
Ø Education Ø Employment History Ø Research Interests Ø Collaborators Ø Professional Activities Ø Invited Lectures Ø Publications Ø Patents

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Education
Nov
1993 Ph.D. in Chemistry
-Nov 1996 State University of Milano, Milan
(Italy)
Sept
1986 Laurea in Chemistry (110/110
with honors)
-May 1993 State University of Milano, Milan
(Italy)
Sept 1981 Diloma
in Industrial Chemistry
June 1986 A.
Righi Institute, Bergamo (Italy)
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Employment History
Current Employment
March 2008 Associate Professor Adjunct,
The Department of Chemistry and the Material Research Center,
-Present Northwestern University,
Evanston (IL), USA.
March 2008 Co-Founder
and CTO, Polyera
Corporation, Skokie (IL),USA.
-Present
Research Experience
May 2005 Research Associate Professor,
The Department of Chemistry and the Material Research Center,
-March 2008 Northwestern University,
Evanston (IL), USA.
Oct 2005 VP
for Research, Polyera
Corporation, Skokie (IL),USA.
- March 2008
Jan 2002 Research Assistant Professor,
The Department of Chemistry and the Material Research Center,
-Apr 2005 Northwestern University,
Evanston.
Aug
2002 Visiting Researcher, Bell Laboratories
-Dec
2002 Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill.
Jan 2000 Research
Associate, Department of Material Science
-Dec 2001 University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan.
Feb
2000 Visiting Assistant Professor,
The Material Research Center
-Sept
2000 Northwestern University,
Evanston.
Sept
1998 Postdoctoral Fellow in Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry
-Dec
1999 Northwestern University,
Evanston.
April
1997 Postdoctoral Fellow in Physical Organic Chemistry, Department of
Chemistry
-Aug
1998 University of California, Berkeley.
Nov.
1996 Research Assistant in
Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry
-March 97 State University of Milano, Milan.
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Research Interests
1. Plastic Electronics. A
rapidly advancing area of technological and basic research is “plastic
electronics”-- in particular, organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) based on small
molecule and polymer semiconductor and dielectric materials. OTFTs based on
such advanced components have been proposed for a number of uses, such as
flexible/bendable displays for commercial and military applications (rolling
maps, soldier electronic textile), radio-frequency identification tags, smart
cards, and sensors. The main goal of the present research is to design,
prepare, and characterize novel organic semiconductors and dielectrics for the
above applications that will compete with the current inorganic technology
based on silicon chips.
2 .Electro-Optic Materials and Devices.
Present-generation military and civilian radiofrequency (RF) systems are
severely challenged by the lack of compact, lightweight, inexpensive components
capable of efficient broadband RF analog signal distribution and processing.
This research line focuses on developing and implementing unique, ultra-high
response materials systems for very low-voltage, ultra-high-speed electro-optic
devices (modulators, switches). The closely integrated focal areas are: a)
Ultra-fast response components for molecular photonics materials and devices.
b) Ultra-high response, intrinsically acentric self-assembled superlattice
(SAS) materials. c) Electro-optic modulators fabricated with the above
materials and unconventional electrode materials for use in the above systems.
3 .Organic Materials for Multiphotonics.
Organic molecules which can simultaneously absorb two or more photons to be
promoted to their excited states have recently been the subject of much
research work in the scientific community due to the growing interest in
advanced photonic applications such as two-photon laser scanning fluorescence
microscopy, photodynamic therapy, optical limiting, three-dimensional optical
storage, microfabrication, and upconverted lasing. Many of these applications
take advantage of the fact that the two-photon absorption (TPA) activity scales
quadratically with the intensity of the incident laser radiation, leading to
improved 3D resolution (as much as the 4th power). Some of these fields are
further based on the fluorescence properties of the two-photon excited
molecule. Finally, one important aspect is given by the fact that common
organic dyes are linearly transparent to the wavelength of the incident
radiation, providing increasing penetration in common biological tissues and
organic coatings. In order to meet market criteria for these applications,
molecules with large TPA cross-sections (large efficiency) are required and are
the focus of this research area.
4 .Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (MRI). MRI is a diagnostic procedure that uses
magnetic fields and computers to create images of certain areas inside the
body, such as the brain, joints, breast, liver, and other soft tissues. Unlike
x-rays, it does not involve ionizing radiation. Contrast agents (also called
paramagnetic agents) are used to help provide a clear picture during MRI and
therefore help diagnose problems or diseases such as cancer and
cardiopathologies. One of the more commonly employed contrast agents,
gadopentetate, has paradoxically poor contrast efficiency (~
5 in a scale of 1-100). This research project targets the synthesis of new
lanthanide contrast agents based on heteroaromatic ligands with much higher
contrast efficiency for better imaging of tissue.
