Germanium is experiencing a renaissance during the last decade for several advanced applications such as high- mobility non-Si CMOS transistors to overcome the limits of Si scaling, infrared photodetectors, infrared-emitting lasers based on Ge, mid-infrared plasmonics based on heavily doped Ge, e

The main concept of the present activity is the synthesis and application of photocatalytic nanostructured materials for water treatment. Nanomaterials are indeed very efficient photocatalysts due to their large surface/volume ratio.

Among the functional nanostructured materials carbon-based nanostructures have an important place in water treatments for purification purposes.

We exploit the capabilities of plasma to produce advanced materials for several applications, ranging from solar cells to advanced nanostructured materials to be integrated in state of the art devices.

One of the prime applications for novel two-dimensional (2D) materials is their use in flexible electronics.

This activity is mainly focused on the synthesis and advanced characterization of materials displaying diverse functionalities.

This research activity at IMM Agrate is mainly focused on the use of chemical methods such as  atomic layer deposition (ALD) and chemical vapour deposition (CVD) to synthesize materials for applications in spin-based electronics (spintronics).

Memristive systems represent today a disruptive technology for the semiconductor industry towards several applications such as data storage (non-volatile memories), non-volatile logic, analog circuits, biomimetic devices, novel computing paradigms such as neuromorphic com