Italian

1993 Physics Degree at Padova University.

1993-1997 Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D. at Padova University. Thesis: "Sol-gel glass film for integrated optics. Semiconductor quantum dots and rare earth ions doped waveguides"

RESEARCH ACTIVITY

1997 - 1998 UE fellowship: silica-germania sol-gel active glasses

1998 -1999 Post-doc fellowship: innovative glass materials for photonics

1999-2007 Lecturer at Padova University, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica - S. Materiali.

Since 2007 Associate Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at Padova University, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale. Research interest: sol-gel materials for photonic and gas sensor applications, in particular optical waveguides doped with semiconductor nanocrystals and with rare earth and nanocomposite sol-gel films for gas sensor applications.

VISITING PROFESSOR

11/01/2002 - 07/02/2002 and 14/05/2002 - 06/06/2002 Visiting Professor at Universitè de Lille I

20/07/2002-14/09/2002 and 23/07/2003-22/09/2003 and 29/10/2004-5/01/2005 and 14/01/2005-28/02/2006 and 16/12/2006-27/02/2007 and 6/07/2007-4/09/2007 and 18/06/2009-08/09/2009 and 03/07/2010-07/09/2010 and 06/07/2011-07/09/2011Visiting Scientist at Melbourne University. Research activity: incorporation of semiconductor and metal colloidal particles in sol-gel thin films.

14/07/2004-24/08/2004 Visiting Professor at University of Moncton (Canada)

06/07/2006-04/09/2006 and 03/07/2008-03/09/2008 Visiting Scientist at Institute for Chemical Process and Environmental Technology, National Research Council of Canada - Ottawa

MAIN PUBBLICATIONS

Della Gaspera, E., Guglielmi, M., Perotto, G., Agnoli, S., Granozzi, G., Post, M.L., Martucci, A. CO optical sensing properties of nanocrystalline ZnO-Au films: Effect of doping with transition metal ions (2012) Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical , 161 (1), pp. 675-683.

 Gaspera, E.D., Buso, D., Martucci, A. Gold nanoparticles to boost the gas sensing performance of porous sol-gel thin films (2011) Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology , 60 (3), pp. 366-377.

 Della Gaspera, E., Schutzmann, S., Guglielmi, M., Martucci, A. Spectroscopic ellipsometry analyses of thin films in different environments: An innovative "reverse side" approach allowing multi angle measurements (2011) Optical Materials , 34 (1), pp. 79-84.

 Della Gaspera, E., Bello, V., Mattei, G., Martucci, A. SiO2 mesoporous thin films containing Ag and NiO nanoparticles synthesized combining sol-gel and impregnation techniques (2011) Materials Chemistry and Physics , 131 (1-2), pp. 313-319.

Signorini, R., Fortunati, I., Todescato, F., Gardin, S., Bozio, R., Jasieniak, J.J., Martucci, A., Della Giustina, G., Brusatin, G., Guglielmi, M. Facile production of up-converted quantum dot lasers (2011) Nanoscale , 3 (10), pp. 4109-4113.

Antonello, A., Brusatin, G., Guglielmi, M., Bello, V., Perotto, G., Mattei, G., Maiwald, M., Zöllmer, V., Chiasera, A., Ferrari, M., Martucci, A. Novel multifunctional nanocomposites from titanate nanosheets and semiconductor quantum dots (2011) Optical Materials , 33 (12), pp. 1839-1846.

 Antonello, A., Della Gaspera, E., Baldauf, J., Mattei, G., Martucci, A. Improved thermal stability of Au nanorods by use of photosensitive layered titanates for gas sensing applications (2011) Journal of Materials Chemistry , 21 (34), pp. 13074-13078.

 Della Gaspera, E., Pujatti, M., Guglielmi, M., Post, M.L., Martucci, A. Structural evolution and hydrogen sulfide sensing properties of NiTiO 3-TiO2 sol-gel thin films containing Au nanoparticles (2011) Materials Science and Engineering B: Solid-State Materials for Advanced Technology , 176 (9), pp. 716-722.

