Laboratory Spectroscopic Techniques
Laser Ablation
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Mikac L., Ivanda M., Gotic M., Maksimovic A., Trusso S., D'Andrea C., Foti A., Irrera A., Fazio B., Gucciardi P.G.
			    Metal nanoparticles deposited on porous silicon templates as novel substrates for SERS
	     Croatica Chemica Acta 88, ??, (2015)
	    
 Zanchi C., Lucotti A., Tommasini M., Trusso S., De Grazia U., Ciusani E., Ossi P.M.
	    Au nanoparticle-based sensor substrates for apomorphine detection in plasma
	     Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 6, 2224-2232 (2015) 
	    
Triolo C., Fazio E., Neri F., Mezzasalma A.M., Trusso S, Patane' S.
		Correlation between structural and electrical properties of PLD prepared ZnO thin films used as a photodetector material
		Applied Surface Science 359, 266-271 (2015)
Cioffi N., Picca R.A.,Lo Faro M.J., Calvano C.D., Fazio B., Sportelli M.C.,Trusso S., Ossi P.M., Neri F., D'Andrea C., Irrera A. 
Metal-decorated silicon nanowires for laser desorption-ionization mass spectrometry 
SPIE Newsroom, (2015)  -  DOI: 10.1117/2.1201509.006086
	    
Lentini G., Fazio E., Calabrese F., De Plano L.M., Puliafico M., Franco D., Nicolo' M.S., Carnazza S., Trusso S., Allegra A., Neri F., Musolino C., Guglielmino S.P.P.
	    Phage-AgNPs complex as SERS probe for U937 cell identification
	    Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 74, 398 (2015) -  DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2015.05.073
 
 Allegra A., Guglielmino S.P.P., Fazio E., Neri F., Franco D., Trusso S., Nicolo F.,  
Low-energy laser irradiation promotes cellular damage in Glucocorticoids-resistant Multiple Myeloma  cells 
Leukemia and Lymphoma, 56, 1514 (2015)  DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2014.953151
 
 Triolo C., Cacciola A., Saija R., Trusso S., Spadaro  M.C., Neri F., Ossi P.M., Patane' S.
 Near field optical detection of plasmon resonance from gold nanoparticles: theoretical and experimental evidence
 Plasmonics, 10, 63 (2015)
MC Spadaro, E Fazio, F Neri, S Trusso, PM Ossi
On the role of the ablated mass on the propagation of a laser-generated plasma in an ambient gas
EPL 109, 25002 (2015)
Trusso S., Fazio E., Neri F., Ossi P.M.
    Synthesis of SERS-Active Substrates by Pulsed Laser Ablation
 Handbook of Enhanced Spectroscopy, Chap.7, p. 243 (2015), (Pan Stanford)
 Fazio E., Neri F., Ponterio R.C., Trusso S., Tommasini M., Ossi P.M.
  Laser controlled synthesis of noble metal nanoparticle arrays for low concentration molucule recognition
 Micromachines, 5, 1296 (2014) DOI: 10.3390/mi5041296 
 
Agarwal N.R., Tommasini M., Fazio E., Neri F., Ponterio R.C., Trusso S., Ossi P.M.
				    SERS activity of silver and gold nanostructured thin films deposited by pulsed laser ablation
  Applied Physics A, 117, 347 (2014)
		 
Spadaro M.C., Fazio E., Neri F., Ossi P.M., Trusso S.
			      On the influence of the mass ablated by a laser pulse on thin film morphology and optical properties
			   Applied Physics A, 117, 137  (2014)
	   
 Ossi P.M., Agarwal N.R., Fazio E., Neri F., Trusso S.  
 Laser-mediated nanoparticle synthesis and self-assembling
 in Lasers in Materials Science, (M. Castillejo, P.M. Ossi., L. Zighilei Eds.)
 Springer Series in Materials Science, 191, 175, 2014.
        
 Agarwal N.R., Neri F., Trusso S., Ossi P.M.
 Growth analysis of pulsed laser ablated films
Plasmonics 8, 1707-1712 (2013)
 Gemini L., Margarone D., Trusso S., Juha L., Limpouch J., Mocek T., Ossi P.M.
 Generation of periodic structures on SiC upon laser plasma XUV/NIR radiations
Laser and Particle Beams 31, 547-550 (2013)
 Fazio E., Neri F., Valenti A., Ossi P.M., Trusso S., Ponterio R.C.
	 Raman spectroscopy of organic dyes adsorbed on
	pulsed laser deposited silver thin films
	Applied Surface Science 278, 159-164 (2013).
 Fazio E., Trusso S., Ponterio R.C.
         Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering study of organic
            pigments using silver and gold nanoparticles prepared by pulsed laser ablation 
            Applied Surface Science 272, 36 (2013).
 Gemini L., Margarone D., Mocek T., Neri F., Trusso S., Ossi P.M. 
         Evolution of β-SiC in laser-generated plasmas
            Applied Surface Science 272, 19 (2013).
 Micali N., Neri F., Ossi P.M., Trusso S.
	 Light scattering enhancement in nanostructured silver film composites
	 J. Phys. Chem. C, 117, 3497 (2013)
	
