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Daria Noferini

Lead Instrument Scientist for CSPEC
Neutron Spectroscopy
Science Directorate

Research Activities

  • soft matter
  • liquids and glasses
  • energy materials
  • cultural heritage conservation
  • neutron instrumentation

Selected Publications

  • G. Poggi, H. D. Santan, J. Smets, D. Chelazzi, D. Noferini, M. L. Petruzzellis, L. Pensabene Buemi, E. Fratini, and P. Baglioni. Nanostructured bio-based castor oil organogels for the cleaning of artworks. J. Colloid Interface Sci., 638, 363, (2023)
  • B. P. Rosi, A. D’Angelo, E. Buratti, M. Zanatta, L. Tavagnacco, F. Natali, M. Zamponi, D. Noferini, S. Corezzi, E. Zaccarelli, L. Comez, F. Sacchetti, A. Paciaroni, C. Petrillo, and A. Orecchini. Impact of the Environment on the PNIPAM Dynamical Transition Probed by Elastic Neutron Scattering. Macromolecules, 55, 4752, (2022)
  • P. P. Deen, S. Longeville, W. Lohstroh, F. Moreira, G. Fabrèges, L. Loaiza, and D. Noferini. CSPEC: The Cold Chopper Spectrometer of the ESS, a Detailed Overview Prior to Commissioning. Rev. Sci. Instrum., 92, 105104, (2021)
  • D. Noferini, O. Holderer, and H. Frielinghaus. Effect of nanoscopic confinement on the dynamics of ionic liquids. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 22, 9046 (2020).
  • D. Noferini, A. Faraone, M. Rossi, E. Mamontov, P. Baglioni, and E. Fratini. Disentangling Polymer Network and Hydration Water Dynamics in Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate Physical and Chemical Hydrogels. J. Phys. Chem. C, 123, 19183 (2019).
  • D. Noferini, B. Frick, M. M. Koza, and M. Karlsson, Proton Jump Diffusion Dynamics in Hydrated Barium Zirconates Studied by High-Resolution Neutron Backscattering Spectroscopy. J. Mater. Chem. A 6, 7538 (2018).

Career History

2013-2017: Contrat de Formation par la Recherche, Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), Spectroscopy Group, Grenoble (France). Joint PhD project with Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg (Sweden).

2018-2020: Instrument Scientist, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH; Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) at Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) , Garching (Germany). SPHERES, backscattering spectrometer, second instrument responsible.

2020-: Instrument Scientist, European Spallation Source ERIC. CSPEC, cold chopper spectrometer. Lead instrument scientist since the end of 2022.