Mauro Tortello

Ph.D. in Fisica , 20th cycle (2005-2007)

Ph.D. obtained in 2008

Dissertation:

Multi-gap and anisotropic superconductivity: beyond MgB2.

Tutors:

Renato Gonnelli

Profile

Research interests

Atomic force microscopy
Contact-resonance atomic force microscopy
Hard biomaterials
Nanomechanics
Nanoscale heat transfer
Scanning thermal microscopy (sthm)
Thermal and heat management

Biography

Mauro Tortello is Associate Professor in Experimental Physics of Matter and Applications at the DISAT Department. At present, his main research interests are the study of the mechanical and electromechanical properties of biological samples like silk fibers, seashells, tissues, bird beaks, echinoid tests, mainly in view of the design of bioinspired materials. He also studies the thermal and morphological properties of graphene and 2D materials, reduced graphene oxide nanoplates and graphene-based nanocomposites. The research is pursued mainly by means of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Force vs Distance curves and Nanoindentation, Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (PFM), Scanning Thermal Microscopy (SThM), NanoThermal Analysis (NanoTA), elastic waves propagation experiments and Finite Element Analysis.

Scientific branch

PHYS-03/A - Experimental Physics of Matter and Applications
(Area 0002 - Physical sciences)

Awards and Honors

Teaching

Collegi of the PhD programmes

  • FISICA, 2023/2024 (40. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • FISICA, 2022/2023 (39. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • FISICA, 2021/2022 (38. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO

Collegi of the degree programmes

Research

Institute

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Supervised PhD students

Publications

Works published during the Ph.D. View all publications in Porto@Iris

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