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Paolo Samorì (born in Imola, Italy, 1971) is an Italian physical chemist and Distinguished Professor (PRCE) and director of the Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS) of the Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA) & CNRS where he is also head of the Nanochemistry Laboratory.
He 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 (Prof. Jürgen P. Rabe). He 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.
He has published over 350 papers on applications of nanochemistry and materials chemistry 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.
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 electronic devices.
He exploited supramolecular scaffolds based on H-bonding and metal-ligand 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
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. He is exploiting supramolecular methods to generate graphene based materials with tunable properties. His current research is focused on the architecture vs function relationship in supramolecular and graphene-based materials for applications in (opto)electronics and materials science.
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 optoeletronic 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 optoelectronics, sensing, data storage, etc.
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 junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF).
Awards
- young scientist award - European Materials Research Society (1998)
- young scientist award - Materials Research Society (2000)
- IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists 2001
- the "Vincenzo Caglioti" award 2006 granted by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- the "Nicolò Copernico" award 2009 (Italy) for his discoveries in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology
- the award "Guy Ourisson" 2010 of the Cercle Gutenberg (France)
- junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) 2010
- the European Research Council Starting Grant 2010
- Royal Society of Chemistry - Fellow (FRSC) 2011
- the CNRS Silver Medal 2012.
- Elected member of the Academia Europaea (MAE) 2014
- Elected fellow of the European Academy of Sciences 2014
- Honorary Member of the University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia 2017
- the European Research Council Proof-of-Concept 2017
- Catalan-Sabatier-Award (Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry) 2017
- Grignard Wittig Lecture (German Chemical Society) 2017
- Royal Society of Chemistry - Surfaces and Interfaces Award 2018
- Blaise Pascal Medal in Materials Science (EURASC)
- Advisory Professor Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China 2018
- Grand Prix Pierre Süe Société Chimique de France 2018
- Elected foreign member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (KVAB) 2019
- the European Research Council Advanced Grant 2019
- "Les Étoiles de l’Europe" award - French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation
- the European Research Council Proof-of-Concept 2020
- Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Studies (USIAS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA) 2020
- senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) 2020
- Royal Society of Chemistry - Société Chimique de France Lectureship in Chemical Sciences 2020
Associate Editor
- Nanoscale (Royal Society of Chemistry), 2018-now
- Nanoscale Advances (Royal Society of Chemistry), 2019-now
Member to the advisory boards
- Advanced Materials (Wiley-VCH), 2006-now
- Journal of Materials Chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry), 2008-now
- Nanoscale (Royal Society of Chemistry), 2009-2017
- Small (Wiley-VCH), 2012-now
- ChemPhysChem (Wiley-VCH), 2011-now
- ChemPlusChem (Wiley-VCH), 2011-now
- Chemical Communications (Royal Society of Chemistry), 2012-now
- Chemical Society Reviews (Royal Society of Chemistry), 2013-now
- ACS Omega (American Chemical Society), 2016-now
- ACS Nano (American Chemical Society), 2017-now
- ChemNanoMat (Wiley-VCH), 2018-now
- ChemSystemsChem (Wiley-VCH), 2018-now
- Nanoscale Horizons (Royal Society of Chemistry), 2019-now
