D. Brizi, N. Fontana, F. Costa, G. Tiberi, A. Monorchio, "On the Optimization of Distributed Magnetic Traps in MRI Coils Decoupling," 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Boston, MA, USA, 2018, pp. 893-894.

A systematic procedure for the design of printed filters aimed at decoupling Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) loops is presented. The filter (distributed magnetic trap) consists of spiral resonators, it is passive and conformal to the geometry of the...

N. Fontana, F. Costa, D. Brizi, G. Tiberi, A. Galante, M. Alecci, A. Monorchio, "Decoupling of dual-tuned MRI coils by using distributed magnetic traps", 12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2018), London, 2018, pp. 1-5.

Dual tuned (DT) coplanar and concentric Radio Frequency (RF) coils, tuned at the resonance frequencies of hydrogen (1H) and sodium (23Na), are a valid way to co-register anatomical and physiological information in Magnetic Resonance Imaging. In this...

Mura D., Barbarossa M., Dinuzzi G., Grioli G., Caiti A., & Catalano M. (2018). A Soft Modular End Effector for Underwater Manipulation: A Gentle, Adaptable Grasp for the Ocean Depths. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine.

Current underwater end-effector technology has limits in terms of finesse and versatility. Because of this, the execution of several underwater operations, such as archeological recovery and biological sampling, often still requires direct intervention...

Low-Concentration Ethanol Vapor Sensing With Nanostructured Porous Silicon Interferometers Using Interferogram Average Over Wavelength Reflectance Spectroscopy

Stefano Mariani ; Lucanos M. Strambini ; Alessandro Paghi ; Giuseppe Barillaro . Herein, we report low-concentration ethanol vapor detection with nanostructured porous silicon (PSi) interferometers using interferogram average over wavelength reflectance...

Open and Flexible Li-ion Battery Tester Based on Python Language and Raspberry Pi

I. Degl’Innocenti, J. Albertone, A. Boccardi, T. Bogey, L. Fanucci, C. Moran Guizan, M. Barros Marin, A. Topaloudis, M. Wendt:"Digital Acquisition Chain for the Upgrade of the CERN SPS Beam Position Monitor", ICECS2018, Bordeaux, France, 12/2018

This paper presents the development of the digital acquisition chain for the upgrade of the Beam Position Monitor (BPM) system for the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) at CERN. The front-end electronics will be based on logarithmic amplifiers and,...

G. M. Fortunato, C. De Maria, D. Eglin, T. Serra, G. Vozzi: "An ink-jet printed electrical stimulation platform for muscle tissue regeneration", Bioprinting, vol. 11, e00035, Oct. 2018

Conducting polymeric materials have been used to modulate response of cells seeded on their surfaces. However, there is still major improvement to be made related to their biocompatibility, conductivity, stability in biological milieu, and...

A. Motroni, P. Nepa, P. Tripicchio and M. Unetti, "A Multi-Antenna SAR-based method for UHF RFID Tag Localization via UGV," 2018 IEEE International Conference on RFID Technology & Application (RFID-TA), Macau, Macao, 2018, pp. 1-6.

This paper presents a multi-antenna approach of the phase-based SARFID method to locate static tags by employing two UHF-RFID reader antennas installed on an Unmanned Grounded Vehicle (UGV). The UGV is remotecontrolled and equipped with Laser Range...

A. Motroni et al., "SAR-Based Indoor Localization of UHF-RFID Tags via Mobile Robot," 2018 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN), Nantes, France, 2018, pp. 1-8.

This paper presents a localization method exploiting a mobile robot equipped with an Ultra High Frequency Radio Frequency IDentification (UHF-RFID) reader to locate stationary tags in warehouse scenarios. The measurement method is based on the Synthetic...

SfM-Based Method to Assess Gorgonian Forests (Paramuricea clavata (Cnidaria, Octocorallia). Marco Palma, Monica Rivas Casado, Ubaldo Pantaleo, Gaia Pavoni, Daniela Pica, Carlo Cerrano. Int. J. Remote Sens. 2018, 10(7), 1154. DOI: 10.3390/rs10071154

SfM-Based Method to Assess Gorgonian Forests (Paramuricea clavata (Cnidaria, Octocorallia). Marco Palma, Monica Rivas Casado, Ubaldo Pantaleo, Gaia Pavoni, Daniela Pica, Carlo Cerrano. Int. J. Remote Sens. 2018, 10(7), 1154. DOI: 10.3390/rs10071154

Quasi-orthorectified projection for the measurement of Red Gorgonian Colonies. G. Pavoni, M. Palma, M. Callieri, M. Dellepiane, U.Pantaleo, C. Cerrano, R. Scopigno. Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-2, 853-860, 2018. DOI:

A. Scibilia, M. Laghi, E. De Momi, L. Peternel, A. Ajoudani: "A Self-Adaptive Robot Control Framework for Improved Tracking and Interaction Performances in Low-Stiffness Teleoperation", International Conference on Humanoids Robots, November 2018

M. Laghi, M. Maimeri, M. Marchand, C. Leparoux, M. Catalano, A. Ajoudani, A. Bicchi: "Shared-Autonomy Control for Intuitive Bimanual Tele-manipulation", IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoids Robots (Humanoids), November 2018

"Low-Threshold Lasing From Monolithic Nanostructured Porous Silicon Hybrid Microcavities", in Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2018), paper LW6F.3

Authors: V. Robbiano, G. M. Paternò, A. A. La Mattina, S. G. Motti, G. Lanzani, F. Scotognella, G. Barillaro Abstract: Here we demonstrate low-threshold lasing from fully-transparent nanostructured porous silicon (PSi) monolithic microcavities (MCs)...

M. Carbone, V. Ferrari, M. Marconi, R. Piazza, et al.: “A tele-ultrasonographic platform to collect specialist second opinion in less specialized hospitals”, Updates in Surgery, Volume 70, Issue 3, 1 September 2018, Pages 407-413

L. Cacopardo, F. Burgio. F. Riccio, G. Mattei, A. Ahluwalia: ‘’New force-controlled testing method for real-time viscoelastic measurements in bioreactors’’. World Congress of Biomechanics, July 2018, Dublin (Ireland)

S. Giusti, D. Mazzei, L. Cacopardo, G. Mattei, C. Domenici, A. Ahluwalia. ‘’Environmental Control in Flow Bioreactors’’, 2017, Processes, MDPI (Vol. 5, p. 16).

G. Mattei, L. Cacopardo, A. Ahluwalia: ''Micro-Mechanical Viscoelastic Properties of Crosslinked Hydrogels Using the Nano-Epsilon Dot Method''. Materials, 2017, MDPI (Vol. 10, p. 889, doi:10.3390/ma10080889).

L. Cacopardo, N. Guazzelli, R. Nossa, G. Mattei and A. Ahluwalia: ‘’Engineering hydrogel viscoelasticity’’. Journal of Mechanical Behaviour of Biomedical Materials (Accepted: September 2018 - Publication: January 2019, vol. 89, pp. 162-167)