Paolo Fornasini - recent publications

P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti, T. Irifune, T. Shinmei, O. Mathon, S. Pascarelli and A. Rosa: Bond compressibility and bond Grueneisen parameters of CdTe, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 30, 245402 (2018)

P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti, M. Dapiaggi, G. Agostini and T. Miyanaga: Nearest-neighbour distribution of ditances in crystals from extended X-ray absorption fine structure, J. Chem. Phys. 147, 044503 (2017)

P. Fornasini and R. Grisenti: On EXAFS Debye-Waller factor and recent advances , Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 2015, Volume 22, pages 1242-1257

J. Purans, P. Fornasini, S. E. Ali, G. Dalba, A. Kuzmin and F. Rocca: X-ray absorption spectroscopy study of local dynamics and thermal expansion in ReO3. Phys. Rev. B, 92, 014302 (2015).

P. Fornasini: Vibrational Anisotropy. In: X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Semiconductors, ed. by M. Ridgway and C. Schnohr, Springer Series in Optical Sciences (2015), ISBN 978-3-662-44361-3 Chapter 6, pages 127-141

P. Fornasini: Introduction to X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. In: Synchrotron Radiation: Basics, Methods and Applications, ed. by S. Mobilio, F. Boscherini and C. Meneghini, Springer (2015), ISBN 978-3-642-55314-1. Chapter 6, pages 181-211

P. Fornasini and R. Grisenti: The coefficient of bond thermal expansion measured by extended x-ray absorption fine structure, J. Chem. Phys, 141, 164503 (2014).

S. I. Ahmed, G. Aquilanti, N. Novello, L. Olivi, R. Grisenti and P. Fornasini: Local vibrational properties of GaAs studied by extended x-ray absorption fine structure, J. Chem. Phys, 139, 164512 (2013).

N. Abd el All, B. Thiodjio Sendja, R. Grisenti, F. Rocca, D. Diop, O. Mathon, S. Pascarelli and P. Fornasini: Accuracy evaluation in temperature-dependent EXAFS measurements of CdTe, J. Synchrotron Rad., 20, 603-613 (2013).

A. Sanson, C. Armellini, R. Grisenti and P. Fornasini: Local Structural Modifications Versus Transport Properties in AgI-Doped Silver Borate Glasses: A Detailed X-Ray Absorption Investigation, J. Phys. Chem. C, 117, 6081-6087 (2013).

P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti, and N. Abd el All: EXAFS parameters and VDOS in zincblende structures, J. Phys. Conf. Series, 430, 012004 (2013).

G. Agostini, R. Grisenti, C. Lamberti, A. Piovano and P. Fornasini: Thermal effects on Rhodium nanoparticles supported on carbon, J. Phys. Conf. Series, 430, 012031 (2013).

P. Fornasini: EXAFS investigations of the local thermal properties of solids, e-J. Surf. Sci. Nanotech., 10, 480 (2012).

P. Fornasini: Basics on Matter-Radiation Interaction, in: Crystallography for Health and Biosciences, ed. by A. Guagliardi and N. Masciocchi, Insubria University Press 48 (2012) ISBN 978- 88-95362-48-9, pag. 1–19.

P. Fornasini: X-rays and Neutron Sources, in: Crystallography for Health and Biosciences, ed. by A. Guagliardi and N. Masciocchi, Insubria University Press 48 (2012) ISBN 978-88-95362-48-9, pag. 49–60.

N. Abd el All, G. Dalba, D. Diop, P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti, O. Mathon, F. Rocca, B. Thiodjio Sendja, M. Vaccari: Negative thermal expansion in crystals with the zincblende structure: an EXAFS study of CdTe, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 24, 115403 (2012).
Selected for the Highlight of 2012 collection of J. Phys.: Condens. Matter (page 15).

P. Fornasini: Recent advances in the study of thermal effects on EXAFS, SRMS-7, 7th Int. Conf. on Synchrotron Radiation in Materials Science, Oxford, July 11-14, 2010. Diamond Light Source Proceedings, 1, e-114 (2010), doi: 10.1017/S2044820110000481.

P. Fornasini, N. Abd el All, S. I. Ahmed, A. Sanson, and M. Vaccari: Negative thermal expansion and local dynamics , J. Phys.: Conf. Series 190, 012025 (2009).

N. Abd el All, G. Dalba, D. Diop, P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti, F. Rocca, B. Thiodjio Sendja, and M. Vaccari: EXAFS and negative thermal expansion in CdTe , J. Phys.: Conf. Series 190, 012066 (2009).

