Calls Central Research Lab PhD research course in Nanosciences
| PhD research course in Nanosciences |
Think IIT!Nanochemistry, Advanced nanostructures, Nanophysics and Computer Imaging The Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) aims to promote both basic and applied, advanced research and to encourage the development of the Italian economic system. The IIT's main goals are the creation and dissemination of scientific knowledge and strengthening of the competitive capacity of the Italian technological system in an international context. The research doctorate courses conducted in the IIT have a strong interdisciplinary mould, and students will be given the chance to carry out research activities at the IIT in Genoa, under the guidance of IIT researchers, using international, cutting-edge methodologies and instrumentation and coming into contact with a research situation and with international scholars, among whom recent Nobel Prize winners. NanochemistryThe IIT's Nanochemistry facility aims to develop nanostructures, produced with chemical approaches, for applications in diverse sectors, such as for instance medicine (magnetic and fluorescent imaging, cellular separations, release of drugs, multi-modal approaches to diagnosis and therapies for tumours) energy conversion and storage (photovoltaic cells, batteries) and optoelectronics. One of our objectives is that of developing new strategies for nanostructure assembly, of discovering new collective properties which originate from such assemblies and of exploiting these properties in practical applications. The present staff has about 30 researchers, among whom chemists, biologists, physicists and engineers. The facility collaborates with diverse research groups in Italy and abroad. Advanced NanostructuresThe activity of Advanced Nanostructures regards the design, manufacturing and measuring of nanodevices obtained with both top-down techniques, such as for instance lithography, and bottom up ones, such as auto-aggregation on a nanometric scale. The nanostructures manufactured are thought up both to study basic problems, as in nano-optics and quantal transport, and also for applications in the bio-medical, energy and materials science fields. Great interaction is envisaged with all the IIT departments and also with the other Italian offices. The clean room, of about 550 m2, is equipped with advanced systems of lithography, layering and PECVD. Furthermore, diverse measuring instruments are available for the physical characterisation of the devices. As far as the modelling is concerned, we have numeric software for planning and analysis in FDTD (Finite Difference Time Domain) of the nanostructures that will be produced. The research activity is on an international basis both through direct collaboration with the great European and American universities and through the projects financed by the European Union. By 2011 the nanostructure facility will have a staff of about 30 researchers. NanophysicsThe IIT's nanophysics unit develops new strategies of organisation of nanostructures capable of giving life to various typologies of nanoparticle architecture, it designs and produces devices for characterisation which goes from single molecules or nanoparticles, to more complex nanostructured systems up to systems on a micrometric/millimetric scale as in living organisms. Furthermore, it integrates the planning and basic knowledge levels on 2D and 3D nanostructured systems orientating itself toward 4D applications (x, y, z, t) in polyvalent fields: high-density, tri-dimensional memorisation and therapeutical applications through functional modification of surfaces and nanoscopic exploration of living organisms. The design, production and use of instrumentation and advanced methodologies in the field of spectroscopy, optical microscopy, atomic force microscopy and optical nanoscopy are all key research points. Finally, the study of fundamental properties and the applicative potential of new nanostructured, biological or hybrid materials at the nanoscale level are all of great importance. Computer ImagingPattern analysis, Learning, and image Understanding Systems laboratory (PLUS Lab) The PLUS lab concentrates its activities on analysis and learning of images and patterns, for the purpose of developing intelligent systems for real applications in the fields of surveillance and security, analysis of biomedical data and bioinformatics. Furthermore, it represents a reference point for the other IIT departments and laboratories with high complex data analysis needs. In particular, one of the main objectives is that of designing and developing innovative video surveillance systems characterised by the use of intelligent sensors and advanced functionalities of video analysis. To this end, PLUS goes ahead with cutting-edge research relative to systems of computer vision and pattern recognition, as well as biometrics, multi-modal data fusion and multisensory integration, sensors' networks and integrated artificial vision. Thanks to the versatility of the techniques it deals with, the laboratory also sets itself the objective of exploring new strategies in the analysis of biomedical images and in bioinformatics. Our offer
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