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Liberato Manna

Associate Director for Materials and Nanotechnologies Area
Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal Investigator
NanoChemistry
Phone
+39 010 2896 502
Research center
CCT@Morego
Interests
Synthesis and assembly of colloidal nanocrystals
Transformations at the nanoscale
Modelling and applications in energy-related areas
About

Born December 5th 1971, Italian Citizen

Appointments:

  • 2022-current: Associated Editor – Nano Letters (American Chemical Society)
  • 2018-2022: Associated Editor – Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances (Royal Society of Chemistry)
  • 2016-current: Professor of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Genova (Italy), part-time, unpaid position
  • Dec 2015-current: Deputy Director for Materials and Nanotechnology programs, IIT Genova (Italy)
  • 2010-2021: Professor of Quantum Nanoscience, TU Delft (The Netherlands), part-time, unpaid position
  • 2009-current: Head of the Nanochemistry Department, IIT, Genova (Italy)
  • 2006- 2009: Leader of the Chemistry Division at the National Nanotechnology Lab in Lecce (Italy)
  • 2003-2008: Junior Scientist at the National Nanotechnology Lab in Lecce (Italy)
  • 2003: Visiting Scientist at the Center for Nanoscience, Munich (Germany)
  • 2001-2003: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley
  • 1999-2000: Visiting student, University of California, Berkeley

Education

Title: PhD in Chemistry
Institute: University of Bari
Location: Bari
Country: Italia
From: 1997 To: 2001

Title: M.S. in Chemistry
Institute: University of Bari
Location: Bari
Country: Italia
From: 1990 To: 1996

Skills

Functional Inorganic Materials and Devices

All Publications
2023
Toso S., Baranov D., Filippi U., Giannini C., Manna L.
Collective Diffraction Effects in Perovskite Nanocrystal Superlattices
Accounts of Chemical Research, vol. 56, (no. 1), pp. 66-76
DOI 10.1021/acs.accounts.2c00613
2023
Bellato F., Ferri M., Annamalai A., Prato M., Leoncino L., Brescia R., De Trizio L., Manna L.
Colloidal Synthesis of Nickel Arsenide Nanocrystals for Electrochemical Water Splitting
ACS Applied Energy Materials, vol. 6, (no. 1), pp. 151-159
DOI 10.1021/acsaem.2c02698
Article Journal
2023
Kumari S., Sanchez J.G., Imran M., Aktas E., Gonzalez D.A., Manna L., Martinez-Ferrero E., Palomares E.
Self-assembled molecules as selective contacts in CsPbBr3 nanocrystal light emitting diodes
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
DOI 10.1039/d2tc03536g
Article Journal
2022
Liu Z., Zito J., Ghini M., Goldoni L., Prato M., Bahmani Jalali H., Infante I., De Trizio L., Manna L.
Alloying Bi-Doped Cs2Ag1- xNaxInCl6Nanocrystals with K+Cations Modulates Surface Ligands Density and Photoluminescence Efficiency
Nano Letters, vol. 22, (no. 21), pp. 8567-8573
DOI 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c03112
Article Journal
2022
Nie G., Manna L.
Announcing the Winner of the Inaugural Nano Letters Seed Grant Program, Central America, South Asia, Africa Region
Nano Letters, vol. 22, (no. 24), pp. 9786-9787
DOI 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04789
Short Survey Journal
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Dissemination
2020
Manna L.
La scienza ed il ruolo dello scienziato nella società
Ilovescienza, Fondazione De Sanctis (online event)
Public Event
2020
Manna L.
Synthesis and Green Applications of Nanocrystals
Nanovalbruna 2020
Public Event
2017
Manna L.
Le Trasformazioni dei Materiali alla Nanoscala
ERC Chem Day, Accademia dei Lincei, Roma, March 16th
Public Event
2017
Manna L.
Nanotecnologie per i materiali del Futuro
BEERC Day, Genova, Pub HB, March 15th
Public Event
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Scientific Talks
2022
Manna L.
Halide perovskite and perovskite-related nanocrystals: Synthesis and optical properties
2022 MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibit
Conference
2022
Manna L.
Halide Perovskite and Perovskite-related Nanocrystals: Synthesis and Optical Properties
Seventh International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials, Genova
Conference
2022
Manna L.
Halide perovskite and perovskite-related nanocrystals: Synthesis, optical properties, heterostructures
IESL-FORTH, Heraklion (Greece)
Institute
2022
Manna L.
Halide Perovskite and Perovskite-related Nanocrystals: Synthesis, Optical Properties, Heterostructures“,
LCC-CNRS, Toulouse, France
Institute
2022
Manna L.
Halide perovskite nanocrystals: synthesis and optical properties
NanoGe Spring Meeting 2022
Conference
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Oral presentations
2017
Shamsi J., Abdelhady A.L., Kandada A. R. S., Petrozza A., Manna L.
N-Methylformamide as a Source of Methylammonium Ions in the Synthesis of Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals and Bulk Crystals
The Perovskite Thin Film Photovoltaics (ABXPV)
Conference
2016
Imran M., De Donato F., Manna L., Brescia R.
Tunable metal-semiconductor junction system deriving from thermal instability of high chalcocite Cu2S elongated nanocrystals
16th European Microscopy Congress, Lyon, France, 28 Aug-2 Sept. 2016
Conference
2005
Zavelani-Rossi M., Creti A., Lanzani G., Lomascolo M., Anni M., Della Sala F., Manna L.
Role of surface and interface defects in ultrafast carrier dynamics in core and core/shell CdSe quantum rods
2005 European Quantum Electronics Conference, EQEC '05, vol. 2005
Conference
2003
Milliron D.J., Manna L., Meisel A., Scher E.C., Alivisatos A.P.
Inorganic tetrapod nanocrystals: Synthesis, structure and properties
IEEE International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors, Proceedings, vol. 2003-January, pp. 131-132
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Awards and Achievements
2022
Manna L.
2022 Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Analytics)
2022
Manna L.
2022 Nanoscale Horizons Outstanding Peer Reviewer Award
2022
De Franco M., Zhu D., Asaithambi A., Prato M., Charalampous E., Christodoulou S., Kriegel I., De Trizio L., Manna L., Bahmani Jalali H., Di Stasio F.
Efficient Near-Infrared Light-emitting diodes based on InAs/ZnSe core-shell colloidal nanocrystals
2021
Manna L.
2021 Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Analytics)
2020
Manna L.
2020 Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Analytics)
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Editorships
2022
Manna L.
Nano Letters
2018-2022
Manna L.
Nanoscale
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Organized Events
2022
Manna L.
Local Chairman of the Seventh International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials, Genova, October 2022
2021
Arciniegas M., Manna L., Krahne R.
Designing the Nanomaterials of the Future - Opportunities from Artificial Intelligence
2021
Krahne R., Arciniegas M.P., Manna L.
Designing the Nanomaterials of the Future: Opportunities from Artificial Intelligence
2019
Manna L., Stellacci F., Pinna N., Arbiol J.
Co-chairman of the International Conference “Applied Nanotechnology and Nanoscience (ANNIC)”, Paris, 18-20 November 2019
2017
Manna L.
Chairman of the International Conference “Applied Nanotechnology and Nanoscience (ANNIC)”, Rome 18-20 October, 2017
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Colleagues of NanoChemistry
Elisa Mantero Affiliated Researcher NanoChemistry
Wolfgang Brehm Affiliated Researcher NanoChemistry
Stefano Toso Post Doc NanoChemistry
Umberto Filippi PhD Student NanoChemistry
Miguel Angel Molina Garcia Affiliated Researcher NanoChemistry
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