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Collaborators
I am infinitely grateful to the following current collaborators and to their research groups:
Prof. Tobin J. Marks (Northwestern.
U.), Prof. Ananth Dodabalapur (U. Texas-Austin), Prof. Giorgio Pagani (U.
Milano-Bicocca), Dr. Michele Muccini (ISOC-CNR Bologna), Prof. Alberto
Girlando (U. Parma), Prof. Mark Ratner (Northwestern U.), Prof. Elena Cariati
(U. Milano) , Prof. Renato Ugo (U. Milano), Prof. Luca Beverina (U.
Milano-Bicocca), Prof. David Janes (Purdue U.), Prof. John A. Rogers
(UIUC), Prof. Peter Ye (Purdue U.), Prof. Teodormino Lopez Navarrete (U.
Malaga), Prof. Juan Casado (U. Malaga), Prof. Alberto Vacca (U. Firenze), Prof.
Michael Wasielewski (Northwestern U.), Prof. Milko van der Boom (Weizmann
Institute of Scienze), Prof. A. Taticchi (U. Perugia), Prof. Emanuela Licandro
(U. Milano), Dr. Franco Dinelli (CNR-Pisa), Prof. Maria A. Loi (U.
Groningen), Prof. A. Morpurgo (Delft U.), Dr. Dean Delongchamp (NIST), Dr. G.
Archetti (U. Kaiserslautern), Dr. Geetha Dholakia (NASA Aims Center), Prof.
Sang Ho (Northwestern.U.), Prof. Ming Chou Chen (National Central U.), Prof.
Paul Heremans (IMEC)
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Professional Activities
Research Supervision
·
Postdoctoral Researchers
Elisabetta
Annoni (2003-2004), Gang Lu (2004-2006), Zhemin Wang (2005-present), Shinji Ando
(2006-present), Paul Byrne (2006-present), Shaofeng Lu (2006-2007), Hyun Sung
Kim (2007-present)
·
Ph.D. Students
Melissa
Mushrush (1999-2003), Goeffrey R. Hutchison (2000-2004), Myung-Han Yoon
(2001-2006), Sharon Koh (2003-2007), Joseph Letizia (2004-present), David
Frattarelli (2004-present), Sara DiBenedetto (2005-present), Hyuk-Jin Choi
(2005-2006), Hakan Usta (2005-present), Choongik Kim (2006-present), Young-Geun
Ha (2007-present), Jangdae Youn (2007-present)
·
Masters Students
Silvia Terenghi (1995), Igor
Maino (1995), Maurizio Iannone (1996), Giovanni Conca (1996), Elena Scaltritti (1997), Graziano Archetti (2001)
· Summer/Visiting
Students
Michael A. Oar (2003), Sara
DiBenedetto (2004), Jonathan
Rivnay (2005), Ricio Lopez (2005), Michele Schiavo (2006), Roberto Macchi
(2007), Selvaggia Landi (2007), Fabio Silvestri (2008)
International Journals
Reviewed for
Angewandte Chemie, Advanced Materials,
Advanced Functional Materials, Applied Physics Letters, Chemical Communications,
Chemistry of Materials, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, Journal of the
American Chemical Society, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Organic
Chemistry, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Journal of Physical Chemistry B,
Journal of Chemical Physics, Langmiur, Macromolecules, Materials Science &
Engineering B, Nature Materials, Organometallics, Organic Electronics,
Synthetic Communications, Tetrahedron, Tetrahedron Letters
Services
2005 Invited Review Panelist for MIUR Research
Strategic Programs
2006 Invited Review Panelist for Austrian Science
Foundation (FWF)
2006 Invited Review Panelist for NSF
International Research Fellowship Program
2007 Invited Review Panelist for ACS-PRF fund
2007 Invited Review Panelist for INSTM Prisma Project
2008 Invited Review Panelist for Austrian Science
Foundation (FWF)
2008 Invited Review Panelist for NSF
2008 Invited Review Panelist for the Research
Grants Council, Hong Kong
Awards and Professional
Affiliations
1986 Farchemia
award to the best student in industrial chemistry
1993 Italian
Chemical Society, Organic Division
1996 Summer School A. Corbella participation award
1997 NIH grant support, University of
California, Berkeley
1998 Material
Research Society
1999 American
Chemical Society
2002 International
Microelectronic and Packing Society
2003 INSTM
(National Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials) participation
award.
