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Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali: Milano, Lombardia, IT

2022-12-20 to present | Researcher
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Irene Villa

Fyzikální ústav Akademie věd České republiky: Praha, Praha, CZ

2020-10-01 to 2022-09-30 | Post Doc researcher, WF-MSCA fellowship (H2020)
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Irene Villa

Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca: Milano, Lombardia, IT

2015-01-01 to 2020-09-30 | Researcher, PhD (Materials Science)
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Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca: Milano, Lombardia, IT

2012-01-01 to 2014-12-31 | PhD (Materials Science)
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Funding (2)

HANSOME - Grant agreement ID: 101003405

2020-10 to 2022-09 | Grant
H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (Praha, CZ)
URL: https://www.fzu.cz/~villa/hansome/
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Irene Villa

MINERVA LuMIminesceNt scintillating hEterostructures foR adVanced medical imaging

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Italian Ministry of University (MUR) (Milan, IT)
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H25E22000490006
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Works (33)

The role of energy deposition on the luminescence sensitization in porphyrin-functionalized SiO2/ZnO nanoparticles under X-ray excitation

Nanoscale Advances
2025 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NA00640B
Contributors: Irene Villa; Roberta Crapanzano; Silvia Mostoni; Anne-Laure Bulin; Massimiliano D'Arienzo; Barbara Di Credico; Anna Vedda; Roberto Scotti; Mauro Fasoli
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On the Origin of the Light Yield Enhancement in Polymeric Composite Scintillators Loaded with Dense Nanoparticles

Nano Letters
2024-07-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00681
Contributors: Irene Villa; Angelo Monguzzi; Roberto Lorenzi; Matteo Orfano; Vladimir Babin; František Hájek; Karla Kuldová; Romana Kučerková; Alena Beitlerová; Ilaria Mattei et al.
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First investigation of the morphological and luminescence properties of HfO2 nanoparticles synthesized by photochemical synthesis

CrystEngComm
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D3CE00320E
Contributors: Irene Villa; Lenka Prouzová Procházková; Eva Mihóková; Vladimir Babin; Robert Král; Petra Zemenová; Alexandra Falvey; Václav Čuba; Matteo Salomoni; Fiammetta Pagano et al.
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Noninvasive Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease with Scintillating Nanotubes

Advanced Healthcare Materials
2023-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202301527
Part of ISSN: 2192-2640
Part of ISSN: 2192-2659
Contributors: Sudipta Senapati; Valeria Secchi; Francesca Cova; Michal Richman; Irene Villa; Ronen Yehuda; Yulia Shenberger; Marcello Campione; Shai Rahimipour; Angelo Monguzzi
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Energy Partitioning in Multicomponent Nanoscintillators for Enhanced Localized Radiotherapy

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2023-05-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c00853
Contributors: Valeria Secchi; Francesca Cova; Irene Villa; Vladimir Babin; Martin Nikl; Marcello Campione; Angelo Monguzzi
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Photo- and radio-luminescence of porphyrin functionalized ZnO/SiO2 nanoparticles

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D2CP00884J
Contributors: Roberta Crapanzano; Irene Villa; Silvia Mostoni; Massimiliano D’Arienzo; Barbara Di Credico; Mauro Fasoli; Roberto Lorenzi; Roberto Scotti; Anna Vedda
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Design Principles of Hybrid Nanomaterials for Radiotherapy Enhanced by Photodynamic Therapy

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2022-08-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/ijms23158736
Contributors: Valeria Secchi; Angelo Monguzzi; Irene Villa
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Highly luminescent scintillating hetero-ligand MOF nanocrystals with engineered Stokes shift for photonic applications

Nature Communications
2022-06-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31163-0
Contributors: J. Perego; Charl X. Bezuidenhout; I. Villa; F. Cova; R. Crapanzano; I. Frank; F. Pagano; N. Kratochwill; E. Auffray; S. Bracco et al.
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The Sensitization of Scintillation in Polymeric Composites Based on Fluorescent Nanocomplexes

Nanomaterials
2021-12-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/nano11123387
Contributors: Irene Villa; Beatriz Santiago Gonzalez; Matteo Orfano; Francesca Cova; Valeria Secchi; Camilla Colombo; Juraj Páterek; Romana Kučerková; Vladimir Babin; Michele Mauri et al.
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Co-Adjuvant Nanoparticles for Radiotherapy Treatments of Oncological Diseases

Applied Sciences
2021-07-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/app11157073
Contributors: Roberta Crapanzano; Valeria Secchi; Irene Villa
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Composite fast scintillators based on high-Z fluorescent metal–organic framework nanocrystals

Nature Photonics
2021-05-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-021-00769-z
Contributors: J. Perego; I. Villa; A. Pedrini; E. C. Padovani; R. Crapanzano; A. Vedda; C. Dujardin; Charl X. Bezuidenhout; S. Bracco; P. E. Sozzani et al.
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Functionalized Scintillating Nanotubes for Simultaneous Radio- and Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2021-03-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c02504
Contributors: Irene Villa; Chiara Villa; Roberta Crapanzano; Valeria Secchi; Massimo Tawfilas; Elena Trombetta; Laura Porretti; Andrea Brambilla; Marcello Campione; Yvan Torrente et al.
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Morphology Related Defectiveness in ZnO Luminescence: From Bulk to Nano-Size

