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Understanding the behavior of matter at the nanoscale is a promising scientific and technological challenge involving quantum physics, supramolecular chemistry, materials science and molecular biology. By investigating what happens on very small dimensions, and by manipulating the systems, we will be able to create innovative solutions for electronic devices, methods of treatment and diagnostics, preservation of cultural heritage and to open new frontiers for science.
- Link identifier #identifier__160414-2Nanoscale matter
- Link identifier #identifier__46339-3Complex systems
- Link identifier #identifier__90747-4Cultural Heritage
This is where we will envision the future in ways we cannot yet imagine.
News and Highlights
- On Tuesday 13 January 2026 at 3:00 pm, online on the TEAMS platform, Giancarlo Franzese (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain) will hold a seminar entitled Hydration in Bio-Nano Complex Matter: From water-based memristors and methanol sponges to protein-nanoparticle self-assembly
- On Monday 12 January 2026, at 2:00 pm, in Room B, Via della Vasca Navale 84, our PhD students in Sciences of Matter and Nanomaterial will make their presentations for their year transitions.
- On Friday, October 24, 2025, at 2:30 PM, in Room B, Via della Vasca Navale 84, Leonetta Baldassarre (Sapienza Università di Roma) will hold a seminar entitled Advantages and Challenges of Raman Resonance with Infrared Excitation in the Study of 2D Materials.
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Goals
The doctorate trains a professional figure who knows how to approach problems in a methodological and at the same time critical and flexible way. At the end of the study and research program, the PhD student will be able to:
- address fundamental and applicative research issues from a theoretical and experimental point of view;
- combine team work with personal creativity;
- autonomously elaborate and validate interpretive models, with due scientific rigor
Research activities
The SMN Course is addressed to graduates in physics, biology, chemistry and related scientific fields, interested on fundamental science and novel applications. The main research activities of the Nanoscience Section cover an ample variety of strategic topics: environment, microelectronics, quantum technologies, health, cultural heritage and new fields that will open up. Our groups are well integrated in the international context and participate in major Italian and European projects, we also collaborate with companies that deal with innovation.
Academic training
The PhD student’s Link identifier #identifier__188857-8training consists of lessons, laboratory activities, seminars and thematic schools, aimed at defining her/his competences as future scientists. Since the first year, the PhD student will be involved in the activities of the research groups, which collaborate in national and international projects. Most of the PhD training activities are in collaboration with other PhD schools of the La Sapienza University (Link identifier #identifier__12875-9Material Science, Link identifier #identifier__163089-10Physics, Link identifier #identifier__41471-11Chemical Sciences).
Career opportunities
The natural working path of a PhD is the academic research, the national and international research institutes asLink identifier #identifier__182761-12 European Link identifier #identifier__34366-13research infrastructures (Link identifier #identifier__30446-14Synchrotron light sources, Link identifier #identifier__192290-15Neutron Light Sources), the private research institutes and companies requiring high profile and specific competences in applied research and technological innovation.