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Francesco Ghezzi
Nuclear engineer, PhD in Physical Chemistry at the Politecnico di Milano, with a master’s degree in vacuum and tritium technology and a degree in nuclear engineering. He became CNR researcher after an experience in the private sector as a project engineer in charge of the mechanical design of distillation tanks and towers for chemical plants. He is currently involved in Surface Analysis in the field of first wall material plasma interaction. He used the codes NASTRAM, SAP80, CALMEC, ANSYS, CADAM and CAEDS and the UNIX (AIX – IBM) and VM-CMS operating systems. He worked in the Ontario (Canada) Hydroelectric Research Division, Corrosion and Tritium Technology Section; he carried out design and experimentation activities on the reduction of tritium water on Zr-MnV alloy, on a storage and delivery system of tritium for a high-field melting device, on “hands on” systems on the reduction of tritium water on alloy Zr-Fe-V and an experimental investigation on Zr-based alloys for the storage of tritium.
- EXPERTISE Surface science, (XPS,SIMS,LEIS) ,Plasma-wall interaction, Interaction of gases with metals, Tritium handling.
- ROLE Researcher
- MAIL francesco.ghezzi@istp.cnr.it
- PHONE +39 02 66173 209
- ISTP OFFICE Milano
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MY SELECTED
RESEARCH
PRODUCTS Boron deposition on the graphite tiles of the RFX device studied by secondary ion mass spectrometry
Year: 2008 Product Type: Journal Article
Deuterium depth profile quantification in a ASDEX Upgrade divertor tile using secondary ion mass spectrometry
Year: 2014 Product Type: Journal Article
Efficient HTO Reduction Using a Zr-Fe-Mn Alloy
Year: 1995 Product Type: Journal Article
Erosion yield and W surface enrichment of Fe-W model system exposed to low flux deuterium plasma in the linear device GyM
Year: 2017 Product Type: Journal Article
Carbon Structures Grown by Direct Current Microplasma: Diamonds, Single-Wall Nanotubes, and Graphene
Year: 2014 Product Type: Journal Article
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28th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2020), , Virtual Event , 10-15 maggio 2021 Year: 2021
Ammonia quantification during nitrogen seeding experiments in GyM linear plasma device
Laguardia L.; Cremona A.; Gervasini G.; Ghezzi F.; Uccello A.; Pedroni M.; Ricci D.; Granucci G.; Ferrero L.; Mellera V.; Gittini G.; Minelli D.; Rispoli N. -
28th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2020), , Virtual Conference , 10-15 May 2021 Year: 2021
Ammonia production on tungsten and stainless steel during nitrogen seeded H (D) plasmas in the linear plasma device GyM
Laguardia L.; Ghezzi F.; Granucci G.; Mellera V.; Minelli D.; Pedroni M.; Ricci D.; Rispoli N.; Uccello A.; Ferrero L. -
PSI-25, 25th International Conference on Plasma Surface Interaction in Controlled Fusion Devices, , Jeju, Korea , 12-17 June 2022 Year: 2022
Modelling and analysis of transport and PSI in JET-ILW edge and divertor: Be/W erosion, fuel isotopes, molecules and dust
Borodin D.V.; Borodkina I.; Romazanov J.; Pawelec E.; de la Cal E.; Dittmar T.; Brezinsek S.; Groth M.; Kumpulainen H.; Solokha V.; Ratynskaia S.; Vignitchouk L.; Tskhakaya D.; Neverov V.S.; Kirschner A.; Lazzaro E.; Uccello A.; Gervasini G.; Ghezzi F.; [ Et al. ] -
