CNR - Istituto di Struttura della Materia (ISM), founded at the beginning of the 1980s, focuses on the material characterization ranging from laboratory based research to large scale facilities such as synchrotrons. The expertises of the institute include also the material synthesis and deposition capabilities as well as prototype fabrication to exploit novel materials at the application level.
The CNR-ISM EFSL (EuroFEL Support Laboratory), located in Roma Tor Vergata, is a laser facility operating since 2015. The central aim of the facility is to offer to the Italian scientific community access to IR-Vis-VUV ultrafast spectroscopies to characterize materials and to build effective proposals to the VUV-X Ray FEL facilities. EFSL facility has a current activity in synchrotron radiation and FEL facilities.
The scientific activity of the EFSL research group encompasses the ultrafast dynamics study of photovoltaic materials, plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs), semiconductors nanosystems and hybrid nanostructures. The scientific focus is on dynamics of excited states (plasmon decay, electron injection in semiconductors, charge transfer states, excitons, polarons) and the relative physical interactions: plasmon field enhancement, electron-electron scattering, exciton annihilation, electron-phonon scattering, coherent phonon emission, charge recombination.
The website of the laboratory is http://efsl.ism.cnr.it/en/.
Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100 - Roma - Italy
By train: CNR-ISM can be reached from the Termini and Tuscola Railstations For timetables, booking and ticket purchase please refer to: www.trenitalia.com
By plane: Rome is served by two main airports: Fiumicino and Ciampiono Airports.
By public transport: Metro A - stop Anagnina (last stop). Bus 509: from stop Anagnina to stop Fosso del Cavaliere/CNR (last stop)