, in x-ray diffraction, and surface analyses.
He is author of about 30 peer-reviewed publications in high-impact factor international scientific journals, several oral presentations and posters. He is referee of several international journals.
He received the best poster award at the IEEE Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference in the 2014. He took part in the organization of several scientific international conferences and meeting. He is strongly involved in a lot of scientific dissemination activities.
Scientific Productions
Preferential removal of pesticides from water by molecular imprinting on TiO2 photocatalysts
Chemical Engineering Journal [Elsevier], Volume: 379 Pages: 122309
Selective photodegradation of 2, 4-D pesticide from water by molecularly imprinted TiO2
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry [Elsevier], Volume: 380 Pages: 111872
Scientific reports [Nature Publishing Group], Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Pages: 974
Journal of colloid and interface science [Academic Press], Volume: 533 Pages: 369-374
Selective photodegradation of paracetamol by molecularly imprinted ZnO nanonuts
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental [Elsevier], Volume: 238 Pages: 509-517
ZnO-pHEMA Nanocomposites: an Eco-friendly and Reusable Material for Water Remediation
ACS applied materials & interfaces [American Chemical Society], Volume: 10 Issue: 46 Pages: 40100-40110
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science [Academic Press],
Novel synthesis of ZnO/PMMA nanocomposites for photocatalytic applications
Scientific reports [Nature Publishing Group], Volume: 7 Pages: 40895
ZnO nanorods grown on ultrathin ZnO seed layers: Application in water treatment
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry [Elsevier], Volume: 332 Pages: 497-504
Low temperature atomic layer deposition of ZnO: Applications in photocatalysis
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental [Elsevier], Volume: 196 Pages: 68-76
Rapid synthesis of photoactive hydrogenated TiO 2 nanoplumes
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental [Elsevier], Volume: 183 Pages: 328-334
Photocatalytic and antibacterial properties of titanium dioxide flat film
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing [Pergamon], Volume: 42 Pages: 32-35
Synthesis of ZnO nanofibers by the electrospinning process
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing [Pergamon], Volume: 42 Pages: 98-101
RSC Advances [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 6 Issue: 94 Pages: 91121-91126
Vortexes tune the chirality of graphene oxide and its non-covalent hosts
Chemical Communications [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 52 Issue: 89 Pages: 13094-13096
RSC Advances [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 6 Issue: 91 Pages: 88886-88895
Effect of Pt nanoparticles on the photocatalytic activity of ZnO nanofibers
Nanoscale research letters [Springer US], Volume: 10 Issue: 1 Pages: 484
Crystal Growth & Design [American Chemical Society], Volume: 15 Issue: 9 Pages: 4206-4212
Electrospun SiO 2 “necklaces” on unglazed ceramic tiles: a planarizing strategy
Superlattices and Microstructures [Academic Press], Volume: 81 Pages: 265-271
Hierarchical effect behind the supramolecular chirality of silver (I)–cysteine coordination polymers
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B [American Chemical Society], Volume: 119 Issue: 14 Pages: 4898-4904
Journal of colloid and interface science [Academic Press], Volume: 437 Pages: 270-276
Tetra-anionic porphyrin loading onto ZnO nanoneedles: A hybrid covalent/non covalent approach
Materials Chemistry and Physics [Elsevier], Volume: 143 Issue: 3 Pages: 977-982
Materials Chemistry and Physics [Elsevier Science], Volume: 147 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 349-349
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C [American Chemical Society], Volume: 117 Issue: 34 Pages: 17659-17665
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry [WILEY‐VCH Verlag], Volume: 2010 Issue: 26 Pages: 4121-4129
Controlled large-scale fabrication of sea sponge-like ZnO nanoarchitectures on textured silicon
CrystEngComm [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 11 Issue: 12 Pages: 2770-2775
In situ synthesis of photoluminescent films of PVC, doped with Ce3+ ion
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry [Elsevier], Volume: 195 Issue: 2-3 Pages: 215-222
In situ synthesis of photoluminescent films of PVC, doped with Ce 3+ ion
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry [Elsevier], Volume: 195 Issue: 2 Pages: 215-222
Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical [Elsevier], Volume: 284 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 24-32
Engineered Si (100) surfaces for the gas-phase anchoring of metal β-diketonate complexes
Inorganica chimica acta [Elsevier], Volume: 360 Issue: 1 Pages: 170-178
Chemical vapor deposition [WILEY‐VCH Verlag], Volume: 12 Issue: 1 Pages: 46-53
Chem. Vap. Deposition [], Volume: 12 Issue: 25 Pages: 3-5
Chemical Vapor Deposition [WILEY‐VCH Verlag], Volume: 11 Issue: 5 Pages: 261-268
Chemical Vapor Deposition [WILEY‐VCH Verlag], Volume: 11 Issue: 5 Pages: 269-275
Fluorine-free and fluorine containing MOCVD precursors for electronic oxides: a comparison
Materials Science and Engineering: B [Elsevier], Volume: 118 Issue: 1-3 Pages: 264-269