nanostructures

nanoparticle composites

cluster-biomolecule composites

Education

• Ph.D., Physics, University of Göttingen, 1996
• BASc, Physics, University of Milan, 1991

Research Interests

• Synthesis of metal and polymer nanostructures with high aspect ratio
• Synthesis of silica (aero)gel/nanoparticle composites for catalytic and electronic applications
• Cluster-biomolecule composites

Select Publications

• P. Gardner, M. F. Bertino, R. Weimer, E. Hazelrigg, “Analysis of Lipsticks Using Raman Spectroscopy”, Forensic Science International 232, 67-72 (2013).
• M. Hiruta, G. Johnson, M. Rostamian, G. P. Potirniche, A. M. Ougouagb,M. Bertino, L. Franzel, A.Tokuhiro, “Computational and experimental prediction of dust production in pebble bedreactors, Part II” Nuclear Engineering and Design 263, 509-14 (2013).
• L. Franzel, K. Phumisithikul, M.F. Bertino, “Synthesis of multiphasic inhomogeneous Mo/MoC nanoparticles by pulsed laser ablation”. Journal of Nanoparticle Research 15, Article number UNSP2032 (2013).
• P. Gardner, R. Weimer, M. F. Bertino, “Differentiation between Lip Cosmetics Using Raman Spectroscopy”, Journal of the American Society of Trace Evidence Examiners, accepted for publication.
• M. Ateeq, M. R. Shah, N. Kubir, “Silymarin coated gold nanoparticles ameliorates CCl4-induced hepatic injury and cirrhosis through down regulation of Hepatic stellate cells and attenuation of Kupffer cells”, RSC Advances, manuscript # RA-ART-10-2013-046093, accepted for publication