Massimo Macucci (Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione) is a professor of Electronics at the University of Pisa. He graduated in Electrical Engineering in 1987 at the University of Pisa, he then obtained the “Perfezionamento” (Doctorate) degree from the Scuola S.Anna-Pisa (1990), and his Master (1991) and Ph.D. (1993) degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
His research interests focus on novel nanoelectronic semiconductor devices (in particular with the numerical simulation, with quantum models, of low-dimensional structures) and on noise phenomena in electronic components and circuits, as well as on some aspects of molecular electronics. He is currently working on the simulation of silicon-based qubits for quantum computing applications.
He has also developed techniques for high-sensitivity measurements, in particular at cryogenic temperatures. Further interests include the electronics for transportation applications, with a focus on railway safety systems and wireless power transfer.
Relevant Publications
S. Conti, L. Pimpolari, G. Calabrese, R. Worsley, S. Majee, D. K. Polyushkin, M. Paur, S. Pace, D. H. Keum, F. Fabbri, G. Iannaccone, M. Macucci, C. Coletti, T. Mueller, C. Casiraghi, G. Fiori, “Low-voltage 2D materials-based printed field-effect transistors for integrated digital and analog electronics on paper,” Nature Communications 11, 3566 (2020).
P. Marconcini, M. Macucci, “Geometry-dependent conductance and noise behavior of a graphene ribbon with a series of randomly spaced potential barriers,” J. Appl. Phys. 125, 244302 (2019).
G. Pennelli, E. Dimaggio, M. Macucci, “Improvement of the 3ω thermal conductivity measurement technique for its application at the nanoscale,” Review of Scientific Instruments 89, 016104 (2018).
E. D. Herbschleb, R. K. Puddy, P. Marconcini, J. P. Griffiths, G. A. C. Jones, M. Macucci, C. G. Smith, M. R. Connolly, “Direct imaging of coherent quantum transport in graphene p-n-p junctions,” Phys. Rev. B 92, 125414 (2015).
M. R. Connolly, R. K. Puddy, D. Logoteta, P. Marconcini, M. Roy, J. P. Griffiths, C. A. C. Jones, P. A. Maksym, M. Macucci, C. G. Smith, “Unraveling quantum Hall breakdown in bilayer graphene with scanning gate microscopy,” Nano Letters 12, 5448 (2012).
I. A. Maione, B. Pellegrini, G. Fiori, M. Macucci, L. Guidi, G. Basso, “Shot noise suppression in p-n Junctions due to carrier generation-recombination,” Phys. Rev. B 83, 155309 (2011).
B. Pellegrini, G. Basso, G. Fiori, M. Macucci, I. A. Maione, P. Marconcini, “Improvement of the accuracy of noise measurements by the two-amplifier correlation method,” Review of Scientific Instruments 84, 104702 (2013).
R. S. Whitney, P. Marconcini, M. Macucci, “Huge conductance peak caused by symmetry in double quantum dots,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 186802 (2009).
M. Macucci, B. Tellini, “Measurement of RF emissions from electrostatic discharges between charged insulators,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurements 57, 1403 (2008).
I. A. Maione, M. Macucci, G. Iannaccone, G. Basso, B. Pellegrini, M. Lazzarino, L. Sorba, F. Beltram, “Probing Pauli blocking with shot noise in resonant tunneling diodes: experiment and theory,” Phys. Rev. B 75, 125327 (2007).
P. Marconcini, M. Macucci, G. Iannaccone, B. Pellegrini, G. Marola, “Analysis of shot noise suppression in mesoscopic cavities in a magnetic field,” Europhysics Letters 73, 574 (2006).
I. Cacelli, A. Ferretti, M. Girlanda, M. Macucci, “Theoretical study of building blocks for molecular switches based on electrically induced conformational changes,” Chemical Physics 320, 84 (2006).
M. Macucci, G. Iannaccone, G. Basso, B. Pellegrini, “Numerical Investigation of shot-noise suppression in diffusive conductors,” Phys. Rev. B 67, 1153391 (2003).
M. Girlanda, M. Governale, M. Macucci, G. Iannaccone, “Operation of quantum cellular automaton cells with more than two electrons,” Applied Physics Letters 75, 3198 (1999).
G.Iannaccone, G. Lombardi, M. Macucci, B. Pellegrini, “Enhanced shot noise in resonant tunneling: theory and experiment,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1054 (1998).
Teaching activities related to quantum computing and technologies
Nanoelettronica e Fotonica (for the Master Course in Electronic Engineering)
Materials and Devices for Nanoscale Electronics (for the Master Course in Materials and Nanotechnology)
Quantum Technologies (for the academic year 2020/2021 of the Ph.D. Course in Electrical and Computer Engineering)