Mauro Mosca

U314  3rd floor
Phone +39 091 23860212
fax +39 091 488452
Skype: mauro_mosca
mauro.mosca@unipa.it

Biography

  • Mauro Mosca is an Associate Professor of Fundamentals of Electronics and Optoelectronic Devices at the Department of Engineering of University of Palermo, Italy, with great foreign experience, gained in Switzerland and in France. He is an academic expert in the field of optoelectronic devices, in particular, LEDs-based on wide-bandgap materials.
    From 2015 to 2018 he was a visiting professor at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, where he worked in the field of nitride-based light-emitting devices. As a Postdoctoral Researcher, he spent several years in Palermo (Italy), in Lausanne (Switzerland), and in Orsay (France) working on both nitride compounds (physics and devices), and wide band-gap oxides deposition techniques. In 2002 he was the recipient of a Marie Curie Industrial Fellowship, which funded a two year-research on AlGaN-based UV photodiodes for flame detection developed in THALES, Research and Technology Labs (Orsay, France). Now, besides his teaching activity as a Professor, he considers himself a process engineer, expert on clean-room device microfabrication (micron scale) with wide skills on clean-room facilities.
    He is a member of the Editorial Board of Electronics (MDPI).
    He published more than 50 scientific papers published on peer-reviewed journals or books. His h-index is 18 (February 2021) with a citation number more than 1000, as resulting from Scopus database.

     Curriculum vitae

  • Field of expertise

    Nitride semiconductors, Nitride-based LEDs, Hybrid LEDs based on dye frequency-conversion, LED fabrication, Pulsed Laser Deposition techniques, Standard thin film deposition techniques, Transparent conductive oxides, Nitride-based detector, Intersubband transitions on quantum wells, Optical Emission Spectroscopy, Optical lithography, Processing and microfabrication, Electrical and optical characterisation, Organic device fabrication

  • Main current works

    Color conversion in LEDs, Growth of ZnO nanorods for electroluminescent heterojunctions, Tunnel junctions in nitride-based LEDs, LED applications, Memristors, Selective contacts in heterojunction solar cells

