Investigation of physical properties of systems and interfaces at the nanoscale using scanning probe techniques

Prof. Alessandro Podestà,

Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano.

Please contact prof. A. Podestà for information at: alessandro.podesta@unimi.it

See also the supervisor's web page: https://www0.mi.infn.it/~podesta/

Available BSc and MSc thesis projects

1. Micro-rheological characterization of soft matter systems based on Atomic Force microscopy (BSc, MSc).
2. Characterization of the mechanical response of spatially confined elastic films (BSc).
3. Study of the impact of chromatin remodelling on the mechanical properties of cell nuclei (MSc).
4. Study of cell-microenvironment interaction by adhesion force spectroscopy (MSc).
5. Investigation of the mechanical properties of human peritoneum tissue under cancer progression and metastases development (MSc).
6. Calibration of atomic force microscopy cantilevers using experimental measurements and Finite Element Analysis (BSc/MSc).
7. ... other topics available, talk to the supervisor!