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Research Area

  • Title:
    RF devices based on carbon materials and 2D materials

  • Keywords:

    Electromagnetism, Nanotechnology, Carbon Materials.

  • Description:

    RF devices based on carbon materials and 2D materials are investigated through numerical modelling of the combined electromagnetic-quantum transport phenomena in nano-structured materials/devices, the analysis of quantum electrodynamics in 1D and 2D nanostructure, or, in general, low dimensional systems and the development of a computational platform, made of advanced and integrated numerical techniques, aimed at bridging from nano- to meso-scale level, form ballistic to non-ballistic regime, including the multi-physics modelling of quantum transport, electromagnetics, thermal effects, opto-mechanics, opto-electronics, non-linear systems.

  • Laboratory:

    Microwaves, Microscopy and Nanotechnology labs.

  • Contact Person:

    Luca Pierantoni

  • Collaborations:

    Università di Udine, Università di Bologna, IHP (Germany), Thales (France), Chalmers (Sweden), Forth (Greece), IMT (Bucharest), Tyndall (Ireland).

  • Projects:
    • 2023-2025 – Prin 2022 (D.D. n. 104 del 2/02/2022) STRAIN-G. STRAIN sensing metasurfaces by additive manufacturing technoloGies: an experimental demonstration of a wireless, powerless, chip-less, 5G compatible strain sensor technology based on engineered frequency-selective surfaces by 3D printing hybrid metal organic conductive nanocomposite
    • 2023-2026 – European Project H2020 “PLASNANO”, HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01, “Nano-scale Development of Plasmonic Amplifiers Based on 2D Materials”. The objective is to develop architectures that can efficiently amplify THz waves based on surface plasmons in 2D materials. By means of these new 2D materials, as well as traditional carbon-based materials such as graphene, the project aims to achieve revolutionary results in terms of amplification, incorporating silicon/germanium bipolar amplifiers and arrays of radiating elements at THz frequencies.
    • 2021-2023 – Project EDA (European Defence Agency), Tender reference number 20.RTI.OP.111: “Hybrid multifunctional metamaterials for defence applications” (HiMMODA).
    • 2021-2023 – European Project “Greenergy”, Call: H2020-LC-SC3-2018-2019-2020 (BUILDING A LOW-CARBON, CLIMATE RESILIENT FUTURE: SECURE, CLEAN AND EFFICIENT ENERGY), LC-SC3-RES-1-2019- 2020. N. 101006963. GreEnergy aims to develop broadband optical antenna arrays with high efficiency. A prototype of the integrated components incorporating optical nano-antennas with nano-rectifiers (rectennas) and a micro-energy storage component will be developed.
    • 2020-2023 – European Project “NANO-EH”: “Nanomaterials enabling intelligent energy harvesting for the next generation Internet of Things” (NANO-EH), H2020 FETPROACT-EIC-05-2019 RIA, n. 951761.
    • 2020-2023 – European Project H2020 “PLASNANO”, HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01, “Nano-scale Development of Plasmonic Amplifiers Based on 2D Materials”. The objective is to develop architectures that can efficiently amplify THz waves based on surface plasmons in 2D materials. Through the use of these new 2D materials, as well as traditional carbon-based materials such as graphene, the project aims to achieve revolutionary results in terms of amplification, incorporating silicon/germanium bipolar amplifiers and arrays of radiating elements at THz frequencies.
    • 2021-2023 – Project EDA (European Defence Agency), Tender reference number 20.RTI.OP.111: “Hybrid multifunctional metamaterials for defence applications” (HiMMODA).
    • 2021-2023 – European Project “Greenergy”, Call: H2020-LC-SC3-2018-2019-2020 (BUILDING A LOW-CARBON, CLIMATE RESILIENT FUTURE: SECURE, CLEAN AND EFFICIENT ENERGY), LC-SC3-RES-1-2019- 2020. N. 101006963. GreEnergy aims to develop broadband optical antenna arrays with high efficiency. A prototype of the integrated components incorporating optical nano-antennas with nano-rectifiers (rectennas) and a micro-energy storage component will be developed.
    • 2020-2023 – European Project “NANO-EH”: “Nanomaterials enabling intelligent energy harvesting for the next generation Internet of Things” (NANO-EH), H2020 FETPROACT-EIC-05-2019 RIA, n. 951761.
    • 2019-2022 – European Project “Nanosmart”, ICT-07-2018 Type of action: RIA Proposal number: SEP-210506362. NANOSMART develops unique concepts already proven by the consortium such as deep sub-wavelength antennae, CNT NEMS for RF switching, nano electromechanical reconfigurable filters and multiple FET technologies.
    • 2019-2022 – European Project “Nanopoly”, FETOPEN-01-2018-2019-2020 Type of action: RIA (Research and Innovation action) Proposal number: 829061. NANOPOLY promises a nano sized circuit platform with a new performance envelope, useful in all future analogue applications such as miniaturized consumer electronics, health monitoring, high-end THz applications.
    • 2016-2019 – European Project “Nanoarchitectronics (NTX)”, H2020 – FETOPEN-2016-2017-CSA, n. 737135 (2017-2018), on the design and development reconfigurable, adaptive and cognitive structures, sensorial surfaces and functional “skins”.