Optical and X-Ray Polarized Scattering for Porous Nanoparticles and Aggregates such as Combustion Soot

Stefano di Stasio received a first-honour degree (summa cum laude) in Electronic Engineering at University “Federico II” in Napoli on 4th April 1991. He received the degree of Specialist in Optics on 14th March 1995 from University of Florence-Italian National Institute of Optics (I.N.O.A.) directed by Prof. F.T. Arecchi defending a final thesis with maximum laude. During the years 1995-1999 he developed his doctoral research (Ph.D.) at Istituto Motori (C.N.R.) - Dept. of Mechanical Engineering (D.I.M.E.) of University “Federico II” in Napoli and on 8th April 1999 he received his Ph.D. degree defending a doctoral thesis titled “Experiments and Modeling of Light Scattering from Soot Fractals in Flames” He was successful in the public government applications, first, in 1996 for a permanent Researcher and, after, in 2001 for a Chief Scientist Researcher position  at former Istituto Motori now CNR-STEMS, where he was the founder and Head since 2007 of the laboratory "Gas-Phase generated Nanostructures, Visible Light Scattering and X-ray Synchrotron Radiation techniques". His research interests are the processes of formation of organic (carbon nanotubes) and inorganic (metal and metal oxide nanofibers, nanobelts) nanostructures obtained via aerosol synthesis and their characterization (SEM, TEM, XRD, XPS, SAXS, NEXAFS, Infra-Red Spectroscopy, Light Scattering, UV-VIS Spectroscopy, Photoluminescence).Dr di Stasio is Author of 78 papers on International JCR Journals and received up today over 1470 citations, with H-index 20. He was the unique author of 15 scientific papers and served as Referee for more than 15 International Scientific Journals with high IF. He was Visiting Scientist atAt Lund University in December 2011, Division of Combustion Physics invited by Dr. Frederick Ossler and Prof Markus Aldén and in Novosibirsk Akademgorodok  at Voevodsky Istitute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion of Russian Academy of Sciences invited by Prof. Andrei A. Onischuk over the years 2008-2017.Dr di Stasio is Author or Co-Author of 78 papers on International JCR Journals and received up today over 1470 citations, with H-index 20. He was the unique author of 15 scientific papers and served as Referee for more than 15 International Scientific Journals with high IF.

• Small particles: Nanoparticles and aggregates.- Some properties of laser light scattering by mass fractals.- Laser light scattering by aggregates of Rayleigh sub-units.- Restructuring of aggregates of nanoparticles.- Angular Laser Light Scattering for sizing of primary particle in a nanoparticle aggregate.- Depolarization ratio and multiple scattering.- Some properties of X-ray scattering by nanoparticles and nanoinclusions.- NEXAFS as a tool for probing of chemical speciation of nanoparticle aggregates.- SAXS experiments to find out the hierarchical nature of aggregates and particles formed in combustion.- Complementary character of laser light vs. X-ray experimental techniques.