Biographical Info

• 2016: RETOS I+D+i 2014 fellow.
• 2015: Postdoc at TCD (Dublin, Ireland) in the group of D.O’Regan and S.Sanvito.
• 2014: Postdoc at UAM in the group of Ruben Perez.
• 2012-2013: Postdoc at UAM in the group of Juan Jose Palacios.
• 2008-2011: Postdoc at UAM in the group of Juan Carlos Cuevas.
• 2008: PhD (Liverpool, United Kingdom).
• 2004: Studentship at Centro Laser (Bari, Italy).
• 2003: Degree in physics (Bari, Italy).

Research Interests

Molecular electronics, surface science, transport through single-molecule junctions.

Relevant/Recent Publications

1. Heat dissipation and its relation to thermopower in single-molecule junctions LA Zotti, M Bürkle, F Pauly, W Lee, K Kim, W Jeong, Y Asai, P Reddy, New Journal of Physics 16 (1), 015004 (2014). [URL]
2. Heat dissipation in atomic-scale junctions W Lee, K Kim, W Jeong, LA Zotti, F Pauly, JC Cuevas, P Reddy Nature 498 (7453), 209-212 (2013). [URL]
3. A Molecular Platinum Cluster Junction: A Single-Molecule Switch LA Zotti, E Leary, M Soriano, JC Cuevas, JJ Palacios Journal of the American Chemical Society 135 (6), 2052-2055 (2013). [URL]
4. Electronic transport through single noble gas atoms LA Zotti, M Bürkle, YJ Dappe, F Pauly, JC Cuevas Physical Review B 84 (19), 193404 (2011). [URL]
5. Single-molecule junctions based on nitrile-terminated biphenyls: A promising new anchoring group A Mishchenko, LA Zotti, D Vonlanthen, M Bürkle, F Pauly, JC Cuevas, Thomas Wandlowski Journal of the American Chemical Society 133 (2), 184-187 (2011). [URL]
6. Revealing the Role of Anchoring Groups in the Electrical Conduction Through Single‐Molecule Junctions LA Zotti, T Kirchner, JC Cuevas, F Pauly, T Huhn, E Scheer, A Erbe Small 6 (14), 1529-1535 (2010). [URL]
7. Dipole-directed assembly of lines of 1, 5-dichloropentane on silicon substrates by displacement of surface charge KR Harikumar, T Lim, IR McNab, JC Polanyi, L Zotti, S Ayissi, WA Hofer Nature nanotechnology 3 (4), 222-228 (2008). [URL]