Guido Paolicelli

  • CNR Technologist
  • guido.paolicelli@nano.cnr.it
  • Modena
  • +39-059-2058381
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Short Bio

Guido Paolicelli graduated in Physics from the University of Rome "La Sapienza". Immediately after graduation he worked about two years at the ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble France).

Then he moved back to Italy and he became a Technologist at CNR (at the time INFM, UdR RomaTre) working in the field of scientific instruments development of and material analysis in collaboration with the main synchrotron radiation facilities in Europe. In 2002 he was scientific coordinator of the Italian participation (CNR-INFM) in the European project VOLPE (VOLume PhotoEmission from solids, contract n. HPRI-CT-2001-50032 (2002-2004)).

Since 2006 he has been working at the CNR-Nanoscience Institute, in Modena, carrying out research and technological development in the field of the tribological properties of materials within the SUP & RMAN laboratory (Surfaces & Coatings for Advanced Mechanics and Nano-mechanics). His interests are focused on the analysis mechanical problems at the nanoscale (in particular friction and adhesion properties) with the help of Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). As part of this activity, he participated in various regional and national projects (PRIN 2010, PRIN 2017) as well as in networks at European level (2013, Cost Action MP1303, - Understanding and Controlling Nano and Mesoscale Friction). Since 2015, as part of the activities of the Nanoscience Institute as a laboratory accredited to Rete Alta Tecnologia-Regione Emilia Romagna, he assumed the role of Technical Manager for the coordination of the technological transfer activities towards the industrial basin of the Emilia Romagna region and towards the network of high technology Laboratories (Rete Alta Tecnologia ) of the Region.

Research Interests

Research activity is actually focused to nano-mechanics and tribology properties of thin films and materials. In the last few years I’ve worked mainly on the mechanical properties of Graphene and other 2D materials.

I have also a large experience on scanning probe microscopy, in particular friction and adhesion measurements at the nanoscale by Atomic Force Microscope (AFM ), surface science analysis (Photoemission and Auger spectroscopy) and Ultra High Vacuum (UHV) techniques.

Selected Recent Projects

PRIN 2017 - UTFROM
PON-FERS 2020 Emilia Romagna - RIMMEL https://rimmel.nano.cnr.it/

Selected Publications

“Graphene confers ultra-low friction on nanogear cogs”, Mescola A., Paolicelli G., et al. Small DOI: 10.1002/smll.202104487 in press

“Friction and Adhesion of Different Structural Defects of Graphene”, Tripathi M., Awaja F., Bizao R.A., Signetti S., Iacob E., Paolicelli G., et al. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 10, 51 (2018) 44614-44623

“Current trends in the physics of nanoscale friction”, Manini N., Mistura G., Paolicelli G., Tosatti E., Vanossi A., Advances in Physics: X 2, 3 (2017) 569-590

“Tribological characteristics of few-layer graphene over Ni grain and interface boundaries”, Tripathi M., Awaja F., Paolicelli G., et al. Nanoscale 8, 12 (2016) 6646-58

“Frictional transition from superlubric islands to pinned monolayers”, Pierno M., Bruschi I., Mistura G., Paolicelli G., et al. Nature Nanotechnology 10, (2015) 714-718

“Nanoscale frictional behavior of graphene on SiO2 and Ni(111) substrates”, Paolicelli G., et al. Nanotechnology 26 (2015) 055703.

“Controlling single cluster dynamics at the nanoscale”, Paolicelli G., et al. Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, (2009) 143121

“Adhesion detachment and movement of gold nanoclusters induced by dynamic atomic force microscopy”, Paolicelli G., et al. J. Phys. Condes. Matter. 20, 354011 (2008)

“Bulk electronic properties of bilayered manganite La1.2Sr1.8Mn2O7 from hard-x-ray photoemission”, Offi F., Torelli P., Sacchi M., Lacovig P., Fondacaro A., Paolicelli G., et al. Phys. Rev. B 75, 014422 (2007)

“Nature of electronic state at the Fermi level -PbO2in metallic revealed by hard X-ray photoemission spectroscopy”, Payne D.J., Egdell R.G., Paolicelli G., et al. Phys. Rev. B 75, 153102 (2007)

“Bulk Sensitive Photoemission: first results of VOLPE project at ESRF”, Paolicelli G., et al. J. of Electron Spectr. and Rel. Phen. 144 -147 (2005) 963

“VOLPE: a new experimental setup for high energy photoemission using synchrotron radiation”, Torelli P., G. Paolicelli et al. Review Scientific Instruments 76 (2005) 023909

“Quantifying the effective attenuation length in high-energy photoemission experiment”, Sacchi M., Paolicelli G., et al. Phys. Rev. B 71 (2005) 155117

“High-energy photoemission in Silver. Resolving d and sp contribution in valence band spectra”, Panaccione G., Paolicelli G., et al. J. of Physics: Cond. Matter 17 (2005) 2671-2679

Istituto Nanoscienze 

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

 

PEC: protocollo.nano@pec.cnr.it

Partita IVA 02118311006

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Modena S3

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41125 Modena 7

phone +39 059 2055629

fax +39 059 2055651″