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Dr. Piero Ferrari

  • Research Officer

My research focuses on the use of infrared spectroscopy to study gas-phase molecules and small clusters, combining molecular beam experiments with quantum chemical calculations. My main current interests are:

  • De-excitation mechanisms of isolated clusters and molecules
  • Astrochemistry in the interstellar medium
  • Reactivity and catalytic activity of mono- and bi-metallic clusters
  • Chemical reactions in neutral organocatalysts
  • The interaction and dynamics of weakly bound complexes
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Onderzoeksgroepen Condensed Matter Physics FELIX Infrared and THz Spectroscopy

Mijn publicaties

Roadmap on carbon molecular nanostructures in space

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Auteur(s) Piero Ferrari, Jos Oomens, Giel Berder, Sandra Brüncken, Joost Bakker e.a.
Jaar 2025
Journal The European Physical Journal D, Volume 79, article number 94
Bekijk paper in The European Physical Journal D

Light on catalytic reaction mechanisms: uncovering the conformation of thiourea-based organocatalysts and their interaction with nitroolefins using mid-infrared spectroscopy

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Auteur(s) Piero Ferrari, Alexander K. Lemmens, Wybren Jan Buma
Jaar 2025
Journal The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol 16/Issue 24
View paper in Physical Chemistry Letters

Infrared Spectroscopy of Neutral and Cationic Sumanene (C21H12 & C21H12+) in the Gas Phase: Implications for Interstellar Aromatic Infrared Bands (AIBs)

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Auteur(s) Pavithraa Sundararajan, Piero Ferrari, Sandra Brünken, Wybren Jan Buma, Alessandra Candian, Alexander Tielens
Jaar 2025
Journal ACS Earth and Space Chemistry Vol 9/Issue 4
Bekijk paper in ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

Adsorption of methanol on cationic cobalt clusters in the gas phase

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Auteur(s) Sijie Yang, Ya-Ke Li, Chenchen Ji, Piero Ferrari, Shengchun Yang, Ewald Janssens, Gao-Lei Hou
Jaar 2025
Journal Chem. Phys. 162, 07
View paper in Chemical Physics

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