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Her scientific research is devoted to the synthesis, manipulation and study of the structural, electrical and optical properties of innovative materials (e.g. based on Si, Ge, graphene, etc.) for application in several fields like microelectronics, energy, bio-medicine and bio-sensing, and so on.
Elena Bruno is a university researcher (assistant professor, SSD FIS/03 Physics of Matter), permanent employed, at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania since 31/12/2010. The research activity has contributed to the training of specialist and professional expertise both in the preparation and processing of materials and their characterization, acquiring a remarkable mastery in the use of many facilities (e.g. many deposition techniques, ion implantation, pulsed laser processing, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoemission spectroscopy, Rutherford backscattering spectrometry, reflection of high energy electron diffraction, electrical measurements, etc). The prolonged presence in the lab has allowed, among other things, a good maturation of management of ultra-high-vacuum systems, the procedures for substrate preparation through both chemical and physical processes, the main behavior rules to observe in controlled atmosphere areas, etc. She reported the research results in more than 50 peer-reviewed publications in high-impact factor international scientific journals, in 13 oral (some of which invited talks) and 3 poster contributions in national and international conferences. She has also a long experience as a journal paper reviewer. She received 4 awards for her student and young researcher career. She took part in the organization of several scientific international workshops, conferences and meeting. She has been involved in several national and international scientific projects. She has been a reviewer on several national projects (PRIN). She has a long experience in supervising students, thanks to her academic role at the University of Catania. Indeed, she supervised several students in their undergraduate, degree and PhD thesis works. Moreover, she strongly worked as a tutor in several scientific labs, in order to form/inform high-school, undergraduate, graduate and PhD students and post-doc researchers. Since 2012 she has been a member of the faculty board of the "Science of materials and nanotechnology” PhD course at the University of Catania. She is strongly involved in a lot of scientific dissemination activities.
Scientific Productions
Applied Surface Science [North-Holland], Volume: 674 Pages: 160885
Cu-based nanocatalyst by pulsed laser ablation in liquid for water splitting: Effect of the solvent
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids [Pergamon], Volume: 193 Pages: 112162
ACS omega [American Chemical Society], Volume: 9 Issue: 37 Pages: 38591-38598
Facile preparation of a highly efficient coin cell supercapacitor based on WO3 nanorods
Sustainable Materials and Technologies [Elsevier], Volume: 41 Pages: e01097
Cells [MDPI], Volume: 13 Issue: 15 Pages: 1286
Polymers [MDPI], Volume: 16 Issue: 7 Pages: 922
Pain-Free Alpha-Synuclein Detection by Low-Cost Hierarchical Nanowire Based Electrode
Nanomaterials [MDPI], Volume: 14 Issue: 2 Pages: 170
Isolation of bidimensional electron gas in AlGaN/GaN heterojunction using Ar ion implantation
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing [Pergamon], Volume: 168 Pages: 107871
Engineering WO3 Nanorods for Improving Electrocatalysis of Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
244th ECS Meeting (October 8-12, 2023) [ECS],
Low-Cost, High-Yield Zinc Oxide-Based Nanostars for Alkaline Overall Water Splitting
ACS omega [American Chemical Society], Volume: 8 Issue: 40 Pages: 37023-37031
WO3 Nanorods Decorated with Very Small Amount of Pt for Effective Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Nanomaterials [MDPI], Volume: 13 Issue: 6 Pages: 1071
Photo-and Water-Degradation Phenomena of ZnO Bio-Blend Based on Poly (lactic acid) and Polyamide 11
Polymers [MDPI], Volume: 15 Issue: 6 Pages: 1434
Engineering of Nanostructured WO3 Powders for Asymmetric Supercapacitors
Nanomaterials [MDPI], Volume: 12 Issue: 23 Pages: 4168
Mechanism of Fast NO Response in a WO3-Nanorod-Based Gas Sensor
Chemosensors [Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute], Volume: 10 Issue: 11 Pages: 492
Low-Cost, High-Yield ZnO Nanostars Synthesis for Pseudocapacitor Applications
Nanomaterials [MDPI], Volume: 12 Issue: 15 Pages: 2588
ACS Applied Energy Materials [American Chemical Society], Volume: 5 Issue: 8 Pages: 9702-9710
Fluorescent nanoparticles for reliable communication among implantable medical devices
Carbon [Elsevier], Volume: 190 Pages: 262-275
H2 detection mechanism in chemoresistive sensor based on low-cost synthesized WO3 nanorods
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical [Elsevier], Volume: 348 Pages: 130704
Applied Physics A [Springer Berlin Heidelberg], Volume: 127 Issue: 12 Pages: 1-14
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces [American Chemical Society], Volume: 12 Issue: 44 Pages: 50143-50151
Investigation of WO3 Electrodeposition Leading to Nanostructured Thin Films
Nanomaterials [Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute], Volume: 10 Issue: 8 Pages: 1493
