VILLA IRENE

Role
Assistant Professor  
Academic disciplines
Experimental Physics of Matter and Applications (PHYS-03/A)
Scientific-Disciplinary Group:
EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS OF MATTER AND APPLICATIONS (02/PHYS-03)
Office phone
Room:
  • U05, Floor: 1, Room: 1102

Publications

  • Villa, I., Perego, J., Dhamo, L., Landella, A., Bezuidenhout, C., Bracco, S., et al. (2025). Engineered hybrid nanoscintillators for simultaneous high LY and ultrafast bimolecular processes towards < 20 ps CTR in ToF-PET. In Abstract Book. Detail

  • Fuentes Varela, L., Vasquez, M., Abuín Redondo, C., Arias-Diaz, A., Abal, M., Costa, C., et al. (2025). Impact of oil phase composition on the efficacy of nanoemulsions for verteporfin-mediated photodynamic therapy in ovarian cancer. NANOSCALE ADVANCES, 7, 6972-6986 [10.1039/d5na00496a]. Detail

  • Kukushkina, A., Secchi, V., Colombo, A., Colombo, M., Villa, I., Monguzzi, A. (2025). Dye-loaded hybrid core-shell gold nanoparticles for sensitized singlet oxygen production in radiotherapy. COLLOIDS AND SURFACES. B, BIOINTERFACES, 256(Part 1 (December 2025)) [10.1016/j.colsurfb.2025.115022]. Detail

  • Parrino, F., Gottuso, A., Vigano', L., Mariani, P., Villa, I., Cova, F., et al. (2025). Singlet Oxygen Photocatalytic Generation by Silanized TiO2 Nanoparticles. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE. INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 64(2 (January 10, 2025)) [10.1002/anie.202414445]. Detail

  • Villa, I., Crapanzano, R., Mostoni, S., Bulin, A., D'Arienzo, M., Di Credico, B., et al. (2025). The role of energy deposition on the luminescence sensitization in porphyrin-functionalized SiO2/ZnO nanoparticles under X-ray excitation. NANOSCALE ADVANCES, 7(5), 1464-1474 [10.1039/d4na00640b]. Detail

Research projects

Engineered Metascintillators for high resolution and low dose ToF-PET imaging - MetaPET
Year: 2025
Call: FAQC 2025 - seconda finestra
Grantors: Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA
LuMIminesceNt scintillating hEterostructures foR adVanced medical imAaging (MINERVA)-PNRR per la Missione 4, componente 2 - Avviso 247/2022
Year: 2022
Call: PNRR - Missione 4 “Istruzione e Ricerca” - Componente 2 “Dalla Ricerca all'Impresa” - Investimento 1.2 “Finanziamento di progetti presentati da giovani ricercatori”
Grantors: MINISTERO DELL'UNIVERSITA' E DELLA RICERCA (MUR)

Awards

Research and teaching assignments

  • Ricercatore universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2022 - 2025