Anna Vedda

Professor
Department of Experimental Physics
University of Milano-Bicocca
Italy

Professor Materials Science
Biography

Anna Vedda currently working as Professor with Department of Experimental Physics at University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy. She is responsible for the Thesis Commission of the Master Course in Materials Science of the University of Milano-Bicocca. Since 2012: Local responsible for the project “Piano Lauree Scientifiche” of the Italian Ministry of Education for the Materials Science area.

Research Intrest

Optical properties of scintillating materials for medical applications and high energy physics (scintillating glasses and fibers, lead tungstate, perovskites, garnets, complex fluorides), Optical and structural properties of nanoparticles for scintillator and lighting applications, Optical and electrical properties of silicon dioxide - based materials (bulk silicon dioxide and SiO2 layers grown on silicon) for micro- and opto-electronics applications

List of Publications
F Moretti, G Patton, A Belsky, M Fasoli, A Vedda, et al. (2014) Radioluminescence Sensitization in Scintillators and Phosphors: Trap Engineering and Modeling. J Phys Chem C 118: 9670.
I Veronese, C De Mattia, M Fasoli, N Chiodini, A Vedda, et al. (2014) Infrared luminescence for real time ionizing radiation detection. Appl Phys Lett 105: 061103.
I Villa, A Vedda, I Xochilt Cantarelli, M Pedroni, F Piccinelli, et al. 1.3 μm emitting SrF2:Nd3+ nanoparticles for high contrast in vivo imaging in the second biological window. Nano Res 8: 649.