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Francesco Maita received the Master degree, summa cum laude, in Electronics Engineering and the Ph.D. in “Engineering of Sensorial and Learning Systems” both from the “Università degli studi di Roma Tor Vergata”, in 2008 and 2013, respectively. He won, in 2009, the prize "Rita e Sebastiano Raeli" as the best student in Engineering faculty of University Roma Tor Vergata. He worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems of the CNR of Rome from the 2012 to 2016, working on design, fabrication and characterization of electronic readout circuits for sensing based on low temperature polysilicon. Since 2017, he works as a researcher at the same institution, where he's the referent for the Microoptoelectromechanical (MOEMS) system workgroup. Since 2021 he is an expert referent for micro/nanolithography in the European network “Euronanolab”. His research activity is focused on electronic design, fabrication and characterization of smart circuits for sensing. In particular, his fields of expertise are in 1) design of front-end electronics and circuits for sensors based on inorganic and organic electronics on flexible substrates; 2) Design, fabrication and characterization of flexible sensors and custom PCBs for biomedical and wearable applications; 4) Design of application specific integrated circuits (ASIC) and software for wireless sensor networks (WSN).
Scientific Productions
Terahertz Time-Domain Characterization of Thin Conducting Films in Reflection Mode
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation [IEEE],
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques [IEEE],
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation [IEEE],
Dielectric Terahertz Characterization of Microwave Substrates and Dry Resist
Crystals [MDPI], Volume: 14 Issue: 3 Pages: 205
Advanced Materials Technologies [], Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Pages: 2301282
Ge Enrichment of Ge–Sb–Te Alloys as Keystone of Flexible Edge Electronics
Advanced Electronic Materials [], Pages: 2400184
An ethyl cellulose novel biodegradable flexible substrate material for sustainable screen-printing
RSC advances [Royal Society of Chemistry], Volume: 14 Issue: 25 Pages: 18103-18108
Advanced Science [], Pages: 2301925
Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X [Elsevier], Volume: 13 Pages: 100309
Applied Sciences [MDPI], Volume: 12 Issue: 24 Pages: 12538
IEEE Sensors Journal [IEEE], Volume: 22 Issue: 24 Pages: 24019-24026
Applied Sciences [MDPI], Volume: 12 Issue: 16 Pages: 8259
Fluorinated Agents Effects on Orthodontic Alloys: A Descriptive In Vitro Study
Materials [MDPI], Volume: 15 Issue: 13 Pages: 4612
Surface Zn enrichment induced by excimer laser annealing in ZnO nanorods
Applied Surface Science [North-Holland], Volume: 587 Pages: 152313
Applied Physics Letters [AIP Publishing LLC], Volume: 119 Issue: 23 Pages: 231601
Journal of power sources [Elsevier], Volume: 473 Pages: 228619
In-flight calibration system of imaging x-ray polarimetry explorer
Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems [SPIE], Volume: 6 Issue: 4 Pages: 048002
Compact Source-Gated Transistor Analog Circuits for Ubiquitous Sensors
IEEE Sensors Journal [IEEE], Volume: 20 Issue: 24 Pages: 14903-14913
Quarter-wave plate metasurfaces on electromagnetically thin polyimide substrates
Applied Physics Letters [AIP Publishing LLC], Volume: 115 Issue: 24 Pages: 241602
Scientific reports [Nature Publishing Group], Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-13
Gravure printed organic thin film transistors: Study on the ink printability improvement
Organic Electronics [North-Holland], Volume: 61 Pages: 104-112
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy [Pergamon], Volume: 43 Issue: 16 Pages: 7903-7910
Journal of Display Technology [IEEE], Volume: 12 Issue: 3 Pages: 209-213
AlN texturing and piezoelectricity on flexible substrates for sensor applications
Applied Physics Letters [AIP Publishing], Volume: 106 Issue: 23
A compact integrated system for neural signal acquisition and stimulation
B DEBATE-A Dialogue with the Cerebral Cortex: Cortical Function and Interfacing (Workshop), Barcelona, Spain [], Pages: 29-30
Flexible Sensors Based on Low-Temperature Polycrystalline Silicon Thin Film Transistor Technology
ECS Transactions [IOP Publishing], Volume: 64 Issue: 10 Pages: 165
Microelectronic engineering [Elsevier], Volume: 121 Pages: 10-14
Flexible pH sensors based on polysilicon thin film transistors and ZnO nanowalls
Applied Physiscs Letters [American Institute of Physics], Volume: 105 Pages: 093501
LTPS TFT technology on flexible substrates for sensor applications
Active-Matrix Flatpanel Displays and Devices (AM-FPD), 2014 21st International Workshop [IEEE], Pages: 311
Flexible sensing systems based on polysilicon thin film transistors technology
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical [Elsevier], Volume: 179 Pages: 114-124
Sensors and Actuators A: Physical [Elsevier], Volume: 185 Pages: 39-43
Flexible PVDF-TrFE pyroelectric sensor integrated on a fully printed p-channel organic transistor
Procedia Engineering [No longer published by Elsevier], Volume: 47 Pages: 526-529
Flexible tactile sensors based on polysilicon TFT technology for robotics application
Istituto Italiano di tecnologia, italia, IMID DIGEST [],
