CURRICULUM VITAE Prof. Andrea Mura

Laurea in Fisica cum Laude presso l’Università di Cagliari (1987). Dal 1987 fino al 1989 borsista presso la scuola di tecnologie ottiche dell’Università degli Studi di Cagliari. Dal 1990 ricercatore di Fisica Generale presso la Facoltà di Ingegneria dell’Università degli studi di Cagliari. Dal 2001 professore associato di Fisica Generale presso la Facoltà di Ingegneria dell’Università degli studi di Cagliari. Negli anni 94, 95, 96, 98, 2000 e 2001 è invitato per soggiorni di ricerca di due mesi presso Institut de Physique Appliquée, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale of Lausanne. Dal 2013 è permanent visiting professor presso lo Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials Rug Groningen. Dal 1994 ha partecipato e partecipa a 15 progetti nazionali/internazionali di ricerca; fa parte del Comitato Scientifico e di Coordinamento di due progetti PON (Totale finanziamento 4 MEuro) è autore di più di 170 pubblicazioni su riviste internazionali con referee, ha contribuito a più di 95 congressi internazionali.

STUDI

1987 Laurea in Fisica (110/110 cum laude), Università di Cagliari

1988-1989 Borsista del corso di “Tecnologie Ottiche” Università di Cagliari

CARRIERA ACCADEMICA

1990-2000 Ricercatore & Professore a contratto, Università di Cagliari, Italia

2000 –Professore associato, Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università si Cagliari, Italia

2013– Permanent visiting professor presso lo Zernike Institute for Advanced  Materials Rug, Groningen (NL)

• Membro del network “Organic semiconductors”- INFM-CNR (2001-2003)
• Membro del collegio della scuola di dottorato in Fisica, Università di Cagliari (dal 2004)
• Membro scientifico del collegio del Centro Grandi Strumenti CGS- Università di Cagliari(dal 2007)
• Membro del comitato scientifico-esecutivo del laboratorio INFM-CNR SLACS (dal 2008)
• Vice Direttore del Dipartimento di Fisica, Facoltà di Scienze, Università di Cagliari (dal 2011)
• Responsabile didattica innovativa della facolta di Ingegneria, Università di Cagliari (dal 2014)
• Membro del direttivo del CESAR  Università di Cagliari(dal 2014)
• Membro del comitato tecnico-scientifico dell’AUSI (dal 2015)
• Responsabile sezione  Efficienza Quantica del laboratori AUSI-CREATE ( dal 2015)

CAMPI DI RICERCA

AM è un fisico sperimentale con una consolidata attività di ricerca nel campo della spettroscopia ottica veloce, lineare e non lineare. Gli studi sono stati e/o sono indirizzati verso i seguenti campi di ricerca:

• SEMICONDUTTORI A BASSA DIMENSIONALITÀ

Risposta ottica nonlineare in prossimità del gap ottico in pozzi quanitci e microcavità; guadagno ottico, rinormalizzazione del gap ottico, mescolamento a quattro onde e amplificatori eccitonici-polaritonici

• FOTONICA MOLECOLARE

Proprietà di stato eccitato, dinamica di stato eccitato, ottica nonlineare e guadagno ottico.

• MATERIALI ORGANICI/INROGANICI NANOSTRUTTURATI PER LA FOTONICA E L’OPTOELETTRONICA

Proprietà di stato eccitato, dinamica di stato eccitato, ottica nonlineare e guadagno ottico in materiali nanostrutturati, sistemi ibridi organico/inorganico nanostrutturati, nanoparticelle colloidali, fotorivelatori e celle fotovoltaiche

 

