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Silicon nanostructures: nanodots, nanowires, nanopores; Development of non-conventional lithographic methods based on self-assembling of block-copolymers; Doping of silicon through molecular monolayers; Fabrication and characterisation of solar cells based on Si and Si nanostructures.
Rosaria A. Puglisi received the Master Degree (cum laude) in Physics and the Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Catania. During her PhD she worked for one year with Prof. Harry A. Atwater at the University of Caltech, Pasadena (Los Angeles). After her doctorate Rosaria obtained three scholarships, two from STMicroelectronics and one from INFM, and a Post-Doc (Assegno di Ricerca) from the University of Catania.
Since 2001 Rosaria is Researcher at CNR-IMM, where she has developed the following activities: Nanolithography based on self-assembly of copolymers (since 2005); Advanced semiconductor doping techniques using molecular monolayers (2011); Fabrication and characterization of photodiodes and solar cells based on Si nanostructures (2012).
Since 2017 she is member of the Professors Board of the PhD Course in Physics of the University of Messina. Since 2015 she is the responsible of the Solar Laboratory and the Copolymer Lithography Laboratory. From 2018 to 2020 she was the Coordinator of the "Synthesis of advanced materials" Technological Thematic Area for the IMM headquarters in Catania. She has served the Ministry of University (MUR), the VQR evaluation process and currently serves the Ministry of Economic Development (MISE), as Technical-Scientific Expert and Evaluator. Commissioner, for CNR and for Italian Universities, in more than 30 evaluation commissions for the awarding of scholarships, research grants, collaboration contracts and PhD positions, also in the role of President. She was a member of the Doctoral Examination Committee at the University of Oslo.
Rosaria collaborates with STMicroelectronics, Tyndall, SDU and with several Italian and foreign universities. In 2019 Rosaria received the recognition of having selected her funding proposal for a CNR-Confindustria Industrial PhD scholarship, as part of a selection at national level. The scholarship was also co-financed by STMicroelectronics of Catania, the first for IMM. She has co-organized several symposia in international scientific conferences and has held more than 60 seminars at international scientific conferences, including 10 Invited talks (EMRS, IEEE Conference, MRS Conference), three Keynote, one Award and one Plenary talk.
She has taught several teaching courses to PhD students and Master students; has been co-tutor for 8 PhD theses, 4 Master theses and 1 Bachelor thesis, and has been the scientific responsible, on behalf of IMM, of several scholarships and research grants.
She has been elected labor representative for the 9 CNR Institutes of the CNR in the Catania Area and appointed by the CNR General Director as substitute member of the CUG (Comitato Unico di Garanzia) of CNR. Since 2022 she is also CNR trainer for the implementation of the CNR Gender Equality Plan. In 2017 she created for CNR-IMM Catania a project dedicated to the dissemination of scientific disciplines to young women, the STEM Women in Science project, an activity for which she has been invited to present numerous seminars by various Italian schools and universities, presenting the activities to more than 3200 young students and professors so far.
STEM Project website: https://hq.imm.cnr.it/womeninscience.
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Scientific Productions
Early Stages of Aluminum-Doped Zinc Oxide Growth on Silicon Nanowires
Nanomaterials [MDPI], Volume: 12 Issue: 5 Pages: 772
Surface Plasmons in Silicon Nanowires
Advanced Photonics Research [], Pages: 2100130
Study of the Molecule Adsorption Process during the Molecular Doping
Nanomaterials [Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute], Volume: 11 Issue: 8 Pages: 1899
Carbon-Free Solution-Based Doping for Silicon
Nanomaterials [Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute], Volume: 11 Issue: 8 Pages: 2006
Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth of Silicon Nanowires with Diameter Smaller Than 5 nm
ACS omega [American Chemical Society], Volume: 4 Issue: 19 Pages: 17967-17971
Study on the Physico-Chemical Properties of the Si Nanowires Surface
Nanomaterials [Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute], Volume: 9 Issue: 6 Pages: 818
Self‐Assembling of Block Copolymers with Alternative Solvents
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics [], Volume: 220 Issue: 9 Pages: 1800523
Direct observation of single organic molecules grafted on the surface of a silicon nanowire
Scientific reports [Nature Publishing Group], Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-8
Transparent conductive polymer obtained by in-solution doping of PEDOT: PSS
Polymer [Elsevier], Volume: 155 Pages: 199-207
Transparent conductive polymers obtained by in-solution doping of PEDOT: PSS
Polymer [Elsevier],
physica status solidi (a) [], Volume: 215 Issue: 14 Pages: 1800114
