Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica
Prof. Giuseppe Maruccio, +390832319311, +390832319311 +390832319313, giuseppe.maruccio@unisalento.it
- Refrigeratore a diluizione (10 mK e magnete vettoriale 6T/1T/1T);
- Magnete superconduttore cryogenfree (per misure di magnetotrasporto e magnetometria, 300mK-300K, 10.5T);
- Probe Station cryogenfree con elettromagnete (10K, 0.6T);
- Laboratorio di trasporto/biosensoristica attrezzato con elettronica DC e RF fino a 26.5 GHz, potenziostato, probe station, probe station criogenica MMR, elettromagnete GMW, microsaldatrice;
- Analizzatore surface plasmon resonance;
- Microscopio a Forza Atomica NT-MDT;
- Differential Scanning Calorimeter Q2000.
Spintronics, nanoelectronics & Nanomagnetism, Sensing & Lab on Chip, Scanning Probe Microscopy
1) Spintronics, nanoelectronics & Nanomagnetism:
- NanoElectronics and Spintronics, in particular hybrid organic/inorganic spin devices with magnetic molecules/nanoparticles;
- Magnetic Multilayer Tunnel Junctions, including hybrid junctions with molecular/functional layers;
- RF hybrid spintronics (surface acoustic waves devices, cavity QED and magnonics);
- multiferroics and functional oxides (e.g. high-k dielectrics, piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials).
- nanomagnetism and magnetic characterization.
2) Sensing & Lab on Chip:
- lab on chip for medical diagnostics (e.g. detection of cancer biomarkers, microorganism infections, cell studies and on chip PCR);
- lab on chip for food, agriculture and environment for on-field analysis/detection of environmental threats, bio-warfare agents, toxins and allergens from food, industrial and agriculture products;
- innovation in sensing approaches by developing new transducers (e.g. magnetoresistive, SAW or plasmonic-based approaches) or sensing elements (e.g. using molecular-imprinted polymers).
3) Scanning Probe Microscopy
- Nanomechanics and Force spectroscopy;
- Advanced SFM, including SKPM, PFM, et al.;
- UHV-STM and Wavefunction mapping."
- Giuseppe Maruccio
- Elisabetta Primiceri
- Maria Serena Chiriacò
- Anna Grazia Monteduro
- Silvia Rizzato
- Angelo Leo
- Angelo Melcarne
- Iolena Tarantini
- Prof. R. Wiesendanger, University of Hamburg - Institute for Applied Physics;
- Prof. S. Sanvito, Trinity College Dublin - School of Physics;
- Prof. J. Fontcuberta, Inst. Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona,
- Prof. A. Rowan, University of Nijmegen - Institute for Molecules and Materials;
- Prof. R. Sessoli, INSTM-Florence;
- Dr. M. Rontani and Dr. S. Corni, CNR-Nano-S3, Modena;
- Prof. D.D. Sarma, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore;
- Prof. J.R. Galan-Mascaros, Institute Català d’Investigaciò Quimica, Tarragona
- Prof. V. A. Dediu, Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati, CNR-ISMN, Bologna
Attività di formazione per il Corso di Laurea in Fisica e per il Dottorato in Fisica e Nanoscienze.
Grants in competitive calls
- UE-FP6-NEST-STREP (2006-2010): Spintronic Devices for Molecular Electronics (SpiDME), Grant Agreement No. 029002, EC funding 1.3M€ (Lecce 502k€). Partners: University of Hamburg - Institute for Applied Physics; University of Nijmegen - Institute for Molecules and Materials; Trinity College Dublin - School of Physics.
- MAE-India (2008-2010): Spintronic devices for mass-scale electronic: High-relevance project for scientific and technological co-operation between Italy and India, Local Funding: 32k€.
- MIUR-FIRB Project (2011-2014): Molecular nanomagnets on metallic and magnetic surfaces for applications in molecular spintronics: prot. RBAP117RWN, Total Funding: 1528 k€ (Lecce 240k€).
- UE-FP7-ICT-CP (2012-2015): Molecular Architectures for QCA-inspired Boolean Networks (MolArNet), Grant No. 318516, Finanziamento EU: 2.76M€ (Lecce 653k€). Partners: Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, Université de Strasbourg, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Trinity College Dublin - School Of Physics, Stmicroelectronics Srl.
- MIUR-PRIN Project (2014-2016): Imaging MEtallorganic MOlecules: Scanning tunneling spectroscopy and many-body theory (MEMO): prot. 2012EFSHK4, Total Funding: 150.836 € (Lecce 75.436 €).
- MIUR-PRIN Project (2008-2010): Preparation and characterization of fluorinated layers and surfaces: prot. 2008KMP97E_005, Total Funding: 124 k€ (Lecce 47k€).
- APQ-Ricerca Scientifica (2011-2013): Progetto Reti di Laboratori Pubblici di Ricerca “Nano- Biotechnological methods for innovative Diagnostics and Therapy” (NaBiDiT), Project code 72, Total Funding: 2.2 M€.
- P.O.N. Ricerca e competitività (2007-2013): “Omics and Nanotechnologies applied to living being for disease diagnosis” (ONEV), Project Code: PONa3_00354, involved with Università del Salento, Total Funding: 10.6 M€
- Call 2012 “5 per mille per la ricerca” - Università del Salento: Biochip magnetoresistivi per diagnostica (BioMag), Total Funding: 22.8k€.
Grants from Industry
- Research contract from Ekuberg Pharma S.r.l. for the development and optimization of dedicated biochips, Funding: 32.4 k€.
- Research contract from Sensichips: “Sviluppo di tools di CMOS Post-Processing per il posizionamento e assiematura di matrice di sensori”, Funding: 10.0 k€.
1. P.P.Pompa, L.L.del Mercato, A. Della Torre, R. Chiuri, F.Calabi, G.Maruccio. R.Cingolani ed R.Rinaldi: “Transistore biomolecolare ad effetto di campo comprendente un film di polipeptidi, e procedimento per la sua realizzazione”, Italian patent number TO2005A000830 (24-11-2005) , International Publication number WO 2007/060632 (31-05-2007).
2. G. Maruccio, E. Primiceri, P. Marzo, V.Arima, R.Krahne, T.Pellegrino, A.Della Torre, F. Calabi, R. Cingolani, R. Rinaldi, “Chip a trasduzione elettrica per analisi genomiche/proteomiche”, Italian patent number TO2007A000341 (15-5-2007), International Publication number WO 2008/139421 (20-11-2008).
3. R. Cingolani, G. Maruccio, P.P. Pompa, R. Rinaldi, S. Sabella, G. Vecchio, “Microdispositivo integrato per reazioni di amplificazione di acidi nucleici”, Italian patent number: TO2008A000810 (01/05/2010).
4. Ekuberg Pharma s.r.l., ""Biochip impedenziometrico per la diagnosi contemporanea di Candida Albicans, Chlamydia trachomatis e Streptococcus agalactiae”, domanda di brevetto, ITLE20130011, data deposito 01.08.2013 (G. Maruccio è tra gli autori ma i diritti di sfruttamento sono ceduti ad Ekuberg Pharma s.r.l. che ha commissionato la ricerca con un progetto industriale).
UniSalento-CNR-Nanotec Joint Lab, Campus Ecotekne, Via per Arnesano, 73100, Lecce, Italy
Data ultimo aggiornamento: 25/07/2018
