PhD Course in Materials Science and Nanotechnology
The Course provides solid scientific bases on materials science and applications to nanotechnology through intense laboratory activities, supported by faculty members on a specific topic in a three-year pathway. Selected interdisciplinary lectures and seminars, given by high qualified specialists, are provided during the course. During the PhD, each student has the opportunity to spend at least a semester in a qualified laboratory around the world due to specific scientific collaborations and agreements with other universities and research centers.
- Materials and nanotechnologies for the environment
- Materials and nanotechnologies for energy
- Materials and nanotechnologies for electronics and photonics
- Materials and nanotechnologies for health
Selection
Candidates are selected through the evaluation of the their CV and of a submitted research project, followed by an interview to evaluate the candidate’s ability relative to topics of the PhD course.
A call for applications generally opens late June/July. For further information, please visit the University of Catania PhD site or contact the PhD Coordinator.
Courses - 40° cycle
- Physics and technology of two-dimensional materials and devices (3 CFU - Prof. Torrisi)
- Electrochemical methods applied to nanomaterials (3CFU - prof. Mirabella)
- Advanced synthetic methodologies for thin film and monolayer (2 CFU - Prof. Malandrino)
- Tecniche SPM (3 CFU - Prof. Ruffino)
- Physics of Matter (2 CFU - Prof. Terrasi)
- Electron beam lithography and nanofabrication (2 CFU - Dott.G.D’Arrigo)
- Transmission Electron Microscopy and related techniques (2 CFU Dott. A. Mio)
- Methods and procedures in polymers synthesis (3CFU - Dott. A.Nicosia)
- Chemical and physical methodologies for nanosystems (3 CFU - Dott. A.Auditore)
- Structural, morphological and compositional characterization of materials (2 CFU - Dott. Anna Pellegrino)
Faculty members
- Lucia Calcagno
- Giuseppe Compagnini (Coordinator)
- Guglielmo Guido Condorelli
- Giuseppe Consiglio
- Luisa D'Urso
- Maria Elena Fragalà
- Maria Grazia Grimaldi
- Maria Jose' Irene Lo Faro
- Graziella Malandrino
- Placido Giuseppe Mineo
- Salvatore Mirabella
- Paolo Musumeci
- Francesco Maria Dimitri Pellegrino
- Antonino Giovanni Pollicino
- Francesco Priolo
- Riccardo Reitano
- Antonio Terrasi
- Felice Torrisi
- Roberto Fiorenza
- Nunzio Tuccitto (vice-Coordinator)
