Dr. Daniele Di Castro
Born: June 5, 1971 in Roma, Italy
Present position:
Researcher at the Department of “DICII, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ingegneria Informatica” at the Engineering Faculty - University "Tor Vergata", Rome.
Work address:
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Ingegneria Informatica
Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, I-00137 Roma
Phone/Fax. +390672597221/+390672597005, daniele.di.castro[at]uniroma2.it
Education:
2002: Ph.D. in Material Science, University of Rome La Sapienza.
1998: Laurea in Physics cum laude, University of Rome La Sapienza.
Positions and corresponding research activities:
- 1996: collaboration fellowship at the Department of Phsysics, University of Rome La Sapienza for the set up of a laboratory for optical measurements.
- 1998 –2001: PhD. in Materials Science, Department of Physics, University of Rome, La Sapienza
MAIN RESEARCH ACTIVITY: study of superconducting materials (cuprates and diborides) by means of the following experimental techniques: X-Ray Diffraction, X-Ray absorption spectroscopy, single-coil inductance.
- 2002–2003: Post-doc position at the Physics Institute, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
MAIN RESEARCH ACTIVITY: study of superconducting materials (cuprates and diborides) by means of the following experimental techniques: muon spin rotation, torque and SQUID magnetometry, also implemented with high pressure equipments.
- 2003–2008: Research contracts (assegni di ricerca e contratti di collaborazione) at the Department of Physics, University of Rome La Sapienza.
MAIN RESEARCH ACTIVITY: study of superconducting materials (cuprates and diborides) and of other strongly correlated electron systems (manganites, vanadium oxides, tritellurides, double perovskites) by means of the following experimental techniques: Raman and infrared spectroscopy, X-Ray Diffraction, muon spin rotation, all of them also implemented with high pressure equipments.
- 2008: Research contract (incarico di collaborazione) at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia-COHERENTIA
MAIN RESEARCH ACTIVITY: feasibility study and possible preparation of a muon spin rotation experiment on thin films and heterostructures of cuprates and manganites.
- 2008 - present: Researcher at the University of Rome Tor Vergata.
MAIN RESEARCH ACTIVITY: growth, by means of Pulsed Laser Deposition and Laser-MBE , and advanced characterization of cuprate, manganite, and iron-chalcogenide thin films and heterostructures. In particular, the most recent research has been focused on the field of oxide interface. This activity led to the synthesis of a new kind of high Tc superconducting material, in form of heterostructures and superlattices based on an insulating cuprate, with infinite layer structure, and on another insulating oxide with perovskite structure. The “in house” characterization is performed by means of electric transport and x-ray diffraction measurements. Advanced characterization and studies are performed at national and international synchrotron light sources with advanced experimental techniques, as X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy, Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering, infrared spectroscopy, Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy.
The overall research activity is reported in about 70 publications on international journals and in oral presentations at national and international conferences.
H index: 19, citations 1055 (ISI)