J. Purans, J. Timoshenko, A. Kuzmin, G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti, N. D. Afify, F. Rocca, S. De Panfilis, I. Ozhogin and S. I Tiutiunnikov: Femtometer accuracy EXAFS measurements: isotopic effect in the first, second and third coordination shells of germanium , J. Phys.: Conf. Series 190, 012063 (2009).

O. Sipr, F. Rocca and P. Fornasini: On the origin of the differences in the Cu K-edge XANES of isostructural and isoelectronic compounds , , J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21, 255401 (2009).

P. Fornasini: Extended X-ray-absorption fine structure and negative thermal expansion, J. Chinese Ceramic Soc. (Guisuanyan Xuebao), 37, 659 (2009).

P. Fornasini: The Uncertainty in Physical Measurements, Springer, New York (2008)

S. I. Ahmed, G. Dalba, P. Fornasini,  M. Vaccari, F. Rocca, A. Sanson, J. Li and A. W. Sleight: Negative thermal expansion in crystals with the delafossite structure: An extended x-ray absorption fine structure study of CuScO2 and CuLaO2,  Phys. Rev. B 79, 104302 (2009), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.104302

P. Fornasini, S.I. Ahmed, A. Sanson, and M. Vaccari: EXAFS studies of negative thermal expansion materials, Phys. Stat. Sol. (b) 11, 2497-2503 (2008).

A. Sanson, F. Rocca, C. Armellini, G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, and R. Grisenti: Correlation between I-Ag distance and ionic conductivity in AgI fast-ion conducting glasses, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 155901 (2008).

R. Grisenti, G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, F. Rocca, U.M.K. Koppolu, and M.G. Krishna: XAFS study of Ni surroundings in metal induced crystallization of thin film amorphous silicon, Solid St. Commun. 147, 401-404 (2008).

S. a Beccara and P. Fornasini: Path-integral Monte Carlo calculation of the effects of thermal disorder in extended x-ray-absorption fine structure of copper, Phys. Rev. B 77, 172304 (2008).

J. Purans, N. D. Afify, G. Dalba, R. Grisenti, S. De Panfilis, A. Kuzmin, V. I. Ozhogin, F. Rocca, A. Sanson, S. I. Tiutiunnikov, and P. Fornasini: Isotopic effect in extended x-ray-absorption fine structure of germanium, Phys. Rev. Lett., 100, 055901 (2008)

P. Fornasini, A. Sanson, M. Vaccari, G. Artioli, and M. Dapiaggi: Local lattice dynamics and negative thermal expansion in crystals, J. Phys.: Conf. Series, 92, 012153 (2007)

N. Van Hung and P. Fornasini: Anharmonic effective potential, correlation effects and EXAFS cumulants calculated from a Morse interaction potential for fcc metals, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 76, 084601 (2007)

M. Vaccari, R. Grisenti, P. Fornasini, F. Rocca, and A. Sanson: Negative thermal expansion in CuCl: an extended x-ray absorption fine structure study, Phys. Rev. B 75, 184307 (2007).

A. Sanson, F. Rocca, G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, and R. Grisenti: Influence of temperature on the local structure around iodine in fast-ion-conducting AgI:Ag2MoO4 glasses. New Journal of Physics, 9, 88 (2007). [http://stacks.iop.org/1367-2630/9/88]

P. Fornasini: Advances in EXAFS studies of thermal properties of crystals. AIP Conf. Proceedings 882: XAFS13 (Stanford, USA, 9-14 July 2006), 94-98 (2007)

A. Sanson, F. Rocca, P. Fornasini, G. Dalba, R. Grisenti, and A. Mandanici: Thermal behaviour of the local environment around iodine in fast-ion-conducting AgI-doped glasses.  Philosophical Magazine, 87, 769-777 (2007).

G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, F. Rocca, F. Monti, T. Minami, and M. Tatsumisago: Local structural disorder  and mobility of Ag+ ions in silver borate glasses containing alpha-AgI stabilised at room temperature.  Phys. Chem. Glasses: Eur. J. Glass Sci. Technol. B, 47, 357-363 (2006).

G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti, F. Rocca, N. Afify, and M. Affatigato: XAFS study of the local  order and mobility of Pb in PbO borate glasses.  Phys. Chem. Glasses: Eur. J. Glass Sci. Technol. B, 47, 518-520 (2006).

G. Artioli, M. Dapiaggi, P. Fornasini, A. Sanson, F. Rocca, M. Merli: Negative thermal expansion in cuprite-type compounds: A combined synchrotron XRPD, EXAFS, and computational study of Cu2O and Ag2O, J. Phys. Chem. Solids 67, 1918-1922 (2006).