Conference Organization
233rd ACS National Meeting, Symposium on “Polymeric and Molecular Materials for Opto-Electronics (PMSE Division), Chicago (USA)
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Invited Lectures
54. 2008 International Symposium on Organic
Transistors and Functional Interfaces, Sendai, Japan (programmed August)
53. 2008 IDMC (International Display
Manufacturing Conference) and Asia Display, Ilsan, Korea (programmed October)
52. 2008 SPIE Meeting, San Diego, CA USA
(programmed August)
51. 2007 Weizmann Institute of Science,
Department of Chemistry, Rehovot, Israel (programmed July)
50. 2008 Delft University, Department of
Materials Science (programmed July)
49. 2007 University of Groningen, Department of
Physical Chemistry (programmed July)
48. 2008 IMEC, Leuven, Belgium (programmed July)
47. 2008 ENEA-CNR Center, Naples (programmed May)
46. 2008 Singapore National University,
Nanotechnology Center (programmed June)
45. 2008 University of Kentucky, Department of
Chemistry, KT, USA
44. 2008 E-MRS Meeting, Strasbourg, France
43. 2008 MRS Meeting, San Francisco, CA USA
42. 2008 SPIE Photonics Europe, Strasbourg,
France
41. 2008 Flexible Electronics and Display,
Phoenix, AZ USA
40. 2007 University of Paisa, Department of
Chemistry, Italy
39. 2007 University College London, Department of
Physics and Astronomy, UK
38. 2007 Imperial College, Department of Physics,
UK
37. 2007 University of Cambridge, School of
Physical Sciences, UK
36. 2007 University of Naples Federico II,
Department of Chemistry, Naples, Italy
35. 2007 3rd Global Plastic Electronics
Conference & Showcase, Frankfurt, Germany
34. 2007 4th European Conference on
Organic Electronics and Related Phenomana, Varenna, Italy
33. 2007 Organic RFID Workshop, Chicago, USA
32. 2007 Summer School of Materials Science,
Bressanone, Italy
31. 2007 Organic Electronic Conference-07,
Frankfurt, Germany
30. 2007 Italian Chemical Society-Organic
Division Meeting, Cosenza, Italy
29. 2007 University of Parma, Department of
Chemistry, Parma, Italy
28. 2007 Politecnico di Milano, Department of
Chemical Sciences, Milano, Italy
27. 2007 SPIE Meeting-Organic Electronics, San
Diego, CA USA
26. 2007 BASF-JKS Research Solution Polymers,
Ludwigshafen, Germany
25. 2007 Spring MRS Meeting, San Francisco, CA
USA
24. 2007 233rd ACS National Meeting,
Chicago, IL USA
23. 2006 ICPOP Symposium
on Photonic Materials and Devices, Lyon, France
22. 2006 USMS Workshop on Large-Area, Flexible Electronics, Gaithersburg, USA
21. 2006 CNR ISOC Bologna, Bologna,
Italy
20. 2006 KIChE International Symposium on Display
Materials and Processes, Daegu, South Korea
19. 2006 Seoul National University, Department of
Materials Science, Seoul, South Korea
18. 2006 Pohang University, Department of
Chemical Engineering, Pohang, South Korea
17. 2006 The Catholic University of Korea,
Department of Chemistry, Seoul, South Korea
16. 2006 Yeungnam University, School of Chemical
Engineering and Technology, Daedong, South Korea
15. 2006 LG Chem Labs, Advanced Materials
Division, Daedong, South Korea
14. 2006 CLEO Optical Materials, Fabrication and
Characterization, Long Beach, CA USA
13. 2006 Organic Electronic Conference-06,
Frankfurt, Germany
12. 2006 Organic RFID Workshop, San Diego, CA USA
11. 2006 Fall MRS Meeting, Boston, MA USA
10. 2006 Advanced
Heterostructures Workshop, Kohala Coast, Big Island of Hawai, USA
9. 2005 University of Milan, Department of
Chemistry, Milan, Italy
8. 2005 ACS/IEEE CPMT/MRS Organic
Microelectronics Workshop, Newport, CT USA
7. 2005 NASA Molecular Conductor Workshop,
Purdue University, Lafayette, IN USA
6. 2005 5th INSTM Meeting,
Cagliari, Italy
5 2005 Organic RFID Workshop, San Diego, CA
USA
4. 2005 University of Milano-Bicocca,
Department of Materials Science, Milan, Italy
3. 2004 IMAPS-Printing Organic and Melecular
Electronic Technologies Meeting, Annapolis, MD USA
2. 2003 48th SPIE Meeting (Organic
Field Effect Transistors II), San Diego, CA USA
1. 2003 IMAPS-Printing an Intelligent Future
Meeting, Boston, MA USA
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Books
4. Facchetti. A. in Electro-Active Oligo- and Polythiophenes for Field-Effect Devices, Perepichka, I.F.; Ed.; John Wiley & Sons, West Sussex,UK in press.
