Current Research

• Development of transparent conductive oxides
• Development of materials for thin film solar cells
• Development of optical metamaterials
• Development of interferential filters for space applications
   

Interested Topics

• Transparent conductors
• Thin film solar cells
• Nanostructured materials
  Materials under extreme conditions
• Critical raw materials

International Collaborations
 

• Prof. Ludvig Martinu,  Jolanta Ewa Klemberg-Sapieha, and their team, Polytechnique Montréal, Quebec, Canada: development and characterization of optical coatings (Italy-Canada bilateral project)
• Prof. Hongbo Hu, Guohang He and co-workers, SIOM, Key Laboratory of Materials for High Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China: modeling and development of metamaterials (Italy-China Project of Great Relevance, Italian coordinator)
• Prof. Sylvia Boycheva, Technical University of Sofia, TU-Sofia, Department of Thermal and Nuclear Power Engineering, EMF, Kl. Ohridsky Blvd. 8,1000 Sofia Bulgaria: development of transparent conductive oxides and oxide coatings against corrosion
• Prof Radu Piticescu, National R&D Institute for Nonferrous and Rare Metals Biruintei Blvd. no. 102 077145 Pantelimon, Romania development of coatings for high-temperature applications
• Prof. Mehmet Yilmaz, Department of Science Teaching, Faculty of K. K. Education, Atatürk University, 25240, Erzurum, Turkey: development of coatings for Schottky barrier diodes
• Prof. Mihaela Girtan, University of Angers, Bd. Lavoisier, 49045 Angers, France
• Prof. Detlev Ristau, Laser Zentrum Hannover e. V., Hollerithalle 8, 30419 Hannover, Germany: development and characterization of transparent conductors
• Prof. Eric D Wachsmann, University of Florida, USA: development of electrochemical gas sensors (past)
• Hiromichi Aono and Yoshihiko Sadaoka, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ehime University, Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Japan: development of electrochemical gas sensors (past)

Fellowships

• 1993-1994: CNR-Fellow (one year) at the ISM (Institute of a structure of matter)   Rome.
• 1995 (February-December): contract at the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Germany in the framework of the European Community Project: "Human Capital and Mobility" Network “High-Quality Coatings for Laser Applications.
• 1996 (June-November): technical adviser of Isoclima S. p. A., Este (PD), at the Optical Coating Department, ENEA Research Centre.
• 1997-1998: ENEA-Fellow at the Department of Renewable Energies, ENEA Research Centre.
• 2002 August- 2005 January Post-Doctoral Fellow (two years) at the Department of Chemical Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata.
• 2005 (May) – 2009 (march) fixed-term contract (11 months) and then Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Optical Coating Group, Advanced Physics Technologies Division, ENEA Research Centre.

Reviewer and Editorship

• Co-editor of the abstract book of the International Conference ISEAC36: Maria Luisa Grilli, Florinda Artuso eds “ISEAC 36: a book of abstracts”, Printed @ ENEA Rome, Italy ISBN 978-88-8286-228-2.
• 2016 Guest Editor of Physical Status Solidi (c) – Wiley.
• Evaluator of projects from GACR Call Proposals, Czech Republic.
• Independent Eternal Expert for H2020 COST Projects.
• Member of the peer reviewer board for  Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Thin Solid Films, Physica Status Solidi, J. of Am. Ceram. Soc., Appl. Optics, Mater. Sci.& Eng. B, Solar Energy, Nanotechnology, IEEE Trans. on Nanotechnology, Mat. Sci. Sem. Proc., Semiconductor Science, and Technology.

Conference Organization

• Co-organizer of the International Conference Electroceramics VIII, Rome, 25-28 August 2002.
• Co-organizer of the 36th International Symposium on Environmental Analytical Chemistry (ISEAC 36), Rome 5-9 October 2010.
• Member of the Scientific Committee of EMRS Spring Meeting 2015, Symposium N: “Synthesis, processing, and characterization of nanoscale multifunctional oxide films”, Lille 11-15 May 2015.
• Co-organizer of Symposium EMRS E, “Substitution of critical raw materials: synthesis, characterization, and processing of new advanced materials in optoelectronic and magnetic devices”, EMRS Spring Meeting, Lille 2-6 May 2016.
• Organizer of the workshop MEET “Industry meets EMRS”, EMRS Spring Meeting, 6 May 2016.
• Member of the Scientific Committee of FOTONICA 2016, Rome, June 2016
• Member of the Scientific Committee of FOTONICA 2017, Padova, May 2017
• Member of the Scientific Committee of Symposium EMRS I “Solutions for critical raw materials under extreme conditions”, EMRS Fall Meeting, Warsaw 18-21 September 2017.
• Member of the Scientific Committee of Symposium C “Substitution and recycling of critical raw materials in optoelectronic, magnetic and energy devices - II”, EMRS Spring Meeting, Strasbourg (France) 18-22 June 2018.

