Nicolò MACCAFERRI
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| Faculty or Centre | Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication | ||||
| Research Unit | RU 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 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. In 2014, he was Visiting Researcher in the NanoSpin Group at the Department of Applied Physics of Aalto University (Espoo, Finland), where he contributed to the design of hybrid plasmonic nanostructures with magneto-optical functionalities. In 2015 he was also Visiting Scientist at the Department of Physics at Chalmers University of Technology (Gothenburg, Sweden), where he co-devised an optical bio-sensing scheme based on polarization conversion analysis, and co-developed a new class of magneto-active meta-surfaces.
From 2017 to 2018 he was Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Italian Institute of Technology (Genoa, Italy) in the Plasmon Nanotechnologies Group, where his main activities were devoted to the design of photo-reactive nanostructures and metamaterials interfacing with biological matter for intracellular delivery of single nanoparticles and molecules, and cell membrane and nucleus investigations through surface enhanced spectroscopy techniques. He contributed also to the design and the implementation of plasmonic nanopores for single protein and genomic material sequencing, as well as for the enhancement of energy transfer mechanisms.
In 2019 he joined the newly established Ultrafast Phenomena in Condensed Matter Group led by Prof. Daniele Brida at the University of Luxembourg. The main objective of his research is to develop novel concepts in materials science, in particular to achieve a full dynamic tunability of optical, electronic and thermal effects in multi-functional nanoscale metamaterials of high technological interest by investigating their physical properties at ultrashort timescales spanning from the visible to the THz frequency range. He is also interested in exploring new avenues to enhance and actively manipulate optical nonlinearities and opto-magnetic effects in the framework of ultrafast magnetism and opto-spintronics.
His contributions to the field of magneto-plasmonics were also recognized by the Piero Brovetto Award of the Italian Physical Society. Since 2013 he have co-authored 20 articles in several peer-reviewed journals, including Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Nano Letters. He has also 60 contributions at international scientific conferences, workshops and academic seminars.
He serves also as Co-chair of the Early Career Advisory Board of Nano Letters and as a Research Coach of the Luxembourg Agency for Research Integrity (LARI).
Last updated on: Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Last updated on: 20 Feb 2019
In press
Bio-assisted tailored synthesis of plasmonic silver nanorings and site-selective deposition on graphene arrays; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
in Advanced Optical Materials (in press)
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
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
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
