Lotito, Valeria, Dr.

Research interests

• self-assembly
• nanosphere lithography
• plasmonics
• graphene

Work experience and education

2008-2012: PhD position at ETH Zurich and Empa in Dübendorf, Switzerland
2007: Marie Curie Fellowship at Thales Nederland B.V., Hengelo, the Netherlands
2004-2006: M.Sc. in Electronic Engineering, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
2001-2004: B.Sc. in Electronic Engineering, Politecnico di Bari, Italy

Papers

V. Lotito, T. Zambelli “Self-assembly and nanosphere lithography for large-area plasmonic patterns on graphene” accepted by the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2014.11.007
V. Lotito, C. Hafner, U. Sennhauser, G.-L. Bona “A novel nanostructured scanning near field optical microscopy probe based on an adirectional asymmetry” Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience 9, 486-494 (2012)
V. Lotito, U. Sennhauser, C. Hafner, G.-L. Bona “Interaction of an asymmetric scanning near field optical microscopy probe with fluorescent molecules” Progress in Electromagnetics Research 121, 281-299 (2011)
V. Lotito, U. Sennhauser, C. Hafner, G.-L. Bona “Fully metal-coated scanning near-field optical microscopy probes with spiral corrugations for superfocusing under arbitrarily oriented linearly polarised excitation” Plasmonics 6(2), 327-336 (2011)
V. Lotito, U. Sennhauser, C. Hafner “Numerical analysis of novel asymmetric SNOM tips” PIERS Online 7(4), 394-400 (2011)
V. Lotito, U. Sennhauser, C. Hafner “Effects of asymmetric surface corrugations on fully metal-coated scanning near field optical microscopy tips” Optics Express 18(8), 8722-8734 (2010)
V. Lotito, U. Sennhauser, C. Hafner “Finite element analysis of asymmetric scanning near field optical microscopy probes” Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience 7(8), 1596-1609 (2010)

Book chapter

V. Lotito, C. Hafner, U. Sennhauser, G.-L. Bona “Novel SNOM probes based on nanofocusing in asymmetric structures” published in K. Y. Kim Ed. “Plasmonics: Principles and Applications”, Intech, Rijeka, Croatia, ISBN 978-953-308-91-2

Conference proceedings

V. Lotito, U. Sennhauser, C. Hafner “ Scanning near field optical microscopy probes with adirectional asymmetries” EOS Topical Meetings at Capri, Italy, 26-28 September 2011, ISBN 978-3-00-033710-9
V. Lotito, U. Sennhauser, C. Hafner “Properties of asymmetric scanning near field optical microscopy probes” EOS Annual Meeting 2010, 26-29 October 2010, Paris, France, ISBN 978-3-00-030509-2

Conferences

Poster: “An effective approach to the fabrication of plasmonic structures on graphene based on self-assembly and nanosphere lithography”, UK Colloids 2014, London, United Kingdom, 6-9 July 2014
Poster: “Creating large area plasmonic patterns on graphene via self-assembly and nanosphere lithography”, Graphene Week 2014, Gothenburg, Sweden, 23-27 June 2014
Keynote oral presentation: “Large area plasmonic patterns on graphene by self-assembly and nanosphere lithography”, 4th International Colloids Conference – Surface Design and Engineering, Madrid, Spain, 15-18 June 2014
Poster: “Tuning doping and optical absorption of graphene using FluidFM”, GraphEsp2014, Lanzarote, Spain, 18-21 February 2014
Poster: “Asymmetries in scanning near field optical microscopy probes” Nanolight 2012, Benasque, Spain, 11-17 March 2012
Oral presentation: “Scanning near field optical microscopy probes with adirectional asymmetries” 4th EOS Topical Meeting on Optical Microsystems, Capri, Italy, 26-28 September 2011
Oral presentation: “Focusing properties of SNOM probes with adirectional asymmetries” 7th Workshop on Numerical Methods for Optical Nano structures, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 4-6 July 2011
Oral presentation: “Finite element modelling of SNOM probes with asymmetries” within the series of lectures “Seminar on Electromagnetics and Terahertz Electronics” ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 13 April 2011
Oral presentation: “Numerical analysis of novel asymmetric SNOM tips” Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Marrakech, Morocco, 20-23 March 2011
Oral presentation: “Properties of asymmetric scanning near field optical microscopy probes” EOS Annual Meeting 2010, Paris, France, 26-29 October 2010
Oral presentation: “Numerical analysis of novel SNOM tip configurations”, 6th Workshop on Numerical Methods for Optical Nano structures, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 5-7 July 2010
Oral presentation: “Numerical analysis of SNOM tips”, within the series of lectures “Seminar on Electromagnetics and Terahertz Electronics” ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 28 April 2010
Oral presentation: “Finite element analysis of asymmetric SNOM probes” 5th Workshop on Numerical Methods for Optical Nano structures, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 6-8 July 2009.