Targeted dielectric coating of silver nanoparticles with silica to manipulate optical properties for metasurface applications
Journal Article
Lalegani, Z., Ebrahimi, S. S., Hamawandi, B., La Spada, L., Batili, H., & Toprak, M. (2022)
Targeted dielectric coating of silver nanoparticles with silica to manipulate optical properties for metasurface applications. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 287, Article 126250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2022.126250
An epsilon-negative metamaterial (ENM) containing core@shell nanoparticles (NPs) was designed, where silver (Ag) NPs served as core and silica (SiO2) was used as spacer shell....
The Graphene Field Effect Transistor Modeling Based on an Optimized Ambipolar Virtual Source Model for DNA Detection
Journal Article
Akbari, M., Shahbazzadeh, M. J., La Spada, L., & Khajehzadeh, A. (2021)
The Graphene Field Effect Transistor Modeling Based on an Optimized Ambipolar Virtual Source Model for DNA Detection. Applied Sciences, 11(17), Article 8114. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11178114
The graphene-based Field Effect Transistors (GFETs), due to their multi-parameter characteristics, are growing rapidly as an important detection component for the apt detectio...
Modeling, design, and synthesis of gram-scale monodispersed silver nanoparticles using microwave-assisted polyol process for metamaterial applications
Journal Article
Lalegani, Z., Ebrahimi, S. S., Hamawandi, B., La Spada, L., & Toprak, M. (2020)
Modeling, design, and synthesis of gram-scale monodispersed silver nanoparticles using microwave-assisted polyol process for metamaterial applications. Optical Materials, 108, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2020.110381
High-yield monodispersed silver (Ag) nanospheres were modeled, designed, and synthesized by microwave-assisted (MW-assisted) polyol method from AgNO3, polyvinyl pyrrolidone (P...
Metamaterials for electromagnetic and thermal waves
Conference Proceeding
Donnelly, E., Durant, A., Lacoste, C., & Spada, L. L. (2020)
Metamaterials for electromagnetic and thermal waves. https://doi.org/10.23919/eucap48036.2020.9135673
In the last decade, electromagnetic metamaterials, thanks to their exotic properties and the possibility to control electromagnetic waves at will, become crucial building bloc...
Metasurface sensors for healthcare applications
Conference Proceeding
Durant, A., Lacoste, C., Donnelly, E., & Spada, L. L. (2020)
Metasurface sensors for healthcare applications. https://doi.org/10.23919/eucap48036.2020.9135976
Electromagnetic sensors have received huge attention in the last few years, due to the rising demand of devices able to improve quality, performance and safety in different in...
Artificial Intelligence and COVID-19: Deep Learning Approaches for Diagnosis and Treatment
Journal Article
Jamshidi, M. B., Lalbakhsh, A., Talla, J., Peroutka, Z., Hadjilooei, F., Lalbakhsh, P., …Mohyuddin, W. (2020)
Artificial Intelligence and COVID-19: Deep Learning Approaches for Diagnosis and Treatment. IEEE Access, 8, 109581-109595. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2020.3001973
COVID-19 outbreak has put the whole world in an unprecedented difficult situation bringing life around the world to a frightening halt and claiming thousands of lives. Due to ...
Electromagnetic and thermal nanostructures: from waves to circuits
Journal Article
Donnelly, E., & La Spada, L. (2020)
Electromagnetic and thermal nanostructures: from waves to circuits. Engineering Research Express, 2(1), 015045. https://doi.org/10.1088/2631-8695/ab7a78
Nanomaterials have become crucial to develop new technologies in several practical applications fields. Until now nanostructures have been mostly associated with electromagnet...
Curvilinear MetaSurfaces for Surface Wave Manipulation.
Journal Article
La Spada, L., Spooner, C., Haq, S., & Hao, Y. (2019)
Curvilinear MetaSurfaces for Surface Wave Manipulation. Scientific Reports, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36451-8
Artificial sheet materials, known as MetaSurfaces, have been applied to fully control both space and surface waves due to their exceptional abilities to dynamically tailor wav...
Metasurfaces for Advanced Sensing and Diagnostics
Journal Article
La Spada, L. (2019)
Metasurfaces for Advanced Sensing and Diagnostics. Sensors, 19(2), 355. doi:10.3390/s19020355
Interest in sensors and their applications is rapidly evolving, mainly driven by the huge demand of technologies whose ultimate purpose is to improve and enhance health and sa...
Electromagnetic Nanoparticles for Sensing and Medical Diagnostic Applications
Journal Article
La Spada, L., & Vegni, L. (2018)
Electromagnetic Nanoparticles for Sensing and Medical Diagnostic Applications. Materials, 11(4), 603. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11040603
A modeling and design approach is proposed for nanoparticle-based electromagnetic devices. First, the structure properties were analytically studied using Maxwell’s equations....