Paolo Marconcini received the master’s (summa cum laude) degree in Electronic Engineering and the Ph.D. degree in Information Engineering from the University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, in 2002 and 2006, respectively. He was a Visiting Researcher with the Technical University of Munich, Germany, in 2005. In 2006, he had a research contract with the Italian National Research Council. Since 2006, he has been first a Post-Doctoral Researcher and then a Tenure-Track Researcher with the University of Pisa, where he is now an Associate Professor.
He has been involved in 15 national and international research projects. He has authored over 100 papers in international journals and proceedings.
His current research interests include the study of nanoelectronic devices (mainly based on semiconductor heterostructures, nanowires, carbon nanotubes, graphene, and 2D materials), with particular focus on the effect of quantum phenomena on transport and noise properties. He has developed several numerical simulators for the analysis of electronic devices and of material properties. He is also involved also in the research and design of innovative electronic systems for various applications, mainly in the transport field.
Relevant Publications
P. Marconcini, M. Macucci, G. Iannaccone, B. Pellegrini, “Numerical investigation of shot noise suppression in chaotic cavities,” Phantoms Newsletter, num. 7/8, p. 17 (2002).
P. Marconcini, M. Macucci, “Numerical techniques for the evaluation of conductance and noise in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field,” Journal of Computational Electronics 2, p. 387 (2003), DOI: 10.1023/B:JCEL.0000011457.00642.21.
M. Macucci, P. Marconcini, “High-Resolution Numerical Study of Conductance and Noise Imaging of Mesoscopic Devices,” Journal of Computational Electronics 3, p. 429 (2004), DOI: 10.1007/s10825-004-7090-5.
P. Marconcini, M. Macucci, G. Iannaccone, B. Pellegrini, G. Marola, “Analysis of shot noise suppression in mesoscopic cavities in a magnetic field,” Europhys. Lett. 73, p. 574 (2006), DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2005-10444-0.
M. Macucci, P. Marconcini, “Tunneling enhancement through a barrier surrounded by a mesoscopic cavity,” Journal of Computational Electronics 6, p. 203 (2007), DOI: 10.1007/s10825-006-0111-9.
P. Marconcini, M. Macucci, “Tight-binding and k.p methods in carbon nanotubes: comparison, results, and improvements,” Journal of Computational Electronics 6, p. 211 (2007), DOI: 10.1007/s10825-006-0107-5.
P. Marconcini, M. Macucci, “A novel choice of the graphene unit vectors, useful in zone-folding computations,” Carbon 45, p. 1018 (2007), DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2006.12.020.
M. Macucci, P. Marconcini, G. Iannaccone, “Equivalent resistance and noise of cascaded mesoscopic cavities,” International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications 35, p. 295 (2007), DOI: 10.1002/cta.407.
P. Marconcini, M. Macucci, “Optimized technique for the calculation of carbon nanotube dispersion relationships,” Physica Status Solidi (a) 204, p. 1898 (2007), DOI: 10.1002/pssa.200675306.
M. Macucci, P. Marconcini, “Effect of magnetic field on shot noise in diffusive conductors and cascaded barriers,” Journal of Computational Electronics 7, p. 272 (2008), DOI: 10.1007/s10825-008-0226-2.
P. Marconcini, G. Fiori, M. Macucci, G. Iannaccone, “Hierarchical simulation of transport in silicon nanowire transistors,” Journal of Computational Electronics 7, p. 415 (2008), DOI: 10.1007/s10825-008-0242-2.
R. S. Whitney, P. Marconcini, M. Macucci, “Huge conductance peak caused by symmetry in double quantum dots,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 186802 (2009), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.186802
P. Marconcini, M. Macucci, G. Iannaccone, B. Pellegrini, “Quantum analysis of shot noise suppression in a series of tunnel barriers,” Phys. Rev. B 79, 241307(R) (2009), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.241307
M. Totaro, P. Marconcini, D. Logoteta, M. Macucci, R. S. Whitney, “Effect of imperfections on the tunneling enhancement phenomenon in symmetric double quantum dots,” J. Appl. Phys. 107, 043708 (2010), DOI: 10.1063/1.3309747
M. Fagotti, C. Bonati, D. Logoteta, P. Marconcini, M. Macucci, “Armchair graphene nanoribbons: PT-symmetry breaking and exceptional points without dissipation,” Phys. Rev. B 83, 241406(R) (2011), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.241406
P. Marconcini, M. Macucci, “The k.p method and its application to graphene, carbon nanotubes and graphene nanoribbons: the Dirac equation,” La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento 34, Issue N. 8-9, p. 489 (2011), DOI: 10.1393/ncr/i2011-10068-1.
P. Marconcini, M. Macucci, D. Logoteta, M. Totaro, “Is the regime with shot noise suppression by a factor 1/3 achievable in semiconductor devices with mesoscopic dimensions?,” Fluct. Noise Lett. 11, 1240012 (2012), DOI: 10.1142/S0219477512400123.
P. Marconcini, A. Cresti, F. Triozon, G. Fiori, B. Biel, Y.-M. Niquet, M. Macucci, S. Roche, “Atomistic Boron-Doped Graphene Field-Effect Transistors: A Route toward Unipolar Characteristics,” ACS Nano 6, p. 7942 (2012), DOI: 10.1021/nn3024046.
M. R. Connolly, R. K. Puddy, D. Logoteta, P. Marconcini, M. Roy, J. P. Griffiths, G. A. C. Jones, P. A. Maksym, M. Macucci, C. G. Smith, “Unraveling Quantum Hall Breakdown in Bilayer Graphene with Scanning Gate Microscopy,” Nano Lett. 12, p. 5448 (2012), DOI: 10.1021/nl3015395.
