1. INSTM 2007 Perugia Nanostructured glasses and polymers for advanced sensors: synthesis and properties

2. INSTM 2007 Perugia Aim of the project preparation and characterization of nano- structured amorphous materials (glasses and polymers with nano-clusters or nanotubes) applications in the fields of poling-based devices and of Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) based sensors.

3. INSTM 2007 Perugia Who does what: Torino: metal nanocluster doped silica thin films and thermal poling on each sample. Milano : measurement of non-linear optical properties; laser poling Napoli : preparation of glasses containing high polarizable cations; electrical characterization of samples Perugia : synthesis and characterization of nanostructured polymers based on carbon nanotubes for non linear optical applications

4. INSTM 2007 Perugia TEM e FESEM of the Ag/SiO 2 composites Politecnico di Torino Preparation of transparent nanostructured inorganic glasses with non-linear optical activity Universita’ di Napoli K 2 O-Nb 2 O 5 - SiO 2 glasses Second order Nonlinearity from LASER-poling LASER effects on nanophase Universita’ di Perugia Detector    IR 1064 nm VIS 532 nm Second order Nonlinearity from LASER-poling LASER effects on nanophase Milano Bicocca