Nuclear fusion (Online) 62 pp. 042026-1 - 042026-34 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/ac47b4
Overview of JET results for optimising ITER operation
Mailloux J.; et al. -
ACS omega pp. A-1 - M-13 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c02740
Unraveling the mechanism of maskless nanopatterning of black-silicon by CF4/H2 plasma reactive ion etching
Ghezzi Francesco; Pedroni Matteo; Kovac Janez; Causa Federica; Cremona Anna; Anderle Mariano; Caniello Roberto; Pietralunga Silvia M.; Vassallo Espedito -
Nuclear fusion 62 (12), pp. 126037-1 - 126037-15 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/ac9634
Simulated effects of W dust ablation and deposition on the pedestal edge in JET D and DT experiments
Lazzaro E.; Causa F.; Gervasini G.; Ghezzi F.; Borodin D.; Borodkina I.; Douai D.; Huber A.; Pawelec E.; Solano E.; Sertoli M.; Widdowson A. -
32nd Symposium on Fusion Technology - SOFT 2022, , Dubrovnik, Croatia / hybrid , 18-23 September 2022 Year: 2022
Preliminary gas desorption studies from tungsten exposed to He plasma in GyM linear device using Laser Induced Desorption Spectroscopy
Laguardia L.; Iafrati M.; Alonzo M.; Pedroni M.; Vassallo E.; De Angeli M.; Ghezzi F.; Gervasini G.; Uccello A.; Cremona A.; Mellera V.; Rufoloni A. -
Frontiers in Physics 11 pp. 1 - 14 Year: 2023 DOI: 10.3389/fphy.2023.1108175
Linear plasma device GyM for plasma-material interaction studies
Uccello A.; Bin W.; Bruschi A.; Causa F.; Cremona A.; De Angeli M.; Farina D.; Gatto G.; Gervasini G.; Ghezzi F.; Gittini G.; Granucci G.; Grosso G.; Laguardia L.; Lontano M.; Mellera V.; Minelli D.; Nardone A.; Pedroni M.; Ripamonti [ Et al. ] -
Nuclear fusion (Online) 63 pp. 014001-1 - 014001-7 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/ac8a04
Evidence for high-velocity solid dust generation induced by runaway electron impact in FTU
De Angeli M.; Tolias P.; Ratynskaia S.; Ripamonti D.; Vignitchouk L.; Causa F.; Daminelli G.; Esposito B.; Fortuna-Zalesna E.; Ghezzi F.; Laguardia L.; Maddaluno G.; Riva G.; Zielinski W. -
19th International Conference on Plasma-Facing Materials and Components for Fusion Applications - PFMC 19, , Bonn, Germany , 22-26 May 2023 Year: 2023
Study the role of roughness in the sputtering process of tungsten by GyM helium plasma: experiments and ERO2.0 modelling
Uccello A.; Alberti G.; Cremona A.; Ghezzi F.; Pedroni M.; Vassallo E.; Tonello E.; Vavassori D.; Dellasega D.; Passoni M. -
Nuclear materials and energy 35 pp. 101422-1 - 101422-13 Year: 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.nme.2023.101422
Study the erosion of Eurofer-97 steel with the linear plasma device GyM
Uccello A.; Ghezzi F.; Kovac J.; Ekar J.; Filipic T.; Bogdanovic Radovic I.; Dellasega D.; Mellera V.; Pedroni M.; Ricci D.; GyM Team -
PFMC-18 -18th International Conference on Plasma-Facing Materials and Components for Fusion Applications, , Online - Berlin, Germany , 17-21 May 2021 Year: 2021
Ammonia formation and decomposition in the plasma of GyM linear device
Laguardia L.; Cremona A.; Uccello A.; Ghezzi F.; Gervasini G. -
49th European Conference on Plasma Physics (EPS 2023), pp. 1 - 4 , Bordeaux, France , 3-7 July 2023 Year: 2023
Prompt effects of partially ionised W dust in the JET shallow SOL
Causa F.; Gervasini G.; Ghezzi F.; Lazzaro E.; Kumpulainen H.; Borodin D.; Borodkina I.; Douai D.; Huber A.; Pawelec E.; Solano E.R.; Sertoli M.; Widdowson A. -