Fazio E., Patanè S., Scibilia S., Mezzasalma A.M., Mondio G., Neri F., Trusso S. Structural and optical properties of pulsed laser deposited ZnO thin films Current Applied Physics 13, 710 (2013)
  Agarwal N.R., Neri F., Trusso S., A. Lucotti, Ossi P.M. 
	Au nanoparticle arrays produced by Pulsed Laser Deposition for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
          Applied Surface Science, 258, 9148 (2012). 
  Fazio E., Neri F., S. Savasta, S. Spadaro, S. Trusso 
	Surface-enhanced Raman scattering of SnO2 bulk material and colloidal solutions
          Physical Review B 85, 195423 (2012).
	  	   
 Calandra P., Pistone A., Lombardo D., Turco Liveri V., Trusso S. 
	Structural and optical properties of novel surfactant coated Yb@TiO2nanoparticles
	   Journal of Nanoparticle Research 13, 5833-5839 (2011).
 Fazio E., Calandra P., Turco Liveri V., Santo N., Trusso S. 
	Synthesis and physico-chemical characterization of Au/TiO2 nanostructures formed by novel
	"cold" and "hot" nanosoldering of Au and TiO2 nanoparticles dispersed in water
	Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 392, 171-177 (2011) 
 D'Andrea C., Neri F., Ossi P.M., Santo N., Trusso S., 
	Synthesis of silver nanoparticle arrays for SERS based sensor
	in Sensors and Microsystems G. Neri et al. eds.
	Lecture Notes in Electrical Enigeneering 91, 137-143 (2011)
 Ossi P.M., Neri F., Santo N., Trusso S. 
	Noble metals nanoparticles produced by nanosecond laser ablation
        Applied Physics A,104, 829-837 (2011).
  Agarwal N., Fazio E., Neri F., Trusso S., Castiglioni C., Lucotti A., Santo N., Ossi P.M. 
	Ag and Au nanoparticles for SERS Substrates Produced by Pulsed Laser Ablation
	Crystal Research and Technology, 46, 836-840 (2011). 
 Fazio E., D'Andrea C., Neri F., Ossi P.M., Santo N., Trusso S. 
	SERS activity of pulsed laser ablated silver thin films with controlled nanostructure
	Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 42, 1298-1304, (2011).
  Neri F., Ossi P.M., Trusso S. 
	Cluster synthesis and assembling in laser generated plasmas
	La Rivista Nuovo Cimento 34, 103-150, (2011). 
 D'Andrea C., Neri F., Ossi P.M., Santo N., Trusso S. 
	Synthesis by pulsed laser ablation in Ar and SERS activity of silver thin films with controlled nanostructure
         Laser Physics 21, 818-822, (2011)
  Fazio E., Neri F., R. Ruggeri, G. Sabatino, S. Trusso, G. Mannino 
	Structural properties of pulsed laser deposited SnOx thin films
          Appl. Surf. Sci. 257, 2520-2525, (2011). 
Barreca F., Barletta E., Spadaro D., Spadaro S., Curro' G., Trusso S., Neri F.
	    Effects of the plasma expansion dynamics and of the laser fluence on CNx thin
		films deposited by laser ablation
		
Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids, 165,809-814, (2010).
		
 Neri F., Tripodi P., Trusso S., Faggio G.
	    Optical and structural properties of SiCxNy thin films deposited by reactive pulsed laser ablation
		
Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids, 165, 754-759, (2010).
		
Fazio E., Neri F., Ruggeri R., Trusso S.
	    Pulsed laser-deposited SnOx: plasma expansion dynamics effects
		Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids, 165, 700-705, (2010).
		
 Neri F., Ossi P.M., Trusso S.  
	Time evolution of a laser generated silver plasma expanding in a background gas 
	 Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids, 165,559-565, (2010).
	 
  Trusso S, Fazio B., Fazio E, Neri F., Barreca F. 
	Influence of the plasma expansion dynamics on the structural properties of pulsed laser ablation deposited tin oxide thin films
        Thin Solid Films, 518, 5409-5415, (2010). 
 Neri F., Ossi P.M., Trusso S.  
	Propagation of laser generated plasmas through inert gases 
	 Laser and Particle Beams, 28, 53-59, (2010).
	 