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical [Elsevier], Volume: 155 Issue: 2 Pages: 768-774
Flexible electronics based on polysilicon thin film transistor
한국정보디스플레이학회: 학술대회논문집 [The Korean Infomation Display Society], Pages: 258-261
2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INC/USNC‐URSI Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/INC-USNC-URSI) [IEEE], Pages: 907-908
Sustainable Space Agriculture: Biodegradable Sensors Redefining Greenhouse Monitoring Beyond Earth
2024 11th International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace (MetroAeroSpace) [IEEE], Pages: 417-421
Highly Reflective, Low-Loss, Homogenized Fishnet Metasurfaces at Terahertz: Design and Experiment
2024 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) [IEEE], Pages: 1-3
2023 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor) [IEEE], Pages: 763-767
Development of ZnO NRs-rGO Low-Impedance Electrodes for Astrocyte Cell Signal Recording
2023 IEEE SENSORS [IEEE], Pages: 1-4
2023 IEEE 10th International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace (MetroAeroSpace) [IEEE], Pages: 363-367
AISEM Annual Conference on Sensors and Microsystems [Springer, Cham], Pages: 39-44
Wafer Level Fabrication of cMUT using Bonding and Interconnection Technique without TSV/TGV
2022 IEEE 24th Electronics Packaging Technology Conference (EPTC) [IEEE], Pages: 199-202
In-orbit monitoring of the imaging x-ray polarimeters on-board IXPE
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray [SPIE], Volume: 12181 Pages: 302-313
Physical and chemical flexible sensors as valuable tool for monitoring space activities
2022 IEEE 9th International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace (MetroAeroSpace) [IEEE], Pages: 396-401
Low power Wireless Sensor Network for precision agriculture: a battery-less operation scenario
2021 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor) [IEEE], Pages: 75-79
Demonstration of PolyimideBased Flexible CMUT Operation on Curved Substrates
2021 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) [IEEE], Pages: 1-3
2021 IEEE 8th International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace (MetroAeroSpace) [IEEE], Pages: 387-391
2021 IEEE 8th International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace (MetroAeroSpace) [IEEE], Pages: 392-396
Flexible CMUT as smart tool for nondestructive testing of aircraft composite structures
2021 IEEE 8th International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace (MetroAeroSpace) [IEEE], Pages: 397-401
Dielectric Characterization of Structural and Passivation Films for Flexible CMUT Microfabrication
2020 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) [IEEE], Pages: 1-3
2020 IEEE 7th International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace (MetroAeroSpace) [IEEE], Pages: 505-509
SENSORNETS [], Pages: 177-181
2019 IEEE SENSORS [IEEE], Pages: 1-4
49dB depletion-load amplifiers with polysilicon source-gated transistors
ESSDERC 2019-49th European Solid-State Device Research Conference (ESSDERC) [IEEE], Pages: 114-117
Integrated 3D Microfluidic Device for Impedance Spectroscopy in Lab-on-Chip Systems
2019 IEEE 8th International Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Interfaces (IWASI) [IEEE], Pages: 224-227
Calibration of the IXPE instrument
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray [SPIE], Volume: 10699 Pages: 1312-1322
Highly wearable wireless wristband for monitoring pilot cardiac activity and muscle fine movements
2017 IEEE international workshop on metrology for aerospace (metroaerospace) [IEEE], Pages: 271-275
Advances in Science and Technology [Trans Tech Publications Ltd], Volume: 102 Pages: 77-85
2017 IEEE SENSORS [IEEE], Pages: 1-3
Low temperature poly-silicon thin film transistor flexible sensing circuit
2016 IEEE International Conference on the Science of Electrical Engineering (ICSEE) [IEEE], Pages: 1-3
Wearable band for hand gesture recognition based on strain sensors
2016 6th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob) [IEEE], Pages: 1319-1322
Flexible double stage POSTFT based on Poly-Si technology for robotic skin application
2015 IEEE 15th International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO) [IEEE], Pages: 1313-1316
Nanostructured sensing devices controlled by ultra-flexible polysilicon readout circuits
Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC), 2015 IEEE 15th International Conference [IEEE], Pages: 1770
Investigation on nanostructured biosensor for Biotin detection
SENSORS, 2014 IEEE [IEEE], Pages: 1627-1630
SENSORS, 2014 IEEE [IEEE], Pages: 1730-1733
Fully-organic flexible tactile sensor for advanced robotic applications
2014 IEEE 9th Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC) [IEEE], Pages: 45-48
ZnO nanowalls integrated on ultra-thin flexible TFT based on polysilicon for pH sensing
Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC), 2014 IEEE 9th [IEEE], Pages: 41-44
2013 6th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (NER) [IEEE], Pages: 927-930
Chemoresistive nanofibrous sensor array and read-out electronics on flexible substrate
TRANSDUCERS 2009-2009 International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference [IEEE], Pages: 144-147
Lab-on-chip for integrated cell culture monitoring
Proc. AISEM 2019 [],