Nicola Spallanzani
Contacts
Centro S3, CNR-Istituto di NanoscienzeVia Campi 213A, I-41125 Modena, Italy
Phone: +39 059205 5585
e-mail: nic.spalla@gmail.com
Research Interests
My research activity is about ab-initio simulations of complex systems, and is centered on the investigation of the optical properties an charge dynamics of a set of light-harvesting assemblies. In the course of the Ph.D. thesis I'm interested in first in the photoabsorption process of a supramolecular triad by describing it within the Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (TDDFT), a method that since its formulation has provided very good results for the optical response of a large set of molecular systems. Afterwards was studied the exciton dissociation and the relative charge transport with real-time ab-initio molecular dynamics methods. Presently the target of my research are hybrid PbS/PbSe nanocrystal-C60 heterojunction assemblies, they also characteristic in third generation solar cells.Teaching activities
Academic year 2008/2009: Physics A and B (exercise) - Classical Mechanics and ElectromagnetismLaurea degree course Informatics Engineering
Academic year 2007/2008: Physics 1 (exercise) Classical Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics
Laurea degree course Chemistry
Other Informations
Curriculum vitae [download]Publications
N. Spallanzani, C. A. Rozzi, D. Varsano, T. Baruah, M. R. Pederson, F. Manghi and A. Rubio,Photoexcitation of a Light-Harvesting Supramolecular Triad: a Time-Dependent DFT Study
J. Phys. Chem. B 113 (16), 5345 (2009)