PUBBLICAZIONI

AM e autore o coautore di più di 170 lavori su riviste internazionali

• Coautore dell’articolo “Correlated electron–hole plasma in organometal perovskites”. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 2014
• Coautore del capitolo “Excited-State Dynamics and Laser Action in Epitaxial Organic Nanofibers”.In: SPRINGER SERIES IN MATERIALS SCIENCE. SPRINGER SERIES IN MATERIALS SCIENCE, (2013)
• L’articolo: “Charged Excitons, Auger Recombination And Optical Gain In Cdse/Cds Nanocrystals”, di M. Marceddu et al., NANOTECHNOLOGY 23, 015201 (2012) e’stato citato nei Research Highlights della rivista: Nature Photonics, Vol. 6, pag. 71 ( 2012).
• Coautore del capitolo “Photophysics And Photonics Of Heteroepitaxial Organic Nanofibers”. In  “Nanofibers – Production, Properties and Functional Applications”, edited by Tong Lin (2011).
• Coautore del capitolo “Organic Nanostructures for Next Generation Devices” edited by K. Al-Shamery, H.-G. Rubahn, H. Sitter, Springer Series in Materials Science, Vol. 101 (Springer, Berlin, 2008)
• “Intrinsic excitonic luminescence in odd and even numbered oligothiophenes ” by F. Meinardi et al. Rev. Lett. 89, 157403 (2002) è stato pubblicato negli “Highlights-2002” dell’Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia (INFM).
• “Ultrafast Formation of Nonemissive States in Organic Semiconductors” by M.A.Loi et al, Phys. Lett. 86, 732 (2001) è stato pubblicato negli “Highlights-2001” dell’Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia (INFM).

 

INDICI BIBLIOMETRICI

Numero di citazioni: 3082

h-index: 31

(Source: ISI, Scopus, Google Scholar, Date: 10/04/2017)

 

ALTRE ATTIVITA SCIENTIFICHE

Organizzatore e Conference Chair: ISOPHOS – MAPHEBIO International School on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics and IV School on Advanced Materials for Photonics, Electronics and Bioelectronics, September 03-07, 2017 Villaggio Telis Arbatax (Tortolì); Italy: http://www.chose.uniroma2.it/ISOPHOS-MAPHEBIO-2017/

Direttore della scuola nazionale “Scuola Nazionale sui Materiali Molecolari avanzati per Fotonica ed Elettronica”, tenuto con cadenza biennale in Sardegna, 2001, 2006, 2009.(http://www.dsf.unica.it/~fotonica/events.html)

Co-organizzatore della scuola internazionale “Molecules in Nanochannels, Synthesis, Spectroscopy, and Application” tenuta a Cagliari, 2003

Co-organizzatore della scuola internazionale “European Spring School 2010 Supramolecular Organized Nanostructured Materials for Optoelectronic Applications ” da tenersi ad Alghero, giugno 2010.

Organizzaztore di sette edizioni dal 2000 al 2007 delle “Giornate Internazionali della Scienza dei Materiali”, Cittadella Universiataria, Cagliari

Organizzaztore del “Convegno Nazionale sui Materiali Molecolari avanzati per Fotonica ed Elettronica”, tenuto con cadenza biennale , 1999, 2001, 2006, 2009.(http://www.dsf.unica.it/~fotonica/events.html)

 

PROGETTI NAZIONALI ED INTERNAZIONALI

Responsabile Scientifico

• “V-FASE: Vetri Fotovoltaici Attivi per la Sostenibilità Energetica”,  PI, Delibera Cipe n.31/2015, determina DG 478 del 03/04/2017,  (2017).
• “Photophysics of hybrid perovskites under high hydrostatic pressure “,Visiting Scientific Joint Project   UNICA-RUG,  UNICA (2016).
• “Processi fotocatalitici per le energie rinnovabili” AUSI (2013-2016)
• “Complessi di lantanidi con proprietà di luminescenza nel vicino infrarosso per fotonica molecolare” RAS (2010-2012).
• NWO bezoekersbeurs, funded by RUG University of Groningen, The Netherlands (2012)
• “Laboratorio di misure spettroscopiche, di trasporto e magnetiche in materiali sottoposti a pressioni estreme”, PON ( 2003).
• “Molecules in Nanochannels, Synthesis, Spectroscopy, and Application” , within the European programme “Human Potential and Mobility of Researchers Programme”, NANOCHANNAL  (2002-2006).
• “Supramolecular nanostrucutured organic/inorganic hybrid systems”, within the European programme FP6 “Marie Curie Research Training Network” , NANOMATCH (2007-2010).
• “Laboratorio Interdisciplinare di Microscopie e Nanoscopie: proprietà elettroniche, ottiche, composizionali e strutturali di dispositivi e materiali naturali e di sintesi.” PON ( 2003).

