Fabio Taddei

  • CNR Researcher
  • fabio.taddei@nano.cnr.it
  • Pisa
  • +39-050-509159
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Short Bio

I got my first degree in Physics in 1995 at the University of Milan (Italy). In 2000 I obtained a PhD in Physics at Lancaster University (UK) in the group of Prof. C. J. Lambert, working on a thesis titled “Spin-polarized transport in superconducting and ferromagnetic nanostructures”. I then moved to the University of Catania (Italy) with a postdoctoral position to work with Prof. R. Fazio. I became a researcher at NEST in September 2003. Since then, I have been collaborating with many scientists including, in recent years, Prof. J. Pekola (Aalto University, Finland), Prof. M. Governale (Victoria University, New Zealand), Prof. G. Benenti (Università dell’Insubria, Italy), Prof. Liliana Arrachea (Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina).

Research Interests

My research activity is within the theory of quantum transport and thermodynamics in nanostructures with a particular focus on hybrid superconducting systems. I have been working on spin-dependent transport in hybrid superconductor/ferromagnet systems; time-dependent transport: adiabatic pumping in hybrid and spintronic structures; detection of electronic entanglement in multi-terminal structures; spin-dependent non-equilibrium transport in hybrid superconductor/normal structures; heat transport and cooling; phase dynamics in superconducting circuits.

My current research activity focuses on:

  • Quantum thermal machines
  • Management of heat fluxes in nanostructures
  • Topological matter (Majorana bound states, topological insulators)
  • Single-electron systems, such as quantum dots and metallic islands
  • Graphene nanostructures

Selected Recent Projects

Selected Publications

B. Bhandari, P.A. Erdman, R. Fazio, E. Paladino, F. Taddei, Thermal rectification through a nonlinear quantum resonator, Physical Review B 103, 155434 (2021).

G. Blasi, F. Taddei, L .Arrachea, M. Carrega, A. Braggio, Nonlocal thermoelectricity in a superconductor–topological-insulator–superconductor junction in contact with a normal-metal probe: Evidence for helical edge states, Physical Review Letters 124, 227701 (2020).

D. Prete, P.A. Erdman, V. Demontis, V. Zannier, D. Ercolani, L. Sorba, F. Beltram, F. Rossella, F. Taddei, S. Roddaro, Thermoelectric conversion at 30 K in InAs/InP nanowire quantum dots, Nano Letters 19, 3033 (2019).

P. Novelli, F. Taddei, A.K. Geim, M. Polini, Failure of conductance quantization in two-dimensional topological insulators due to nonmagnetic impurities, Physical Review Letters 122, 016601 (2019).

P.A. Erdman, B. Bhandari, R. Fazio, J.P. Pekola, F. Taddei, Absorption refrigerators based on Coulomb-coupled single-electron systems, Physical Review B 98, 045433 (2018).

P.A. Erdman, F. Mazza, R. Bosisio, G. Benenti, R. Fazio, F. Taddei, Thermoelectric properties of an interacting quantum dot based heat engine, Physical Review B 95, 245432 (2017).

M. Beconcini, S. Valentini, R.K. Kumar, G.H. Auton, A.K. Geim, L. A. Ponomarenko, M. Polini, F. Taddei, Scaling approach to tight-binding transport in realistic graphene devices: The case of transverse magnetic focusing, Physical Review B 94, 115441 (2016).

S. Valentini, M. Governale, R. Fazio, F. Taddei, Finite-frequency noise in a topological superconducting wire, Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 75, 15 (2016).

F. Mazza, S. Valentini, R. Bosisio, G. Benenti, V. Giovannetti, R. Fazio, F. Taddei, Separation of heat and charge currents for boosted thermoelectric conversion, Physical Review B 91, 245435 (2015).

F. Mazza, R. Bosisio, G. Benenti, V. Giovannetti, R. Fazio, F. Taddei, Thermoelectric efficiency of three-terminal quantum thermal machines, New Journal of Physics 16, 085001 (2014)

Istituto Nanoscienze 

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

 

PEC: protocollo.nano@pec.cnr.it

Partita IVA 02118311006

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56127 Pisa, Italy

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Istituto Nanoscienze Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

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Pisa NEST

Piazza San Silvestro 12, I
56127 Pisa

phone +39 050 509525/418

fax +39 050 509550

Modena S3

via Campi 213/A, I 

41125 Modena 7

phone +39 059 2055629

fax +39 059 2055651″