Primary activity: My research activity is focused on applied physics and the development of functional materials and their applications. I started in the 70s working in the field of thin film solar cells (1971-1987). I after moved to the field of gas sensors focusing first on the development of thin film techniques and then on nanowire technology to develop functional metal oxide layers.

Main experiences acquired: My activity addressed both the study of the synthesis techniques to control and optimize the material structure at the micro and nanoscale to optimize its receptor and transductor function and the exploitation of these devices and electronic nose systems in different applicative fields including environmental monitoring, medicine, food quality, safety and security. Working in the field of gas sensors, in 1988 I founded the SENSOR laboratory (http://sensor.ing.unibs.it/). Originally composed by myself and a technician, it’s now a well established lab in the field of gas sensors and solar cells (see next) where about 20 people work, including personnel from both the University of Brescia and the National Council for Research (CNR).
I published over 489 papers on peer-reviewed journals, getting an h-index of 52.

Scientific manager for INO of Funded Projects:
Controllo della qualità e della salubità nella filera del caffè con tecniche chimico fisiche innovative tipiche della scienza dei materiali (ACCORDO IBF-IDASC)
Laboratorio di microscopia sem con remotizzazione

Publications, Research Results, now, in INO’s database are: 95
  –   Papers JCR/ISI Journals, are: 81
  –   Books or Chapters, are: 3
  –   Papers in Journals not indexed JCR/ISI, are: 0
  –   Conference proceedings, are: 43
  –   Abstract, are: 14

Bibliometric indices are calculated USING ONLY THE INO DATABASE and the number of citations from “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) is updated at 2025-12-14
  –   maximum number of citations for an article: 401
  –   maximum impact factor (IF) for a journal when an article is published: 18.960
  –   H-INDEX: 36   G-INDEX: 62   HC-INDEX (contemporary): 20 
  –   List of TopTen papers in citations  –   List of TopTen journals in Impact Factor