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Targeted dielectric coating of silver nanoparticles with silica to manipulate optical properties for metasurface applications (2022)
Journal Article
Lalegani, Z., Ebrahimi, S. S., Hamawandi, B., La Spada, L., Batili, H., & Toprak, M. (2022). Targeted dielectric coating of silver nanoparticles with silica to manipulate optical properties for metasurface applications. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 28

An epsilon-negative metamaterial (ENM) containing core@shell nanoparticles (NPs) was designed, where silver (Ag) NPs served as core and silica (SiO2) was used as spacer shell. AgNPs were synthesized in large scale, using microwave-a... Read More about Targeted dielectric coating of silver nanoparticles with silica to manipulate optical properties for metasurface applications.

The Graphene Field Effect Transistor Modeling Based on an Optimized Ambipolar Virtual Source Model for DNA Detection (2021)
Journal Article
Akbari, M., Shahbazzadeh, M. J., La Spada, L., & Khajehzadeh, A. (2021). The Graphene Field Effect Transistor Modeling Based on an Optimized Ambipolar Virtual Source Model for DNA Detection. Applied Sciences, 11(17), Article 8114. https://doi.org/10.3390/

The graphene-based Field Effect Transistors (GFETs), due to their multi-parameter characteristics, are growing rapidly as an important detection component for the apt detection of disease biomarkers, such as DNA, in clinical diagnostics and biomedica... Read More about The Graphene Field Effect Transistor Modeling Based on an Optimized Ambipolar Virtual Source Model for DNA Detection.

Deep Learning Techniques and COVID-19 Drug Discovery: Fundamentals, State-of-the-Art and Future Directions (2021)
Book Chapter
Jamshidi, M. B., Lalbakhsh, A., Talla, J., Peroutka, Z., Roshani, S., Matousek, V., …Lotfi, S. (2021). Deep Learning Techniques and COVID-19 Drug Discovery: Fundamentals, State-of-the-Art and Future Directions. In I. Arpaci, M. Al-Emran, M. A. Al-Sharaf

The world is in a frustrating situation, which is exacerbating due to the time-consuming process of the COVID-19 vaccine design and production. This chapter provides a comprehensive investigation of fundamentals, state-of-the-art and some perspective... Read More about Deep Learning Techniques and COVID-19 Drug Discovery: Fundamentals, State-of-the-Art and Future Directions.

Modeling, design, and synthesis of gram-scale monodispersed silver nanoparticles using microwave-assisted polyol process for metamaterial applications (2020)
Journal Article
Lalegani, Z., Ebrahimi, S. S., Hamawandi, B., La Spada, L., & Toprak, M. (2020). Modeling, design, and synthesis of gram-scale monodispersed silver nanoparticles using microwave-assisted polyol process for metamaterial applications. Optical Materials, 108

High-yield monodispersed silver (Ag) nanospheres were modeled, designed, and synthesized by microwave-assisted (MW-assisted) polyol method from AgNO3, polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP), and ethylene glycol (EG), as precursors, at 145 °C within a short reac... Read More about Modeling, design, and synthesis of gram-scale monodispersed silver nanoparticles using microwave-assisted polyol process for metamaterial applications.

Metasurface sensors for healthcare applications (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Durant, A., Lacoste, C., Donnelly, E., & Spada, L. L. (2020). Metasurface sensors for healthcare applications. . https://doi.org/10.23919/eucap48036.2020.9135976

Electromagnetic sensors have received huge attention in the last few years, due to the rising demand of devices able to improve quality, performance and safety in different industrial sectors: both sensing and medical industries are outstanding examp... Read More about Metasurface sensors for healthcare applications.

Metamaterials for electromagnetic and thermal waves (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Donnelly, E., Durant, A., Lacoste, C., & Spada, L. L. (2020). Metamaterials for electromagnetic and thermal waves. . https://doi.org/10.23919/eucap48036.2020.9135673

In the last decade, electromagnetic metamaterials, thanks to their exotic properties and the possibility to control electromagnetic waves at will, become crucial building blocks to develop new and advanced technologies in several practical applicatio... Read More about Metamaterials for electromagnetic and thermal waves.

Artificial Intelligence and COVID-19: Deep Learning Approaches for Diagnosis and Treatment (2020)
Journal Article
Jamshidi, M. B., Lalbakhsh, A., Talla, J., Peroutka, Z., Hadjilooei, F., Lalbakhsh, P., …Mohyuddin, W. (2020). Artificial Intelligence and COVID-19: Deep Learning Approaches for Diagnosis and Treatment. IEEE Access, 8, 109581-109595. https://doi.org/10.

COVID-19 outbreak has put the whole world in an unprecedented difficult situation bringing life around the world to a frightening halt and claiming thousands of lives. Due to COVID-19’s spread in 212 countries and territories and increasing numbers o... Read More about Artificial Intelligence and COVID-19: Deep Learning Approaches for Diagnosis and Treatment.

Electromagnetic and thermal nanostructures: from waves to circuits (2020)
Journal Article
Donnelly, E., & La Spada, L. (2020). Electromagnetic and thermal nanostructures: from waves to circuits. Engineering Research Express, 2(1), 015045. https://doi.org/10.1088/2631-8695/ab7a78

Nanomaterials have become crucial to develop new technologies in several practical applications fields. Until now nanostructures have been mostly associated with electromagnetism and optics. The aim of this letter is to extend the applicability of su... Read More about Electromagnetic and thermal nanostructures: from waves to circuits.

Controlling Light by Curvilinear MetaSurfaces (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taibi, A. M., Durant, A., Loscrí, V., Vegni, A. M., & Spada, L. L. (2019). Controlling Light by Curvilinear MetaSurfaces. In NANOCOM '19: Proceedings of the Sixth Annual ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication. https://doi.

Huge interest in controlling and manipulating electromagnetic waves is recently and strongly evolving, mainly due to the growing demand of reliable technologies in several application fields, such as communications, healthcare, military and safety. D... Read More about Controlling Light by Curvilinear MetaSurfaces.

MetaSurface Structure Design and Channel Modelling for THz Band Communications (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
La Spada, L., Loscri, V., & Vegni, A. M. (2019). MetaSurface Structure Design and Channel Modelling for THz Band Communications. . https://doi.org/10.1109/infcomw.2019.8845308

Recently, a huge interest has been raised in controlling and manipulating electromagnetic waves by means of MetaSurfaces. This type of material makes possible the control of phase and amplitude of electromagnetic waves paving the way of different app... Read More about MetaSurface Structure Design and Channel Modelling for THz Band Communications.