Polymer Bulletin [Springer Berlin Heidelberg], Volume: 77 Pages: 2073-2087
Microscopic Model for pH Sensing Mechanism in Zinc-based Nanowalls
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical [Elsevier], Volume: 296 Pages: 126614
Overview of the JET preparation for deuterium-tritium operation with the ITER like-wall
Nuclear Fusion [Institute of Physics], Volume: 59 Issue: 11 Pages: 112021
Journal of Nuclear Materials [North-Holland], Volume: 516 Pages: 202-213
Chemosensors [MDPI], Volume: 7 Issue: 2 Pages: 18
Hybrid nickel-free graphene/porphyrin rings for photodegradation of emerging pollutants in water
RSC advances [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 9 Issue: 52 Pages: 30182-30194
Testing of tritium breeder blanket activation foil spectrometer during JET operations
Fusion engineering and design [North-Holland], Volume: 136 Pages: 258-264
Restorative dentistry & endodontics [Korean Academy of Conservative Dentistry], Volume: 43 Issue: 2
Ontogenetic development of attack behaviour by turbot larvae when exposed to copepod prey
Aquaculture Research [], Volume: 49 Issue: 5 Pages: 1816-1825
Review of Scientific Instruments [AIP Publishing LLC], Volume: 89 Issue: 4 Pages: 043509
Freestanding photocatalytic materials based on 3D graphene and polyporphyrins
Scientific Reports [Nature Publishing Group UK], Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 5001
Nanotechnology [IOP Publishing], Volume: 29 Issue: 16 Pages: 165601
physica status solidi (a) [], Volume: 215 Issue: 3 Pages: 1700524
physica status solidi (a) [], Volume: 215 Issue: 3 Pages: 1700524
Influence of swimming behavior of copepod nauplii on feeding of larval turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)
Aquaculture international [Springer International Publishing], Volume: 26 Issue: 1 Pages: 225-236
Efficient generation of energetic ions in multi-ion plasmas by radio-frequency heating
Nature Physics [Nature Publishing Group], Volume: 13 Issue: 10 Pages: 973-978
European Heart Journal [], Volume: 38
European Heart Journal [Oxford University Press], Volume: 38 Issue: suppl_1
Chemosensors [MDPI], Volume: 5 Issue: 3 Pages: 20
Aquatic Living Resources [EDP Sciences], Volume: 30 Pages: 35
Comment on “Diffusion of n-type dopants in germanium”[Appl. Phys. Rev. 1, 011301 (2014)]
Applied Physics Reviews [AIP Publishing LLC], Volume: 2 Issue: 3 Pages: 036101
Changing the flux flow state in weak pinning superconducting films
Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications [North-Holland], Volume: 503 Pages: 140-142
Role of ion mass on damage accumulation during ion implantation in Ge
physica status solidi (a) [], Volume: 211 Issue: 1 Pages: 118-121
Extended point defects in crystalline materials: Ge and Si
Physical review letters [American Physical Society], Volume: 110 Issue: 15 Pages: 155501
ECS Transactions [The Electrochemical Society], Volume: 50 Issue: 5 Pages: 89-103
A study of current stability in the dissipative flux flow state of superconducting films
IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity [IEEE], Volume: 23 Issue: 3 Pages: 8200704-8200704
Crustaceana [Princeton University Press], Volume: 86 Issue: 13-14 Pages: 49-65
APPLIED PHYSICS REVIEWS—FOCUSED REVIEW
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS [], Volume: 113 Pages: 031101
Prey detection and prey capture in copepod nauplii
PloS one [Public Library of Science], Volume: 7 Issue: 10 Pages: e47906
The kinematics of swimming and relocation jumps in copepod nauplii
PLoS One [Public Library of Science], Volume: 7 Issue: 10 Pages: e47486
Role of self-interstitials on B diffusion in Ge
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms [North-Holland], Volume: 282 Pages: 8-11
Challenges and opportunities for doping control in Ge for micro and optoelectronics applications
Meeting Abstracts [The Electrochemical Society], Issue: 32 Pages: 2631-2631
J. Appl. Phys [], Volume: 73706 Issue: 10.1063/1.4757406 Pages: 112
Kinetics of large B clusters in crystalline and preamorphized silicon
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 110 Issue: 7 Pages: 073524
Effect of O Implantation in Crystalline Ge
ECS Meeting Abstracts [IOP Publishing], Issue: 32 Pages: 2146
Self-interstitials injection in crystalline Ge induced by GeO 2 nanoclusters
Physical Review B [American Physical Society], Volume: 84 Issue: 2 Pages: 024104
High-level incorporation of antimony in germanium by laser annealing
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 108 Issue: 12 Pages: 124902
(Invited) Recent Insights in the Diffusion of Boron in Silicon and Germanium
ECS Transactions [The Electrochemical Society], Volume: 33 Issue: 11 Pages: 167-178
Recent Insights in the Diffusion of Boron in Silicon and Germanium
ECS Transactions [IOP Publishing], Volume: 33 Issue: 11 Pages: 167
Recent Insights in the Diffusion of B in Silicon and Germanium
ECS Meeting Abstracts [IOP Publishing], Issue: 23 Pages: 1569
Atomistic analysis of B clustering and mobility degradation in highly B‐doped junctions
International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields [John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.], Volume: 23 Issue: 4‐5 Pages: 266-284
Transient enhanced diffusion of B mediated by self-interstitials in preamorphized Ge
Applied Physics Letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 96 Issue: 20 Pages: 201906