A. Sanson, F. Rocca, G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti, M. Dapiaggi, G. Artioli: Negative thermal expansion and local dynamics in Cu2O and Ag2O, Phys. Rev. B 73, 214305 (2006).

M. Vaccari and P. Fornasini: Einstein and Debye models for EXAFS parallel and perpendicular mean-square relative displacements, J. Synchrotron Rad. 13, 321-325 (2006).

A. Kuzmin, G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, F. Rocca, O. Sipr: X-ray absorption spectroscopy of strongly disordered glasses: local structure around Ag ions in g-Ag2O.nB2O3, Phys. Rev. B 73, 174110 (2006).

P. Fornasini, G. Dalba, R. Grisenti, J. Purans, M. Vaccari, F. Rocca, A. Sanson: Local behaviour of negative thermal expansion materials, Nuclear Instrum. and Methods in Phys. Res. B 246, 180-183 (2006).

P. Fornasini, G. Dalba, R. Grisenti, J. Purans, A. Sanson, M. Vaccari, F. Rocca: EXAFS and local thermal expansion.  Physica Scripta, T115, 143–145 (2005).

A. Sanson, G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti, F. Rocca, G. Artioli, M. Dapiaggi, W. Tiano: EXAFS and XRD study of local dynamics in Cu2O and Ag2O.  Physica Scripta, T115, 271–273 (2005).

G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, A. Kuzmin, F. Momti, A. Sanson, O. Sipr, F. Rocca: XANES and EXAFS modelling of configurational disorder in silver borate glasses.  Physica Scripta, T115, 149–151 (2005).

M. Vaccari and P. Fornasini: Thermal effects on EXAFS: Ensemble averages and real-space approach. Phys. Rev. B, 72, 92301 (2005)

G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti, F. Rocca: X-ray absorption fine structure: characterization of thermal and structural disorder in non-crystalline solids, J. Non-crystalline Solids, 345&346, 7-15 (2004).

P. Fornasini, G. Dalba, R. Grisenti, J. Purans, A. Sanson, M. Vaccari, F. Rocca: EXAFS studies of lattice dynamics and thermal expansion. Phys. Stat. Sol. (c), 11, 3085--3088 (2004).

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, S. a Beccara, G. Dalba, R. Grisenti, A. Sanson, M. Vaccari, and F. Rocca: Extended x-ray absorption fine-structure measurements of copper: local dynamics, anharmonicity and thermal expansion. Phys. Rev. B, 70, 174301 (2004).

N. Daldosso, M. Luppi, S. Ossicini, E. Degoli, R. Magri, G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti, F. Rocca, L. Pavesi, S. Boninelli, F. Priolo, C. Spinella, and F. Iacona: Role of the interface region on the optoelectronic properties of silicon nanocrystals embedded in SiO2. Phys. Rev. B,  68, 085327 (2003).

S. a Beccara, G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti, F. Pederiva, A. Sanson, D. Diop, and F. Rocca: Local thermal expansion in copper: extended x-ray-absorption fine-structure measurements and path-integral Monte Carlo calculations, Phys. Rev. B 68, 140301 (2003).

S. a Beccara, G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti, F. Rocca, and A. Sanson: EXAFS and local thermal expansion: the case of silver oxide, Nuclear Instruments and Methods B, 200, 237 (2003)

M. Dapiaggi, W. Tiano, G. Artioli, S. Sanson, and P. Fornasini: The thermal behaviour of cuprite: an XRD-EXAFS combined approach, Nuclear Instruments and Methods B, 200, 231 (2003)

 G. Dalba, N. Daldosso, P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti, L. Pavesi, F. Rocca, G. Franzò, F. Priolo, and F. Iacona: Chemical composition and local structure of plasma enhanced chemical vapor-deposited Si nanodots and their embedding silica matrix. Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 889 (2003).

S. a Beccara, G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti, A. Sanson, and F. Rocca: Local thermal expansion in a cuprite structure: the case of Ag2O. Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 25503 (2002)

G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti, and I. Chambouleyron: Local order of Sb and Bi dopants in hydrogenated amorphous germanium thin films studied by extended x-ray absorption fine structure. Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 625-627 (2002).

 G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, F. Rocca, and F. Monti: EXAFS studies of the local thermal expansion in borate glasses. J. Non-crystalline Solids, 293-295, 93--99 (2001).

 P. Fornasini, F. Monti and A. Sanson: On the cumulant analysis of EXAFS in crystalline solids. J. Synchrotron Rad., 8, 1214--1220 (2001).

 P. Fornasini: Study of lattice dynamics via extended x-ray absorption-fine structure. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 13, 7859--7872 (2001).

