Advanced Course on
"High Resolution Electronic Measurements in Nano-Bio Science"

Location

Lessons can be followed in presence (ClassRoom "3.1.3" at Politecnico, Campus Leonardo, P.za L. da Vinci 32, Milano) or remotely on the indicated links.

Monday to Friday, June 9th to 13th, 2025

STILL WORKING ON IT ! Lessons may change

	Monday 9	Tuesday 10	Wednesday 11	Thursday 12	Friday 13
9.15 45m + 15m		Measuring very small currents Architectures & Instrumentation Marco Sampietro	Electrical measurements in liquids Basic considerations Giorgio Ferrari	Instrumentation for noise measurements Noise as signal Marco Sampietro	Analog vs Digital processing FPGA, Microprocessors & others Francesco Zanetto
10.15 45m + 15m		Measuring at a given frequency The LOCK-IN concept Marco Sampietro	The interface between solid & liquid How to transfer charge through the electrodes Giorgio Ferrari	Probing at the nanoscale Principles of AFM Laura Fumagalli Manchester Un. (UK)	Transparent detection of light Devices & control electronics Francesco Zanetto
30m		Tea break	Tea break	Tea break	Tea break
11.45 45m + 15m		Impedance measurement Architectures and performance Marco Sampietro	Charge transport in liquids A closer approach Giorgio Ferrari	Electrical measurements with AFM Laura Fumagalli Manchester Un., UK	Lock-in extension to multiple signals Modulation & dithering Francesco Zanetto
		Lunch break	Lunch break	Lunch break
13.45	Introduction to the course Marco Sampietro				Conclusive remarks M.Carminati, G. Ferrari and M. Sampietro
14.15 45m + 15m	It is all about noise! A practical review of noise properties Marco Sampietro	High resolution measurements in nanoscience Sub-ppm measurements using lock-in amplifiers Giorgio Ferrari	Electrical measurements in liquids Instrumentation Marco Carminati	Differential measurements When, why and how Giorgio Ferrari
15.15 45m + 15m	Measuring small currents The Transimpedance Amplifier - TIA Marco Sampietro	Solid state Qbits Devices & measurements Giorgio Ferrari	Current measurements in bioscience Examples of applications Marco Carminati	Instrument-on-chip How to design it Giorgio Ferrari
15m	Tea break	Tea break	Tea break	Tea break
16.30 45m + 15m	Quantum computer hardware An introduction Enrico Prati Università degli Studi, Milano	Cryogenic integrated electronics Measuring below 4K Giorgio Ferrari	Nanoscale Electrochemistry Giorgio Ferrari	Integrated Photonics The need to peep light Andrea Melloni