Giovanni Boero
Senior Scientist
giovanni.boero@epfl.ch +41 21 693 66 75
EPFL STI IMT LMIS1
BM 3110 (Bâtiment BM)
Station 17
CH-1015 Lausanne
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Fields of expertise
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
Electron spin resonance (ESR)
Ferromagnetic resonance (FMR)
RF electronics
MW electronics
Magnetic sensors
Noise phenomena
Electron spin resonance (ESR)
Ferromagnetic resonance (FMR)
RF electronics
MW electronics
Magnetic sensors
Noise phenomena
Short CV
Born in Genova (Italy). Married with two children. Speaks italian, english, french.
Workplaces:
1996-present: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
1994-1996: Organization Europeenne pour la Recherche Nucleaire(CERN),Geneva,Switzerland.
1993-1995: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL, USA.
Education:
2000: PhD, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
1994: Laurea in Physics, Università di Genova, Genova, Italy
Workplaces:
1996-present: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
1994-1996: Organization Europeenne pour la Recherche Nucleaire(CERN),Geneva,Switzerland.
1993-1995: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL, USA.
Education:
2000: PhD, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
1994: Laurea in Physics, Università di Genova, Genova, Italy
PhD Students Topics
Present PhD students:
Nergiz Sahin: Single-chip ESR detectors: limit of detection, applications, and exotic phenomena.
Reza Farsi: Ultra-low 1/f phase noise integrated oscillators.
Claudio Gonelli: RF controlled biodegradable implantable capsules (co-supervision with Juergen Brugger, EPFL).
Roberto Russo: Superconducting microwave resonators (co-supervision with Juergen Brugger, EPFL).
Anton Malovichko: Cantilever-based detection of bacteria activity (co-supervision with Giovanni Dietler, EPFL).
Past PhD students:
Matthieu Ruegg: RF controlled biodegradable implantable capsules (co-supervision with Juergen Brugger, EPFL).
Anthony Jean Beaumont: ESR and FMR magnetometry for CERN magnets (co-supervision with Marco Buzio, CERN).
Alessandro V. Matheoud: ESR spectroscopy from 500 MHz to 500 GHz.
Marco Grisi: Single-chip integrated electronics for NMR spectroscopy and magnetometry.
Enrica Montinaro: Microfabrication technologies for NMR, ESR and FMR on subnanoliter samples (co-supervision with Juergen Brugger, EPFL).
Mario Chavarria: Detection limits in chemical analysis by FAIMS (co-supervision with Juergen Brugger, EPFL).
Gabriele Gualco: Cryogenic single chip ESR detectors
Jens Anders: Integrated RF electronics for MRI.
Marc Lany: Single charge detectors in CMOS technology (co-supervision with Radivoje Popovic, EPFL).
Tolga Yalcin: Integrated microwave electronics for ESR.
Malika Bouterfas: Microdevices for ESR on small samples.
Scharazede Mouaziz: Cantilevers and Hall devices for MRFM (co-supervision with Juergen Brugger, EPFL).
Nergiz Sahin: Single-chip ESR detectors: limit of detection, applications, and exotic phenomena.
Reza Farsi: Ultra-low 1/f phase noise integrated oscillators.
Claudio Gonelli: RF controlled biodegradable implantable capsules (co-supervision with Juergen Brugger, EPFL).
Roberto Russo: Superconducting microwave resonators (co-supervision with Juergen Brugger, EPFL).
Anton Malovichko: Cantilever-based detection of bacteria activity (co-supervision with Giovanni Dietler, EPFL).
Past PhD students:
Matthieu Ruegg: RF controlled biodegradable implantable capsules (co-supervision with Juergen Brugger, EPFL).
Anthony Jean Beaumont: ESR and FMR magnetometry for CERN magnets (co-supervision with Marco Buzio, CERN).
Alessandro V. Matheoud: ESR spectroscopy from 500 MHz to 500 GHz.
Marco Grisi: Single-chip integrated electronics for NMR spectroscopy and magnetometry.
Enrica Montinaro: Microfabrication technologies for NMR, ESR and FMR on subnanoliter samples (co-supervision with Juergen Brugger, EPFL).
Mario Chavarria: Detection limits in chemical analysis by FAIMS (co-supervision with Juergen Brugger, EPFL).
