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Francesco
d'Acapito

Grenoble
Research staff
LISA beamline responsible
Graduated in Physics, Università la sapienza , Roma, 1992, 110 cum laude
PhD in physics, Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble, 1997
Expert in Synchrotron radiation instrumentation and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy.
Responsible of teh LISA project at ESRF.
Scientific activity in determination of the links between the local atomic structure and macroscopic features by means of XAS and ab initio structural simulation. Applications in materials science, chemistry, cultural heritage, environmental science.

Publications

Advanced Energy Materials, 10-25, 2020 doi:10.1002/aenm.202000783

Introducing Highly Redox-Active Atomic Centers into Insertion-Type Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Ma Y., Ma Y., Giuli G., Euchner H., Groß A., Lepore G.O., d'Acapito F., Geiger D., Biskupek J., Kaiser U., Schütz H.M., Carlsson A., Diemant T., Behm R.J., Kuenzel M., Passerini S., Bresser D.
Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 26-2:551-558, 2019 doi:10.1107/S160057751801843X

The LISA beamline at ESRF

D’Acapito F., Lepore G.O., Puri A., Laloni A., La Manna F., Dettona E., De Luisa A., Martin A.
Chemistry of Materials, 31-14:5075-5080, 2019 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b00851

Black Phosphorus/Palladium Nanohybrid: Unraveling the Nature of P-Pd Interaction and Application in Selective Hydrogenation

Vanni M., Serrano-Ruiz M., Telesio F., Heun S., Banchelli M., Matteini P., Mio A.M., Nicotra G., Spinella C., Caporali S., Giaccherini A., D'Acapito F., Caporali M., Peruzzini M.
Science, 361-6403:686-690, 2018 doi:10.1126/science.aaq1308

Origin of the bright photoluminescence of few-atom silver clusters confined in LTA zeolites

Grandjean D., Coutiño-Gonzalez E., Cuong N.T., Fron E., Baekelant W., Aghakhani S., Schlexer P., D'Acapito F., Banerjee D., Roeffaers M.B.J., Nguyen M.T., Hofkens J., Lievens P.
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 28-4, 2016 doi:10.1088/0953-8984/28/4/045002

Evidence for Germanene growth on epitaxial hexagonal (h)-AlN on Ag(1 1 1)

D'Acapito F., Torrengo S., Xenogiannopoulou E., Tsipas P., Marquez Velasco J., Tsoutsou D., Dimoulas A.
Chemistry of Materials, 28-15:5384-5393, 2016 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b01445

Aliovalent Doping in Colloidal Quantum Dots and Its Manifestation on Their Optical Properties: Surface Attachment versus Structural Incorporation

Stavrinadis A., Pelli Cresi J.S., D'Acapito F., Magén C., Boscherini F., Konstantatos G.
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 55-20:6004-6007, 2016 doi:10.1002/anie.201600647

A Pd/C-CeO<inf>2</inf>Anode Catalyst for High-Performance Platinum-Free Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Miller H.A., Lavacchi A., Vizza F., Marelli M., Di Benedetto F., D'Acapito F., Paska Y., Page M., Dekel D.R.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17-37:23931-23937, 2015 doi:10.1039/c5cp03601a

The role of the local chemical environment of Ag on the resistive switching mechanism of conductive bridging random access memories

Souchier E., D'Acapito F., Noé P., Blaise P., Bernard M., Jousseaume V.
Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 27-11:1941-1948, 2012 doi:10.1039/c2ja30132f

Discoloration of the smalt pigment: Experimental studies and ab initio calculations

Cianchetta I., Colantoni I., Talarico F., D'Acapito F., Trapananti A., Maurizio C., Fantacci S., Davoli I.