Paolo Samorì
NationalityItalian
Alma materUniversity of Bologna, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (PhD)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Strasbourg
ThesisSelf-assembly of conjugated (macro)molecules nanostructures for molecular electronics (2000)
Doctoral advisorJürgen P. Rabe

Paolo Samorì (born in Imola, Italy, 3 May 1971) is an Italian physical chemist and Distinguished Professor (PRCE) at the Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS) of the Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA) & CNRS where he heads the Nanochemistry Laboratory and he has been institute director (2012-2023).

Education

Samorì obtained a Laurea (master's degree) in Industrial Chemistry at University of Bologna in 1995. In 2000 he received his PhD in Chemistry from the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin under supervision of Jürgen P. Rabe. Samorì was permanent research scientist at Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche of Bologna from 2001 till 2008, and visiting professor at ISIS from 2003 til 2008.

Career and research

He has published over 450 papers on applications of nanochemistry and materials science with a particular focus on graphene and related 2D materials, supramolecular electronics, scanning probe microscopies beyond imaging, hierarchical self-assembly of hybrid functional architectures at surfaces and interfaces, and the fabrication of organic- and graphene-based nanodevices.These papers have been cited over 25,000 times, leading to a h-index of 85.[1]

He is using the supramolecular chemistry approach in order to generate ordered 1D, 2D and 3D architectures at surfaces and interfaces, with the ultimate goal of controlling an improving the properties of opto-electronic and sensing devices.

He exploited supramolecular scaffolds based on H-bonding[2] and metal-ligand[3] interactions to control the patterning of functional groups in two-dimensions. He has fabricated the first dynamer operating at the solid-liquid interface which were monitored on the sub-molecular scale by means of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy[4]

At the University of Strasbourg he showed that combining organic semiconductors with photochromic systems it is possible to fabricate optically switchable field-effect transistor as a first step towards multifunctional devices.[5] Such research enabled him to fabricate both flexible non-volatile optical memory thin-film transistor devices with over 256 distinct levels based on an organic bicomponent blend,[6] and optically switchable organic light-emitting transistors capable of emitting light in the range of the three primary RGB colors with the special feature of being capable of developing writable and erasable spatially defined patterns [7] He is exploiting supramolecular methods to generate graphene based materials with tunable properties.[8] For example, he was able to impart a light-responsive nature to 2D materials like graphene and MoS2 by combining them with stimuli-responsive molecules (like photochromic systems or electrochemical switches), even by means of the asymmetric functionalization of the two surfaces of the 2D materials, to realize multi-responsive and high-performance hybrid optoelectronic devices by mastering a more than Moore strategy. His current research is focused on the architecture vs function relationship in supramolecular and graphene-based materials for applications in (opto)electronics, chemical and physical sensing, energy storage and materials science, thereby addressing global challenges.

His present research interests are centered around internet of functions in ad hoc 0D to 3D functionalized multicomponent nanostructures and networks thereof for energy, sensing and optoelectronic applications.

  • Chemistry of two-dimensional materials (graphene and other layered compounds): production, tuning of their properties, fabrication of devices.
  • Multiscale tailoring of smart supramolecular systems: development of multiresponsive coatings and composites.
  • High-performance multifunctional materials and (nano)devices for opto-electronics, chemical and physical sensing, data storage, energy generation and storage, etc.

In 2022 the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Italy has appointed him Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana. He is Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC), member of the Academia Europaea (MAE), foreign member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (KVAB), and senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF).

Awards


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References

  1. ↑ "Paolo Samori'". scholar.google.it.
  2. ↑ G.P. Spada, S. Lena, S. Masiero, S. Pieraccini, M. Surin, P. Samorì, Guanosine based H-bonded scaffolds: controlling the assembly of oligothiophenes, Adv. Mater. 20, 2433 (2008)
  3. ↑ M. Surin, P. Samorì, A. Jouaiti, N. Kyritsakas, M.W. Hosseini, Molecular tectonics on surfaces: bottom-up fabrication of 1-D coordination networks that form 1D and 2D arrays on graphite, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46, 245 (2007)
  4. ↑ A. Ciesielski, S. Lena, S. Masiero, G.P. Spada, P. Samorì, Dynamers at the solid-liquid interface: controlling the reversible assembly/re-assembly process between two highly ordered supramolecular guanine motifs, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 49, 1963 (2010)
  5. ↑ E. Orgiu, N. Crivillers, M. Herder, L. Grubert, M. Pätzel, J. Frisch, E. Pavlica, G. Bratina, N. Koch, S. Hecht, P. Samorì, Optically switchable transistor via energy level phototuning in a bi-component organic semiconductor, Nature Chemistry 4, 675 (2012)
  6. ↑ T. Leydecker, M. Herder, E. Pavlica, G. Bratina, S. Hecht, E. Orgiu, P. Samorì*, "Flexible non-volatile optical memory TFT device with an unprecedented number of distinct levels based on an organic bi-component blend", Nat. Nanotech. 2016, 11, 769–775
  7. ↑ L. Hou, X. Zhang, G. F. Cotella, G. Carnicella, M. Herder, B. M. Schmidt, M. Pätzel, S. Hecht, F. Cacialli, P. Samorì, "Optically switchable organic light-emitting transistors", Nat. Nanotechnol., 2019, 14, 347–353.
  8. ↑ A. Ciesielski, P. Samorì, Graphene via sonication assisted liquid-phase exfoliation, Chem. Soc. Rev. 43, 381 (2014)
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