 Yogi, C., Kojima, K., Hashishin, T., Wada, N., Inada, Y., Della Gaspera, E., Bersani, M., Martucci, A., Liu, L., Sham, T.-K. Size effect of Au nanoparticles on TiO 2 crystalline phase of nanocomposite thin films and their photocatalytic properties (2011) Journal of Physical Chemistry C , 115 (14), pp. 6554-6560.

 Della Gaspera, E., Martucci, A., Yaacob, M., Ou, J., Kalantar-Zadeh, K., Wlodarski, W. WO3-Au-Pt nanocrystalline thin films as optical gas sensors (2011) Sensor Letters , 9 (2), pp. 595-599.

 Della Gaspera, E., Guglielmi, M., Giallongo, G., Agnoli, S., Granozzi, G., Quaglio, F., Martucci, A. Role of Au nanoparticles and NiTiO3 matrix in H2S sensing and its catalytic oxidation to SOx (2011) Sensor Letters , 9 (2), pp. 591-594.

Della Gaspera, E., Martucci, A., Post, M. ZnO-NiO thin films containing au nanoparticles for CO optical sensing (2011) Sensor Letters , 9 (2), pp. 600-604.

Antonello, A., Brusatin, G., Guglielmi, M., Bello, V., Mattei, G., Zacco, G., Martucci, A. Nanocomposites of titania and hybrid matrix with high refractive index (2011) Journal of Nanoparticle Research , 13 (4), pp. 1697-1708.

 Della Gaspera, E., Antonello, A., Guglielmi, M., Post, M.L., Bello, V., Mattei, G., Romanato, F., Martucci, A. Colloidal approach to Au-loaded TiO2 thin films with optimized optical sensing properties (2011) Journal of Materials Chemistry , 21 (12), pp. 4293-4300.

Fortunati, I., Signorini, R., Bozio, R., Jasieniak, J.J., Antonello, A., Martucci, A., Della Giustina, G., Brusatin, G., Guglielmi, M. CdSe core-shell nanoparticles as active materials for up-converted emission (2011) Journal of Physical Chemistry C , 115 (10), pp. 3840-3846.

Rudnitsky, A., Shahmoon, A., Nathan, M., Nazarathy, M., Larom, B., Jasieniak, J., Martucci, A., Businaro, L., Gerardino, A., Zalevsky, Z. All-optical integrated micro logic gate (2011) Microelectronics Journal , 42 (2), pp. 472-476.

 Morfa, A.J., Beane, G., Mashford, B., Singh, B., Della Gaspera, E., Martucci, A., Mulvaney, P. Fabrication of ZnO thin films from nanocrystal inks (2010) Journal of Physical Chemistry C , 114 (46), pp. 19815-19821.

 Antonello, A., Guglielmi, M., Bello, V., Mattei, G., Chiasera, A., Ferrari, M., Martucci, A. Titanate nanosheets as high refractive layer in vertical microcavity incorporating semiconductor quantum dots (2010) Journal of Physical Chemistry C , 114 (43), pp. 18423-18428.

 Antonello, A., Brusatin, G., Guglielmi, M., Martucci, A., Bello, V., Mattei, G., Mazzoldi, P., Pellegrini, G. Hybrid organic-inorganic ZnS-loaded nanocomposite films for stable optical coatings (2010) Thin Solid Films , 518 (23), pp. 6781-6786.

 Della Gaspera, E., Guglielmi, M., Agnoli, S., Granozzi, G., Post, M.L., Bello, V., Mattei, G., Martucci, A. Au nanoparticles in nanocrystalline TiO2-NiO films for SPR-based, selective H2S gas sensing (2010) Chemistry of Materials , 22 (11), pp. 3407-3417.

Cattaruzza, E., Maurizio, C., Visentin, L., Trave, E., Martucci, A., Ali, S., Battaglin, G., Gonella, F. Erbium environment on Er-doped silica and alumino-silicate glass films: An EXAFS study (2010) Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms , 268 (3-4), pp. 311-315.

Della Gaspera, E., Buso, D., Guglielmi, M., Martucci, A., Bello, V., Mattei, G., Post, M.L., Cantalini, C., Agnoli, S., Granozzi, G., Sadek, A.Z., Kalantar-zadeh, K., Wlodarski, W. Comparison study of conductometric, optical and SAW gas sensors based on porous sol-gel silica films doped with NiO and Au nanocrystals (2010) Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical , 143 (2), pp. 567-573.

