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Nicolò Maccaferri
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| Faculty or Centre | Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine | ||||
| Department | Department of Physics and Materials Science | ||||
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Campus Limpertsberg, Université du Luxembourg 162 A, avenue de la Faïencerie L-1511 Luxembourg |
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| Campus Office | BRB 0.12 | ||||
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| Telephone | (+352) 46 66 44 6412 | ||||
| Fax | (+352) 46 66 44 36412 | ||||
Nicolò Maccaferri started his research activity in 2010 at the Department of Physics of the University of Ferrara (Ferrara, Italy) as Undergraduate Research Assistant working on exchange bias in magnetic materials.
From 2012 to 2016 he was Pre-doctoral Researcher at the Nanoscience Research Center CIC nanoGUNE (Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain), where he studied the physical properties of plasmonic magnetic nanostructures and their application to bio-sensing and optical isolation at the nanoscale. His contributions to the field of magneto-plasmonics were recognized in 2015 by the Italian Physical Society through the Piero Brovetto Award. After short visits at Aalto School of Science (Eespo, Finland) in 2014, and at the Chalmers University of Technology (Gothenburg, Sweden) in 2015, he obtained the PhD in Physics of Nanostructures and Advanced Materials in 2016 from the University of the Basque Country (Bilbao, Spain). From 2017 to 2018 he was a Research Associate at the Italian Institute of Technology (Genova, Italy) in the Plasmon Nanotechnologies Group, where his main activities were devoted to expand his knowledge on photonic nanostructures for biological applications, such as single molecule detection and DNA sequencing.
Since 2019 he is a Research Associate at the Department of Physics and Materials Science at the University of Luxembourg in the Ultrafast Phenomena in Condensed Matter Physics Group led by Prof. Daniele Brida. Here, the main objective of his research is to develop novel concepts in materials science by investigating the physical properties of multi-functional nanoscale metamaterials of high technological interest, in particular for information processing in the framework of ultrafast magnetism and opto-spintronics, by using laser-based frequency- and time-resolved spectroscopy techniques spanning from the visible to the THz frequency range. Part of his research is also devoted to develop new schemes for improving the detection of molecules and the discrimination of chemical reactions on the nanoscale by using advanced plasmonic architectures and materials. The aim of this research line is to foster multidisciplinary collaborations with national and international partners to identify and develop novel, more sensitive and more affordable bio-medical technologies.
Since January 2020, he is also Principal Investigator of the CORE Project “Ultrafast coherent hybridization of photons and spins in multi-functional magnetoplasmonic metamaterials – ULTRON”, funded by the National Research Fund Luxembourg (FNR). Currently, he serves also as the Chair of the Early Career Advisory Board of Nano Letters (American Chemical Society) and as a Research Coach of the Luxembourg Agency for Research Integrity (LARI).
He has co-authored more than 30 articles in several high-impact peer-reviewed journals, including Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Nano Letters, as well as he have contributed to more than 60 scientific conferences, workshops, schools and academic seminars all over the world.
Last updated on: Thursday, 19 March 2020
2020
Machine learning in nanoscience: big data at small scales; ; ; ;
in Nano Letters (2020), 20(1), 2-10
Plasmon Hybridization in Compressible Metal-Insulator-Metal Nano-Cavities: an Optical Approach for Sensing Deep Sub-Wavelength Deformation; ; ; ; ; ;
in Advanced Optical Materials (2020)
Bio-assisted tailored synthesis of plasmonic silver nanorings and site-selective deposition on graphene arrays; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
in Advanced Optical Materials (2020), 8(4), 1901583
Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy of Bright and Dark Modes in Hyperbolic Metamaterial Nanostructures; ; ; ;
in Advanced Optical Materials (2020)
Ultrafast all-optical switching enabled by epsilon-near-zero-tailored absorption in metal-insulator nanocavities; ; ; ; ; ; ;
in Communications Physics (2020), 3
Particle trapping and beaming using a 3D nanotip excited with a plasmonic vortex; ; ; ; ; ; ;
in Optics Letters (2020), 45(4), 823-826
Enhanced magnetic modulation of light polarization exploiting hybridization with multipolar dark plasmons in magnetoplasmonic nanocavities; ; ; ; ; ;
in Light: Science and Applications (2020), 9
Designer Bloch plasmon polariton dispersion in grating-coupled hyperbolic metamaterials; ; ; ; ;
in APL Photonics (2020), 5
Intracellular recording of human cardiac action potentials on market-available multielectrode array platforms; ; ; ; ; ; ;
in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2020), 8
Two-state switchable plasmonic tweezers for dynamic manipulation of nano-objects; ; ; ;
in Nanoscale (2020), 12
2019
Field-resolved response of plasmonic antennas; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
in Proceedings 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference (2019)