Partecipante con responsabilità scientifica

• “Molecular organic semiconductors for blue lasers” Porgetto bilaterale MIUR -Italy-Austria, 2004.
• “Synthesis of novel organic materials and supramolecular architectures for high efficiency optoelectronic and photonics systems”, within MIUR-FIRB project (2006-2009)
• “New light emitters for telecommunications based on organic complexes of lanthanides”, within MIUR-PRIN project (2002).
• “Artificial Organic Nanostructures For Photonic Applications”, within MIUR-FIRB project (2001).
• “Organic molecular nanostructures: novel light emitting materials”, within MIUR-PRIN project (1998).
• “Pressure effects on the electronic properties of organic semiconductors” INFM Project (1998).
• “Multistrati organici deposti in UHV per applicazioni optoelettroniche” INFM Project (1997).
• “Propriétés optiques des semiconducteurs: dynamique et cohérence des excitations” EPFL-FNS (Switzerland) (1994-1997)

 

LABORATORI

AM e responsabile dei laboratori:

• Spettroscopia Ultraveloce (Dipartimento di Fisica- CGS)
• Altissime Pressioni Idrostatiche (Dipartimento di Fisica- MATPRESS)
• Strati Sottili (Dipartimento di Fisica- CGS)
• Microscopia Confocale (Dipartimento di Fisica- CGS)
• Microscopia AFM (Dipartimento di Fisica- CGS)
• Misure Elettriche (Dipartimento di Fisica- CGS)

AM con G.Bongiovanni sono responsabili della linea di ricerca presso i laboratori Optoelectronics and Photonics Labs al Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università di Cagliari. http://www.dsf.unica.it/~fotonica/index.html

 

Born in September 30, 1960 in Perdasdefogu (Sardinia), he took the degree in physics cum laude at the University of Cagliari in the 1987 and  from 1987 to 1989 he was scholarship holder at the “School of Optics and Optical Technologies” of the University of Cagliari. From 1990 to 2000  he was researcher in Physics at the Engineering Faculty  of the University of Cagliari and from 2001 he is associate professor in Physics at the Engineering Faculty of the University of  Cagliari. Its main teaching activity is on basic Physics, experimental Physics, Physic of Materials and Devices and Physic of Metals among the Engineering and Materials Science Faculties. In  1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, and 2000, he was invited for two month-research stays at the Institut de Physique Appliquée, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale of Lausanne. From 2013 he is permanent visiting professor at the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Professor in charge of the Ultrafast Laboratory of the Department of Physics of the University of Cagliari, he is collaborator in more then 15 international/national projects and he is author in more then 170 articles on international journals and author of more than 95 contributions to international conferences. Prof. Andrea Mura has a well-established experience in the field of inorganic and organic semiconductors. These studies are performed using several spectroscopic techniques and under different physical conditions such as temperature and high hydrostatic pressure.

EDUCATION

1987      Graduated in Physics (110/110 cum laude), University of Cagliari, Italy,

1988-1989           Scholarship on “Optical Technologies”, University of Cagliari, Italy,

ACADEMIC CAREER

• 1990-2000. Researcher at Faculty of Engineering, University of Cagliari, Italy
• 2000 to present. Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Cagliari, Italy
• Fellow of the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Cagliari
• Fellow of the Doctorate School in Physics, University of Cagliari (since 2004)
• Fellow of the executive committee of INFM-CNR SLACS laboratory (since 2008)
• Fellow of the network “Organic semiconductors”- INFM-CNR (2001-2003)
• Member of the scientific board of  “Centro Grandi Strumenti “(Center of  large instruments)  CGS- University of Cagliari (since 2004)
• Member of PhD school in Condensed Matter Physics University of Cagliari ( since 2007)
• Vice-director of the Department  of the Physics University of Cagliari ( since 2011)
• Permanent Visiting Professor at the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials Rug Groningen (Photophysics and Optoelectronics group since  2013,  http://www.photophysics-optoelectronics.nl/people.html ; )
• Responsible of the innovative teaching of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Cagliari (since 2014)
• Member of Governing Council of  “CESAR”- University of Cagliari (since 2014)
• Member of the scientific board of AUSI (dal 2015)
• Member of the Board Faculty of Engineering , University of Cagliari, Italy (since 2015)
• Head of section Quantum Efficiency of the CREATE laboratories (since  2015)

 

RESEARCH FIELDS

AM is an experimental physicist with a long-standing research activity  in linear, nonlinear and  ultrafast spectroscopy. Investigations addressed or/and  address the following research topics:

• LOW DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTORS

Optical nonlinearities near the optical gap in quantum wells and microcavities: optical gain, band gap renormalization, four-wave-mixing and exciton-polariton amplifier

• MOLECULAR PHOTONICS

Excited state properties, excited state dynamics, optical nonlinearities and optical gain in: linear p-conjugated molecular semiconductors; self-assembled molecular nanofibers; organolanthanides: er3+ emission sensitized by molecular antennae for telecom applications. Devices. Laser.

