Cecilia Pennetta  -  Recent Papers (since 1999)

Submitted to international journals:

63. E. Alfinito, F.J. Millithaler, C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani,
A single Protein Based Nanobiosensor for Odorant Recognition, submitted to Microelectronic Journal.

62. E. Alfinito, C. Pennetta and L. Reggiani,
First Evidences Supporting the Realization of Smell Nanobiosensors Based on Olfactory Receptors: Theory and Experiment, submitted to Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical

In print:

61. A. Carbone, C. Pennetta and L. Reggiani,
Trapping-Detrapping Fluctuations in Organic Space-Charge Layers, accepted, in print on Applied Physics Letters.

Published:

60.   C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani, A. Carbone,
Transport and Excess Noise in Polyacenes Under Trap Filling Transition, Journal of Physics: Conf. Series, 193, 012093, 2009.

59.  C. Pennetta, S. Conte,
Extreme Value Analysis of Heart Beat Fluctuations, in Noise and Fluctuations,  ed. by M. Macucci  and G. Basso<>, <>Procs. 20th. Int. Conf. on Noise and Fluctuations, 14-19 June 2009, Pisa, Italy, AIP Conf. Procs. Series, 1129, 545-548, 2009.

58.  M. Tizzoni, A. Carbone, C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani,
Noise maximum at trap-filling transition in polyacenes, in Noise and Fluctuations, ed. by M. Macucci  and G. Basso, <>Procs. 20th. Int. Conf. on Noise and Fluctuations, 14-19 June 2009, Pisa, Italy, AIP Conf. Procs. Series, 1129, 109-112, 2009.

57.  E. Alfinito, C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani,
Smell Nanobiosensors: Hybrid Systems Based on the Electrical Response to Odorant Capture. Theory and Experiments, Procs. of the Int. Symp. on Olfaction and Electronic Nose, 15-17 April, Brescia, Italy, AIP Conf. Procs. Series, 1137, 115-118, 2009.

56. E. Alfinito, J. F. Millithaler, C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani,
A Nanobiosensor Based on Olfactory Receptors, 3rd. IEEE  Int. Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Interfaces, 25-26 June 2009, Trani, Italy, IEEE Catalog Number: CFP09IWI-USB, ISBN: 978-1-4244-4709-1,  p. 25-28, 2009.

55.  C. Pennetta, E. Alfinito, L. Reggiani,
"Tuning the Correlation Decay in the Resistance Fluctuations of Multi-Species Networks ", Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiments, P02053, 2009, arXiv:0811.3565v2 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci].

54. E. Alfinito, C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani,
"Topological Change and Impedance Responses in Proteins: How Do They Run Together?", Journal of Applied Physics, 105, 084703, 2009.

53.  E. Alfinito, C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani,
"A Network Model to Correlate Conformational Change and Impedance Spectrum of Single Proteins", Nanotechnology, 19, 065202, 2008.

52.  Hou, N. Jaffrezic-Renault, C. Martelet, A. Zhang, J. Minic, T. Gorojankina, M. A. Persuy, E. Pajot-Augy, R. Salesse, V. Akimov, L. Reggiani, C. Pennetta, E. Alfinito, O. Ruiz, G. Gomila, J. Samitier, A. Errachid, "A novel Detection Strategy for Odorant Molecules Based on Controlled Bioengineering of Rat Olfactory Receptor I7", Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 22, 1550, 2007.

51.  V. Akimov, E. Alfinito, J. Bausells, I. V. Benilova, I. Casuso, A. Errachid, G. Ferrari, L. Fumagalli, G. Gomila, J. Grosclaude, Y. Hou, N. Jaffrezic-Renault, C. Martelet, E. Pajot-Augy, C. Pennetta, M. A. Persuy, M. Pla-Roca, L. Reggiani, S. Rodriguez Segui, O. Ruiz, R. Salesse, J. Samitier, M. Sampietro, A. P. Soldatkin, J. Vidic, G. Villanueva, "Nanobiosensors based on individual olfactory receptors", Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, DOI10.1007/s 10470-007-9114-0, 2007.

50.  C. Pennetta,
"Statistics of Extreme Values in Time Series with Intermediate-Term Correlations", in Noise and Stochastics in Complex Systems and Finance, Firenze, 20-24 May 2007,  Procs. of SPIE, 6601, 19, 2007.