EPS 2023 - 49th European Conference on Plasma Physics, , Bordeaux, France , 3-7 July 2023 Year: 2023
Prompt effects of partially ionised W dust in the JET shallow SOL
Causa F.; Gervasini G.; Ghezzi F.; Lazzaro E.; Kumpulainen H.; Borodin D.; Borodkina I.; Douai D.; Huber A.; Pawelec E.; Solano R.; Sertoli M.; Widdowson A. -
19th International Conference on Plasma-Facing Materials and Components for Fusion Applications - PFMC 19, , Bonn, Germany , 22-26 May 2023 Year: 2023
Investigation of the He content in W layers, deposited by Ar-He magnetron discharges, by LIDS, LIBS and TDS measurements
Laguardia L.; Iafrati M.; Alonzo M.; Almaviva S.; Pedroni M; Vassallo E.; De Angeli M.; Ghezzi F.; Gervasini G.; Cremona A.; Uccello A.; Mellera V.; Rufoloni A. -
Nuclear fusion 59 (11), pp. 112021-1 - 112021-25 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/ab2276
Overview of the JET preparation for deuterium-tritium operation with the ITER like-wall
Joffrin, E.; Abduallev, S.; Abhangi, M.; Abreu, P.; Afanasev, V; Afzal, M.; Aggarwal, K. M.; Ahlgren, T.; Aho-Mantila, L.; Aiba, N.; Airila, M.; Alarcon, T.; Albanese, R.; Alegre, D.; Aleiferis, S.; Alessi, E.; Aleynikov, P.; Alkseev, A.; Allinson, M.; Alper, [ Et al. ] -
Journal of instrumentation 14 (9), pp. 1 - 6 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/14/09/C09011
Deep neural networks for plasma tomography with applications to JET and COMPASS
Carvalho D.D.; Ferreira D.R.; Carvalho P.J.; Imrisek M.; Mlynar J.; Fernandes H.; Jet Contributors -
Plasma physics and controlled fusion (Print) 61 (11), pp. 115004-1 - 115004-12 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6587/ab2f45
Interpretative and predictive modelling of Joint European Torus collisionality scans
Eriksson, F.; Fransson, E.; Oberparleiter, M.; Nordman, H.; Strand, P.; Salmi, A.; Tala, T.; Abduallev, S.; Abhangi, M.; Abreu, P.; Afanasev, V; Afzal, M.; Aggarwal, K. M.; Ahlgren, T.; Aho-Mantila, L.; Aiba, N.; Airila, M.; Alarcon, T.; Albanese, R.; Alegre, [ Et al. ] -
Nuclear fusion 59 (8), pp. 086047-1 - 086047-10 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/ab25b1
First principles and integrated modelling achievements towards trustful fusion power predictions for JET and ITER
Garcia, J.; Dumont, R. J.; Joly, J.; Morales, J.; Garzotti, L.; Bache, T. W.; Baranov, Y.; Casson, F. J.; Challis, C.; Kirov, K.; Mailloux, J.; Saarelma, S.; Nocente, M.; Banon-Navarro, A.; Goerler, T.; Citrin, J.; Ho, A.; Gallart, D.; Mantsinen, [ Et al. ] -
Plasma physics and controlled fusion (Print) 61 (10), pp. 104002-1 - 104002-9 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6587/ab31a4
A new mechanism for increasing density peaking in tokamaks: improvement of the inward particle pinch with edge E x B shearing
Garcia, J.; Doerk, H.; Goerler, T.; Abduallev, S.; Abhangi, M.; Abreu, P.; Afanasev, V; Afzal, M.; Aggarwal, K. M.; Ahlgren, T.; Aho-Mantila, L.; Aiba, N.; Airila, M.; Alarcon, T.; Albanese, R.; Alegre, D.; Aleiferis, S.; Alessi, E.; Aleynikov, P.; Alkseev, [ Et al. ] -
Journal of instrumentation 14 pp. C09018-1 - C09018-7 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/14/09/C09018
Synthetic diagnostic for the JET scintillator probe lost alpha measurements
