3. Stefano Mariani

Stefano Mariani

Post Doc

Research Lines

Bioinspired Soft Robotics

Center

CMI@SSSA Pisa

Contacts

Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, 56025 Pontedera (PI) Italy
+39 050 883092

Social profiles

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About

Stefano Mariani graduated in Chemical Science in 2011 with the highest honors and received a Ph.D. degree in Chemical Science in 2015 (University of Florence) on the development of hybrid DNA/Nanoparticles molecular building for optical biosensing. In 2015 he moved to the Department of Information Engineering (University of Pisa) focusing his research on the design, fabrication, characterization, and surface chemistry of inorganic and organic porous material for (bio)sensing, biomedical, photonic/plasmonic, and electronic applications. Since 2020 he is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center of  MicroBiorobptics@SSSA (CMBR) of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT, Pontedera, Pisa), focusing his research on the development of stimuli-responsive (nano)composites for soft robotics.

During his research activity, he collaborated with 17 research groups from 17 institutions and 6 different countries.  He has participated in 6 research projects (2 national projects of the Italian Minister for University and Research (MIUR) and 4 European projects). He is the author of 28 scientific publications in international peer-reviewed journals in the field of Chemistry, Engineering, and Material Science.

IIT Publications

  • 2020
  • Han D., Morde R.S., Mariani S., La Mattina A.A., Vignali E., Yang C., Barillaro G., Lee H.
    DOI

    4D Printing of a Bioinspired Microneedle Array with Backward-Facing Barbs for Enhanced Tissue Adhesion

    Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 30, (no. 11)
  • La Mattina A.A., Mariani S., Barillaro G.
    DOI

    Bioresorbable Materials on the Rise: From Electronic Components and Physical Sensors to In Vivo Monitoring Systems

    Advanced Science, vol. 7, (no. 4)
  • Mariani S., Robbiano V., Iglio R., La Mattina A.A., Nadimi P., Wang J., Kim B., Kumeria T., Sailor M.J., Barillaro G.
    DOI

    Moldless Printing of Silicone Lenses with Embedded Nanostructured Optical Filters

    Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 30, (no. 4)
  • Strambini L., Paghi A., Mariani S., Sood A., Kalliomaki J., Jarvinen P., Toia F., Scurati M., Morelli M., Lamperti A., Barillaro G.
    DOI

    Three-dimensional silicon-integrated capacitor with unprecedented areal capacitance for on-chip energy storage

    Nano Energy, vol. 68
  • 2019
  • Mariani S., Paghi A., La Mattina A.A., Debrassi A., Dahne L., Barillaro G.
    DOI

    Decoration of Porous Silicon with Gold Nanoparticles via Layer-by-Layer Nanoassembly for Interferometric and Hybrid Photonic/Plasmonic (Bio)sensing

    ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 11, (no. 46), pp. 43731-43740
  • Mariani S., Robbiano V., Strambini L.M., Debrassi A., Egri G., Dahne L., Barillaro G.
    DOI

    Layer-by-layer nano-assembly of charged polyelectrolytes for label-free optical biosensing with nanostructured materials: The case of nanostructured porous silicon interferometers

    Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 10895
  • 2018
  • Mariani S., Strambini L.M., Barillaro G.
    DOI

    Electrical Double Layer-Induced Ion Surface Accumulation for Ultrasensitive Refractive Index Sensing with Nanostructured Porous Silicon Interferometers

    ACS Sensors, vol. 3, (no. 3), pp. 595-605
  • Iglio R., Mariani S., Robbiano V., Strambini L., Barillaro G.
    DOI

    Flexible Polydimethylsiloxane Foams Decorated with Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Enable Unprecedented Detection of Ultralow Strain and Pressure Coupled with a Large Working Range

    ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 10, (no. 16), pp. 13877-13885
  • Mariani S., Robbiano V., Strambini L.M., Debrassi A., Egri G., Dahne L., Barillaro G.
    DOI

    Layer-by-layer biofunctionalization of nanostructured porous silicon for high-sensitivity and high-selectivity label-free affinity biosensing

    Nature Communications, vol. 9, (no. 1)
  • Mariani S., Strambini L.M., Paghi A., Barillaro G.
    DOI

    Low-Concentration Ethanol Vapor Sensing with Nanostructured Porous Silicon Interferometers Using Interferogram Average over Wavelength Reflectance Spectroscopy

    IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 18, (no. 19), pp. 7842-7849
  • 2017
  • Cardova A., Adam P., Mariani S., Richtera L., Heger Z., Labuda J., Minunni M., Adam V.
    DOI

    Electrochemical and optical study of metallothionein interactions with prion proteins

    Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, vol. 140, pp. 355-361
  • Mariani S., Strambini L.M., Tedeschi L., Barillaro G.
    DOI

    Interferogram average over wavelength spectroscopy: An ultrasensitive technique for biosensing with porous silicon interferometers

    ECS Transactions, vol. 77, (no. 11), pp. 1815-1823
  • Iglio R., Mariani S., Strambini L.M., Baribaro G.
    DOI

    Macroporous PDMS foam decorated with carbon nanotubes for conductometric pressure and strain sensors

    Proceedings of IEEE Sensors, vol. 2017-December, pp. 1-3
  • Mariani S., Strambini L., Tedeschi L., Barillaro G.
    DOI

    Porous silicon interferometers for high-sensitivity label-free detection of biomolecules

    Proceedings of IEEE Sensors, vol. 2017-December, pp. 1-3
  • Allsop T., Mou C., Neal R., Mariani S., Nagel D., Tombelli S., Poole A., Kalli K., Hine A., Webb D.J., Culverhouse P., Mascini M., Minunni M., Bennion I.
    DOI

    Real-time kinetic binding studies at attomolar concentrations in solution phase using a single-stage opto-biosensing platform based upon infrared surface plasmons

    Optics Express, vol. 25, (no. 1), pp. 39-58
  • 2016
  • Mariani S., Pino L., Strambini L.M., Tedeschi L., Barillaro G.
    DOI

    10 000-Fold Improvement in Protein Detection Using Nanostructured Porous Silicon Interferometric Aptasensors

    ACS Sensors, vol. 1, (no. 12), pp. 1471-1479
  • Mariani S., Strambini L.M., Barillaro G.
    DOI

    Femtomole Detection of Proteins Using a Label-Free Nanostructured Porous Silicon Interferometer for Perspective Ultrasensitive Biosensing

    Analytical Chemistry, vol. 88, (no. 17), pp. 8502-8509
  • Scarano S., Mariani S., Minunni M.
    DOI

    Label free Affinity sensing: Application to food analysis

    Acta IMEKO, vol. 5, (no. 1), pp. 36-44
  • 2015
  • Mariani S., Scarano S., Spadavecchia J., Minunni M.
    DOI

    A reusable optical biosensor for the ultrasensitive and selective detection of unamplified human genomic DNA with gold nanostars

    Biosensors and Bioelectronics, vol. 74, pp. 981-988
  • Mariani S., Scarano S., Carrai M., Barale R., Minunni M.
    DOI

    Direct genotyping of C3435T single nucleotide polymorphism in unamplified human MDR1 gene using a surface plasmon resonance imaging DNA sensor

    Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol. 407, (no. 14), pp. 4023-4028
  • Mariani S., Scarano S., Ermini M.L., Bonini M., Minunni M.
    DOI

    Investigating nanoparticle properties in plasmonic nanoarchitectures with DNA by surface plasmon resonance imaging

    Chemical Communications, vol. 51, (no. 30), pp. 6587-6590
  • Scarano S., Mariani S., Minunni M.
    DOI

    SPR-Based Affinity Biosensors as Innovative Analytical Devices

    Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 33, (no. 16), pp. 3374-3384
  • 2014
  • Ermini M.L., Mariani S., Scarano S., Minunni M.
    DOI

    Bioanalytical approaches for the detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms by Surface Plasmon Resonance biosensors

    Biosensors and Bioelectronics, vol. 61, pp. 28-37
  • Ermini M.L., Mariani S., Bellissima F., Scarano S., Bonini M., Minunni M.
    DOI

    Coupling nanotechnology to optical affinity sensing: The case of surface plasmon resonance imaging for DNA detection

    Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol. 162 LNEE, pp. 103-106
  • Mariani S., Minunni M.
    DOI

    Surface plasmon resonance applications in clinical analysis

    Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol. 406, (no. 9-10), pp. 2303-2323
  • 2013
  • Ermini M.L., Mariani S., Scarano S., Minunni M.
    DOI

    Direct detection of genomic DNA by surface plasmon resonance imaging: An optimized approach

    Biosensors and Bioelectronics, vol. 40, (no. 1), pp. 193-199
  • Mariani S., Ermini M.L., Scarano S., Bellissima F., Bonini M., Berti D., Minunni M.
    DOI

    Improving surface plasmon resonance imaging of DNA by creating new gold and silver based surface nanostructures

    Mikrochimica Acta, vol. 180, (no. 11-12), pp. 1093-1099
  • Ermini M.L., Mariani S., Scarano S., Campa D., Barale R., Minunni M.
    DOI

    Single nucleotide polymorphism detection by optical DNA-based sensing coupled with whole genomic amplification

    Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol. 405, (no. 2-3), pp. 985-993