 Calandra P., Lombardo D., Trusso S., Neri F., Ruggirello A., Turco Liveri V. 
	Synthesis of Yb nanoparticles by laser ablation of Yb target in AOT reverse micellar solution
          Materials Letters, 64, 576 (2010). 
 D'Andrea C., Neri F., Ossi P.M., Santo N., Trusso S. 
	The controlled pulsed laser deposition of Ag nanoparticle arrays for surface enhanced Raman scattering
          Nanotechnology, 20, 245606 (2009). 
 Fazio E., Neri F., Ossi P.M., Santo N.,Trusso S. 
	Ag nanocluster synthesis by laser ablation in Ar atmosphere : a plume dynamics analysis 
         Laser and Particle Beams, 27, 281-290 (2009).
Fazio E., Neri F., Ossi P.M., Santo N.,Trusso S. 
	Growth process of nanostructured silver films pulsed laser ablated in  high pressure inert gas
         Applied Surface Science 255, 9676-9679 (2009). 
Fazio B., Trusso S., Fazio E., Neri F., Ossi P.M., Santo N.
	  Nanostructured silver thin films deposited by pulsed laser ablation 
         Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids 163, 673-683 (2008). 
Acacia N., Fazio E., Neri F., Ossi P.M., Santo N., Trusso S.
	  Pulsed laser deposition of boron nitride thin films 
         Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids 163, 293-298 (2008). 
Ponterio R., Trusso S., Vasi C.,Toscano Raffa A., La Torre G.
	   Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy for the analysis of archaeological dyes from Licata (Sicily)  
         Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids 163, 535-543 (2008). 
Fazio B., Trusso S., Fazio E., Neri F.
	Structural characterization of pulsed laser deposited poly(methylmethacrylate) thin films
 
         Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 25, 117-125 (2008).
Fazio E., Barreca F., Fazio B., Neri F., Trusso S. 
Optical emission spectroscopy study of the expansion dynamics of a laser generated plasma during the deposition of thin films by laser ablation.
        Atti dell'Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti, Classe I di Scienze Fis. Mat. e Nat., LXXI, Adunanza del 28 novembre 2006 (2006).
Neri F., Barreca F., Fazio E., Barletta E., Mondio G., Trusso S., Bredenbach B., Modrow H.
	Influence of the deposition parameters on electronic and structural properties of pulsed laser ablation prepared Si1-xCx thin films. 
             Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A25 117-125 (2007). [IF 1.278]
Fazio E., Barletta E., Barreca F., Neri F., Mondio G., Trusso S.
	Laser ablation-deposited CNx thin films
	in CARBON: THE FUTURE MATERIAL FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS G. Messina and S. Santangelo eds.
	Topics in Applied Physics, 100, 287-302 (2006). [IF 0.880]
Barreca F., Fazio E., Neri F., Barletta E., Trusso S., Fazio B.
	Gas pressure effects on the structure of CNx thin films deposited by laser ablation
	Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids 160 (10-12), 601-608 (2005).
Barreca F., Fazio E., Neri F., Barletta E., Trusso S., Fazio B. 
	Dynamics of a pulsed laser generated tin plasma expanding in an oxygen atmosphere
	Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids 160 (10-12), 647-653 (2005).
Fazio E., Barletta E., Barreca F., Neri F., Trusso S.
	Investigation of a nanocrystalline silicon phase embedded in SiOx thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition
	Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B 23 (2), 519-524 (2005).
Trusso S., Barletta E., Barreca F., Fazio E., Neri F.
	Time resolved imaging studies of the plasma produced by laser ablation of silicon in O2/Ar atmosphere.
	Laser and Particle Beams, 23 (2), 149-153 (2005) 
Trusso S., Barletta E., Barreca F., Neri F.
Pulsed laser ablation of SiC in a nitrogen atmosphere: formation of CN 
Applied Physics A - Materials science & Processing  79(8), 1997-2005 (2004).
 Trusso S., Barletta E., Barreca F., Neri F.
Optical emission spectroscopy study of the plasma plume produced by laser ablation of SiC in a nitrogen athmosphere
in Plasma production by laser ablation. PPLA 2003 47-56 (2004), edited by S. Gammino. A.M. Mezzasalma, F. Neri, L. Torrisi. World Scientific (Singapore) 
 Trusso S., Barletta E., Barreca F., Neri F.
Effects of deposition parameters on pulsed laser ablation prepared thin SiC films
in Plasma production by laser ablation. PPLA 2003 149-155, (2004) edited by S. Gammino. A.M. Mezzasalma, F. Neri, L. Torrisi. World Scientific (Singapore).
 Ponterio R., Trusso S., Vasi C., Aragona S., Mavilia L.
Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy : an application on multilayered archeological ceramics.
in Plasma production by laser ablation. PPLA 2003 200-205 (2004) edited by S. Gammino. A.M. Mezzasalma, F. Neri, L. Torrisi. World Scientific (Singapore)
Fazio E., Barreca S., Barletta E., Neri F., Trusso S.
Raman and infrared study of PLD deposited SiOx thin films
in GNSR2003, 128-133 (2004) edited by A. Morresi and P. Sassi, Morlacchi editore (Perugia , Italy)
Trusso S., Neri F., Fazio E., Barreca F.
Electronic properties of PLD prepared nitrogenated a-SiC thin films
Thin Solid Films, 433, 34, (2003). [IF 1.847]
 Mezzasalma A.M., Neri F., Mondio G., Trusso S.
 sp2 and sp3 bonding configurations in low nitrogen content a-CNx thin films
J. Phys. D : Applied Physics, 36, 541, (2003). [IF 1.642] 
Trusso S., Barreca F., Neri F.
Excimer laser ablation of silicon carbide ceramic targets
Diamond and Related Materials, 11, 273, (2002). [IF 1.670] 
Trusso S., Barreca F., Neri F.
Bonding configurations and optical band gap for nitrogenated amorphous silicon carbide films prepared by pulsed laser ablation
Journal of Applied Physics 92 (5), 2485-2489 (2002). [IF 2.255] 
 Fazio E., Barreca F., Neri F., Trusso S.
Influence of low level nitrogenation on the structural properties of pulsed laser ablation deposited a-CNx films
in GNSR 2001- State of art and future development in Raman Spectroscopy and Related Techniques,
61-67,(2002). Edited by G. Messina and S. Santangelo, IOS Press, (Amsterdam).
Trusso S., Barreca F., Neri F., Fazio E.
Pulsed laser deposition of carbon and silicon based thin films
Trends in Vacuum Science and Technology 4, 183-194 (2001)
Parisi P., Torrisi L., Trusso S., Di Marco G.
Pulsed laser deposition of Hydroxyapatite films by KrF excimer
Physica Medica, XII, 227, (2001)
 Barreca F., Mezzasalma A.M., Mondio G., Neri F., Trusso S., Fazio B.
An investigation of the electronic and structural properties of pulsed laser-deposited a-C films
Thin Solids Films, 398, 233-237 (2001). [IF 1.847]
 Barreca F., Mezzasalma A.M., Mondio G., Neri F., Trusso S.
 Characterization of pulsed laser deposited a-C films by means of reflection electron energy loss spectroscopy 
Thin Solids Films, 398, 228-232 (2001). [IF 1.847]
 Barreca F., Mezzasalma A.M., Mondio G., Neri F., Trusso S.
 Quantitative estimation of the threefold and fourfold carbon coordination in amorphous CNx films
Applied Physics Letters, 78, 326-328 (2001). [IF 4.308]
Trusso S., Mondio G., Mezzasalma A.M., Neri F., Barreca F.
Optical constants from reflection electron energy loss spectroscopy: Theory and applications
in  Recent Research Developments in Vacuum Science and Technology, 3, 203-219, (2001)
Barreca F., Mezzasalma A.M., Mondio G., Neri F. , Trusso S., Vasi C.
Measurement of the dielectric constant of amorphous CNx films in the 0-45 eV energy range
Physical Review B, 62 (24),16893-16899 (2000). [IF 3.075]
Barreca F., Mezzasalma A.M., Mondio G., Neri F., Trusso S., Vasi C.
 Optical constants of CNx thin films from reflection electron energy loss spectroscopy
Thin Solid Films, 377, 631-634, (2000). [IF 1.847]
Barreca F., Fazio E., Neri F., Trusso S., Vasi C.
Correlation of structural and electrical transport properties in hydrogenated silicon films
AIP-CP513 pag. 23, in Nuclear and Condensed Matter Physics edited by A. Messina, (2000)
Trusso S., Vasi C., Neri F.
 CNx thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition: Raman, infrared and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study
Thin Solid Films, 355, 219-222, (1999). [IF 1.847]
Trusso S., Vasi C., Neri F.
Growth and structural properties of hydrogenated silicon films deposited by pulsed laser ablation
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 17, 921-925, (1999).[IF 1.557]
 Neri F., Trusso S., Vasi C., Valisa P.
 Raman microscopy study of pulsed laser ablation deposited silicon carbide films 
Thin Solid Films, 332, 290-294, (1998). [IF 1.847]
Trusso S., Vasi C., Barreca F., Neri F.
Micro-Raman study of reactive pulsed laser ablation deposited silicon carbon alloy films
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 16,3020-3024, (1998).[IF 1.557]