• NANOSTRUCTURED ORGANIC/INORGANIC MATERIALS FOR PHOTONICS AND    OPTOELECTRONICS

Excited state properties, excited state dynamics, optical nonlinearities and optical gain in:  host-guest nanostructured materials, hybrid nanostructured organic/inorganic systems, colloidal nanocrystals. Devices: Photodetectors and photovoltaic cells.

PUBLICATIONS

AM is co-author in more then 170 papers in peer reviewed International Journal.

Some relevant publications:

“Correlated electron–hole plasma in organometal perovskites”. Nature Communications, 2014

“Light-induced charged and trap states in colloidal nanocrystals detected by variable pulse rate photoluminescence spectroscopy”. ACS  Nano, 7, 229 (2013)

“Charged excitons, Auger recombination and optical gain in CdSe/CdS nanocrystals”. Nanotechnology, vol. 23,(2012)

“Organic?organic heteroepitaxy of red-, green-, and blue-emitting nanofibers”. ACS  Nano  4,  6244  (2010)

“Exciton-exciton interaction and optical gain in colloidal cdse/cds dot/rod nanocrystals” Adv. Mater. 21, 1482 (2009)

“Solution processable near infrared photodetectors based on electron transfer from PbS nanocrystals to fullerene derivatives”, Adv. Mater. 21, 683 (2009)

“Temperature tuning of nonlinear exciton processes in self-assembled oligophenyl nanofibers under laser action”, Adv. Mater. 9999, 1-5 (2008)

“New insight on near-infrared emitters based on er-quinolate complex: synthesis, characterization, structural, and photophysical properties”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 17, 2365 (2007)

“Organic nanostructured host-guest materials containing three dyes“,Adv. Mater. 16, 1716 (2004)

“Random laser action in self-organized para-sexiphenyls nanofibers grown by hot-wall hepitaxy”,Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 4454 (2004).

“Intrinsic excitonic luminescence in odd and even numbered oligothiophenes”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 157403 (2002).

“High-temperature ultrafast polariton parametric amplification in semiconductor microcavities”,  Nature 414, 731 (2001).

“Ultrafast formation of nonemissive species via intermolecular interaction in single crystals of conjugated molecules”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 732 (2001).

AWARDS and HONORS

• 2012- The article “Charged Excitons, Auger Recombination And Optical Gain In Cdse/Cds Nanocrystals”, M. Marceddu et al, NANOTECHNOLOGY 23, 015201 (2012) was recently discussed in the Research Highlights of Nature Photonics, Vol. 6, pag. 71 February 2012.
• 2002- The article “Intrinsic excitonic luminescence in odd and even numbered oligothiophenes ” by F. Meinardi et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 157403 (2002) was reported in the “Highlights-2002” of the Istituto Nazionale Fisica della Materia (INFM).
• 2001- The article “Ultrafast Formation of Nonemissive States in Organic Semiconductors” by M.A.Loi et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 732 (2001) was reported in the “Highlights-2001” of the Istituto Nazionale Fisica della Materia (INFM).
• 2000- Best experiment at the Fourth International Topical Conference on Optical Probes of Conjugated Polymers and Photonic Crystals, February 2000 Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
• Cover Picture: Tracing charge transfer states in polymer:fullerene bulck-heterojunctions. Journal
  of Materials Chemistry A, vol 1, number 25, ( 2013)
• Cover Picture: Organic Nanofibers ; Advanced Optical Materiels, ADOM-1-2-Frontispiece.indd
  (2013), DOI: 10.1002/adom.201370015
• Cover Picture : Ln3Q9 as a Molecular Framework for Ion-Size-Driven Assembly of
  Heterolanthanide (Nd, Er, Yb) Multiple Near-Infrared Emitters (Chem. Eur. J. 10/2015). DOI:
  10.1002/chem.404435
• Cover Picture :Bithiophene-based polybenzofulvene derivatives with high stacking and hole mobility  (Polymer Chemistry 42/2015). DOI:
  10.1039/c5py00904a

CITATION REPORT

Number of citations: 3082

h-index: 31

(Source: ISI, Scopus, Google Scholar, Date:10/04/2017)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

