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Carla Andreani
Professor
Physics Department, Via R. Scientifica 1 00133 Rome, I
tel./fax: +39 06 72594441/2023507
e-mail: carla.andreani@roma2.infn.it
web page: http://www.fisica.uniroma2.it/~vesuvio/dins/index.html
Academic career
• 2006 Full Professor Physics in Condensed Matter, Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
• 2005 Member American Physical Society
• 2005 member: Novel Instrumentation Think Tank (NITT)
• 2005 member: Administration Board of the Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
• From 1994, member: Integrated Infrastructure Initiatives for Neutron Scattering (NMI3)
• 1998, Professor in Condensed Matter, Physics Department Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
• 1994-1998 Scientific secretary of the Physics Committee of the Italian National Research Council (CNR)
• 1987 – 1988, Visiting Scientist at ISIS spallation neutron Source, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK)
• 1985 Researcher, Physics Department University of Rome ''Tor Vergata''
• Member Italian Physical Society
• 1994-1998, member: Committee for Neutron Spectroscopy of the Italian National Research Council (CNR)
Teaching
2001/02: a) Spectroscopy, M. S. degree in Physics; b) General Physics, M.S. degree in Biotechnology, c) Spectroscopy B. S. degree in Physics; Experimental techniques , PhD School in Physics
2002/03: a) Spectroscopy, M. S. degree in Physics; b) General Physics, M.S. degree in Biotechnology, c) Spectroscopy B. S. degree in Physics; Experimental techniques , PhD School in Physics
2003/04: a) Spectroscopy, M. S. degree in Physics; b) General Physics, M.S. degree in Biotechnology, c) Spectroscopy B. S. degree in Physics; Experimental techniques , PhD School in Physics
2004/05: a) Spectroscopy, M. S. degree in Physics; b) General Physics, M.S. degree in Biotechnology, c) Spectroscopy B. S. degree in Physics; Experimental techniques , PhD School in Physics
CA work concentrates on the use of modern technology to improve the students conceptual understanding of basic physical concepts. These efforts include computer visualizations, active lecture demonstrations, and computer graded homework assignments.
Research
CA research interests are in the study of microstructure and dynamics of condensed matter using x-ray and neutron scattering techniques and in the design and construction of instrumentation for neutron scattering. Her recent studies are about the static and dynamical properties of molecular (hydrogen bonded) and quantum systems in bulk and confined geometry. Examples includes diatomic fluids, hydrogen halides, H2O, H2, D2,3He, 4He and 3He/4He mixtures.
Neutron scattering, is an important tool for the study of the properties of matter at the nanoscale since it provides unique quantitative information. Neutron represents a reciprocal space probe of microscopic correlations in bulk sample, providing relevant information to nanoscience and application to nanotechnology, which add and complement real space visualization and manipulation of matter on the nanometer scale. CA has design and constructed instrumentation for DINS (Deep Inelastic neutron Scattering) a technique providing unique microscopic information on the local environment of light atoms and molecules in a variety of environments. Much of this work has centered on studies of the single particle momentum distribution, n(p), a physical quantity, which can be directly measured using DINS. Her most recent work has been addressed to the study of liquid 3He-4He mixtures, where the interplay between Bose and Fermi statistics dominates the behaviour, and to liquid water in nanopores.
Main publications
RECENT PAPERS
C. Andreani, C. Pantalei and R. Senesi, Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 18, 5587 (2006)
C. Andreani, D. Colognesi, J. Mayers, G. Reiter, R. Senesi, Advances in Physics, 54, 377 (2005)
C. Andreani et al., Appl. Physics Letters, 85, 5454, (2004)
R. Senesi, C. Andreani, D. Colognesi, A. Cunsolo, M. Nardone, Phys. Rev. Letts. 86, 4584, (2001)
Other notes
CA is author of about 130 papers on international journals and presented about 100 scientific contributions at international conferences, meetings and schools.
Other Activities
Teaching: Course in Experimental Techniques and Specroscopy at PhD Schools in Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, and Physics
She is Editor of the Journal Notiziairio Neutroni e Luce di Sincrotrone http://www.cnr.it/neutronielucedisincrotrone