Semiconductor sensor laboratory

Short description

It is a laboratory where research and teaching activities are carried out about organic materials properties and their functionalization to create a novel generation of bioelectronic interfaces. We fabricate OECT sensors as soft biocompatible scaffold and investigate in detail properties of conducting polymers as promising materials for tissue engineering applications.

Research themes

• Organic semiconductors and nanostructured this films for advanced electronic devices
• Semiconductors and nanostructures for photovoltaics and photonic applications
• Transducing cellular signals with organic semiconductors 
• Organic electrochemical transistors for biosensing 
• Soft materials for bioelectronics 

• flexible optoelectronics 

Instrumentation

• 3D printer 
• Water distiller 
• optical microscope 

• high precision analytical balance 
• Keithley 2400 
• setup for electrodeposition and electrochemical measurements 

Advisory services

SSL carries out activities ‘Conto terzi’ for industrial innovation needs; a scientific collaboration is ongoing  with the company ‘Polynt’ (Italia) on the topic: ‘Characterization of microparticle surface adhesion and electrostatic properties using Atomic Force Microscopy’. 

Teaching and training

The PF laboratory offers its resources to support: 

• Thesis development (LT/LM in Physics, MANO curriculum) 
• Development of research projects for PhD students and postdoctoral students