Nanomaterials
2020-10-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/nano10101983
Contributors: Roberta Crapanzano; Irene Villa; Silvia Mostoni; Massimiliano D’Arienzo; Barbara Di Credico; Mauro Fasoli; Roberto Scotti; Anna Vedda
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Efficient, fast and reabsorption-free perovskite nanocrystal-based sensitized plastic scintillators

Nature Nanotechnology
2020-06-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41565-020-0683-8
Contributors: Marina Gandini; Irene Villa; Mattia Beretta; Claudio Gotti; Muhammad Imran; Francesco Carulli; Eric Fantuzzi; Mauro Sassi; Matteo Zaffalon; Chiara Brofferio et al.
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The Bright X‐Ray Stimulated Luminescence of HfO 2 Nanocrystals Activated by Ti Ions

Advanced Optical Materials
2020-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/adom.201901348
Part of ISSN: 2195-1071
Part of ISSN: 2195-1071
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Irene Villa
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Neutron/γ discrimination by an emission-based phoswich approach

Radiation Measurements
2019-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2019.106203
Part of ISSN: 1350-4487
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Irene Villa
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The ESQUIRE project: Quantum Dots as scintillation detectors

Il Nuovo Cimento C
2019-10-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2019-19188-4
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Irene Villa
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Insight into the Influence of ZnO Defectivity on the Catalytic Generation of Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals in ZnO/SiO2 Systems

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2019-09-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b06900
Part of ISSN: 1932-7447
Part of ISSN: 1932-7455
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Irene Villa
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Trapping and Recombination Centers in Cesium Hafnium Chloride Single Crystals: EPR and TSL Study

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2019-08-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b05760
Part of ISSN: 1932-7447
Part of ISSN: 1932-7455
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Irene Villa
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Demonstration of cellular imaging by using luminescent and anti-cytotoxic europium-doped hafnia nanocrystals

Nanoscale
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/C8NR00724A
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Irene Villa
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Radio-luminescence spectral features and fast emission in hafnium dioxide nanocrystals

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/C8CP01230J
Contributors: I. Villa; A. Lauria; F. Moretti; M. Fasoli; C. Dujardin; M. Niederberger; A. Vedda
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Medical applications of nanomaterials

NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics
2017 | Book
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-0850-8_18
EID:

2-s2.0-85014110561
Contributors: Vedda, A.; Villa, I.
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Irene Villa via Scopus - Elsevier

In vivo autofluorescence in the biological windows: the role of pigmentation

Journal of biophotonics
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201500271
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2-s2.0-85027923049
Contributors: Del Rosal, B.; Villa, I.; Jaque, D.; Sanz-Rodríguez, F.
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Size-Dependent Luminescence in HfO<inf>2</inf> Nanocrystals: Toward White Emission from Intrinsic Surface Defects

Chemistry of Materials
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03811
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2-s2.0-84973367428
Contributors: Villa, I.; Vedda, A.; Fasoli, M.; Lorenzi, R.; Kränzlin, N.; Rechberger, F.; Ilari, G.; Primc, D.; Hattendorf, B.; Heiligtag, F.J. et al.
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1.3 μm emitting SrF<inf>2</inf>:Nd<sup>3+</sup> nanoparticles for high contrast in vivo imaging in the second biological window

Nano Research
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0549-1
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2-s2.0-84925497143
Contributors: Villa, I.; Vedda, A.; Cantarelli, I.X.; Pedroni, M.; Piccinelli, F.; Bettinelli, M.; Speghini, A.; Quintanilla, M.; Vetrone, F.; Rocha, U. et al.
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Irene Villa via Scopus - Elsevier

Defect studies in quartz: Composite nature of the blue and UV emissions

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2013.09.048
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2-s2.0-84897534306
Contributors: Martini, M.; Fasoli, M.; Villa, I.
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Neodymium-doped LaF<inf>3</inf> nanoparticles for fluorescence bioimaging in the second biological window

Small
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201301716
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2-s2.0-84896952327
Contributors: Rocha, U.; Kumar, K.U.; Jacinto, C.; Villa, I.; Sanz-Rodríguez, F.; Del Carmen Iglesias De La Cruz, M.; Juarranz, A.; Carrasco, E.; Van Veggel, F.C.J.M.; Bovero, E. et al.
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Irene Villa via Scopus - Elsevier

Multifunctional role of rare earth doping in optical materials: Nonaqueous sol-gel synthesis of stabilized cubic HfO<inf>2</inf> luminescent nanoparticles

ACS Nano
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/nn402357s
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2-s2.0-84883220204
Contributors: Lauria, A.; Villa, I.; Fasoli, M.; Niederberger, M.; Vedda, A.
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Radioluminescence of synthetic and natural quartz

Radiation Measurements
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2012.01.008
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2-s2.0-84867081980
Contributors: Martini, M.; Fasoli, M.; Villa, I.; Guibert, P.
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Radioluminescence of synthetic quartz related to alkali ions

Journal of Luminescence
2012 | Journal article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2011.11.031
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Irene Villa
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Dating ancient mosaic glasses by luminescence: The case study of San Pietro in Vaticano

The European Physical Journal Plus
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2011-11121-x
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Irene Villa
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Towards luminescence dating of mosaic glass

Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry (SPEC.ISSUE 4)
2010 | Journal article
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Irene Villa

Towards luminescence dating of mosaic glass

Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-80053998508

Part of ISSN: 11089628
Contributors: Galli, A.; Martini, M.; Sibilia, E.; Villa, I.
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