X-ray diffraction and reflectometry applied to:
In static conditions (materials studies):
Crystals, microcrystals, nanocrystals, semicrystals and quasicrystals
Amorphous, liquids and gases
In-situ studies of devices components
Archaeometric studies on objects of historical interest
In dynamic conditions:
Phase transitions
Chemical reactions
Cement formation dynamics
Studies of cells and devices upon working:
Electrochemical devices (Li-ion cells, electrolytic cells and fuel cells)
Gas sensors
Water vapour sensors
Organic solar cells
Instrumental development
Construction, study and theoretical description of the machine working of energy dispersive X-ray instruments: Diffractometers, Reflectometers, Spectrometers, Tomographers Design of an Atomic Force Microscope coupled with an Energy Dispersive X-ray apparatus for joint microscopic and Diffractometric/Reflectometric studies. Ab initio theoretical calculation to study molecular structures
Molecular dynamics and Montecarlo simulations
Neutron scattering
Applied to polymers and inorganic compounds
Design and study of neutron inelastic scattering machines (TOSCA beamline @ISIS, Rutherford Appleton Laboratories, Oxfordshire, GB)
Reviewer of the following international scientific journals: Chemistry of Materials, Journal of Power Sources, Measurement Science and Technology, Physics in Medicine and Biology.
Chief of the X-ray Photonics department belonging to the National Research Council of Italy
(website: http://www.cnr.it/commesse/Scheda_Commessa_Descrizione.html?co=1270)
Responsible for the X-ray spectroscopy laboratory at the Rome research Area of the National Research Council of Italy (Tor Vergata)
Scientific responsible for the experimental part of the SPARC-SPARX project (construction of the Italian X-ray Free Electron Laser)
Scientific responsible for the structural characterization of materials in the NUME project (Italian project for polymeric fuel cells development)
Adjunct professor of Physical Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, University of Rome "La Sapienza". P.le A. Moro 5, Rome, Italy