Fabrizio Antonio Viola is Assistant Professor at the Advanced Electronic Devices LABoratory (DEALAB), Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (DIEE) (S.S.D. ING-INF/06), University of Cagliari. His current research activity is mainly focused on the development (design, fabrication and characterization) of ultra-thin polymer-based electrodes, capable to retain stable performance upon the application of harsh mechanical stress (such as rolling, crumpling etc.) and to record biopotential signals. His research highlights include the fabrication of world’s thinnest (< 150 nm thick), all-solution processed organic transistor, with high transparency, which allows the device to conformally adhere onto non-planar surfaces, such as human skin (for epidermal electronics application) and sustain bending radii as low as 700 nm (thus setting a new record for organic transistors). (Nature Communications, 12, 1, 2021).

 

EDUCATION

13/02/2018, PhD in Bioengineering and Robotics (University of Genova);

31/03/2014, Master Degree in Electronic Engineering (University of Cagliari);

20/04/2011, Bachelor Degree in Electronic Engineering (University of Cagliari);

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
12/2022 -  present: Assistant professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari as a 2022 Young Researcher SoE grantee (funded by MUR – Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca).

04/2018 - 12/2022: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in the Printed and Molecular Electronics Group, @Politecnico di Milano.

 

EXPERIENCE IN ACADEMIC TEACHING

10/2023 - 12/2023: Teaching assistant of the course “Bioelectronics” (for the Bachelor Degree in Biomedical Engineering) held by Prof. Annalisa Bonfiglio, University of Cagliari, Italy.

10/2022: Invited lecturer of the course “Organic flexible electronics for radiation detectors” within the international conference “2022 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detectors (RTSD)” held in Milan on 5-12 November 2022.

05/2019 - 10/2022: Co-supervisor of one Ph.D. student (Dr. Francesco Modena) who defended his thesis "Large Arrays of Water-Gated Thin Film Transistors for Ultra-Sensitive Biosensing Applications" at the Department of Electronics, Information and Biotechnologies @Politecnico di Milano.

01/2018 - 03/2018: Teaching assistant of the course “Technology and advanced electronic devices” (for the Master Degree in Electronic Engineering) held by Prof. Piero Cosseddu, University of Cagliari, Italy.

04/2017: Invited lecturer of the seminar “OFETs as physical sensors” for the course “Technology and advanced electronic devices” (for the Master Degree in Electronic Engineering) at University of Cagliari.

 

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (Scopus Author ID: 56396332300, ORCID: 0000-0002-8730-1118)

List of scientific publications here.

 

REVIEWING ACTIVITY
I reviewed for Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, IEEE Electron Device Letters, Advanced Electronic Materials, Advanced Materials Technologies, Scientific Reports and Organic Electronics.

I have been Remote Evaluator for the EIC Pathfinder Challenges and EIC Pathfinder Open.

 

MEMBERSHIP

I am Guest Editor of the Special Issue “Recent advances in Ultra-thin Electronics” for the journal Advanced Electronic Materials, IF 7.295 in 2020. This special issue will cover a broad spectrum of topics related to the employment of ultra-thin electronic devices (i.e. devices with features such as ultra-flexibility, ultra-conformability and ultra-low thickness).

 

PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES OVER PAST 3 YEARS (INVITED OR SELECTED, KEYNOTE, NATURE AND STATUS OF CONFERENCE)

• "Bending the rules - engineering the new generation of soft electronics", Green Electronics Conference 2023 - Novi Sad, Serbia, September 12-13, 2023; INVITED TALK;
• "A n-Type, Stable Electrolyte Gated Organic Transistor Based on a Printed Polymer", 2023 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit – San Francisco, USA, April 10-14, 2023; ORAL TALK;
• "Biodegradable, All-Organic Transistors Printed on a Bioderived Polymer", 2022 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit – Boston, USA, November 27 – December 2, 2022; ORAL TALK;
• “Transient and ultra-thin electronics: green platforms for biodegradable and wearable applications”, International Summer School on Microfluidic chips and sensors from foodstuff and bioinspired materials – Novi Sad, Serbia, July 25-28, 2022; KEYNOTE SPEAKER;
• “An ultra-thin and ultra-conformable all solution-processed organic transistor for tattoo/wearable electronics”, 76th International Workshop & 6th Orbitaly, Erice, Italy, July 3-9, 2022; ORAL TALK;
• “A Fully Organic, Flexible, Ink-Jet Printed 8-Bit Tag for Radio-Frequency Applications”, 2022 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit – Honolulu, USA, May 8-13, 2022; ORAL TALK;
• “All-Polymer Field Effect Transistors Printed on Biodegradable Substrates”, 2021 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit – Boston, USA, November 29 – December 2, 2021; ORAL TALK;
• “A sub 150 nanometers thick and ultra-conformable solution processed all-organic transistor”, 2021 IFSOE – 14th International Symposium on Flexible OE, Thessaloniki, Greece, July 5-8, 2021; ORAL TALK;
• “A 13.56 MHz Rectifier Based on Fully Inkjet Printed Organic Diodes”, 2021 ISFOE – 14th International Symposium on Flexible OE, Thessaloniki, Greece, July 5-8, 2021; ORAL TALK;
• “A 13.56 MHz Rectifier Based on Fully Inkjet Printed Organic Diodes”, 2021 E-MRS Spring Meeting – May 31 – June 3, 2021; ORAL TALK;

 

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

• Seal of Excellence by the European Commission within the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions - Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021, Horizon Europe programme.
• Young Scientist Awards received at 2021 International E-MRS Spring Meeting (May 31 - June 3, 2021): in recognition of an outstanding paper contributed to Symposium D “Organic Semiconductors for energy and electronics: from fundamentals properties to devices”.
• Finalist of the “Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs 2022” in Engineering and Technology for my recent researches on ultra-thin transistors.

 

PRESENCE IN MEDIA

Articles in newspapers/online newspapers:

Corriere della Sera, (https://www.corriere.it/tecnologia/22_febbraio_03/mario-caironi-scienziato-italiano-transistor-record-piu-sottile-mai-realizzato-ab0a97e6-84c7-11ec-93b4-bc4dd8ecb5d9.shtml).

Unione Sarda, La pelle - e i tatuaggi - del futuro nascono all'Università di Cagliari, (https://www.unionesarda.it/cultura/la-pelle-e-i-tatuaggi-del-futuro-nascono-all-universita-di-cagliari-skbrbe63).

La Nuova Sardegna, Pelle artificiale, ricercatori sardi mettono a punto un prototipo, (https://www.lanuovasardegna.it/cagliari/cronaca/2018/05/29/news/pelle-artificiale-ricercatori-sardi-mettono-a-punto-un-prototipo-1.16896021).