Epernicus: Caterina Caterina Ducati, Ph.D.

Caterina Caterina Ducati, Ph.D.

Positions:
University Lecturer and Royal Society University Research Fellow

Materials Science and Metallurgy

University of Cambridge (Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Co-director of the Masters Course in Micro&Nanotechnology Enterprise

Materials Science and Metallurgy

University of Cambridge (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Degrees:

Ph.D., Engineering, University of Cambridge (Cambridge, United Kingdom)

M.Sci., Physics, University of Milan (Milan, Italy)
Past Advisors:

Paul A Midgley (as Post Doctoral Fellow)

John Robertson (as Graduate Student - Ph.D.)

Paolo Milani (as Undergraduate Student)
Research:
Electron microscopy of photovoltaic and photocatalytic nanostructured materials;
TEM growth studies of semiconductor nanowires;
TEM growth studies of carbon nanotubes;

Communities:

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Caterina Ducati's Publications (19)

Growth of ultrahigh density vertically aligned carbon nanotube forests for interconnects.
Esconjauregui S, Fouquet M, Bayer BC, Ducati C, Smajda R, Hofmann S, Robertson J

ACS nano. 2010 Dec 28;4(12):7431-6
Formation of metastable liquid catalyst during subeutectic growth of germanium nanowires.
Gamalski AD, Tersoff J, Sharma R, Ducati C, Hofmann S

Nano letters. 2010 Aug 11;10(8):2972-6
Hierarchical TiO2 photoanode for dye-sensitized solar cells.
Sauvage F, Di Fonzo F, Li Bassi A, Casari CS, Russo V, Divitini G, Ducati C, Bottani CE, Comte P, Graetzel M

Nano letters. 2010 Jul 14;10(7):2562-7
SnO2-based dye-sensitized hybrid solar cells exhibiting near unity absorbed photon-to-electron conversion efficiency.
Snaith HJ, Ducati C

Nano letters. 2010 Apr 14;10(4):1259-65
A bicontinuous double gyroid hybrid solar cell.
Crossland EJ, Kamperman M, Nedelcu M, Ducati C, Wiesner U, Smilgies DM, Toombes GE, Hillmyer MA, Ludwigs S, Steiner U, Snaith HJ

Nano letters. 2009 Aug;9(8):2807-12
Block copolymer morphologies in dye-sensitized solar cells: probing the photovoltaic structure-function relation.
Crossland EJ, Nedelcu M, Ducati C, Ludwigs S, Hillmyer MA, Steiner U, Snaith HJ

Nano letters. 2009 Aug;9(8):2813-9
Solution-phase synthesis of single-crystalline Bi(12)TiO(20) nanowires with photocatalytic properties.
Hou J, Qu Y, Krsmanovic D, Ducati C, Eder D, Kumar RV

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England). 2009 Jul 14;(26):3937-9
Controlling the catalyst during carbon nanotube growth.
Robertson J, Hofmann S, Cantoro M, Parvez A, Ducati C, Zhong G, Sharma R, Mattevi C

Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology. 2008 Nov;8(11):6105-11
Template nanowires for spintronics applications: nanomagnet microwave resonators functioning in zero applied magnetic field.
Mourachkine A, Yazyev OV, Ducati C, Ansermet JP

Nano letters. 2008 Nov;8(11):3683-7
Ledge-flow-controlled catalyst interface dynamics during Si nanowire growth.
Hofmann S, Sharma R, Wirth CT, Cervantes-Sodi F, Ducati C, Kasama T, Dunin-Borkowski RE, Drucker J, Bennett P, Robertson J

Nature materials. 2008 May;7(5):372-5
Investigation of the inner environment of carbon nanotubes with a fullerene-nitroxide probe.
Campestrini S, Corvaja C, De Nardi M, Ducati C, Franco L, Maggini M, Meneghetti M, Menna E, Ruaro G

Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany). 2008 Mar;4(3):350-6
Nanoscale tunable proton/hydrogen sensing: evidence for surface-adsorbed hydrogen atom on architectured palladium nanoparticles.
Liang HP, Lawrence NS, Jones TG, Banks CE, Ducati C

Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2007 May 16;129(19):6068-9
In situ observations of catalyst dynamics during surface-bound carbon nanotube nucleation.
Hofmann S, Sharma R, Ducati C, Du G, Mattevi C, Cepek C, Cantoro M, Pisana S, Parvez A, Cervantes-Sodi F, Ferrari AC, Dunin-Borkowski R, Lizzit S, Petaccia L, Goldoni A, Robertson J

Nano letters. 2007 Mar;7(3):602-8
Crystallinity in apatites: how can a truly disordered fraction be distinguished from nanosize crystalline domains?
Celotti G, Tampieri A, Sprio S, Landi E, Bertinetti L, Martra G, Ducati C

Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine. 2006 Nov;17(11):1079-87
Catalytic chemical vapor deposition of single-wall carbon nanotubes at low temperatures.
Cantoro M, Hofmann S, Pisana S, Scardaci V, Parvez A, Ducati C, Ferrari AC, Blackburn AM, Wang KY, Robertson J

Nano letters. 2006 Jun;6(6):1107-12
Crystallographic order in multi-walled carbon nanotubes synthesized in the presence of nitrogen.
Ducati C, Koziol K, Friedrichs S, Yates TJ, Shaffer MS, Midgley PA, Windle AH

Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany). 2006 Jun;2(6):774-84
Nanocrystalline metal/carbon composites produced by supersonic cluster beam deposition.
Bongiorno G, Lenardi C, Ducati C, Agostino RG, Caruso T, Amati M, Blomqvist M, Barborini E, Piseri P, La Rosa S, Colavita E, Milani P

Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology. 2005 Jul;5(7):1072-80
A simple method for the synthesis of silicon carbide nanorods.
Kholmanov IN, Kharlamov A, Barborini E, Lenardi C, Li Bassi A, Bottani CE, Ducati C, Maffi S, Kirillova NV, Milani P

Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology. 2002 Oct;2(5):453-6
Carbon nanohorns grown from ruthenium nanoparticles.
Geng J, Ducati C, Shephard DS, Chhowalla M, Johnson BF, Robertson J

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England). 2002 May 21;(10):1112-3

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Caterina Caterina Ducati, Ph.D.

University Lecturer and Royal Society University Research Fellow

Co-director of the Masters Course in Micro&Nanotechnology Enterprise

Electron microscopy of photovoltaic and photocatalytic nanostructured materials; TEM growth studies of semiconductor nanowires; TEM growth studies of carbon nanotubes;

Caterina Ducati's Genealogy

Caterina Ducati's Publications (19)

Websites

Electron microscopy of photovoltaic and photocatalytic nanostructured materials;
TEM growth studies of semiconductor nanowires;
TEM growth studies of carbon nanotubes;