49. C. Pennetta, E. Alfinito and L. Reggiani,
"1/f  Noise and Long-term Correlations in Multi-Species Resistor Networks", Procs. 19-th INT. Conf. on Noise and Fluctuations (ICNF ), Tokyo, 9-14 September 2007, Eds. M. Tacano, Y. Yamamoto and M. Nakao,  AIP Conf. Procs. Series, 922, 431, 2007.

48. V. Akimov, E. Alfinito, C. Pennetta,  L. Reggiani, J. Minic, T. Gorojankina, E. Pajot-Augy, R. Salesse,
"An Impedance Network Model for the Electrical Properties of a Single Protein Nanodevice", in Procs.of  the 14th Int. Conf. on Nonequilibrium Carrier Dynamics in Semiconductors (HCIS-14), Chicago, 24-29 July 2005, Ed. by M. Saraniti and U. Ravaioli, Springer Conf. Procs., 110, 219, Bristol, UK 2007.

47. C. Pennetta, "Distribution of Return Intervals of Extreme Events", European Physical Journal B,  50, 95-98, 2006. 

46. G. Gomila, I. Casuso, A. Errachid, O. Ruiz, E. Pajot, J. Minic, T. Gorojankina, M. A. Persuy, J. Aioun, R. Salesse, J. Bausells, G. Villanueva, G. Rius, Y. Hou, N. Jaffrezic, C. Pennetta, E. Alfinito, V. Akimov, L. Reggiani, G. Ferrari, L. Fumagalli, M. Sampietro, J. Samitier, "Advances in the Production, Immobilization and Electrical Characterization of  Olfactory Receptors for Olfactory Nanobiosensor Development", Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 116, 66, 2006.

45. Y. Hou, S. Helali, A. Zhang 2, N. Jaffrezic-Renault, C. Martelet, J. Minic, T. Gorojankina, M. Persuy, E. Pajot-Augy, R. Salesse, F. Bessueille, J. Samitier, A. Errachid, V. Akimov, L. Reggiani, C. Pennetta, E. Alfinito, "Immobilization of Rhodopsin on a Self-Assembled Multilayer and its Specific Detection by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy", Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 21, 1393 (2006).

44. C. Pennetta, V. Akimov, E. Alfinito, L. Reggiani, T. Gorojankina, J. Minic, E. Pajot-Augy, M. A. Persuy, R. Salesse, I. Casuso, A. Errachid, G. Gomila, O. Ruiz, J. Samitier,  Y. Hou, N. Jaffrezic, G. Ferrari, L. Fumagalli, M. Sampietro, "Towards the Realization on Nanobiosensors based on G Protein-Coupled Receptors", chapter in Nanotechnologies for the Life Sciences, (Wiley-VCH Book series), vol. 4: Nanodevices for the Life Sciences, p. 277-240, ed. by Challa S. S. R. Kumar, Wiley-VCH, Berlin, 2006.

43. L. Reggiani, C. Pennetta, V. Akimov, E. Alfinito, M. Rosini (Editors),
Unsolved Problems of Noise and Fluctuations, Procs. of UPoN 2005, 4th Int. Conf. on Unsolved Problems of Noise and Fluctuations in Physiscs, Biology and High Technology, AIP Conf. Procs., 800, New York, 2005.

42. G. Gomila, A. Errachid, F. Bessueille, O. Ruiz, I. Casuso, E. Pajot, J. Minic, T. Gorojankina, R. Salesse, J.G. Villanueva, J. Bausells, C. Pennetta, E. Alfinito, Della Sala F., V. Akimov, L. Reggiani, Y. Hou, N. Jaffrezic, G. Ferrari, L. Fumagalli, M. Sampietro, J. Samitier, "Development of an Artificial Nose Integrating NEMS and Biological Olfactory Receptors", Procs. of the 2005 Spanish Conf. on Electron Devices, Tarragona, Spain, Feb. 2-4, 2005,  IEEE Procs., 05 EX 965, (2005).

41. C. Pennetta, V. Akimov, E. Alfinito, L. Reggiani, G. Gomila, G. Ferrari, L. Fumagalli, M. Sampietro,
"Modelization of Thermal Fluctuations in G Protein-Coupled Receptors", in Noise and Fluctuations, ed. by T. Gonzales, J. Mateos, D. Pardo, 611, AIP Conf. Procs., 780, New York, 2005.

