Prof. Andrea Mura short CV

Born in 30-9-60, Perdasdefogu (Sardinia) he took the degree in physics cum laude at the University of Cagliari in the 1987 and from 1987 to 1989 he was scholarship holder at the “School of Optics and Optical Technologies” of the University of Cagliari. From 1990 to 2000 he was researcher in Physics at the Engineering Faculty of the University of Cagliari and from 2001 he is associate professor in Physics at the Engineering Faculty of the University of Cagliari. Its main teaching activity is on basic Physics, Physic of Materials and Devices and Physic of Metals among the Engineering and Materials Science Faculties. In 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, and 2000, he was invited for two month-research stays at the Institut de Physique Appliquée, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale of Lausanne. Professor in charge of the Ultrafast Laboratory of the Department of Physics of the University of Cagliari, he is collaborator of 5 national projects and he is author in more then 110 articles on international journals and author of more than 65 contributions to international conferences. Prof. Andrea Mura has a well established experience in the field of inorganic and organic semiconductors. These studies are performed using several spectroscopic techniques and under different physical conditions such as temperature and high hydrostatic pressure.

EDUCATION

1987 Graduated in Physics (110/110 cum laude), University of Cagliari, Italy,

1988-1989 Scholarship on “Optical Technologies”, University of Cagliari, Italy,

ACADEMIC CAREER

1990-2000 Researcher at Faculty of Engineering, University of Cagliari, Italy

2000 to present Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Cagliari, Italy

• Fellow of the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Cagliari
• Fellow of the Doctorate School in Physics, University of Cagliari
• Fellow of the executive committee of INFM-CNR SLACS laboratory (since 2008)
• Fellow of the network “Organic semiconductors”- INFM-CNR (2001-2003)
• Member of the scientific board of “Centro Grandi Strumenti “(Center of large instruments) CGS- University of Cagliari
• Member of PhD school in Condensed Matter Physics (University of Cagliari)
• Vice-director of the Department of Physics (University of Cagliari)

RESEARCH FIELDS

AM is an experimental physicist with a long-standing research activity in linear, nonlinear and ultrafast spectroscopy. Investigations addressed or/and address the following research topics:

• LOW DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTORS

Optical nonlinearities near the optical gap in quantum wells and microcavities: optical gain, band gap renormalization, four-wave-mixing and exciton-polariton amplifier

• MOLECULAR PHOTONICS

Excited state properties, excited state dynamics, optical nonlinearities and optical gain in: linear p-conjugated molecular semiconductors; self-assembled molecular nanofibers; organolanthanides: er3+ emission sensitized by molecular antennae for telecom applications. Devices. Laser.

• NANOSTRUCTURED ORGANIC/INORGANIC MATERIALS FOR PHOTONICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS

Excited state properties, excited state dynamics, optical nonlinearities and optical gain in: host-guest nanostructured materials, hybrid nanostructured organic/inorganic systems, colloidal nanocrystals. Devices: Photodetectors and photovoltaic cells

PUBLICATIONS

AM is co-author in more then 110 papers in peer reviewed International Journal.

Some relevant publications:

• “Light-induced charged and trap states in colloidal nanocrystals detected by variable pulse rate photoluminescence spectroscopy”. ACS Nano , (in press)

• “Charged excitons, Auger recombination and optical gain in CdSe/CdS nanocrystals”. Nanotechnology, vol. 23,(2012)
• “Organic−organic heteroepitaxy of red-, green-, and blue-emitting nanofibers”. ACS Nano 4, 6244 (2010)
• “Exciton-exciton interaction and optical gain in colloidal cdse/cds dot/rod nanocrystals” Adv. Mater. 21, 1482 (2009)
• “Solution processable near infrared photodetectors based on electron transfer from PbS nanocrystals to fullerene derivatives”, Adv. Mater. 21, 683 (2009)
• “Temperature tuning of nonlinear exciton processes in self-assembled oligophenyl nanofibers under laser action", Adv. Mater. 9999, 1-5 (2008)
• "New insight on near-infrared emitters based on er-quinolate complex: synthesis, characterization, structural, and photophysical properties", Adv. Funct. Mater. 17, 2365 (2007)
• “Organic nanostructured host-guest materials containing three dyes“,Adv. Mater. 16, 1716 (2004)
• “Random laser action in self-organized para-sexiphenyls nanofibers grown by hot-wall hepitaxy”,Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 4454 (2004).
• “Intrinsic excitonic luminescence in odd and even numbered oligothiophenes”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 157403 (2002).
• “High-temperature ultrafast polariton parametric amplification in semiconducotr microcavities”,  Nature 414, 731 (2001).
• “Ultrafast formation of nonemissive species via intermolecular interaction in single crystals of conjugated molecules” , Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 732 (2001)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

• Director of the national school and workshop on “Advanced organic material for photonics and optoelectronics”, held biennially in Sardinia 2001,2006,2008.
• Co-organizer of the international school “Molecules in Nanochannels, Synthesis, Spectroscopy, and Application” held in Cagliari, 2003.
• Co-organizer of the international school “European Spring School 2010 Supramolecular Organized Nanostructured Materials for Optoelectronic Applications ” Alghero, June 2010.

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS

• “Complessi di lantanidi con proprietà di luminescenza nel vicino infrarosso per fotonica molecolare” ,(2010-2012) within the regional programme -Promozione della ricerca scientifica e dell’innovazione tecnologica in Sardegna.

• “Design di nanomateriali ibridi organici/inorganici per l’energia fotovoltaica” (2010-2012), within the regional programme -Promozione della ricerca scientifica e dell’innovazione tecnologica in Sardegna.
• “Supramolecular nanostrucutured organic/inorganic hybrid systems”, within the European programme FP6 “Marie Curie Research Training Network” 2007-20010(NANOMATCH).
• “Molecular organic semiconductors for blue lasers” within MIUR-Italy-Austria bilateral project , 2004.
• “Synthesis of novel organic materials and supramolecular architectures for high efficiency optoelectronic and photonics systems”, within MIUR-FIRB project (2006-2009)
• “Laboratorio di misure spettroscopiche, di trasporto e magnetiche in materiali sottoposti a pressioni estreme", within the Programma Operativo Nazionale (PON), 2003.
• “Laboratorio Interdisciplinare di Microscopie e Nanoscopie): proprietà elettroniche, ottiche, composizionali e strutturali di dispositivi e materiali naturali e di sintesi.”, within the Programma Operativo Nazionale (PON), 2003.
• “Molecules in Nanochannels, Synthesis, Spectroscopy, and Application” , within the European programme “Human Potential and Mobility of Researchers Programme” 2002.
• “New light emitters for telecommunications based on organic complexes of lanthanides”, within MIUR-PRIN project (2002).
• “Artificial Organic Nanostructures For Photonic Applications”, within MIUR-FIRB project (2001).
• “Organic molecular nanostructures: novel light emitting materials", within MIUR-PRIN project (1998).
• “Pressure effects on the electronic properties of organic semiconductors” INFM Project (1998).
• “Multistrati organici deposti in UHV per applicazioni optoelettroniche" INFM Project (1997)

LABORATORIES

AM with Giovanni Bongiovanni is in-charge of the Optoelectronics and Photonics Labs at the Department of Physics, University of Cagliari. http://www.dsf.unica.it/~fotonica/index.html