Antonio Faraone

Physicist
Antonio Faraone
Physicist
Neutron-Condensed Matter Science Group
antonio.faraone@nist.gov
(301) 975-5254

Education

  • 1997 Bachelor of Science in Physics, University of Messina, Italy
  • 2001 Ph.D. in Physics, University of Messina, Italy

Instrument scientist for the Neutron Spin Echo Spectrometer

Research interests:

  • Polymer nanocomposites
  • Molecular liquids and Molecular glass-formers
  • Confined and interfacial water

Publications

Nature of Decahydro-Closo-Decaborate Anion Reorientations in an Ordered Alkali-Metal Salt: Rb2B10H10

July 12, 2018
Author(s):
Mirjana NMN Dimitrievska, Vitalie Stavila, Alexei V. Soloninin, Roman V. Skoryunov, Olga A. Babanova, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Wan Si Tang, Antonio Faraone, Jacob Daniel Tarver, Benjamin A. Trump, Alexander V. Skripov, Terrence J. Udovic
The ordered monoclinic phase of the alkali-metal decahydro-closodecaborate salt Rb 2 B 10 H 10 was found to be stable from about 250 K all the way up to an...

Dynamics of Phospholipid Membranes Beyond Thermal Undulations

June 07, 2018
Author(s):
Sudipta Gupta, Judith U. De Mel, Rasangi M. Perera, Piotr Zolnierczuk, Markus NMN Bleuel, Antonio Faraone, Gerald J. Schneider
We investigated the molecular dynamics of unilamellar lipsomes by neutron spin echo spectroscopy. We report the first experimental evidence of a short-range...

Highly Reversible Zinc Metal Anode for Aqueous Batteries

June 01, 2018
Author(s):
Fei Wang, Oleg Borodin, Tao Gao, Xiulin Fan, Wei Sun, Fudong Han, Antonio Faraone, Joseph A. Dura, Kang Xu, Chunsheng Wang
Metallic zinc (Zn) has been regarded as an ideal anode material for aqueous batteries, because of its high theoretical capacity (820 mAh/g), low...
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Created July 03, 2018, Updated November 21, 2018