Gabriele Gualco: Cryogenic single chip ESR detectors
Jens Anders: Integrated RF electronics for MRI.
Marc Lany: Single charge detectors in CMOS technology (co-supervision with Radivoje Popovic, EPFL).
Tolga Yalcin: Integrated microwave electronics for ESR.
Malika Bouterfas: Microdevices for ESR on small samples.
Scharazede Mouaziz: Cantilevers and Hall devices for MRFM (co-supervision with Juergen Brugger, EPFL).
Research
Methods and microdevices for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), electron spin resonance (ESR), ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) spectroscopy and imaging on subnanoliter samples:
- Inductive detection of NMR, ESR, and FMR with single-chip integrated detectors. Applications to micro-imaging and micro-spectroscopy on subnanoliter samples.
- X-ray detection of FMR (XFMR).
- Mechanical detection of NMR with microcantilevers (MRFM).
- Scanning tunneling microscope (STM) based detection of ESR (STM-ESR).
- Inductive detection of NMR, ESR, and FMR with single-chip integrated detectors. Applications to micro-imaging and micro-spectroscopy on subnanoliter samples.
- X-ray detection of FMR (XFMR).
- Mechanical detection of NMR with microcantilevers (MRFM).
- Scanning tunneling microscope (STM) based detection of ESR (STM-ESR).
Research Funding
CTI-Agence pour la promotion de l'innovation
Swiss National Science Foundation
European Union
(total contribution of about 4 MCHF from 2001 to 2019).
Swiss National Science Foundation
European Union
(total contribution of about 4 MCHF from 2001 to 2019).
Teaching Details
Present courses:
Bachelor Course: General Physics III, 2016-present (200 students)
Bachelor Course: Sensors, 2005-present (130 students, shared with Prof. Ph. Renaud)
Master Course: Nanotechnology, 2012-present (45 students, shared with Prof. J. Brugger)
Doctoral School Course: Magnetic microsensors, 2003-present (15 students)
Past courses:
Doctoral School Course: Integrating sensors with electronics, 2006-2010 (15 students, shared with Prof. Popovic and Dr. P. Kejik)
Diploma and semester projects:
55 projects (1998-present)
Bachelor Course: General Physics III, 2016-present (200 students)
Bachelor Course: Sensors, 2005-present (130 students, shared with Prof. Ph. Renaud)
Master Course: Nanotechnology, 2012-present (45 students, shared with Prof. J. Brugger)
Doctoral School Course: Magnetic microsensors, 2003-present (15 students)
Past courses:
Doctoral School Course: Integrating sensors with electronics, 2006-2010 (15 students, shared with Prof. Popovic and Dr. P. Kejik)
Diploma and semester projects:
55 projects (1998-present)
Publications
Selected publications
| A. V. Matheoud, N. Sahin, L.Frehner, G. Boero Sensors & Actuators A 295, 259 (2019) |
Microwave inductive proximity sensors with sub-pm/Hz^1/2 resolution |
| A. V. Matheoud, N. Sahin, G. Boero IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 67, 2782 (2019) |
A low power microwave HEMT LC oscillator operating down to 1.4 K |
| M. Grisi, G. M. Conley,P. Sommer,J. Tinembart, G. Boero Rev. Sci. Instrum. 90, 015001 (2019) |
A single-chip integrated transceiver for high field NMR magnetometry |
| A. Beaumont, M. Buzio, G. Boero Rev. Sci. Instrum. 90, 065005 (2019) |
Ferrimagnetic resonance field sensors for particle accelerators |
| M. Rüegg, R. Blum, G. Boero, J. Brugger Advanced Functional Materials 2019, 1903051 (2019) |
Biodegradable frequency‐selective magnesium radio‐frequency microresonators for transient biomedical implants |
| A. V. Matheoud, N. Sahin, G. Boero Journal of Magnetic Resonance 294, 59-70(2018) |