• Conference Chair: ISOPHOS – MAPHEBIO International School on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics and IV School on Advanced Materials for Photonics, Electronics and Bioelectronics, September 03-07, 2017 Villaggio Telis Arbatax (Tortolì); Italy: http://www.chose.uniroma2.it/ISOPHOS-MAPHEBIO-2017/
• Director of the national school and workshop on “Advanced organic material for photonics and optoelectronics”, held biennially in Sardinia 2001,2006,2009.(http://www.dsf.unica.it/~fotonica/events.html)
• Organizer and member of the scientific board of the “Convegno Nazionale sui Materiali Molecolari avanzati per Fotonica ed Elettronica”, ( 1999, 2001, 2006, 2009).(http://www.dsf.unica.it/~fotonica/events.html)
• Organizer of the “Giornate Internazionali della Scienza dei Materiali”, (annually from 2000 to 2007).
• Co-organizer of the international school  “Molecules in Nanochannels, Synthesis, Spectroscopy, and Application”  held in Cagliari, 2003.
• Co-organizer of the international school  “European Spring School 2010 Supramolecular Organized Nanostructured Materials for Optoelectronic Applications”  Alghero, June 2010.

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS

• “V-FASE: Vetri Fotovoltaici Attivi per la Sostenibilità Energetica”,  PI, Delibera Cipe n.31/2015, determina DG 478 del 03/04/2017,  (2017).
• Photophysics of hybrid perovskites under high hydrostatic pressure “,Visiting Scientific Joint Project   UNICA-RUG, funded by UNICA 2016.
• “Processi fotocatalitici per le energie rinnovabili”, funded by AUSI 2013.
• NWO bezoekersbeurs, funded by RUG University of Groningen 2012
• “Complessi di lantanidi con proprietà di luminescenza nel vicino infrarosso per fotonica molecolare”, (2010-2012) within the regional  programme -Promozione della ricerca scientifica e dell’innovazione tecnologica in Sardegna.
• “Design di nanomateriali ibridi organici/inorganici per l’energia fotovoltaica” (2010-2012), within the regional  programme -Promozione della ricerca scientifica e dell’innovazione tecnologica in Sardegna.
• “Supramolecular nanostrucutured organic/inorganic hybrid systems”, within the European programme  FP6 “Marie Curie Research Training Network” 2007-2010 (NANOMATCH).
• “Molecular organic semiconductors for blue lasers” within MIUR-Italy-Austria bilateral project , 2004.
• “Synthesis of novel organic materials and supramolecular architectures for high efficiency optoelectronic and photonics systems”, within  MIUR-FIRB project (2006-2009)
• “Laboratorio di misure spettroscopiche, di trasporto e magnetiche in materiali sottoposti a pressioni estreme”,  within the  Programma Operativo Nazionale  (PON), 2003.
• “Laboratorio Interdisciplinare di Microscopie e Nanoscopie): proprietà elettroniche, ottiche, composizionali e strutturali di dispositivi e materiali naturali e di sintesi.”, within the  Programma Operativo Nazionale  (PON), 2003.
• “Molecules in Nanochannels, Synthesis, Spectroscopy, and Application” ,  within the European programme  “Human Potential and Mobility of Researchers Programme” 2002 (NANOCHANNEL).
• “New light emitters for telecommunications based on organic complexes of lanthanides”, within  MIUR-PRIN project (2002).
• “Artificial Organic Nanostructures For Photonic Applications”, within  MIUR-FIRB project (2001).
• “Organic molecular nanostructures: novel light emitting materials”, within  MIUR-PRIN project (1998).
• “Pressure effects on the electronic properties of organic semiconductors” INFM Project (1998).
• “Multistrati organici deposti in UHV per applicazioni optoelettroniche” INFM Project (1997)
• “Propriétés optiques des semiconducteurs: dynamique et cohérence des excitations” EPFL-FNS (Switzerland) (1994-1997)

LABORATORIES

AM is in-charge of the following laboratories :

• Ultrafast Spectroscopy (Physics Departement- CGS)
• High Hydrostatic Pressure (Physics Departement – MATPRESS)
• Thin Films (Physics Departement – CGS)
• Confocal Microscopy (Physics Departement – CGS)
• Atomic Force Microscopy (Physics Departement – CGS)
• Electric Measurements (Physics Departement – CGS)
• Quantum Efficiency (CREATE-AUSI)

AM  with Giovanni Bongiovanni is in-charge of the Optoelectronics and Photonics Labs at the Department of Physics, University of Cagliari.  http://www.dsf.unica.it/~fotonica/index.html

 

 

-Cover Picture : Ln3Q9 as a Molecular Framework for Ion-Size-Driven Assembly of
Heterolanthanide (Nd, Er, Yb) Multiple Near-Infrared Emitters (Chem. Eur. J. 10/2015). DOI:
10.1002/chem.404435