Sergio Pezzini - Dipartimento di Fisica

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Sergio Pezzini
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Name: Sergio
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Surname: Pezzini
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Date and place of birth: December 10, 1987, Calcinate (BG) - Italy
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Address: via Nazionale n°2715, 24060, Ranzanico (BG) - Italy
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Mobile phone: +39 3493561842
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E-mail: sergio.pezzini@unipv.it
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Skype: sirjoe.pezzini
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Personal data
Education and training
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[September 2013 – July 2014] Visitor at Laboratorio de bajas temperaturas, Universidad
de Salamanca (Salamanca - Spain).
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[June 2013] Visitor at LNCMI-G (High Magnetic Field Lab, Grenoble - France).
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[November 2012 – May 2013] Visiting Student Researcher at M. F. Crommie’s group,
University of California Berkeley (Berkeley, CA - USA).
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[July 2012] Visitor at INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Lab (Braga Portugal).
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[November 2011 – November 2014] PhD in Physics at Dipartimento di Fisica, Università
degli studi di Pavia (Pavia - Italy). Supervisor: prof. Vittorio Bellani.
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[2011] Laurea Magistrale in Scienze Fisiche (2 years Master of Science in condensedmatter physics) at Università degli studi di Pavia (Pavia - Italy); final grade: 110/110 cum
Laude. Thesis: “Magneto-transport in graphene: an experimental study”. Supervisor:
prof. Vittorio Bellani.
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[2011] Programa de formación mediante prácticas en materia de investigación e
innovación tecnológica para titulados universitarios - nuevas tecnologias criogenicas
aplicadas a nanodispositivos electronicos de grafeno (6 months formative training on
new cryogenic technologies applied to the study of graphene nano-devices) at
“Laboratorio de bajas temperaturas”, Universidad de Salamanca (Salamanca - Spain).
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[2011] Erasmus student at University of Salamanca (6 months European exchange study
program, in preparation of the Master Thesis).
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[2010] Tirocinio formativo e di orientamento (1 year formative training) at “Raman
Spectroscopy Laboratory”, Department of Physics, Università degli studi di Pavia (Pavia Italy).
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[2009] Laurea Triennale in Fisica (3 years Bachelor Degree in Physics) at Università
degli studi di Pavia (Pavia - Italy); final grade: 110/110 cum Laude. Thesis: “Carbon
nanotubes: physical properties and possible applications”. Supervisor: prof. Pietro
Galinetto.
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[2006] Diploma di licenza media superiore (5 years high school diploma) at Liceo
Scientifico L.Federici (Trescore Balneario (BG) – Italy); final grade 94/100.
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[2005] First Certificate in English (FCE), University of Cambridge ESOL
Examinations; grade C.
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Technical competences
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Magneto-transport (electrical transport in high magnetic field with low-frequency ac
lock-in technique).
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Raman spectroscopy (characterization of carbon-based materials with inelastic scattering
of light).
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STM (scanning tunnelling microscopy of graphene-based devices).
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CVD graphene transfer (polymer-mediated transfer of large-area CVD graphene on
arbitrary substrates).
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Lithography of nanodevices (production of multi-terminal graphene Hall bars)
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Cryogenics (use of Cryofree refrigerators for milliKelvin measurements).
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Research interests
− Integer Quantum Hall effect in graphene (single-, bi- and tri-layer graphene studied in
the deep quantum limit; in collaboration with LNCMI-Grenoble and University of
Salamanca).
− Quantum interference corrections to conductivity in graphene (WL and WAL regimes
studied as a function of temperature and carrier density; in collaboration with University
of Salamanca).
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Production and characterization of CVD graphene nano-devices (in collaboration with
INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Lab and Graphenea).
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Raman spectroscopy of exfoliated HOPG (in collaboration with ISOF – CNR Bologna).
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STM study of graphene-based structures (in collaboration with UC Berkeley).
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Publications
1. C. Cobaleda, S. Pezzini, E. Diez and V. Bellani, Percolation transitions in bilayer
graphene enclosed by hexagonal boron nitride, Phys. Rev. B 90, 161408 (R) (2014).
2. S. Pezzini, C. Cobaleda, B. A. Piot, V. Bellani and E. Diez, Critical point for the canted
antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic phase transition at charge neutrality in bilayer
graphene, Phys. Rev. B 90, 121404(R) (2014).