A single chip electron spin resonance detector based on a single high electron mobility transistor |
| E. Montinaro, M. Grisi, M. C. Letizia, L. Pethö, M. A. M. Gijs, R. Guidetti, J. Michler, J. Brugger, G. Boero PLoS ONE 13(5),e0192780 (2018) |
3D printed microchannels for sub-nL NMR spectroscopy |
| A. Capozzi, T. Cheng, G. Boero, C. Roussel, A. Comment Nature Communications 8, 15757 (2017) |
Thermal annihilation of photo-induced radicals following dynamic nuclear polarization to produce transportable frozen hyperpolarized substrates |
| A. V. Matheoud, G. Gualco, M. Jeong, I. Zivkovic, J. Brugger, H. M. Rønnow, J. Anders, G. Boero Journal of Magnetic Resonance 278, 113-121 (2017) |
Single-chip electron spin resonance detectors operating at 50 GHz, 92 GHz, and 146 GHz |
| E. Montinaro, M. Grisi, M. C. Letizia, L. Pethö, M. A. M. Gijs, R. Guidetti, J. Michler, J. Brugger, G. Boero arXiv:1707.05500 (2017) |
3D printed microchannels for sub-nL NMR spectroscopy |
| M. Chavarria, A. Matheoud, P. Marmillod, Y. Liu, D. Kong, J. Brugger, G. Boero Review Scientific Instruments 88, 035115 (2017) |
High sensitivity field asymmetric ion mobility spectrometer |
| M. Grisi, F. Vincent, B. Volpe, R. Guidetti, N. Harris, A. Beck, G. Boero Scientific Reports 7,44670 (2017) |
NMR spectroscopy of single sub-nL ova with inductive ultra-compact single-chip probes |
| J. Anders, J. Handwerker, M. Ortmanns, G. Boero Journal of Magnetic Resonance 266, 41–50 (2016) |
A low-power high-sensitivity single-chip receiver for NMR microscopy |
| I. Kovacevic, P. Babkevich, M. Jeong, J. O. Piatek, G. Boero, H. M. Ronnow Physical Review B 94, 214433 (2016) |
Probing strongly hybridized nuclear-electronic states in a model quantum ferromagnet |
| M. Grisi, B. Volpe, R. Guidetti, N. Harris, G. Boero arXiv:1511.06719 (2015) |
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of single subnanoliter ova |
| A. Capozzi, J. N. Hyacinthe, T. Cheng, T. Eichhorn, G. Boero, C. Roussel,J. van der Klink, A. Comment Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119, 22632 (2015) |
Photo-induced non-persistent radicals as polarizing agents for X-nuclei dissolution-DNP |
| M. Grisi, G. Gualco, G. Boero Review Scientific Instruments 86, 044703 (2015) |
A broadband single-chip transceiver for multi-nuclear NMR probes |
| G. Gualco, J. Anders, S. Alberti, A. Sienkiewicz, L. Forro, G. Boero Journal of Magnetic Resonance 247, 96-103 (2014) |
Cryogenic single-chip electron spin resonance detector |
| G. Gualco, M. Grisi, G. Boero Applied Physics Letters 105, 242102 (2014) |
Frequency jumps in single-chip microwave LC-oscillators |
| M. Marelli, N. Gadhari, G. Boero, M. Chiquet, and J. Brugger Lab on chip 14, 286 (2014) |
Cell force measurements in 3D microfabricated environments based on compliant cantilevers |
| M. S. Gabureac, L. Bernau, G. Boero, I. Utke IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology 12, 668 (2013) |
Single superparamagnetic bead detection and direct tracing of bead position using novel nanocomposite Hall sensors |
| G. Boero, G. Gualco, R. Lisowski, J. Anders, D. Suter, J. Brugger J. Magn. Reson. 231, 133 (2013) |
Room temperature strong coupling between a microwave oscillator and an ensemble of electron spins |
| J. Anders, P. SanGiorgio, X. Deligianni, F. Santini, K. Scheffler, G. Boero Magn. Reson. Medicine 67, 290 (2012) |
Integrated active tracking detector for MRI-guided interventions |
| J. Anders, A. Angerhofer, G. Boero J. Magn. Reson. 217,19 (2012) |
K-band single chip electron spin resonance detector |
| F. K. Reinhart, G. Boero Phys. Rev. B 83, 165321 (2011) |