  • Teaching

    Optoelectronic devices
    Fundamentals of Electronics

  • Ph.D. students

    Danilo Trapani

Selected publications

- F. Piva, C. De Santi, A. Caria, C. Haller, J.-F. Carlin, M. Mosca, G. Meneghesso, E. Zanoni, N. Grandjean, M. Meneghini: Defect incorporation in In-containing layers and quantum wells: experimental analysis via deep level profiling and optical spectroscopy - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 54 (2021) 025108.
- D. Scirč, R. Macaluso, M. Mosca, S. Mirabella, A. Gulino, O. Isabella, M. Zeman, I. Crupi: Characterization of the defect density states in MoOx for c-Si solar cell applications - Solid-State Electronics, 185 (2021) 108135.
- F.V. Lupo, D. Scirč, M. Mosca, I. Crupi, L. Razzari, R. Macaluso: Custom measurement system for memristor characterisation - Solid-State Electronics, 186 (2021) 108049.
- F. Piva, C. De Santi, A. Caria, M. Buffolo, C. Haller, J.-F. Carlin, M. Mosca, G. Meneghesso, E. Zanoni, N. Grandjean, M. Meneghini: How does an In-containing underlayer prevent the propagation of defects in InGaN QW LEDs? identification of SRH centers and modeling of trap profile - Proceedings Vol. 11686, Gallium Nitride Materials and Devices XVI, 2021, 116861X. SPIE OPTO 2021, Online.
- M. Mosca, R. Macaluso, I. Crupi: Hybrid inorganic-polymer white emitting devices in “Polymer white-light-emitting devices and displays”, edited by: I. Inamuddin, R. Boddula, M. I. Ahamed, A. M. Asiri, chapter 8 (Wiley-Scrivener Publisher, Beverly, US, 2020) pp. 197-262.
- T. Cesca, C. Scian, E. Petronijevic, G. Leahu, R. Li Voti, G. Cesarini, R. Macaluso, M. Mosca, C. Sibilia, G. Mattei: Correlation between in situ structural and optical characterization of the semiconductor-to-metal phase transition of VO2 thin films on sapphire - Nanoscale, 12 (2020) 851-863.
- C. Haller, J.-F. Carlin, M. Mosca, M. D. Rossell, R. Erni, N. Grandjean: InAlN underlayer for near ultraviolet InGaN based light emitting diodes - Applied Physics Express, 12 (2019) 034002.
- P. Sohi, M. Mosca, Y. Chen, J.-F. Carlin, N. Grandjean: Low-temperature growth of n++-GaN by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition to achieve low-resistivity tunnel junctions on blue light emitting diodes - Semiconductor Science and Technology, 34 (2019) 015002.
- R. Macaluso, G. Lullo, I. Crupi, F. Caruso, E. Feltin, M. Mosca: Current Spreading Length and Injection Efficiency in ZnO/GaN-Based Light-Emitting Diodes - IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 66 (2019) 4811-4816.
- F. Caruso, M. Mosca, S. Rinella, R. Macaluso, C. Calì, F. Saiano, E. Feltin: Frequency-Downconversion Stability of PMMA Coatings in Hybrid White Light-Emitting Diodes - Journal of Electronic Materials, 45 (2016) 682-687.
- M. Mosca, R. Macaluso, F. Caruso, V. Lo Muzzo, C. Calì: The p-Type Doping of ZnO: Mirage or Reality? in “Advances in Semiconductor Research: Physics of Nanosystems, Spintronics and Technological Applications”, edited by D. Persano Adorno and S. Pokutnyi, chapter 12 (Nova Science Publishers, New York, 2015) pp. 245-282.
- A. Sacco, M. S. Di Bella, M. Gerosa, A. Chiodoni, S. Bianco, M. Mosca, R. Macaluso, C. Calì, C. F. Pirri: Enhancement of photoconversion efficiency in dye-sensitized solar cells exploiting pulsed laser deposited niobium pentoxide blocking layers - Thin Solid Films, 574 (2015) 38-42.
- F. Di Franco, M. Santamaria, F. Di Quarto, R. Macaluso, M. Mosca, C. Calì:Electrochemical Fabrication and Physico-Chemical Characterization of Metal/High K Insulating Oxide/Polymer Electrolyte Junctions - Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118 (2014) 29973-29980.
- R. Macaluso, M. Mosca, V. Costanza, A. D'Angelo, G. Lullo, F. Caruso, C. Calì, F. Di Franco, M. Santamaria, and F. Di Quarto: Resistive switching behaviour in ZnO and VO2 memristors grown by pulsed laser deposition - Electronics Letters 50 (2014) 262-263.
- M. Mosca, R. Macaluso, G. Randazzo, M. Di Bella, F. Carusoì, C. Calì, F. Di Franco, M. Santamaria, F. Di Quarto: Anodized Ti-Si Alloy as Gate Oxide of Electrochemically-Fabricated Organic Field-Effect Transistors - ElectroChemical Society Solid State Letters, 3 (2014) P7-P9.
- M. Mosca, R. Macaluso, C. Calì, R. Butté, S. Nicolay, E. Feltin, D. Martin, N. Grandjean: Optical, structural, and morphological characterisation of epitaxial ZnO films grown by pulsed-laser deposition - Thin Solid Films 539 (2013) 55-59.
- R. Macaluso, M. Mosca, C. Calì, F. Di Franco, M. Santamaria, F. Di Quarto, J.-L. Reverchon: Erroneous p-type assignment by Hall effect measurements in annealed ZnO films grown on InP - Journal of Applied Physics 113 (2013) 164508.
- M. Mosca, F. Caruso, L. Zambito, B. Seminara, R. Macaluso, C. Calì, E. Feltin: Warm white LED light by frequency down-conversion of mixed yellow and red Lumogen® in "Integrated Photonics: Materials, Devices, and Applications II", edited by J.- M. Fédéli, L. Vivien, M. K. Smit, Vol. 8767, pg. 87670L-1/10 (SPIE, Washington, 2013).
- M. Mosca, F. Caruso, L. Zambito, R. Macaluso, C. Calì, E. Feltin: Hybrid LEDs pave way to new lighting applications - Photonics Spectra 47 (2013) 60-64.
- F. Caruso, M. Mosca, R. Macaluso, E. Feltin, C. Calì: Generation of white LED light by frequency down-conversion using a perylene-based dye - Electronics Letters 48 (2012) 1417-1419.
- F. Di Franco, P. Bocchetta, C. Calì, M. Mosca, M. Santamaria, F. Di Quarto: Electrochemical fabrication of metal/oxide/conducting polymer junction - Journal of The Electrochemical Society 158 (2011) H50-H54.


Main Projects

• Crescita e caratterizzazione di interfacce metallo/ossido, metallo/polimero e metallo/ossido/polimero per applicazioni ingegneristiche, Local University Project (Ex 60% 2013) - Coordinator: F. Di Quarto
• Ambition Power (National Project “PON” 2013) - Coordinator: R. Miceli
• Innovation for greeN Energy and eXchange in Transportation (i-NEXT) (National Project “PON” 2013) - Coordinator: L. Dusonchet
• LED blu e ultravioletti realizzati in ZnO, Local University Project (Ex 60% 2007) - Coordinator: M. Mosca
• Crescita mediante laser e caratterizzazione di ossidi drogati per applicazioni fotoniche ed optoelettroniche, Local University Project (Ex 60% 2006) - Coordinator: C. Calì
• Nitride Intersubband Devices at Telecommunication Wavelengths (NitWave), European Project (6th Framework Program, 2005-2006) - Coordinator: N. Grandjean
• Fotoablazione laser finalizzata alla deposizione di materiali ottici non lineari (National Project “PRIN - MIUR” 2006) - Coordinator: C. Calì


Refereeing activity

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, Physica Status Solidi, Applied Surface Science, Solar Energy Material and Solar Cells.
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Solid State Physics (Hindawi)


Interests and outdoor

- All the music (rock, classic, jazz), but especially Prog Rock.
This is one of my favourite site: Prog Archives



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