3. C. Cobaleda, S. Pezzini, E. Diez and V. Bellani, Temperature- and density-dependent
transport regimes in a h-BN/bilayer graphene/h-BN heterostructure, Phys. Rev. B 89,
121404(R) (2014).
4. Z. Y. Xia, G. Giambastiani, C. Christodoulou, M. V. Nardi, N. Koch, V. Bellani, S.
Pezzini, V. Morandi, A. Zanelli and V. Palermo, Synergic exfoliation of graphene with
organic molecules and inorganic ions for the electrochemical production of flexible
electrodes, ChemPlusChem 79, 439 (2014).
5. S. Pezzini, C. Cobaleda, E. Diez and V. Bellani, Disorder and de-coherence in graphene
probed by low-temperature magneto-transport: weak localization and weak
antilocalization, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 456, 012032 (2013).
6. C. Cobaleda, E. Diez, M. Amado, S. Pezzini, F. Rossella, V. Bellani, D. López-Romero
and D. K. Maude, Quantum Hall effect in monolayer, bilayer and trilayer graphene, J.
Phys.: Conf. Ser. 456, 012006 (2013).
7. Z. Y. Xia, S. Pezzini, E. Treossi, G. Giambastiani, F. Corticelli, V. Morandi, A. Zanelli,
V. Bellani and V. Palermo, The exfoliation of graphene in liquids by electrochemical,
chemical and sonication-assisted techniques; a nano-scale study, Adv. Funct. Mater. 23,
4684 (2013).
8. S. Pezzini, C. Cobaleda, E. Diez and V. Bellani, Quantum interference corrections to
magnetoconductivity in graphene, Phys. Rev. B 85, 165451 (2012).
9. C. Cobaleda, F. Rossella, S. Pezzini, E. Diez, V. Bellani, D.K. Maude and P. Blake,
Quantum Hall effect in bilayer and trilayer graphene, Phys. Status Solidi C 9, No.
6,1411 (2012).
10. C. Cobaleda, F. Rossella, S. Pezzini, E. Diez, V. Bellani, D.K. Maude and P. Blake,
Quantum Hall effect in inhomogeneous trilayer graphene, Physica E 44, 530 (2011).
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Workshops/Conferences/Schools/Seminars
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Seminar “Tunable electronic properties of graphene bilayers probed by
magnetotransport and scanning tunneling microscopy” (June 03, 2014 - NEST,
National Enterprise for nanoScience and nanoTechnology, Pisa - Italy).
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Graphene 2014 (May 06 - 09, 2014 - Toulouse – France; contributed talk on
“Percolation transitions in bilayer graphene enclosed by hexagonal boron nitride”).
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Seminar “Moiré physics in CVD graphene hetero-structures probed by Scanning
Tunneling Microscopy” (November 29, 2013 – Dept. of Physics, University of
Salamanca – Salamanca - Spain).
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The Onassis Foundation Science Lecture Series 2013 in Physics and Chemistry:
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (July 15 - 19, 2013 - Heraklyon, Crete - Greece).
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3rd EuroMagNET Summer School: Science in High Magnetic Fields (September 30 October 07, 2012 - Rugen – Germany; contributed talk on "Quantum interference
corrections to magneto-conductivity in graphene").
− HMF-20, 20th International Conference on "High Magnetic Fields in Semiconductor
Physics” (July 23-27, 2012 - Chamonix Mont-Blanc – France; contribution with a poster
on "Quantum interference corrections to magneto-conductivity in graphene").
− Prophet workshop (“Postgraduate Research on Photonics as an Enabling Tool”, April 11
- 13, 2012 - Pavia - Italy).
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Italian (native speaker).
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Spanish (spoken (C1), written (C1)).
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English (spoken (C1), written (C1)).
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Languages
Extra-academic activities
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STEP ESN Pavia (active member of Erasmus Student Network’s Pavia section;
organization of cultural events for international students aiming at supporting their
integration in the reality of Pavia University).
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Soccer (mid-field player at amateur level. Organization of University of Pavia
Residences’ League 2012).
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Music (amateur blues/pop/rock piano player).
Pavia, September 24, 2014
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