3. Transparent Electronics, Facchetti, A.; Marks, T. J. Eds.; John Wiley & Sons, West Sussex,UK, in preparation
2. Facchetti. A. in Molecular Semiconductors for Organic Field-Effect Transistors, Sun, S.-S.; Dalton, L. R. Eds.; CRC Press; in press.
1. Facchetti. A.; Katz, H. E.; Marks, T. J.; Veinot, J. in Organic Semiconductor Material, Gamota, D. Ed.;
Kluwer Academic Publischer; Norwell, MA (2003).
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Publications
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130. Yan, H.;
Blache, R.; Lu, S.; Woerle, J.; *Facchetti, A. “Solution Processed Top-Gate n-Channel
Transistors and Complementary Circuits on Plastics Operating in Ambient” Adv. Mater. 2008, in press.
129. Shirman, T.; Freeman, D.; Shimon, L.;
Feldman, I.; Van Der Boom, M.; *Facchetti, A.
“Assembly of Crystalline Halogen-Bonded Materials by Physical Vapor Deposition”
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, in press.
128. Usta, H.; *Facchetti, A.; Marks, T. J. “Synthesis and Characterization of
Electron-Deficient and Highly Soluble (Bis)Indenofluorene Building Blocks for
n-Type Semiconducting Polymers” Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 1385.
127. Beverina, L.; Crippa, M.; Salice, P.; Ruffo, R.; Ferrante, C.; Fortunati, I.; Signorini, R.; Mari, C. M.;
Bozio, R.; Facchetti, A.; G.; Pagani, G. A.; “Indolic squaraines as Two-Photon
Absorbing dyes in the Visible region: X-ray structure, electrochemical and
Nonlinear Optical characterization” Chem. Mater. 2008, in press.
126. DiBenedetto, S. A.; Frattarelli, D.; Ratner,
M. A.; *Facchetti, A.; Marks, T. J. “Vapor Phase Self-Assembly of Molecular
Gate Dielectrics for Thin Film Transistors” J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, in press.
125. Letizia, J.; Salata, M.; Tribout, C.;
*Facchetti, A.; Ratner, M. A.; Marks, T. J. "n-Channel Polymers by Design:
Optimizing the Interplay of Solubilizing Substituents, Crystal Packing, and
Field-Effect Transistor Characteristics in Polymeric Bithiophene-Imide
Semiconductors" J. Am. Chem. Soc.
2008, in press.
124. Kim, C.; Wang, Z.; Choi, H.-J.; Ha, Y.-G.;
Facchetti, A.; Marks, T. J. "Printable Crosslinked Polymer Blend
Dielectrics. Design Strategies, Synthesis, Microstructures, and Electrical
Properties, with Organic Field-Effect Transistors as Testbeds."J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, in press.
123. Byrne, P.; *Facchetti, A.; Marks, T. J. “Solution-Processed High Mobility Inorganic
Thin-Film Transistors with a Self-Assembled Multilayer Gate Dielectric” Adv.
Mater. 2008, in press.
122. Chen, M.-C.; Kim, C.; Chen, S.-Y.; Chiang,
Y.-J.; Chung, M.-C.; *Facchetti, A.; Marks, T. J. “Functionalized anthradithiophenes for
organic field-effect transistors” J. Mater. Chem. 2008, 18, 1029-1036.
121. Wang, Y.; Marks, T. J.; Ratner, M. A.;
Macchioni, A.; Cariati, E.; Frattarelli, D.; Facchetti, A.; Zuccaccia, C.;
Wegener, S. "Twisted p-Electron System
Electro-Optic Chromophores. Structural and Electronic Consequences of Relaxing
Twist-Inducing Non-Bonded Repulsions" J.
Phys. Chem. 2008, in press
120. Koh, S. E.; Risko, C.; da Silva Filho, D. A.;
Kwon, O.; Facchetti, A.; Bredas, J.-L.; Marks, T. J.; Ratner, M. A. “Modeling electron and hole transport in
fluoroarene-oligothiopene semiconductors: investigation of geometric and
electronic structure properties” Adv. Funct. Mater. 2008, 18, 332-340.
