The Molecular Photonics Laboratory (MPL) was established in 1997 and gathers equipment, expertise and experiments used for the study of the linear, nonlinear, photoluminescence and electroluminescence properties of molecular and polymeric organic materials. Such materials are used for the fabrication of integrated optical devices, organic light emitting diodes (OLED) and dye-sensitized organic solar cells (DSSC). Since 2007 the laboratory started migrating towards the field of Biophotonics, in which the materials are still organic but of biological origin. We worked hard to pursuit such a transition, which involved a modification of the experimental techniques and their integration with new expertise in chemistry and biochemistry. We believe the transition is now complete as witnessed by our latest publications in the field.
Laboratorio di Fotonica Molecolare
Descrizione
Tipologia
Biologico biosicurezza 2, Elettrico, Informatico, Nanotecnologico, Ottico, Prove materiali, Strumentale
Attività
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70%
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Responsabile
| Nome | Struttura | |
| Francesco Michelotti | francesco.michelotti@uniroma1.it | DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE DI BASE ED APPLICATE PER L'INGEGNERIA |
ERC scientific sector
PE2_6, PE2_9, PE2_11, PE3_10, PE3_16, PE4_11
Dipartimento o centro ospitante
Personale docente e di ricerca
KET
Micro/nano electronics & photonics, Life-science technologies & biotechnologies
Strumenti e attrezzature
| Nome | Descrizione | Servizi Offerti | Tipologia |
| UV/VIS/NIR Spectrophotometer | Perkin Elmer Lambda 1050+ with: integrating sphere detector and reflectance accessories | Attrezzature principali per la ricerca (piccole/medie/grandi attrezzature) | |
| VIS Spectrofluorometer | Perkin Elmer - FL6500 with: standard cuvette sample holder, integrating sphere for quantum yield measurements, polarized fluorescence accessories | Attrezzature principali per la ricerca (piccole/medie/grandi attrezzature) | |
| SPR and BSWR | Custom surface plasmon polariton and photonic crystal biosensing platforms | Attrezzature principali per la ricerca (piccole/medie/grandi attrezzature) | |
| Wide-field fluorescence microscope | Zeiss Axio 7 Observer with: 6 filter blocks for standard organic fluorescent probes and quantum dot probes | Attrezzature principali per la ricerca (piccole/medie/grandi attrezzature) | |
| Nanoplotter | GESIM nano-bio-spotter used to deposit antibodies, proteins and ss-DNA with high spatial resolution | Attrezzature principali per la ricerca (piccole/medie/grandi attrezzature) | |
| ELISA | Thermo-Fisher ELISA plate reader | Attrezzature principali per la ricerca (piccole/medie/grandi attrezzature) | |
| Glove-box | Glove-box with nitrogen atmosphere including gold sputtering and spin coating systems | Attrezzature principali per la ricerca (piccole/medie/grandi attrezzature) | |
| Integrated Optics | complete experimental setup for the characterization of photonic integrated circuits, with microscope | Attrezzature principali per la ricerca (piccole/medie/grandi attrezzature) | |
| Microfluidics 1 | Equipment for microfluidics (cells, motorized pumps from CAVRO and FLUIGENT, tubings, switches, valves, temperature control) | Attrezzature principali per la ricerca (piccole/medie/grandi attrezzature) | |
| Microfluidics 2 | Equipment for microfluidics fabrication with PDMS soft polymer technology (UV curing oven, deposition, cutting sculpting) | Attrezzature principali per la ricerca (piccole/medie/grandi attrezzature) | |
| Chemical functionalization | Equipment for the chemical functionalization of optical biosensors (gold/dielectric surfaces) | Attrezzature principali per la ricerca (piccole/medie/grandi attrezzature) | |
| CW lasers | He-Ne lasers (632.8 and 543 nm) and laser diodes (635, 670, 1300, 1550nm, tunable 1490-1590nm) | Attrezzature principali per la ricerca (piccole/medie/grandi attrezzature) | |
| Optical components | mirrors, lenses, beamsplitters, polarizers, phase retarders, fibers, objectives | Attrezzature principali per la ricerca (piccole/medie/grandi attrezzature) | |
| Optical instrumentation | Power meters, spectrometers, photomultipliers, SS photodetectors, monochromators, optical microscopes, amplifiers | Attrezzature principali per la ricerca (piccole/medie/grandi attrezzature) | |
| Mountings | Manual/motorized mechanical stages used to assemble benchtop laboratory setups in optics and photonics, optical benches | Attrezzature principali per la ricerca (piccole/medie/grandi attrezzature) | |
| Didactic equipment in Optics and Photonics | Range of didactic kits used in the optics and photonics courses, including geometrical optics, diffraction, interference, fiber optics, a WEB accessible ellipsometer https://remotelab.ing2.uniroma1.it/ | Attrezzature principali per la ricerca (piccole/medie/grandi attrezzature) |
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