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Vibrational spectroscopy; Spectral imaging for Bioanalytics and Diagnostics; Biosensing; Nanostructured devices
Master Degree in Quantum Optics at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" and Ph.D. in physics in 2003 at the University Roma Tre. In the following years, she directed the research activity aimed at the development of biosensors and nanostructured devices for biomedical applications at NANOMED laboratories, at the Department of Physics of the University of Genova, where she also conducted teaching activities at the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy (Physics for Cultural Heritage) and Medicine.
Since November 2012, she is a research scientist at the National Research Council, CNR, in the Area of Roma Tor Vergata (first in the Institute of Complex Systems, ISC, then, from 2017, in the Institute of Microelectronics and Microsystems, IMM) where she works on the use of vibrational micro-spectroscopy for bioanalytical and diagnostic applications. She is the author of numerous articles published in international journals (http://publicationslist.org/vale_nena) and of two patents relating to nanoscale biosensors for nanomedicine applications.
In October 2010, she contributed to the foundation of the spin-off of the University of Genova "Nanomed Srl", and in 2013 she obtained the National Scientific Qualification for Associate Professor.
Since 2013, she coordinates the CNR inter-departmental Virtual Laboratory Tech4Bio (www.tech4bio.eu), which includes several Institutes (IMM, IFN, IFT, ISM) and brings together skills and facilities in the field of Life Science: biosensors, biochemistry, microscopy, spectroscopy, advanced microfluidic devices and lab-on-chip development for bioanalytics and diagnostics, micro and nano-scale characterization, design and study of new smart biomaterials.
From July 2014 to September 2017 she was responsible for the Supporting Organizational Unit of the Institute of Complex Systems of CNR in the Rome Research Area of Tor Vergata, UOS ISC RM2.
She is an expert evaluator for H2020-FETOPEN-2016-2017-RIA, for the Italian Ministry for Economic Development and for the Ministry of University and Research.
She is a member of the organizing committee of the "Biophysics@Rome" (www.biophysicsatrome.org) periodical conference, and since 2015 she is member of the European COST Action Raman4Clinics (www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/bmbs/BM1401).
Scientific Productions
Diameter dependence of the temperature dynamics of hot carriers in photoexcited GaAsP nanowires
arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.05471 [],
Materials Science and Engineering: C [Elsevier], Pages: 111951
Talanta [Elsevier], Volume: 221 Pages: 121442
Ga2Se3 Nanowires via Au-Assisted Heterovalent Exchange Reaction on GaAs
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C [American Chemical Society], Volume: 124 Issue: 32 Pages: 17783-17794
International Journal of Nanomedicine [Dove Press], Volume: 14 Pages: 9295
Aggregation behaviour of triphenylphosphonium bolaamphiphiles
Journal of colloid and interface science [Academic Press], Volume: 531 Pages: 451-462
Journal of Molecular Recognition [], Volume: 31 Issue: 11 Pages: e2732
Mechanical properties of “two generations” of teeth aligners: Change analysis during oral permanence
Dental materials journal [The Japanese Society for Dental Materials and Devices], Volume: 37 Issue: 5 Pages: 835-842
Nanotechnology [IOP Publishing], Volume: 29 Issue: 41 Pages: 415102
Zn nanoparticle formation in FIB irradiated single crystal ZnO
Applied Surface Science [North-Holland], Volume: 433 Pages: 899-903
Nanostructured substrates for biomedical applications
Edorium Open [], Volume: 1 Pages: 4-8
Nanostructured substrates for biomedical applications
Edorium Open [], Volume: 1 Pages: 4-8
Zn nanoparticle formation in FIB irradiated single crystal ZnO
Applied Surface Science [North-Holland],
A Deep Morphological Characterization and Comparison of Different Dental Restorative Materials
BioMed Research International [Hindawi], Volume: 2017
AIP Advances [AIP Publishing LLC], Volume: 7 Issue: 2 Pages: 025210
Focused ion beam surface treatments of single crystal zinc oxide for device fabrication
Materials & Design [Elsevier], Volume: 112 Pages: 530-538
Journal of biophotonics [WILEY‐VCH Verlag], Volume: 9 Issue: 6 Pages: 619-625
Scientific reports [Nature Publishing Group], Volume: 6 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-10
Selective protein detection with a dsLNA-functionalized nanopore
Biosensors and Bioelectronics [Elsevier], Volume: 64 Pages: 219-226