Patelli, A., Vezzù, S., Zottarel, L., Menin, E., Sada, C., Martucci, A., Costacurta, S. SiOx-based multilayer barrier coatings produced by a single PECVD process (2009) Plasma Processes and Polymers , 6 (SUPPL. 1), pp. S665-S670.

Buso, D., Palmer, L., Bello, V., Mattei, G., Post, M., Mulvaney, P., Martucci, A. Self-assembled gold nanoparticle monolayers in sol-gel matrices: Synthesis and gas sensing applications (2009) Journal of Materials Chemistry , 19 (14), pp. 2051-2057.

Buso, D., Della Giustina, G., Brusatin, G., Guglielmi, M., Martucci, A., Chiasera, A., Ferrari, M., Romanato, F. Patterning of sol-gel hybrid organic-inorganic film doped with luminescent semiconductor quantum dots (2009) Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology , 9 (3), pp. 1858-1864.

Jasieniak, J., Sada, C., Chiasera, A., Ferrari, M., Martucci, A., Mulvaney, P. Sol-gel based vertical optical microcavities with quantum dot defect layers (2008) Advanced Functional Materials , 18 (23), pp. 3772-3779.

Buso, D., Post, M., Cantalini, C., Mulvaney, P., Martucci, A. Gold nanoparticle-doped TiO2 semiconductor thin films: Gas sensing properties (2008) Advanced Functional Materials , 18 (23), pp. 3843-3849.

Manera, M.G., Spadavecchia, J., Buso, D., de Julián Fernández, C., Mattei, G., Martucci, A., Mulvaney, P., Pérez-Juste, J., Rella, R., Vasanelli, L., Mazzoldi, P. Optical gas sensing of TiO2 and TiO2/Au nanocomposite thin films (2008) Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical , 132 (1), pp. 107-115.

Buso, D., Guglielmi, M., Martucci, A., Mattei, G., Mazzoldi, P., Sada, C., Post, M.L. Growth of cookie-like Au/NiO nanoparticles in SiO2 sol-gel films and their optical gas sensing properties (2008) Crystal Growth and Design , 8 (2), pp. 744-749.

Jasieniak, J.J., Fortunati, I., Gardin, S., Signorini, R., Bozio, R., Martucci, A., Mulvaney, P. Highly efficient amplified stimulated emission from CdSe-CdS-ZnS quantum dot doped waveguides with two-photon infrared optical pumping (2008) Advanced Materials , 20 (1), pp. 69-73.

Buso, D., Busato, G., Guglielmi, M., Martucci, A., Bello, V., Mattei, G., Mazzoldi, P., Post, M.L. Selective optical detection of H2 and CO with SiO2 sol-gel films containing NiO and Au nanoparticles (2007) Nanotechnology , 18 (47), art. no. 475505.

Jasieniak, J., Pacifico, J., Signorini, R., Chiasera, A., Ferrari, M., Martucci, A., Mulvaney, P. Luminescence and amplified stimulated emission in CdSe-ZnS-nanocrystal- doped TiO2 and ZrO2 waveguides (2007) Advanced Functional Materials , 17 (10), pp. 1654-1662.

Padilha, L.A., Fu, J., Hagan, D.J., Van Stryland, E.W., Cesar, C.L., Barbosa, L.C., Cruz, C.H.B., Buso, D., Martucci, A. Frequency degenerate and nondegenerate two-photon absorption spectra of semiconductor quantum dots (2007) Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics , 75 (7), art. no. 075325.

Mattei, G., Mazzoldi, P., Post, M.L., Buso, D., Guglielmi, M., Martucci, A. Cookie-like Au/NiO nanoparticles with optical gas-sensing properties (2007) Advanced Materials , 19 (4), pp. 561-564.

Buso, D., Pacifico, J., Martucci, A., Mulvaney, P. Gold-nanoparticle-doped TiO2 semiconductor thin films: Optical characterization (2007) Advanced Functional Materials , 17 (3), pp. 347-354.