MicroFluid Innovation Lab

Prototipazione rapida di dispositivi microfluidici (lab on chip) utili per rilevare e manipolare con tecniche attive e passive particelle di interesse nel campo della salute e della medicina. Analisi chimiche qualitative e quantitative di campioni solidi e liquidi con spettroscopia laser: LIBS (Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy) e Nanoparticles-enhanced LIBS. Contacts: annalisa.volpe@poliba.it

Research Team


Principal Investigator
Microfluidics Lab on chip devices Laser material processing
Annalisa Volpe
  • Microfluidics
  • Lab on chip devices
  • Laser material processing
Permanent Faculty
Laser material processing with high power and ultrafast lasers. Real-time laser-based process monitoring and control

Antonio Ancona
  • Laser material processing with high power and ultrafast lasers.
  • Real-time laser-based process monitoring and control
PhD Students
Felice Sfregola

Felice Sfregola
  • Microfluidics
  • Fs-laser micromachining
  • AFM analysis
Raffaele De Palo

Raffaele De Palo
  • Laser spectroscopy
  • Laser surface texturing
  • Laser micro-cutting
Affiliates
Caterina Gaudiuso

Caterina Gaudiuso

(CNR-IFN)
  • Temporal and spatial laser beam shaping
  • Laser-matter interaction
  • Laser surface texturing
  • Functional materials
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Francesco Paolo Mezzapesa
(CNR-IFN)
  • Surface functionalization
  • Spatial ena temporal beam shaping
  • Acoustic metamaterials
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Marcella Dell'Aglio
(CNR-IFN)
  • Laser Induced plasma (LIP)
  • Laser ablation in liquid (PLAL)
  • Biochemistry


Main projects

  • Quantum Sensing and Modeling for One-Health (QuaSiModO) - Dipartimento di Eccellenza DIF
  • PRIN PNRR2022, P2022LMRKB - Surface and Interface acoustic wave-driven Microfluidic devices Based on fs-laser technology for particle sorting (SIMBA)

Relevant Publications

  • De Palo, R., Emanuele Mazzarone, A., Volpe, A., ...Spagnolo, V., Ancona, A. (2024) Investigation of Laser-Induced Surface Structures (LIPSS) on quartz and evaluation of their influence on material wettability, Optics and Laser Technology, 169, 110097
  • Capodacqua, F.M.C., Volpe, A., Gaudiuso, C., Ancona, A. (2023) Bonding of PMMA to silicon by femtosecond laser pulses, Scientific Reports, 13(1), 5062
  • Dell’Aglio, M., Mallardi, A., Gaudiuso, R., Giacomo, A.D. (2023) Plasma Parameters During Nanoparticle-Enhanced Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (NELIBS) in the Presence of Nanoparticle–Protein Conjugates, Applied Spectroscopy, 77(11), pp. 1253–1263
  • Volpe, A., Krishnan, U., Chiriacò, M.S.,...Ancona, A., Ferrara, F. (2021) A Smart Procedure for the Femtosecond Laser-Based Fabrication of a Polymeric Lab-on-a-Chip for Capturing Tumor Cell, Engineering, 7(10), pp. 1434–1440
Location: TBA