Federica Piccirilli

Dr. Federica Piccirilli

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Academic Career Length

17Years (2010-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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5 June 2020 in Physical Review Letters
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Paola Di PietroPaola Di Pietro
Paola Di Pietro
NAN. Adhlakha
N. Adhlakha
FPFederica Piccirilli
Federica Piccirilli
AGA. Di Gaspare
A. Di Gaspare
JMJ. Moon
J. Moon
Stefano LupiStefano Lupi
Stefano Lupi
Light can be strongly confined in subwavelength spatial regions through the interaction with plasmons, the collective electronic modes appearing in metals and semiconductors. This confinement, which is particularly important in the terahertz spectral region, amplifies light-matter interaction and provides a powerful mechanism for efficiently generating nonlinear optical phenomena. These effects are particularly relevant in graphene and topological insulators, where massless Dirac fermions show a naturally nonlinear optical behavior in the terahertz range. The strong interaction scenario has been considered so far from the point of view of light. In this Letter, we investigate instead the effect of strong interaction on the plasmon itself. In particular, we will show that Dirac plasmons in Bi2Se3 topological insulator are strongly renormalized when excited by high-intensity terahertz radiation by displaying a huge red-shift down to 60% of its characteristic frequency. This opens the road towards tunable terahertz nonlinear optical devices based on topological insulators.

6 July 2023 in Advanced Science
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MMMiriam Marchi
Miriam Marchi
EREdoardo Raciti
Edoardo Raciti
SGSai Manoj Gali
Sai Manoj Gali
FPFederica Piccirilli
Federica Piccirilli
HVHendrik Vondracek
Hendrik Vondracek
Paolo FornasieroPaolo Fornasiero
Paolo Fornasiero
The manipulation of carbon nitride (CN) structures is one main avenue to enhance the activity of CN‐based photocatalysts. Increasing the efficiency of photocatalytic heterogeneous materials is a critical step toward the realistic implementation of sustainable schemes for organic synthesis. However, limited knowledge of the structure/activity relationship in relation to subtle structural variations prevents a fully rational design of new photocatalytic materials, limiting practical applications. Here, the CN structure is engineered by means of a microwave treatment, and the structure of the material is shaped around its suitable functionality for Ni dual photocatalysis, with a resulting boosting of the reaction efficiency toward many CX (X = N, S, O) couplings. The combination of advanced characterization techniques and first‐principle simulations reveals that this enhanced reactivity is due to the formation of carbon vacancies that evolve into triazole and imine N species able to suitably bind Ni complexes and harness highly efficient dual catalysis. The cost‐effective microwave treatment proposed here appears as a versatile and sustainable approach to the design of CN‐based photocatalysts for a wide range of industrially relevant organic synthetic reactions.

1 May 2010 in Vibrational Spectroscopy
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GBGiovanni Birarda
Giovanni Birarda
GGGianluca Grenci
Gianluca Grenci
LBLuca Businaro
Luca Businaro
BMBenedetta Marmiroli
Benedetta Marmiroli
sabrina pacorsabrina pacor
sabrina pacor
Lisa VaccariLisa Vaccari
Lisa Vaccari

11 November 2011 in Journal of Raman Spectroscopy
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SMS. Mangialardo
S. Mangialardo
FPFederica Piccirilli
Federica Piccirilli
APA. Perucchi
A. Perucchi
PDP. Dore
P. Dore
P. PostorinoP. Postorino
P. Postorino

1 April 2015 in Biophysical Chemistry
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FPFederica Piccirilli
Federica Piccirilli
GSGiorgio Schirò
Giorgio Schirò
VVValeria Vetri
Valeria Vetri
SLStefano Lupi
Stefano Lupi
Andrea PerucchiAndrea Perucchi
Andrea Perucchi
VMValeria Militello
Valeria Militello

28 February 2018 in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
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VVValeria Vetri
Valeria Vetri
FPFederica Piccirilli
Federica Piccirilli
JKJohannes Krausser
Johannes Krausser
GBGianpiero Buscarino
Gianpiero Buscarino
UŁUrszula Łapińska
Urszula Łapińska
VFVito Foderà
Vito Foderà