 G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, F. Rocca and F. Monti: Short range order in borate glasses investigated by x-ray absorption spectroscopy. Phys. Chem. Glasses 41,

G. Dalba, N. Daldosso, P. Fornasini, M. Grimaldi, R. Grisenti and F. Rocca: Evidence of x-ray absorption-edge shift as a function of luminescence wavelength in porous silicon. Phys. Rev. B 62, 9911--9914 (2000).290--295 (2000).

 P. Fornasini and F. Rocca: X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy: characterisation of thermal and structural disorder. Asian J. Phys. 9, 569--578 (2000).

 I. Chambouleyron, D. Comedi, G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti and F. Rocca: Internal stress-induced changes of impurity coordination and doping mechanisms in a-Ge:H doped with Column-III metals. Solid State Communications 115, 89--93 (2000).

 I. Chambouleyron, D. Comedi, G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti and F. Rocca: Local coordination and electronic doping of Column III metals in hydrogenated amorphous germanium. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 266-9, 726-729 (2000).

 N. Daldosso, F. Rocca, G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, and R. Grisenti: New EXAFS measurements by XEOL and TEY on porous silicon. Journal of Porous Materials, 7,
169--172 (2000).

 G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti, and J. Purans: Sensitivity of extended x-ray-absorption fine-structure to thermal expansion. Phys. Rev. Lett., 82, 4240--4243 (1999)

 G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti, N. Daldosso, and F. Rocca: On sensitivity of the x-ray excited optical luminescence to the local structure of the luminescent Si sites of porous silicon. Appl. Phys. Lett., 74, 1454-1456 (1999)

 G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti, F. Rocca, D. Comedi, and I. Chambouleyron: Local coordination of Ga impurity in hydrogenated amorphous germanium studied by extended x-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopy. Appl. Phys. Lett., 74, 281--283 (1999)

 G. Dalba, N. Daldosso, D. Diop, P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti, and F. Rocca: Local order in light emitting porous silicon studied by XEOL and TEY. J. of Luminescence, 80, 103--107 (1999)

G. Dalba, N. Daldosso, P. Fornasini, R. Graziola, R. Grisenti, and F. Rocca: X-ray absorptionm spectroscopy on light emitting porous silicon by XEOL and TEY. J. Non-crystalline Solids, 232-234, 370-376 (1998)

G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti, D. Pasqualini, D. Diop, and F. Monti: Anharmonicity effects on the extended x-ray absorption fine structure: the case of Cadmium Selenide. Phys. Rev B, 58, 4793-4803 (1998)

G. Dalba and P. Fornasini: EXAFS Debye-Waller factor and thermal vibrations of crystals. J. of Synchrotron Rad, 4, 243-255 (1997)

G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti, F. Rocca, I. Chambouleyron, and C.F.O. Graeff: Local order in hydrogenated amorphous germanium thin films studied by EXAFS. J. Phys.: Condensed Matter, 9, 5875-5888 (1997)

A. Kuzmin, J. Purans, G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, and F. Rocca: A high-temperature x-ray absorption spectroscopy study of ReO(3). J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 8, 9083-9102 (1996)

G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, Y. Soldo, and F. Rocca: PIN silicon diodes as EXAFS signal detectors, J. Synchrotron Rad., 3, 213-219 (1996)

G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, F. Monti, F. Rocca, T. Minami, M. Tatsumisago, N. Torata, M. Adachi, and S. Kishimoto: EXAFS study of the a-AgI phase stabilised at room temperature in a glass matrix. J. Non-crystalline solids, 192-193, 347-350 (1995).

G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, M. Grazioli, and F. Rocca: Local disorder in crystallne and amorphous germanium. Phys. Rev. B, 52, 11034-11043 (1995)

G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, R. Gotter, and F. Rocca: Anharmonicity effects on EXAFS: the case of b-AgI. Phys. Rev. B, 52, 149-157 (1995)

G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, R. Grisenti, Y. Soldo, and F. Rocca: The local structure of porous silicon investigated by EXAFS. Nucl. Instr. and Methods B, 97, 322-325 (1995)

P. Fornasini: Atomic environments in superionic conductors. Nucl. Instr. and Methods B, 97, 70-74 (1995)

G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, R. Gotter, M. Grazioli, and F. Rocca: Local structure and dynamics of disordered solids studied by EXAFS. Phil. Mag. B, 71, 751-760 (1995)

G. Dalba, P. Fornasini, A. Kuzmin, J. Purans, and F. Rocca: X-ray absorption study of ReO(3) lattice dynamics. J. Phys.: Condensed Matter, 7, 1199-1213 (1995)