119. Lee, K.; Lu, G.; Facchetti, A.; Janes, D. B.;
Marks, T. J. “Comparative passivation
effects of self-assembled mono- and multilayers on GaAs junction field effect
transistors," Appl. Phys. Lett. 2008, 92(12),
123509/1-123509/3.
118. Lu, G.; Usta, H.; Risco, C.; Wang, L.; *Facchetti, A.; Ratner, M. A.; Marks,
T. J. "Synthesis, Characterization, and Transistor Response of
Semiconducting Silole Polymers with Substantial Hole Mobility and Air
Stability. Experiment and Theory" J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, in press.
117. Ju, S.; Kim, S.; Mohammadi, S.; Janes, D. B.;
Ha, Y.-G.; Facchetti, A.; Marks, T. J.
“Interface studies of ZnO nanowire transistors using low-frequency noise
and temperature-dependent I-V measurements” Appl.
Phys. Lett. 2008, 92, 022104/1-022104/3.
116. Ju, S.; Li, J.; Liu, J.; Chen, P.-C.; Ha,
Y.-G.; Ishikawa, F.; Chang, H.; Zhou, C.; Facchetti, A.; Janes, D. B.; Marks,
T. J. “Transparent Active Matrix Organic
Light-Emitting Diode Displays Driven by Nanowire Transistor Circuitry” Nano Letters 2008, 8(4),
997-1004..
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115. Kim, C.; *Facchetti, A.; Marks, T. J. “Polymer Gate
Dielectric Viscoelasticity Modulates Pentacene Transistor Performance” Science
2007, 318, 76-80.
114. *Facchetti,
A. “Book Review: Organic Electronics”
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 1367-1368.
113. *Facchetti,
A. “Semiconducting Materials for Organic Field-Effect Transistors” Materials Today 2007, 10, 28.
112. Wang, Z.; *Facchetti, A.; Marks, T. J. “Anthracenedicarboximides
As Air Stable N-Channel Semiconductors for Thin-Film Transistors with
Remarkable Current On-Off Ratios”J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 13362-13363.
111 Jones, B. A.; Facchetti, A.; Wasielewski, M.
R.; Marks, T. J. “Effects of Arylene Diimide Thin Film Growth Conditions on
n-Channel OFET Performance” Adv. Funct. Mater. 2007, in press
110. Kim, C.; *Facchetti, A.; Marks, T. J. “Gate
Dielectric Physicochemical Control of Pentacene Microstructure and Field-Effect
Transistor Response” Adv. Mater. 2007, 19, 2561-2566.
109. Yoon, M.-Y.; DiBenedetto, S.
A.; Russell, M. T.; *Facchetti, A.;
Marks, T. J. “High-Performance
n-Channel Carbonyl-Functionalized Quaterthiophene Semiconductors: Thin-Film
Transistor Response and Majority Carrier Type Inversion via Simple Chemical
Protection/Deprotection” Chem. Mater, 2007, 19, 4864-4881.
108. Jones, B. A.; Facchetti, A.; Wasielewski, M. R.;
Marks, T. J. “Tuning Orbital Energetics in Arylene Diimide
Semiconductors. Materials Design for Ambient Stability of n-Type Charge
Transport” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 15259-15278.
107. Lin, H. C; Kim, S. K.; Chang, D.;
Xuan, Y.; Mohammadi, S.; Ye, P.; Gang, L.; Facchetti, A.; Marks, T. J. “Direct-current and radio-frequency
characterizations of GaAs metal-insulator-semiconductor field-effect
transistors enabled by self-assembled nanodielectrics” Appl. Phys. Lett. 2007, 91, 092103.
106. Yoo, B.; Jones, B. A.; Basu,
D.; Fine, D.; Jung, T.; Mohapatra, S.; Facchetti,
A.; Dimmler, K.; Wasielewski, M. R.; Marks, T. J.; Dodabalapur, A. “High
Performance Solution-Deposited n-Channel Organic Transistors and their
Complementary Circuits” Adv. Mater. 2007, 19, 4028-4033.
105. Jones, B. A.; Facchetti, A.; Marks, T. J.; Wasielewski, M. R. “Cyanonaphthalene Diimide
Semiconductors for Air-Stable, Flexible, and Optically Transparent n-Channel
Field-Effect Transistors” Chem. Mater. 2007, 19, 2703-2705
104. Ju, S.; Facchetti, A.; Xuan, Y.; Liu, J.; Ishikawa, F.; Ye, P.; Zhou, C.;
Marks, T.J.; Janes, D.B. “Fabrication of Fully Transparent Nanowire Transistors
for Transparent and Flexible Electronics” Nature Nanotech.
2007, 2, 378-384.
103.