Publications

Co-author of more than 100 papers in peer reviewed international journals and conference proceedings. Citations 889, H index 17 (according to Scopus).

List of recent publications (2016-2017):

1) Diatom Frustules decorated with zinc oxide nanoparticles for enhanced optical properties, F.R. Lamastra, M.L. Grilli, G. Leahu, A. Belardini, R. Li Voti, C. Sibilia, D. Salvatori, I. Cacciotti, F. Nanni, Nanotechnology, in the press., DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aa7d6f.

2) Reconsidering the accuracy of XRF and accelerator-based methods when used to measure the thickness of ancient geldings, F.J. Ager, M. Ferretti, M.L. Grilli, D. Juanes, I. Ortega-Feliu, M.A. Respaldiza,f, C. Roldán, S. Scrivano, Spectrochimica Acta Part B 135 (2017) 42–47, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2017.06.017

3) High-precision measurement of optical constants of ultra-thin coating using surface plasmon resonance ellipsometry in Otto-Bliokh configuration, Guohang Hu, Hongbo He, Anna Sytchkova, Jiaoling Zhao,  Jianda Shao, Maria Luisa Grilli, Angela Piegari,  Optics Express 25(12):13425, DOI: DOI: 10.1364/OE.25.013425.

4) A facile growth of spray based ZnO films and device performance investigation for Schottky diodes: Determination of interface state density distribution, Sakir Aydogan, Maria Luisa Grilli, Mehmet Yilmaz, Zakir Çaldiran, Hatice Kaçus, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 708 (2017) 55-66, DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.02.198.

5) Solutions For Critical Raw Materials Under Extreme Conditions: a Review, Maria Luisa Grilli, Tiziano Bellezza, Ernst Gamsjäger, Antonio Rinaldi, Pavel Novak,  Sebastian Balos, Radu Robert Piticescu and Maria Letizia Ruello, Materials 2017, 10(3), 285; DOI:10.3390/ma10030285.

6) Multi-technique characterization of gold electroplating on silver substrates for cultural heritage applications, M.A. Respaldiza, F.J. Ager, I. Ortega-Feliu, S. Scrivano, M. Ferretti, C. Roldán, D. Juanes, L. Ferrazza , I. Traver , M.L. Grilli, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms (NIMB), 2017, in press DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2017.02.016.

7) Effect of growth parameters on the properties of RF-sputtered highly conductive and transparent p-type NiOx films, M. L. Grilli, F. Menchini, T. Dikonimos, P. Nunziante, L. Pilloni, M. Yilmaz, A. Piegari and A. Mittiga, Semicond. Sci. Technol. 31 055016, 2016, DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/31/5/055016.

8) A study on non-stoichiometric p-NiOx/n-Si heterojunction diode fabricated by RF sputtering: Determination of diode parameters, M.L. Grilli, S. Aydogan, M. Yilmaz, Superlattices and Microstructures 100, 924 2016, DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2016.10.059.

9) Transparent nanostructured electrodes: Electrospun NiO nanofibers/NiO films, F. R. Lamastra, F. Nanni, F. Menchini, M.L. Grilli, Thins Solid Films 601, 54-58, 2016 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2015.09.019.

10) The modification of the characteristics of nanocrystalline ZnO thin films by variation of Ta doping content, M. Yilmaz, M.L. Grilli, Philosophical Magazine 96, 20, 2125-2142, 2016 DOI: 10.1080/14786435.2016.1195023.

11) Application of  NiOx thin films as a p-type emitter layer in heterojunction solar cells, Francesca Menchini, Maria Luisa Grilli, Alberto Mittiga, Theodoro Dikonimos, Luca Serenelli, Enrico Salza, Rosa Chierchia and Mario Tucci, Physica Status Solidi C, 1-5, 2016,  DOI: 10.1002/pssc.201600121.

12) Optical and photoacoustic investigation of AZO/Ag/AZO transparent conductive coating for solar cells, Gianmario Cesarini, Gigrore Leahu, Maria Luisa Grilli, Anna Sytchkova, Concita Sibilia, Roberto Livoti, Phys. Status Solidi C, 1–4, 2016,  DOI: 10.1002/pssc.201600118 2016.