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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:

  • June 2018-current: Associated Editor – Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances
  • 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-current: 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
2021
Baranov D., Fieramosca A., Yang R.X., Polimeno L., Lerario G., Toso S., Giansante C., Giorgi M.D., Tan L.Z., Sanvitto D., Manna L.
Aging of Self-Assembled Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystal Superlattices: Effects on Photoluminescence and Energy Transfer
ACS Nano, vol. 15, (no. 1), pp. 650-664
DOI 10.1021/acsnano.0c06595
Article Journal
2021
Infante I., Manna L.
Are There Good Alternatives to Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals?
Nano Letters, vol. 21, (no. 1), pp. 6-9
DOI 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04760
Review Journal
2021
Dang Z., Manna L., Baranov D.
Detection of Pb2+traces in dispersion of Cs4PbBr6nanocrystals by: In situ liquid cell transmission electron microscopy
Nanoscale, vol. 13, (no. 4), pp. 2317-2323
DOI 10.1039/d0nr08584g
Article Journal
2021
Dhanabalan B., Biffi G., Moliterni A., Olieric V., Giannini C., Saleh G., Ponet L., Prato M., Imran M., Manna L., Krahne R., Artyukhin S., Arciniegas M.P.
Engineering the Optical Emission and Robustness of Metal-Halide Layered Perovskites through Ligand Accommodation
Advanced Materials, vol. 33, (no. 13)
DOI 10.1002/adma.202008004
Article Journal
2021
Imran M., Peng L., Pianetti A., Pinchetti V., Ramade J., Zito J., Di Stasio F., Buha J., Toso S., Song J., Infante I., Bals S., Brovelli S., Manna L.
Halide Perovskite-Lead Chalcohalide Nanocrystal Heterostructures
Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 143, (no. 3), pp. 1435-1446
DOI 10.1021/jacs.0c10916
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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
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Scientific Talks
2020
Manna L.
Beyond Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals
NanoGe Meetup 2020
Workshop/Symposium
2020
Manna L.
Beyond Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals: Lead-free Metal Halide Nanocrystals
Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
Institute
2020
Manna L.
Beyond Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals (SolTech Seminar)
Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Institute
2020
Manna L.
Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals a New Generation of Light Emitting Materials
Phosphors and Quantum Dots 2020
Conference
2020
Manna L.
Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals: Synthesis, the Role of the Surface, Heterostructure
NanoGe Fall Meeting 2020
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
2020
Manna L.
2020 Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Analytics)
2020
Manna L.
Ufficiale all’Ordine del Merito della Repubblica Italiana
2019
Manna L.
2019 Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Analytics)
2019
Manna L.
Sacconi Medal in Inorganic Chemistry
2019
Manna L.
The Inaugural MEM-C Annual Lecture
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Editorships
2018
Manna L.
Nanoscale
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Organized Events
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
2017
Manna L., Kanaras A.
Euromat 2017, Thessaloniki, Greece, September 17-22 2017, Symposium organizer
2016
Manna L.
Co-organizer of the Faraday discussion symposium “Nanoparticles with Morphological and Functional Anisotropy”, 4-6 July 2016, Glasgow, United Kingdom
2016
Manna L.
EuchemS, Seville, September 11-15 September 2016, Symposium organizer
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Colleagues of NanoChemistry
Milena Arciniegas Researcher NanoChemistry
Elisa Mantero Affiliated Researcher NanoChemistry
Irene Conticello Affiliated Researcher NanoChemistry
Stefano Toso PhD Student NanoChemistry
Matilde Eredia Affiliated Researcher NanoChemistry
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