Analyst [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 140 Issue: 16 Pages: 5754-5763
Micro and nanofluidic platforms for advanced diagnostics
Edorium Journal of Nanotechnology [Edorium Journals], Volume: 1 Pages: 1-7
Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid publications [], Volume: 8
Sensors [Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute], Volume: 13 Issue: 11 Pages: 14523-14542
Microfluidics and nanofluidics [Springer-Verlag], Volume: 14 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 21-30
Modulating DNA translocation by a controlled deformation of a PDMS nanochannel device
Scientific reports [Nature Publishing Group], Volume: 2 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-6
Size and functional tuning of solid state nanopores by chemical functionalization
Nanotechnology [IOP Publishing], Volume: 23 Issue: 43 Pages: 435301
Synlett [© Georg Thieme Verlag], Volume: 23 Issue: 10 Pages: 1459-1462
“DNA-Dressed NAnopore” for complementary sequence detection
Biosensors and Bioelectronics [Elsevier], Volume: 29 Issue: 1 Pages: 125-131
Binding force measurement of NF-κB–ODNs interaction: An AFM based decoy and drug testing tool
Biosensors and Bioelectronics [Elsevier], Volume: 28 Issue: 1 Pages: 158-165
The Febs Journal [The FEBS Journal], Volume: 278 Pages: 439
DNA detection with a polymeric nanochannel device
Lab on a Chip [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 11 Issue: 17 Pages: 2961-2966
Electrical characterization of DNA-functionalized solid state nanopores for bio-sensing
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter [IOP Publishing], Volume: 22 Issue: 45 Pages: 454104
Carbon [Pergamon], Volume: 48 Issue: 12 Pages: 3391-3398
Interactions of single-wall carbon nanotubes with endothelial cells
Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine [Elsevier], Volume: 6 Issue: 2 Pages: 277-288
DNA-functionalized solid state nanopore for biosensing
Nanotechnology [IOP Publishing], Volume: 21 Issue: 14 Pages: 145102
A sensitive and practical fluorimetric test for CNT acidic site determination
Chemical communications [The Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 46 Issue: 9 Pages: 1443-1445
Optical investigation of metallic lithium colloids and F-centres in ion-assisted LiF thin films
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering [IOP Publishing], Volume: 15 Issue: 1 Pages: 012017
Solid state nanopores for gene expression profiling
Superlattices and Microstructures [Academic Press], Volume: 46 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 59-63
Preparation and properties of macroporous brushite bone cements
Acta biomaterialia [Elsevier], Volume: 5 Issue: 6 Pages: 2161-2168
Nanotechnology applications in medicine
Tumori Journal [SAGE Publications], Volume: 94 Issue: 2 Pages: 206-215
In situ study of the dewetting behavior of Ni-films on oxidized Si (001) by GISAXS
Surface science [North-Holland], Volume: 601 Issue: 18 Pages: 4526-4530
Surface science [North-Holland], Volume: 601 Issue: 13 Pages: 2746-2749
Toward control of point defects in lithium fluoride thin layers
physica status solidi c [WILEY‐VCH Verlag], Volume: 4 Issue: 3 Pages: 864-869
Surface nanostructuring and optical activation of lithium fluoride crystals by ion beam irradiation
Applied physics letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 88 Issue: 10 Pages: 103116
Nanostructuring polymers by soft lithography templates realized via ion sputtering
Nanotechnology [IOP Publishing], Volume: 16 Issue: 11 Pages: 2714
Ion sputtered surfaces as templates for carbon nanotubes alignment and deformation
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms [North-Holland], Volume: 230 Issue: 1-4 Pages: 545-550
Active waveguides produced in lithium fluoride by He+ implantation
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms [North-Holland], Volume: 230 Issue: 1-4 Pages: 257-261
F-colour centers and lithium nano-clusters in ion-beam assisted lif thin films
Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials [], Volume: 7 Issue: 1 Pages: 207-213
A sensitive and practical fluorimetric test for CNTs acidic sites determination
Giornate Italo-Francesi di Chimica [SCI], Pages: CO-14-CO-14
Giornate Italo-Francesi di Chimica [SCI], Pages: CP-14-CP-14
DNA-functionalized nanopores for single molecule analysis
2009 9th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO) [IEEE], Pages: 682-684
Carbon nanotubes for targeted drug delivery
2009 9th Ieee Conference on Nanotechnology (Ieee-Nano) [IEEE], Pages: 644-646
Development of a polymeric device for gene expression profiling
2009 9th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO) [IEEE], Pages: 613-615