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Liberato Manna
Associate Director for Materials and Nanotechnologies Area
Senior Researcher Tenured - Principal InvestigatorNanoChemistry
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
2024
Bellato F., Ferri M., Zhu D., Le T.-H.H., Annamalai A., Rizzo M., Martin I., Goldoni L., Brescia R., Prato M., De Trizio L., Kriegel I., Manna L.
Indium Arsenide Quantum Dot Derived Catalyst for Selective CO2 Electrochemical Reduction to Formate
ACS Energy Letters, pp. 1097-1102
2024
Roshan H., Zhu D., Piccinotti D., Dai J., De Franco M., Barelli M., Prato M., De Trizio L., Manna L., Di Stasio F.
Near Infrared Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Colloidal InAs/ZnSe Core/Thick-Shell Quantum Dots
Advanced Science
Article
Journal
2024
Liu Y., Di Stasio F., Bi C., Zhang J., Xia Z., Shi Z., Manna L.
Near-Infrared Light Emitting Metal Halides: Materials, Mechanisms, and Applications
Advanced Materials
2024
Zuo Y., Mastronardi V., Gamberini A., Zappia M.I., Le T.-H.-H., Prato M., Dante S., Bellani S., Manna L.
Stainless Steel Activation for Efficient Alkaline Oxygen Evolution in Advanced Electrolyzers
Advanced Materials
2023
Zhang B., Ru Y., Zhou J., Jia J., Song H., Liu Z., Zhang L., Liu X., Zhong G.-M., Yong X., Panneerselvam I.R., Manna L., Lu S.
A Robust Anti-Thermal-Quenching Phosphor Based on Zero-Dimensional Metal Halide Rb3InCl6:xSb3+
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Dissemination
2023
Manna L.
The Bright and Enlightening Science of Quantum Dots
MRS Nobel Colloquium, Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Genova, 6 Dicembre 2023
Public Event
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
Scientific Talks
2023
Manna L.
Halide Perovskite and Perovskite-Related Nanocrystals: Synthesis, Encapsulation, Reactivity
International Conference on Nanotechnologies and Bionanotechnologies, NanoBio 2023, Heraklion, Greece
Conference
2023
Manna L.
Halide Perovskite and Perovskite-Related Nanocrystals: Synthesis, Optical Properties, Heterostructures
Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Pavia
Institute
2023
Manna L.
Halide Perovskite and Perovskite-Related Nanocrystals: Synthesis, Optical Properties, Heterostructures
Tising University, Beijing, China
Institute
2023
Manna L.
Halide Perovskite and Perovskite-Related Nanocrystals: Synthesis, Optical Properties, Heterostructures
National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China, Beijing, China
Institute
2023
Manna L.
Halide Perovskite and Perovskite-Related Nanocrystals: Synthesis, Optical Properties, Heterostructures
Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Institute
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
Conference
Awards and Achievements
2023
Manna L.
2023 Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Analytics)
2023
Manna L.
Distinguished Invited Speaker
2023
Manna L.
European Research Council Advanced Grant
2022
Manna L.
2022 Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Analytics)
2022
Manna L.
2022 Nanoscale Horizons Outstanding Peer Reviewer Award
Organized Events
2023
Manna L.
2023 MRS Fall Meeting Symposium (Understanding the Inorganic-Organic Interface, The Case of Colloidal Nanoscale Materials)
2023
Pellegrino T., Bertozzi F., Manna L., Bertozzi S.
A one-day elementary school activity at - Scuola primaria Gilberto Govi-
2023
Manna L.
Beilstein Symposium on Nanocrystal Surfaces and Defects
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