Francesca Cecchet
| Name | Francesca Cecchet |
| Work Groups |
Work Group 2 - Characterisation |
| Laboratory | Research Centre in Physics of Matter and Radiation (PMR) |
| Organisation | FUNDP - University of Namur |
| Website | http://www.fundp.ac.be/universite/personnes/page_view/01004369/ |
| Areas of Research | Structure and physical-chemical interactions within (bio)-organic films on surfaces |
| Research Keywords | Interfaces, vibrational spectroscopy, SFG |
| Areas of Future Interest | Vibrational nonlinear optical response of nanoparticles interfaces |
Selected Publications:
- Selective detection of the antigenic polar heads of model lipid membranes supported on metals from their vibrational nonlinear optical response
- Theoretical Calculations and Experimental Measurements of the Vibrational Response of p-NTP SAMs: An Orientational Analysis
- Orientational Analysis of Dodecanethiol and p-Nitrothiophenol SAMs on Metals with Polarisation-Dependent SFG Spectroscopy
- Self-Assembled Film Organization in Fast Microcontact Printing Investigated by Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy
- A generic chemical platform for molecular recognition and stimuli-responsive probes based on scanning probe microscopy
Brief CV
F.R.S.-FNRS Postdoctoral Researcher, PhD 2003
Areas of Expertise:
Interfacial properties of (bio)-organic films (self-assembled monolayers, Langmuir-Blodgett films) at the solid/air and solid/liquid interfaces;
Sum-Frequency Generation spectroscopy (SFG);
Reflection-Absorption Infrared Spectroscopy (RAIRS);
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM).
Previous Experience:
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of (bio)-organic films;
X-ray reflectivity of (bio)-organic films;
Electrochemistry of modified surfaces.