Radiation enhanced diffusion of B in crystalline Ge
Thin Solid Films [Elsevier], Volume: 518 Issue: 9 Pages: 2386-2389
Defects in Ge caused by sub-amorphizing self-implantation: Formation and dissolution
Thin solid films [Elsevier], Volume: 518 Issue: 9 Pages: 2326-2329
Boron diffusion in extrinsically doped crystalline silicon
Physical Review B [American Physical Society], Volume: 81 Issue: 4 Pages: 045209
Mechanism of B diffusion in crystalline Ge under proton irradiation
Physical Review B [American Physical Society], Volume: 80 Issue: 3 Pages: 033204
He implantation induced nanovoids in crystalline Si
Materials Science and Engineering: B [Elsevier], Volume: 159 Pages: 164-167
B activation and clustering in ion-implanted Ge
Journal of applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 105 Issue: 6 Pages: 063533
B electrical activation in crystalline and preamorphized Ge
Materials Science and Engineering: B [Elsevier], Volume: 154 Pages: 56-59
Vacancy engineering by He induced nanovoids in crystalline Si
Semiconductor Science and Technology [IOP Publishing], Volume: 24 Issue: 1 Pages: 015005
Experimental investigations of boron diffusion mechanisms in crystalline and amorphous silicon
Materials Science and Engineering: B [Elsevier], Volume: 154 Pages: 240-246
Materials Science and Engineering: B [Elsevier], Volume: 154 Pages: 247-251
High-resolution X-ray diffraction by end of range defects in self-amorphized Ge
Materials Science and Engineering: B [Elsevier], Volume: 154 Pages: 64-67
Role of C in the formation and kinetics of nanovoids induced by He+ implantation in Si
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 104 Issue: 2 Pages: 023501
Activation and carrier mobility in high fluence B implanted germanium
Applied Physics Letters [AIP Publishing], Volume: 92 Issue: 25
Effects of hydrogen implantation temperature on InP surface blistering
Applied Physics Letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 92 Issue: 20 Pages: 202107
Mechanism of boron diffusion in amorphous silicon
Physical review letters [American Physical Society], Volume: 100 Issue: 15 Pages: 155901
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter [IOP Publishing], Volume: 20 Issue: 17 Pages: 175215
He implantation to control B diffusion in crystalline and preamorphized Si
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena [American Vacuum Society], Volume: 26 Issue: 1 Pages: 386-390
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena [American Vacuum Society], Volume: 26 Issue: 1 Pages: 382-385
Indirect Diffusion Mechanism of Boron Atoms in Crystalline and Amorphous Silicon
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) [Cambridge University Press], Volume: 1070
B Clustering in Amorphous Silicon
JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. B [], Volume: 26 Pages: 382-385
Indirect Diffusion Mechanism of Boron Atoms in Crystalline and Amorphous Silicon
MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive [Cambridge University Press], Volume: 1070
Applied Physics Letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 91 Issue: 3 Pages: 031905
He induced nanovoids for point-defect engineering in B-implanted crystalline Si
Journal of applied physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 101 Issue: 2 Pages: 023515
Abdollah-zadeh, A. 259 Adeva, P. 127, 211 Agnew, SR 29 Angella, G. 436
Materials Science and Engineering A [], Volume: 462 Pages: 465-466
Lattice strain induced by boron clusters in crystalline silicon
Semiconductor science and technology [IOP Publishing], Volume: 21 Issue: 6 Pages: L41
Fluorine incorporation in preamorphized silicon
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena [American Vacuum Society], Volume: 24 Issue: 1 Pages: 433-436
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology-Section B [Woodbury, NY: Published for the Society by the American Institute of Physics, 1991-], Volume: 24 Issue: 1 Pages: 433-436
Dissolution kinetics of B clusters in crystalline Si
Materials Science and Engineering: B [Elsevier], Volume: 124 Pages: 32-38
Submicron confinement effect on electrical activation of B implanted in Si
Materials Science and Engineering: B [Elsevier], Volume: 124 Pages: 257-260
Experimental evidences for two paths in the dissolution process of B clusters in crystalline Si
Applied Physics Letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 87 Issue: 22 Pages: 221902
B activation enhancement in submicron confined implants in Si
Applied Physics Letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 87 Issue: 13 Pages: 133110
Fluorine segregation and incorporation during solid-phase epitaxy of Si
Applied Physics Letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 86 Issue: 12 Pages: 121905
Experimental evidences for two paths in the dissolution process of B clusters in crystalline silicon
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS [], Volume: 87 Pages: 221902-1-3
Innovative 3D graphene structures for energy and sensing applications
IEEE Nanotechnology materials and devices conference NMDC 2014 [],
Carrier mobility degradation in highly B-doped junctions
2009 Spanish Conference on Electron Devices [IEEE], Pages: 34-37
Effect of He Induced Nanovoid on B Implanted in Si: The Microscopic Mechanism
2007 15th International Conference on Advanced Thermal Processing of Semiconductors [IEEE], Pages: 105-110