P. Marconcini, M. Totaro, G. Basso, M. Macucci, “Effect of potential fluctuations on shot noise suppression in mesoscopic cavities,” AIP Advances 3, 062131 (2013), DOI: 10.1063/1.4812712.
P. D’Amico, P. Marconcini, G. Fiori, G. Iannaccone, “Engineering interband tunneling in nanowires with diamond cubic or zincblende crystalline structure based on atomistic modeling,” IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology (TNANO) 12, p. 839 (2013), DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2013.2275167.
P. Marconcini, “The role of the choice of the physical model in the optimization of nanoelectronic device simulators,” International Journal of Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing 7, p. 173 (2013), ISSN: 1998-4464.
P. Marconcini, “A fast approach to the simulation of silicon nanowire transistors,” International Journal of Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing 7, p. 206 (2013), ISSN:1998-4464.
P. Marconcini, M. Macucci, “Symmetry-dependent transport behavior of graphene double dots,” J. Appl. Phys. 114, 163708 (2013), DOI: 10.1063/1.4827382.
P. Marconcini, D. Logoteta, M. Macucci, “Sinc-based method for an efficient solution in the direct space of quantum wave equations with periodic boundary conditions,” J. Appl. Phys. 114, 173707 (2013), DOI: 10.1063/1.4828875.
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), DOI: 10.1063/1.4823780.
D. Logoteta, P. Marconcini, C. Bonati, M. Fagotti, M. Macucci, “High-performance solution of the transport problem in a graphene armchair structure with a generic potential,” Phys. Rev. E 89, 063309 (2014), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.89.063309.
P. Marconcini, M. Macucci, “Approximate calculation of the potential profile in a graphene-based device,” IET Circuits, Devices & Systems 9, p. 30 (2015), DOI: 10.1049/iet-cds.2014.0003.
M. Macucci, P. Marconcini, “Shot noise suppression due to a magnetic field in disordered conductors,” Journal of Computational Electronics 14, p. 107 (2015), DOI: 10.1007/s10825-014-0647-z.
P. Marconcini, M. Macucci, “Numerical analysis of the resistance behavior of an electrostatically-induced graphene double junction,” Journal of Computational Electronics 14, p. 653 (2015), DOI: 10.1007/s10825-015-0701-5.
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), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.92.125414.
B. Pellegrini, P. Marconcini, M. Macucci, G. Fiori, G. Basso, “Carrier density dependence of 1/f noise in graphene explained as a result of the interplay between band-structure and inhomogeneities,” J. Stat. Mech. Theor. Exp. 2016, 054017 (2016), DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2016/05/05401.
M. Macucci, S. Di Pascoli, P. Marconcini, B. Tellini, “Derailment Detection and Data Collection in Freight Trains, Based on a Wireless Sensor Network,” IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas. 65, p. 1977 (2016), DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2016.255692.
M. Macucci, P. Marconcini, “Origin of Shot Noise in Mesoscopic Cavities,” Fluctuation and Noise Letters 15, 1640006 (2016), DOI: 10.1142/S021947751640006X.
P. Marconcini, M. Macucci, “Envelope-Function-Based Transport Simulation of a Graphene Ribbon with an Antidot Lattice,” IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology 16, 7800996, p. 534 (2017), DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2016.2645663.
L. Jiang, P. Marconcini, M.S. Hossian, W. Qiu, R. Evans, M. Macucci, E. Skafidas, “A tight binding and k.p study of monolayer stanene,” Scientific Reports 7, 12069 (2017), DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12281-y.
P. Marconcini, A. Cresti, S. Roche, “Effect of the channel length on the transport characteristics of transistors based on boron-doped graphene ribbons,” Materials 11, 667 (2018), DOI: 10.3390/ma11050667.
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), DOI: 10.1063/1.5092512.
M. Macucci, P. Marconcini, “Theoretical Comparison between the Flicker Noise Behavior of Graphene and of Ordinary Semiconductors,” J. Sensors 2020, 2850268 (2020), DOI: 10.1155/2020/2850268.
P. Marconcini, “Model for 1/f Noise in Graphene and in More Common Semiconductors,” International Journal of Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing. 14, p. 144 (2020), DOI: 10.46300/9106.2020.14.22.
P. Marconcini, ” Energy and Mode Filtering in a Graphene Channel With Unevenly Spaced Barriers with a Smooth Profile,” International Journal of Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing. 14, p. 213 (2020), DOI: 10.46300/9106.2020.14.32.
M. Macucci, P. Marconcini, S. Roche, ” Optimization of the Sensitivity of a Double-Dot Magnetic Detector,” Electronics 9, 1134 (2020); DOI: 10.3390/electronics9071134.
Teaching activities related to quantum computing and technologies
He is teaching or has teached in the following related academic courses:
“Elettronica Digitale” (Bachelor Degree in Computer Engineering of the University of Pisa);
“Elettronica” (Bachelor Degree in Telecommunications Engineering of the University of Pisa);
“Nanoelettronica” (Master Degree in Electronic Engineering of the University of Pisa);
“Elettronica Analogica” (Master Degree in Electronic Engineering of the University of Pisa);
“Sistemi Elettronici per Automazione e Robotica” (Master Degree in Robotics and Automation Engineering of the University of Pisa);
“Elettronica” (Bachelor Degree in Biomedical Engineering of the University of Pisa);
“Electromagnetic Materials and Electron Devices” (Master Degree in Materials and Nanotechnology of the University of Pisa/SNS).