Senior Researcher
Research Interests:
Quantum dots; Quantum dot materials; Colloidal nanoparticles; Quantum dot devices
Personal website:
https://sites.google.com/view/vannilughi/home
Selected publications:
Size Control at Maximum Yield and Growth Kinetics of Colloidal II–VI Semiconductor Nanocrystals Journal Article
In: J. Phys. Chem. C, vol. 123, no. 2, pp. 1421–1428, 2019, ISSN: 1932-7455.
Precise Engineering of Nanocrystal Shells via Colloidal Atomic Layer Deposition Journal Article
In: Chem. Mater., vol. 29, no. 19, pp. 8111–8118, 2017, ISSN: 1520-5002.
Tailoring Charge Donor–Acceptor Interaction in CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals through Ligand Exchange Journal Article
In: Small Science, vol. 4, no. 5, 2024, ISSN: 2688-4046.
A thermodynamic tool for designing efficient syntheses of monodisperse and size-tuned nanocrystals Journal Article
In: Computational Materials Science, vol. 217, 2023, ISSN: 0927-0256.
Upconversion photoluminescence in colloidal CdSe/CdS nanocrystal-based solid films Journal Article
In: Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, vol. 26, 2021, ISSN: 2352-507X.


Biography
PhD in Materials, University of California at Santa Barbara (2006). He is now associate professor of Materials Science and Technology at the University of Trieste. His research interest is focused on the use of quantum dots and in general nanoparticles as building blocks for new materials with emerging, collective functional properties.