Varje, J.; Kiptily, V; Siren, P.; Weisen, H.; Abduallev, S.; Abhangi, M.; Abreu, P.; Afanasev, V; Afzal, M.; Aggarwal, K. M.; Ahlgren, T.; Aho-Mantila, L.; Aiba, N.; Airila, M.; Alarcon, T.; Albanese, R.; Alegre, D.; Aleiferis, S.; Alessi, E.; Aleynikov, [ Et al. ] -
Nuclear fusion 59 (10), pp. 106051-1 - 106051-32 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/ab318b
Ion cyclotron resonance heating scenarios for DEMO
Van Eester, D.; Lerche, E.; Ragona, R.; Messiaen, A.; Wauters, T.; Abduallev, S.; Abhangi, M.; Abreu, P.; Afanasev, V; Afzal, M.; Aggarwal, K. M.; Ahlgren, T.; Aho-Mantila, L.; Aiba, N.; Airila, M.; Alarcon, T.; Albanese, R.; Alegre, D.; Aleiferis, S.; [ Et al. ] -
Nuclear fusion 59 (10), pp. 106047-1 - 106047-7 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/ab3812
Control of the hydrogen:deuterium isotope mixture using pellets in JET
Valovic, M.; Baranov, Y.; Boboc, A.; Buchanan, J.; Citrin, J.; Delabie, E.; Frassinetti, L.; Fontdecaba, J. M.; Garzotti, L.; Giroud, C.; McKean, R.; Lerche, E.; Kiptily, V; Koechl, F.; Marin, M.; Maslov, M.; Menmuir, S.; Tvalashvili, G.; Weisen, H.; Abduallev, [ Et al. ] -
Nuclear fusion 59 (5), pp. 056026-1 - 056026-10 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/ab0c47
COREDIV numerical simulation of high neutron rate JET-ILW DD pulses in view of extension to JET-ILW DT experiments
Telesca, G.; Ivanova-Stanik, I.; Zagorski, R.; Brezinsek, S.; Carvalho, P. J.; Czarnecka, A.; Giroud, C.; Huber, A.; Lerche, E.; Wiesen, S.; Abduallev, S.; Abhangi, M.; Abreu, P.; Afanasev, V; Afzal, M.; Aggarwal, K. M.; Ahlgren, T.; Aho-Mantila, L.; Aiba, N.; [ Et al. ] -
Nuclear fusion 59 (9), pp. 096020-1 - 096020-20 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/ab2c8b
Multiphysics approach to plasma neutron source modelling at the JET tokamak
Stancar, Ziga; Gorelenkova, Marina; Conroy, Sean; Sauvan, Patrick; Buchanan, James; Weisen, Henri; Snoj, Luka; Abduallev, S.; Abhangi, M.; Abreu, P.; Afanasev, V; Afzal, M.; Aggarwal, K. M.; Ahlgren, T.; Aho-Mantila, L.; Aiba, N.; Airila, M.; Alarcon, T.; Albanese, R.; Alegre, [ Et al. ] -
Nuclear materials and energy 25 pp. 100808 -1 - 100808 -12 Year: 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.nme.2020.100808
Effects of a nitrogen seeded plasma on nanostructured tungsten films having fusion-relevant features
Uccello A.; Ghezzi F.; Laguardia L.; Caniello R.; Dellasega D.; dell’Era F.; Della Torre D.; Donnini R.; Granucci G.; Mesto E.; Minelli D.; Passoni M.; Pedroni M.; Pezzoli A.; Ricci D. -
Molecules (Basel, Online) 28 pp. 1 - 12 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28010072
Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Quantum Dots for Biosensing Applications: The Effect of the Thermal Treatments on Electrochemical and Optical Properties
Ghezzi F.; Donnini R.; Sansonetti A.; Giovanella U.; La Ferla B.; Vercelli B. -
AIV XXV Conference, , Napoli, Italy , 10-12 May 2022 Year: 2022
Surface modification of biodegradable polymers by low temperature plasma for improving their performances as food packaging
Pedroni M.; Vassallo E.; Aloisio M.; Brasca M.; Cerruti P.; Chen H.; Donnini R.; Firpo G.; Ghezzi F.; Morandi S.; Pietralunga S.M.; Silvetti T.; Virgili T. -
Coatings (Basel) 12 (2), pp. 220-1 - 220-13 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.3390/coatings12020220
Effect of Low-Pressure Plasma Treatment on the Surface Wettability of Poly(butylene succinate) Films