Photon energy dependence of the light pressure exerted onto a thin silicon slab |
| J. Anders, P. SanGiorgio, G. Boero J. Magn. Reson. 209, 1 (2011) |
A fully integrated IQ-receiver for NMR microscopy |
| M. Gabureac, L. Bernau, I. Utke, G. Boero Nanotechnology 21, 115503 (2010) |
Granular Co-C nano-Hall sensors by focused-beam-induced deposition |
| J. Anders, G. Chiaramonte, P. SanGiorgio, G. Boero J. Magn. Res. 201, 239 (2009) |
A single chip array of NMR receivers |
| G. Boero, S. Rusponi, J. Kavich, A. Lodi Rizzini, C. Piamonteze, F. Nolting, C. Tieg, J. Thiele, and P. Gambardella Rev. Sci. Instrum. 80, 123902 (2009) |
Longitudinal detection of ferromagnetic resonance using x-ray transmission measurements |
| G. Boero, S. Rusponi, P. Bencok, R. Meckenstock, J.-U. Thiele, F. Nolting, and P. Gambardella Phys. Rev. B 79,224425 (2009) |
Double resonant x-ray and microwave absorption: atomic spectroscopy of precessional orbital and spin dynamics |
| T. Yalcin, G. Boero Rev. Sci. Instrum. 79, 094105 (2008) |
Single chip detector for electron spin resonance spectroscopy |
| G.Boero, S.Mouaziz, S.Rusponi, P.Bencok, F.Nolting,S.Stepanow and P.Gambardella New J. Phys. 10, 013011 (2008) |
Element-resolved x-ray ferrimagnetic and ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy |
| M. Lany, G. Boero, R. Popovic Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 022111 (2008) |
Electron counting at room temperature in an avalanche bipolar transistor |
| K. W. Eberhardt, A. Hunkeler, U. Meier, J. Tharian, S. Mouaziz, G. Boero, J. Brugger, and B. H. Meier Phys. Rev. B 78, 214401 (2008) |
Two-dimensional magnetic resonance force microscopy using full-volume Fourier and Hadamard encoding |
| Kai W. Eberhardt,S. Mouaziz, G. Boero,J. Brugger, and B. H. Meier Phys. Rev. Lett. 99,227603 (2007) |
Direct Observation of Nuclear Spin Diffusion in Real Space |
| A. Perentes, G. Sinicco, G. Boero, B. Dwir, P. Hoffmann J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 2228 (2007) |
Focused electron beam induced deposition of nickel |
| S. Mouaziz, G. Boero, G. Moresi, C. Degen, Q. Liu, B. Meier, J. Brugger Microelectr. Eng. 83, 1306 (2006) |
Combined Al-protection and HF-vapor release process for ultrathin single crystal silicon cantilevers |
| S. Mouaziz, G. Boero, R. Popovic, J. Brugger Journal of Microelectromechanical systems 15, 890 (2006) |
Polymer-based cantilevers with integrated electrodes |
| J. A. J. Steen, J. Hayakawa, T. Harada, K. Lee, F. Calame, G. Boero, A. J. Kulik, and J. Brugger Nanotechnology 17, 1464 (2006) |
Electrically conducting probes with full tungsten cantilever and tip for scanning probe applications |
| P. Kejik, G. Boero, M. Demierre, R. S. Popovic Sensor Actuat. A 129, 212 (2006) |
An integrated micro-Hall probe for scanning magnetic microscopy |
| S. Keller, S. Mouaziz, G. Boero, and J. Brugger Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76, 125102 (2005) |
Microscopic four-point probe based on SU-8 cantilevers |
| G. Boero, S. Rusponi, P. Bencok, R. S. Popovic, H. Brune, P. Gambardella Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 152503 (2005) |
X-ray ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy |
| G. Boero, I. Utke, T. Bret, N. Quack, M. Todorova, S. Mouaziz, P. Kejik, J. Brugger,R. S. Popovic, and P. Hoffmann Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 042503 (2005) |
Submicrometer Hall devices fabricated by focused electron-beam-induced deposition |
| M. Lany, G. Boero, R. S. Popovic, Superparamagnetic microbead inductive detector Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76, 084301 (2005) |
