Pico-femto laboratory

Short description

It is a laboratory where research and teaching activities are carried out about characterization of electrical properties of materials. Our laboratory is equipped with all the necessary electronic instrumentation to characterize nano- and microelectronic devices with signal levels down to the femto-Ampere and nano-Volt range. Our optical and electronic instrumentation also permits the acquisition of high-resolution optical images.

Research themes

• Organic semiconductors and nanostructured this films for advanced electronic devices
• Semiconductors and nanostructures for photovoltaics and photonic applications
• charge transport processes  
• radiation-matter interaction effects 
• organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) 

• thin-film transistors (TFTs) 

Instrumentation

• Probe station  
• Optika high resolution microscope 
• 200MHz-2GS / s oscilloscope 

• N°2 keysight 
• capacitance 
• electrometer keithley 

Advisory services

PFL carries out activities ‘Conto terzi’ for industrial innovation needs; a scientific collaboration is ongoing  with the company ‘DPIX’ (USA) on the topic: ‘Characterization of novel microelectronic integrated circuits applied for high-energy detector technology’. 

Teaching and training

The PF laboratory offers its resources to support: 

• Thesis development (LT/LM in Physics, MANO curriculum) 
• Development of research projects for PhD students and postdoctoral students