Vassallo E.; Aloisio M.; Pedroni M.; Ghezzi F.; Cerruti P.; Donnini R. -
Coatings (Basel) 11 (11), pp. 1281-1 - 1281-10 Year: 2021 DOI: 10.3390/coatings11111281
Plasma Sputtered Tungsten Oxide Thin Film on Poly(lactic acid) for Food Packaging Applications
Pedroni, Matteo; Vassallo, Espedito; Aloisio, Marco; Brasca, Milena; Chen, Hao; Firpo, Giuseppe; Ghezzi, Francesco; Morandi, Stefano; Pietralunga, Silvia Maria; Silvetti, Tiziana; Virgili, Tersilla -
Nuclear materials and energy 28 pp. 101045 -1 - 101045 - 6 Year: 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.nme.2021.101045
Cross machine investigation of magnetic tokamak dust; structural and magnetic analysis
De Angeli M.; Tolias P.; Conti C.; Ripamonti D.; Ghezzi F.; Arnas C.; Irby J.; Jerab M.; LaBombard B.; Lecci S.; Maddaluno G. -
Electrochimica acta 387 pp. 138557 -1 - 138557 -8 Year: 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138557
Nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots obtained hydrothermally from citric acid and urea: The role of the specific nitrogen centers in their electrochemical and optical responses
Vercelli B.; Donnini R.; Ghezzi F.; Sansonetti A.; Giovanella U.; La Ferla B. -
Fusion engineering and design 166 pp. 112315 - 1 - 112315 - 6 Year: 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112315
Cross machine investigation of magnetic tokamak dust: Morphological and elemental analysis
De Angeli M.; Ripamonti D.; Ghezzi F.; Tolias P.; Conti C.; Arnas C.; Jerab M.; Rudakov D.L.; Chrobak C.P.; Irby J.; LaBombard B.; Lipschultz B.; Maddaluno G. -
Plasma physics and controlled fusion (Print) 62 (6), pp. 064001-1 - 064001-11 Year: 2020 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6587/ab8610
An insight on beryllium dust sources in the JET ITER-like wall based on numerical simulations
Uccello, Andrea; Gervasini, Gabriele; Ghezzi, Francesco; Lazzaro, Enzo; Borodin, D.; Borodkina, I; Douai, D.; Huber, A.; Jepu, I; Terranova, D.; Widdowson, A. -
Physica scripta (Print) 95 (5), pp. 055605-1 - 055605-11 Year: 2020 DOI: 10.1088/1402-4896/ab5ab2
Rocket effect on dust particles in the tokamak SOL
Lazzaro, E.; Gervasini, G.; Ghezzi, F.; Uccello, A.; Joffrin -
46th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, pp. 1 - 4 , Milano - Italy , 8 - 12 July 2019 Year: 2019
Spectroscopic diagnostics for deriving electron temperature and density from an Argon plasma in GyM
Cremona A.; Giunta A.; O’Mullane M.; Causa F.; Ghezzi F.; Granucci G.; Mellera V.; Minelli D.; Nardone A.; Pedroni M.; Ricci D.; Rispoli N.; Uccello A.; Vassallo E. -
Plasma physics and controlled fusion (Print) 61 (4), pp. 045003-1 - 045003-12 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6587/aaf9c3
ELM-induced cold pulse propagation in ASDEX Upgrade
Trier, E.; Wolfrum, E.; Willensdorfer, M.; Yu Q.; Hoelzl M.; Orain F.; Ryter R.; Angioni C.; Bernert M.; Dunne M.G.; Denk S.S.; Fuchs J.C.; Fischer R.; Hennequin P.; Kurzan B.; Mink F.; Mlynek A.; Odstrcil T.; Schneider P.A.; Stroth U.; [ Et al. ] -
Fusion engineering and design 138 pp. 254 - 266 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2018.11.021
A locked mode indicator for disruption prediction on JET and ASDEX upgrade
Sias G.; Cannas B.; Fanni A.; Murari A.; Pau A.; ASDEX Upgrade Team; EUROfusion MST1 Team; JET Contributors
