Dr. Fabio Miletto Granozio

Current position

Ricercatore dell'Istituto Nazionale Fisica della Materia INFM 

How to contact me

Tel: +39-081-  6 76461
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Curriculum Vitae

• 17 January 1991, physics degree with full marks (110/110) and cum laude, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy. Thesis' title: "Realisation of Thin Films of High Temperature Oxide Superconductors".
• 3 November 1995, title of PhD in Physics. Thesis' title: "Investigation on the growth of epitaxial thin films employed in the growth of grain boundary junctions".

• Since October 1999 - INFM Researcher working in the Unit of Napoli.
• January 1998 and 1999 wins compertition for a 1 year position (assegno di ricerca) with INFM.
• 1 June 1997 - 1 September 1997, assignment as INFM collaborator on the subject "Setting up a thin film and multilayers deposition technology for the realisation of superconducting three terminal devices".
• 1 November 1995 - 30 May 1997, post-doc position in the framework of the European Human Capital Mobility (HCM) project at the CEA\DRFMC\SPSMS\LCP-Grenoble (Low temperature physics laboratory of the "Commissariat pour l'Energie Atomique", Grenoble, France).
• October 1995, assignment as INFM collaborator on the subject "Realisation of YBCO thin films for RF applications".
• January 1992 wins the competition for a 3 years PhD position in physics at the University "Federico II" of Napoli, Italy.

Major research interests:
Growth of YBCO and other oxide thin films: deposition by sputtering, laser ablation or thermal evaporation; investigation of d.c. and r.f. superconducting properties; control of morphological, structural and chemical properties, also by use of suitable substrates.

• Realization and characterisation of high temperature superconducting devices (including Josephson junctions, SQUIDs, and three terminal field effect devices). Special expertise in biepitaxial grain boundary Josephson junctions.
• First principle analysis of the nucleation and growth of oxide films from the vapour.
• Material science and surface science characterisation techniques.

