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Davide Altamura
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E-mail davide.altamuraATic.cnr.it
Indirizzo: Institute of Crystallography (IC-CNR), Via G. Amendola 122/o, 70125 Bari Italy
Qualifica Attuale :
Staff Researcher
Short CV :
Davide Altamura graduated in Physics in 2002 at the University of Bari. He performed postgraduate research training and activity mainly at the IMM-CNR (Institute for microelectronics and microsystems) in Lecce, at the ENEA (National agency for the new technologies, energy, and environment) research center in Brindisi (Italy). Obtained his Ph.D. in Innovative materials and technologies in 2008 at the University of Salento (Lecce, Italy), working at the National Nanotechnology Laboratory (NNL) on piezoelectric resonators. Postdoc experience at the IMIP-CNR (Institute for the inorganic and plasma methodologies), and at the Institute of Crystallography (IC-CNR) in Bari. Since 2011 he is a permanent researcher of the IC-CNR in Bari.
His expertise includes thin film deposition by sputtering techniques, device fabrication through optical lithography, material characterization by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray Reflectivity (XRR), Small and Wide Angle X-ray scattering in transmission (SAXS / WAXS) and reflection (GISAXS / GIWAXS) geometries.
He is co-author of 60 publications in peer-review international journals.
Research Activity :
His current research activity is focused on the structural and morphological study of hierarchical bio/nanostructured materials, by means of small/wide angle X-ray scattering (SAXS/WAXS), grazing incidence reflection geometry (GISAXS/GIWAXS), scanning X-ray microscopy with absorption/scattering contrast.
The studied systems can be assemblies of nanocrystals, perovskite thin films; nanoparticles or biomolecules in solution. Laboratory and/or synchrotron sources are employed, for incoherent or coherent imaging of atomic or nano-scale structures.
Selected publications :
- Andrea Camposeo, Ryan D. Pensack, Maria Moffa, Vito Fasano, Davide Altamura, Cinzia Giannini, Dario Pisignano, and Gregory D. Scholes. Anisotropic Conjugated Polymer Chain Conformation Tailors the Energy Migration in Nanofibers. J Am. Chem. Soc. (2016) DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b10761.
- De Caro, D. Altamura, M. Arciniegas, D. Siliqi, M. R. Kim, T. Sibillano, L. Manna & C. Giannini. Ptychographic imaging of branched colloidal nanocrystals embedded in free-standing thick polystyrene films. Scientific Reports | 6:19397 |2016.
- D. Altamura, S. G. Pastore, M. G. Raucci, D. Siliqi, F. De Pascalis, M. Nacucchi, L. Ambrosio, and C. Giannini. Scanning Small- and Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering Microscopy Selectively Probes HA Content in Gelatin/Hydroxyapatite Scaffolds for Osteochondral Defect Repair. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2016, 8, 8728−8736.
- D. Altamura, V. Holý, D. Siliqi, I. Chaitanya L., C. Nobile, G. Maruccio, P. D. Cozzoli, L. Fan, F. Gozzo, and C. Giannini. Exploiting GISAXS for the study of a 3D ordered superlattice of self-assembled colloidal iron oxide nanocrystals. Crystal Growth & Design 2012, DOI: 10.1021/cg3010739.
- D. Altamura, R. Lassandro, F. A. Vittoria, L. De Caro, D. Siliqi, M. Ladisa & C. Giannini, X-ray MicroImaging Laboratory (XMI-LAB), J. Appl. Cryst. (2012). 45, 869-873.