2010-Present: Professor, Principal research fellow, Queensland University of Technology, Science and Engineering Faculty, School of Chemistry Physics and Mechanical Engineering. 2004-2009: Adjunct Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology, School of Engineering Systems 2001-2004: Associate Professor, Università Roma TRE, Department of Physics 1984-2001: Assistant professor, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Department of Physics

Nanotechnology Semiconductors Nanotubes Gas Sensors Solar cells Supercapacitors

Broad area of research: Material Science Prof. Motta was the first scientist in Italy to achieve atomic resolution by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy in 1991. As a physicist he is interested in searching answers to fundamental questions of the nature, especially in the area of material science and nanotechnology. His main research focus is to improve our environment by using nanotechnology to develop new solar cells and gas sensors

Zarotti F, Gupta B, Iacopi F, Sgarlata A, Tomellini M, Motta N, (2016) Time evolution of graphene growth on SiC as a function of annealing temperature, Carbon p307-312 Liu J, Mirri F, Notarianni M, Pasquali M, Motta N, (2015) High performance all-carbon thin film supercapacitors, Journal of Power Sources p823-830 Gupta B, Placidi E, Hogan C, Mishra N, Iacopi F, Motta N, (2015) The transition from 3C SiC (1 1 1) to graphene captured by Ultra High Vacuum Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Carbon p378-385 Gupta B, Notarianni M, Mishra N, Shafiei M, Iacopi F, Motta N, (2014) Evolution of epitaxial graphene layers on 3C SiC/Si (1 1 1) as a function of annealing temperature in UHV, Carbon p563-572 Notarianni M, Liu J, Mirri F, Pasquali M, Motta N, (2014) Graphene-based supercapacitor with carbon nanotube film as highly efficient current collector, Nanotechnology p1-7 Notarianni M, Vernon KC, Chou A, Aljada M, Liu J, Motta N, (2014) Plasmonic effect of gold nanoparticles in organic solar cells, Solar Energy p23-37 Giulianini M, Waclawik ER, Bell J, Scarselli M, Castrucci P, De Crescenzi M, Motta N, (2009) Poly(3-hexyl-thiophene) coil-wrapped single wall carbon nanotube investigated by scanning tunneling spectroscopy, Applied Physics Letters p1-3 Giulianini M, Waclawik ER, Bell J, De Crescenzi M, Castrucci P, Scarselli M, Motta N, (2009) Regioregular poly(3-hexl-thiophene) helical self-organisation on carbon nanotubes, Applied Physics Letters p1-3 Sgarlata A, Szkutnik P, Balzarotti A, Motta N, Rosei F, (2003) Self-ordering of Ge islands on step-bunched Si (111) surfaces, Applied Physics Letters p4002-4004 Motta N, (2002) Self-assembling and ordering of Ge/Si(111) quantum dots: scanning microscopy probe studies, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter p8353-8378