Superparamagnetic microbead inductive detector |
| C. Massin, F. Vincent, A. Homsy, K. Ehrmann, G. Boero, P.-A. Besse, A. Daridon, E. Verpoorte, N.F. de Rooij, and R.S. Popovic J. Magn. Reson. 164, 242 (2003) |
Planar microcoil-based microfluidic NMR probes |
| G. Boero, M. Bouterfas, C. Massin, F. Vincent, P. A. Besse, R. S. Popovic, A. Schweiger Rev. Sci. Instrum. 74, 4794 (2003) |
Electron spin resonance probe based on a 100 um planar microcoil |
| G. Boero, M. Demierre, P.-.A. Besse, R.S. Popovic Sensors Actuat. A 106, 314 (2003) |
Micro-Hall devices: performance, technologies and applications |
| P. A. Besse, G. Boero, M. Demierre, V. Pott, R. S. Popovic Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 4199 (2002) |
Detection of a single magnetic microbead using a miniaturized silicon Hall sensor |
| C. Massin, G. Boero, F. Vincent, J. Abenhaim, P. A. Besse, R. S. Popovic Sensors Actuat. A 97-98, 280 (2002) |
High-Q factor RF planar microcoils for micro-scale NMR spectroscopy |
| G. Boero, P. A. Besse, R. S. Popovic Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 1498 (2001) |
Hall detection of magnetic resonance |
| G. Boero, J. Frounchi, B. Furrer, P. -A. Besse, R. S. Popovic Rev. Sci. Instrum. 72, 2764 (2001) |
Fully integrated probe for proton nuclear magnetic resonance magnetometry |
| P. A. Besse, C. Schott, G. Boero, F. Burger, R. S. Popovic Measurement and Control 33, 261 (2000) |
Realised examples of microsystems and their applications |
| D. Allspach, A. Hahn, C. Kendziora, S. Pordes, G. Boero, G. Garzoglio, M. Macri, M. Marinelli, M. Pallavicini, E. Robutti Nucl. Instrum. & Meth. A 410, 195 (1998) |
The variable density gas jet internal target for Experiment 835 at Fermilab |
| G. Boero, C. de Raad Iseli, P. A. Besse, R. S. Popovic Sensor. and Actuat. A A67, 18-23 (1998) |
An NMR magnetometer with planar microcoils and integrated electronics for signal detection and amplification |
| G. Boero, W. Kubischta, P. Leprince Nucl. Instrum. & Meth. A 398, 157 (1997) |
A high-flow hydrogen dissociator based on a surface-wave discharge |
| W. Oelert, G. Baur, G. Boero, S. Brauksiepe, A. Buzzo, W. Eyrich, R. Geyer, D. Grzonka, J. Hauffe, K. Kilian, M. LoVetere, M. Macri, M. Moosburger, R. Nellen, S. Passaggio, A. Pozzo, K. Roehrich, K. Sachs, G. Schepers, T. Sefzick, R. S. Simon, R. Stratman Hyp. Inter. 109, 191 (1997) |
Observation of antihydrogen production in flight at CERN |
| G. Baur, G. Boero, S. Brauksiepe, A. Buzzo, W. Eyrich, R. Geyer, D. Grzonka, J. Hauffe, K. Kilian, M. LoVetere, M. Macri, M. Moosburger, R. Nellen, W. Oelert, S. Passaggio, A. Pozzo, K. Roehrich, K. Sachs, G. Schepers, T. Sefzick, R. S. Simon, R. Stratman Nucl. Instrum. & Meth. A 391, 201 (1997) |
Production of antihydrogen in relativistic collisions |
| G. Boero, M. LoVetere, M. Macri, S. Passaggio, A. Pozzo Nuovo Cimento A 109, 1581 (1996) |
The internal Xe-jet target for the formation of antihydrogen (H) atoms at CERN LEAR |
| D. H. Allspach, C. L. Kendziora, M. Marinelli, M. Macri, E. Robutti, G. Boero Adv. Cryo. Eng. 41, 685 (1996) |
Refrigerated hydrogen gas jet for the Fermilab antiproton accumulator |
| G. Baur, G. Boero, S. Brauksiepe, A. Buzzo, W. Eyrich, R. Geyer, D. Grzonka, J. Hauffe, K. Kilian, M. LoVetere, M. Macri, M. Moosburger, R. Nellen, W. Oelert, S. Passaggio, A. Pozzo, K. Roehrich, K. Sachs, G. Schepers, T. Sefzick, R. S. Simon, R. Stratman Phys. Lett. B 368, 251 (1996) |
Production of antihydrogen |
Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Microengineering