Characterize materials (surfaces, soft matter, powders) by hard X-ray diffraction from synchrotron light source: • recognition of phases • indexing and identification of orientations with respect to surfaces • profile...
Nanomaterials with extraordinary optical properties are organized on transparent, reflective, or flexible substrates for the development of active and multifunctional sensing platforms. Accordingly, nanoparticle-based surfaces and metasurfaces, suitably functionalized, work...
The research activity focuses on the synthesis and the study of peptides that bind oncogenic pre-miRNAs for therapeutic purposes, antimicrobial peptides replacing the antibiotics and peptides based biosensors to develop...
The general objective is the identification and verification of new molecular mechanisms that regulate the molecular targeting to systems at different complexity, in order to modulate their biological and genetic...
PNAs are nucleic acid analogues which have implemented affinity, specificity and are resistant to enzymatic degradation. All these features make PNA an outstanding candidate as antisense, antigene, miRNA targeting molecules...
Study of interest materials for cultural heritage using non-destructive and non-invasive analytical and imaging techniques based on X-ray and UV-VIS-IR radiation to support the study and conservation of historical and...
Quantitative and multi-length scale structural imaging of biotissues is performed through the SAXS/WAXS/absorption contrast detection. Crystalline order modifications at the atomic and nano scale are related to physio-pathologic conditions of...
Studies on the bone matrix biomineralization and genetic and epigenetic regulation are performed in model systems and biologic fluids collected from astronauts before, during and after space flights, to develop...
The activity of the SPR laboratory is focused on the characterization of the biomolecular interactions, which allow to measure the kinetic constants, the affinity and the stoichiometry of the binding....
The experimental study of the structural dynamics of crystalline or amorphous compounds is addressed using X-ray experiments in situ / operando and analyzing the data collected according to multivariate analysis...