Journal of Materials Chemistry A [The Royal Society of Chemistry],
Beilstein journal of nanotechnology [Beilstein-Institut], Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 287-295
Journal of Materials Chemistry A [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 5 Issue: 48 Pages: 25529-25538
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing [Pergamon], Volume: 42 Pages: 45-49
Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing [Pergamon], Volume: 42 Pages: 200-203
physica status solidi (a) [], Volume: 212 Issue: 8 Pages: 1685-1694
Towards ordered silicon nanostructures through self-assembling mechanisms and processes
Journal of Nanomaterials [Hindawi], Volume: 2015
Molecular doping applied to Si nanowires array based solar cells
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells [North-Holland], Volume: 132 Pages: 118-122
Room temperature evolution of gold nanodots deposited on silicon
Gold Bulletin [Springer Berlin Heidelberg], Volume: 47 Issue: 3 Pages: 185-193
Nanofabrication processes for innovative nanohole‐based solar cells
Physica status solidi (a) [], Volume: 210 Issue: 8 Pages: 1564-1570
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 113 Issue: 21 Pages: 214313
Radial junctions formed by conformal chemical doping for innovative hole-based solar cells
Materials Science and Engineering: B [Elsevier], Volume: 178 Issue: 9 Pages: 686-690
Structural and chemical characterization of nanocrystalline and amorphous hydrogenated Si films
physica status solidi (c) [WILEY‐VCH Verlag], Volume: 9 Issue: 10‐11 Pages: 1892-1895
ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology [IOP Publishing], Volume: 1 Issue: 3 Pages: Q52
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 111 Issue: 4 Pages: 043510
Silicon Nanowires Obtained by Low Temperature Plasma-Based Chemical Vapor Deposition.
Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc [], Volume: 1408 Pages: 139
Journal of Materials Research [Cambridge University Press], Volume: 26 Issue: 2 Pages: 240
4H-SiC Schottky photodiode based demonstrator board for UV-Index monitoring
IEEE Sensors Journal [IEEE], Volume: 11 Issue: 2 Pages: 377-381
4H-SiC Schottky photodiode based demonstrator board for UV-Index monitoring
IEEE Sensors Journal [IEEE], Volume: 11 Issue: 2 Pages: 377-381
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 108 Issue: 2 Pages: 023701
Journal of Applied Physics [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 105 Issue: 8 Pages: 083546
Journal of Applied Physics [], Volume: 105 Issue: 8
Nano-patterning with block copolymers
Superlattices and Microstructures [Academic Press], Volume: 44 Issue: 4-5 Pages: 693-698
Tailoring the long-range order of block copolymer based nanomasks on flat substrates
Applied Physics Letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 91 Issue: 5 Pages: 053104
Nanocrystal memory cell integration in a stand-alone 16-Mb nor flash device
IEEE transactions on electron devices [IEEE], Volume: 54 Issue: 6 Pages: 1376-1383
Nano-Patterning of GST Thin Films by Self-Assembled Di-Block Copolymers Lithography
MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS [Warrendale, Pa.; Materials Research Society; 1999], Volume: 997 Pages: 323
Si/SiO 2 core shell clusters probed by Raman spectroscopy
The European Physical Journal B-Condensed Matter and Complex Systems [EDP sciences], Volume: 46 Issue: 4 Pages: 457-461
Physical Review B [American Physical Society], Volume: 71 Issue: 12 Pages: 125322
Physical Review-Section B-Condensed Matter [Woodbury, NY: published by the American Physical Society through the American Institute of Physics, c1998-], Volume: 71 Issue: 12 Pages: 125322-125322
Si/SiO2 core shell clusters probed by Raman spectroscopy Eur
Phys. J. B [], Volume: 46 Pages: 457-61
Si/SiO Formula core shell clusters probed by Raman spectroscopy p. 457
The European Physical Journal B [], Volume: 46 Issue: 4
Plasmon resonances in silicon quantum wires
European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) 2022-Fall Meeting [],
The early stages of the Molecule Deposition Process During the Molecular Doping
European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) 2022-Fall Meeting [],
The bonding mechanisms in the molecular doping process: an experimental and numerical approach
European Materials Research Society 2021 Fall Meeting: Symposium R: Nanomaterials-electronics &-photonics [],
Surface plasmon resonances in silicon nanowires with varying geometry
European Materials Research Society 2021 Fall Meeting: Symposium R: Nanomaterials-electronics &-photonics [],
Study of the surface plasmon resonances in silicon nanowires with diameters less than 100 nm
MRS-Materials Research Society Spring Meeting & Exhibit 2021 [],
Conductive Free Standing Polymer Paste Synthesized by Acid Induced Phase Separation
2018 IEEE 4th International Forum on Research and Technology for Society and Industry (RTSI) [IEEE], Pages: 1-5
Advantages of the FinFET architecture in SONOS and nanocrystal memory devices
2007 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting [IEEE], Pages: 921-924
Silicon Quasi‐One‐Dimensional Nanostructures for Photovoltaic Applications
Nanowires-New Insights [IntechOpen],