Plasmonic nanopores for single-molecule detection and manipulation: towards sequencing applications; ; ;
in Nano Letters (2019), 19(11), 7553-7562
On-Demand Intracellular Delivery of Single Particles in Single Cells by 3D Hollow Nanoelectrodes; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
in Nano Letters (2019), 19(2), 722-731
Fabrication and Optical Characterization of Hyperbolic Nanoparticles on a Transparent Substrate; ; ; ; ;
in Proceedings of SPIE : The International Society for Optical Engineering (2019), 10927
Coupling phenomena and collective effects in resonant meta-atoms supporting both plasmonic and (opto-)magnetic functionalities: an overview on properties and applicationsin Journal of the Optical Society of America B (2019), 36(7), 112-131
Time-Resolved Investigations and Biotechnological Applications of Plasmonic Nanostructuresin Proceedings (2019), 26(1), 24
FRET Characterization of Hollow Plasmonic Nanoantennas; ; ;
in Proceedings of SPIE : The International Society for Optical Engineering (2019), 10894
Hyperbolic Meta-Antennas Enable Full Control of Scattering and Absorption of Light; ; ; ; ; ;
in Nano Letters (2019), 19(3), 1851-1859
Site-Selective Integration of MoS2 Flakes on Nanopores by Means of Electrophoretic Deposition; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
in ACS Omega (2019), 4(5), 9294-9300
Electrophoretic Deposition of WS2 Flakes on Nanoholes Arrays—Role of Used Suspension Medium; ; ; ; ;
in Materials (2019), 12(20), 3286
Plasmonic Nanopore Prepared on MoS2 Membrane - Hybrid Nanostructures Based on Site Selective Deposition; ; ; ; ;
in Proceedings of SPIE : The International Society for Optical Engineering (2019), 10894
All-Dielectric and Magnetoplasmonic Nanoantenna Surfaces for the Dynamic Chiroptics; ; ; ; ;
in Proceedings 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference (2019)
Site-selective functionalization of plasmonic nanopores for enhanced fluorescence emission rate and Förster Resonance Energy Transfer; ; ; ; ;
in Nanoscale Advances (2019), 1(6), 2454-2461
A hybrid metal–dielectric zero mode waveguide for enhanced single molecule detection; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
in Chemical Communications (2019)
2018
Live Intracellular Biorthogonal Imaging by Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy using Alkyne-Silver Nanoparticles Clusters; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
in Scientific Reports (2018), 8
Enhanced Raman Investigation of Cell Membrane and Intracellular Compounds by 3D Plasmonic Nanoelectrode Arrays; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
in Advanced Science (2018), 5(12), 1800560
Hybrid plasmonic nanostructures based on controlled integration of MoS2 flakes on metallic nanoholes; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
in Nanoscale (2018), 10(36), 17105-17111
Helical light emission from plasmonic vortices via magnetic tapered tip; ;
in Journal of Physics. Conference Series (2018), 961
Plasmonic zero mode waveguide for highly confined and enhanced fluorescence emission; ; ; ; ;
in Nanoscale (2018), 10(36), 17362-17369
Hybrid Ni/SiO2/Au dimer arrays for high-resolution refractive index sensing; ; ; ;
in Nanophotonics (2018), 7(5), 905-912
Magnetic Control of the Chiroptical Plasmonic Surfaces; ; ; ;
in Nano Letters (2018), 18(1), 302-307
2017
Nanoporous gold decorated with silver nanoparticles as large area efficient SERS substrate; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
in Proceedings of SPIE : The International Society for Optical Engineering (2017), 10346
Scanning Probe Photonic Nanojet Lithography; ; ; ; ; ;
in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (2017), 9(37), 32386-32393
Magnetoplasmonic control of plasmonic vortices; ; ; ; ;
in Applied Physics Letters (2017), 111(20), 201104
2016
Magnetoplasmonic crystals based on anisotropic nanoantennas; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (2016)
Hybrid plasmonic lattices with tunable magneto-optical activity; ; ; ; ; ; ;
in Optics Express (2016), 24(4), 3652-3662
Anisotropic Nanoantenna-Based Magnetoplasmonic Crystals for Highly Enhanced and Tunable Magneto-Optical Activity; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
in Nano Letters (2016), 16(4), 2533-2542
Polarization conversion-based molecular sensing using anisotropic plasmonic metasurfaces; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
in Nanoscale (2016), 8(20), 10576-10581
2015
Ultrasensitive and label-free molecular-level detection enabled by light phase control in magnetoplasmonic nanoantennas; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
in Nature Communications (2015), 6
Resonant Enhancement of Magneto-Optical Activity Induced by Surface Plasmon Polariton Modes Coupling in 2D Magnetoplasmonic Crystals; ; ; ; ; ;
in ACS Photonics (2015), 2(12), 1769-1779
2014
Magnetoplasmonic Design Rules for Active Magneto-Optics; ; ; ; ; ; ;
in Nano Letters (2014), 14(12), 7207-7214
Effects of a non-absorbing substrate on the magneto-optical Kerr response of plasmonic ferromagnetic nanodisks; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
in Physica Status Solidi A. Applications and Materials Science (2014), 211(5), 1067-1075
2013
Tuning the Magneto-Optical Response of Nanosize Ferromagnetic Ni Disks Using the Phase of Localized Plasmons; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
in Physical Review Letters (2013), 111(16), 167401
Polarizability and magnetoplasmonic properties of magnetic general nanoellipsoids.; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
in Optics Express (2013), 21(8), 9875-9889