List of recent publications on refereed journals

• Influence of growth mode on stoichiometry in epitaxial calcium ruthenate thin films, U. Scotti di Uccio, F. Bevilacqua, G. G. Condorelli, G. Mascolo, F. Miletto Granozio, F. Ricci, submitted to EPJ
• download Structure and properties of a novel class of CeO2-based biepitaxial YBa2Cu3O7 Josephson junctions, F. Miletto Granozio, U. Scotti di Uccio, F. Lombardi, F. Ricci, F. Bevilacqua, G. Ausanio, F. Carillo and F. Tafuri,  Phys. Rev. B 67, 174516, 2003.
• download Intrinsic and extrinsic d-wave effects in YBCO grain boundary Josephson junctions: implications for p-circuitry,  F. Tafuri, F. Lombardi, F. Miletto Granozio, J.R. Kirtley, Phys. Rev. B 67, 174516 (2003)
• download Intrinsic d-wave effects in YBa2Cu3O7-x grain boundary Josephson junctions, F. Lombardi, F. Tafuri, F. Ricci, F. Miletto Granozio, A. Barone, G. Testa, E. Sarnelli, J.R. Kirtley and C.C. Tsuei, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 207001 (2002).
• download Interplay between structural anisotropy and order parameter symmetry effects in transport properties of YBa2Cu3O7-x grain boundary Josephson junctions, F. Tafuri, F. Carrillo, E. Sarnelli, G. Testa, F. Lombardi, F. Miletto Granozio, F. Ricci, U. Scotti di Uccio, and A. Barone, Eur. Phys. J. 28, 3 (2002)
• download EXAFS analysis potentiality for the detection of short range rearrangement during transition from the amorphous to the crystalline phase in ferromagnetic metallic glass, G. Ausanio, V. Iannotti, F. Miletto Granozio, C. Meneghini, M. Minicucci, F. Ricci,  and L. Lanotte, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 242-245, 904 (2002)
• download  Influence of the structural anisotropy and of the order parameter symmetry on the transport properties of  YBCO  grain boundaries Josephson junctions, F. Lombardi, F. Tafuri, F. Ricci, F. Miletto, U. Scotti di Uccio, G. Testa, E. Sarnelli, Physica C 372, 87 (2002)
• download Mechanism of single-domain selection in epitaxial CaRuO3 thin films, F. Ricci, F. Bevilacqua, F. Miletto Granozio, U. Scotti di Uccio, Phys. Rev B 65, 155428 (2002).
• Transport Properties of [100] Tilt and Twist Biepitaxial Y-Ba-Cu-O junctions, E. Sarnelli, F. Carillo, G. Testa, F. Lombardi, F. Miletto Granozio, F. Ricci, U. Scotti di Uccio, F. Tafuri, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond  11,  776 (2001).
• download Superconducting properties of LuNi2B2C thin films, G. Grassano, M. R. Cimberle, D. Marrè, I. Pallecchi, M. Putti, W. Ramadan, A. S. Siri, C. Ferdeghini, A. Andreone, A. Cassinese, R. Di Capua, L. Gianni, M. Iavarone, F. Miletto Granozio, F. Ricci, U. Scotti Di Uccio, R. Vaglio, F. Canepa, Int. J. of Mod. Phys. B 14, 2743 (2000).
• download Transport properties of Josephson junctions and Squids employng different types of YBCO grain boundaries, obtained through the biepitaxial technique F. Carillo, F. Lombardi, F. Miletto Granozio, V. Punzo, F. Ricci, U. Scotti di Uccio, F. Tafuri, G. Testa, E. Sarnelli, Inter. Journ. of Mod. Phys. B 14, 3074 (2000)
• download Deposition on vicinal substrates for domain selection in YBCO films, F. Ricci, F. Carillo, F. Lombardi, F. Miletto Granozio, U. Scotti di Uccio, F. Tafuri, Inter. Journ. of Mod. Phys. B 14, 2646 (2000)
• download A study of the growth mode of Re1+xBa2-xCu3O7-x  (Re=Nd,Y,Sm) epitaxial films deposited by physical vapour deposition,  A. Salluzzo, F. Miletto Granozioa, U. Scotti di Uccioa, I. Maggio Aprileb, Ø. Fischerb and C. Aruta, Physica C 341-348, 2361 (2000)
• download Feasibility of biepitaxial YBCO Josephson junctions for fundamental studies and potential study applications F. Tafuri, F. Carillo, F. Lombardi, F. Miletto Granozio, F. Ricci, U. Scotti di Uccio, A. Barone, G. Testa, E. Sarnelli, J. R. Kirtley, Phys. Rev B 62 , 14431 (2000)
• download Competition Between A-Axis and C-Axis Growth in Superconducting REbco Thin Films : a New Model, F. Miletto Granozio, U. Scotti di Uccio, M. Salluzzo, I. Maggio-Aprile, and Ø. Fischer, Phys. Rev. B 61, 756, (2000).
• YBCO Josephson junctions and dc SQUIDs based on a-axis tilt and twist grain boundaries: atomically clean interfaces for applications, F. Tafuri, F. Carillo, F. Lombardi, F. Miletto Granozio, U. Scotti di Uccio G. Testa, E. Sarnelli, K. Verbist and G. Van Tendeloo. Supercond. Sci. Technol. 12, 1007 (1999).
• download Josephson Phenomenology and microstructure of YBCO artificial grain boundaries characterized by misalignement of the c-axes, F. Tafuri, F. Miletto Granozio, F. Carillo, F. Lombardi, U. Scotti di Uccio, K. Verbist, O.I. Lebedev and G. Van Tendeloo, Physica C 326-327, 63 (1999).
• download Structural properties of Single domain (103) YBCO films grown on buffered (110) MgO, U. Scotti di Uccio, F. Lombardi, F. Miletto Granozio, Physica C 323, 51 (1999).
• download  Phase competition between Y2BaCuO5 and Y2O3 precipitates in Y-rich YBCO thin films, F. Miletto Granozio, U. Scotti di Uccio, F. Tafuri, A. Di Chiara,O. I. Lebedev, K. Verbist, G. Van Tendeloo, Physica C 321, 162 (1999).
• Processing and characterisation of high Jc NbN Superconducting Tunnel Junctions for THz Analog Circuits and RFSQ, V. Larrey, J.-C. Villegier, M. Salez, F. Miletto Granozio, A. Karpov, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 9, 3216 (1999).
• Fabrication and Characterization of 45o a-axis tilt grain boundary YBa2Cu3O7-x Josephson junctions and dc SQUIDs, F. Tafuri, F. Carillo, L. De Nunzio, F. Lombardi, F. Miletto Granozio, A. Di Chiara, G. Testa, A. Monaco and E. Sarnelli, IEEE Appl. Supercond 2, 3113. (1999).
• download  Microstructure and Josephson phenomenology in 45° tilt and twist YBa2Cu3O7-x artificial grain boundaries, F. Tafuri, F. Miletto Granozio, F. Carillo, A. Di Chiara, K. Verbist, G. Van Tendeloo, Phys. Rev. B 59, 11523 (1999).
• download Direct correlation of electrical properties and micro-structure of a unique high-Tc superconducting Josephson junction, K. Verbist, O.I. Lebedev and G. Van Tendeloo, F. Tafuri, F. Miletto Granozio, A. Di Chiara and H. Bender, Appl. Phys. Lett. 74 , 1024 (1999).
• download Orthorhombic-tetragonal transition in twin free (110) YBCO films, F. Miletto Granozio, F. Ricci, U. Scotti di Uccio, J.C. Villegier , Phys. Rev. B. 57 6173 (1998).