40. C. Pennetta, E. Alfinito, L. Reggiani and S. Ruffo, 
"Non-Gaussian Fluctuations in Biased Resistor Networks: Size Effects Versus Universal Behavior", in Noise and Fluctuations, ed. by T. Gonzales, J. Mateos, D. Pardo, 125-130, AIP Conf. Procs., 780, New York, 2005 (invited paper).

39. E. Alfinito, V. Akimov, C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani and G. Gomila,
"Thermal Fluctuations of a GPCR: A Two Force Constant Model", in Unsolved Problems of Noise and Fluctuations, ed. by L. Reggiani, C. Pennetta, V. Akimov, E. Alfinito, M. Rosini, AIP Conf. Procs., 800, 381, New York, 2005.

38. C. Pennetta and E. Alfinito,
"Distribution of Return Periods of Rare Events in Correlated Time Series", in Unsolved Problems of Noise and Fluctuations, ed. by L. Reggiani, C. Pennetta, V. Akimov, E. Alfinito, M. Rosini, AIP Conf. Procs., 800, 546, New York, 2005 (invited paper).

<> 37.  C. Pennetta, E. Alfinito, L. Reggiani, F. Fantini, I. De Munari and A. Scorzoni,
"A Biased Resistor Network Model for Electromigration Failure and Related Phenomena in Metallic Lines",  Physical Review B,  70, 174305 (2004),  cond-mat/0402557.  

36.  C. Pennetta, V. Akimov, E. Alfinito, L. Reggiani and G. Gomila,
"Fluctuations of Complex Networks: Electrical Properties of Single Protein Nanodevices" (Invited paper), in Noise and Information in Nanoelectronics, Sensors  and Standard, Ed. by J. M. Smulko, Y. Blanter, I. M. Dykman and L. B. Kish, SPIE Proc., 5472, 172 (2004), q-bio.MN/0406018.

35.  C. Pennetta, E. Alfinito, L. Reggiani and S. Ruffo,
"Non-Gaussian Resistance Fluctuations in Disordered Materials", in Noise in Complex Systems and Stochastic Dynamics, Ed. by Z. Gingl, J. M. Sancho, L. Schimansky-Geier and J. Kertesz, SPIE Proc., 5471, 38 (2004), cond-mat/0408057.

34.  G. Gomila, C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani, M. Sampietro, G. Ferrari and G. Bertuccio,
"Shot Noise in Linear Macroscopic Resistors", Phys. Rev. Lett., 92, 226601 (2004).

33.  C. Pennetta, E. Alfinito. L. Reggiani and S. Ruffo,
"Non-Gaussian Resistance Noise Near Electrical Breakdown of Granular Materials", Physica A, 340, 380 (2004).

32.  C. Pennetta, E. Alfinito and L. Reggiani,
"Linear and nonlinear regime of Random Resistor Network under biased percolation" Computational Material Science, 30, 120 (2004).

31.  C. Pennetta, E. Alfinito, L. Reggiani and S. Ruffo,
"Non-Gaussianity of Resistance Fluctuations Near Electrical Breakdown", Semicond. Science Technol. 19, S164  (2004).

30.  E. Alfinito, C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani, F. Fantini, I. De Munari and A. Scorzoni,
"Simulation of  Electromigration Phenomena and Associated Resistance Noise in Al-Cu Metallic Lines", in  Noise and Fluctuations, Proc. 17-th International Conf. on Noise and Fluctuations, Praga 18-23 August 2003, ed. by J. Sikula, CNRL s.r.o., Brno, pp 759-762 (2003).

29. C. Pennetta, E. Alfinito, L. Reggiani, V. Akimov, M. Borgarino and F. Fantini,
"1/f Noise in the Steady State of Random Resistor Networks", in Noise and Fluctuations, Proc. 17-th International Conf. on Noise and Fluctuations, Praga 18-23 August 2003, ed. by J. Sikula, CNRL s.r.o., Brno, pp 651-654 (2003).

28.   C. Pennetta, E. Alfinito and  L. Reggiani,
"Steady State of Random Resistor Networks Under Biased Percolation: a Framework for Noise and Conduction in Disordered Materials?", Proc. of the 3th Int. Conf. on Unsolved Problems of Noise and Fluctuations in Physics, Biology and High Technology, Washington DC, September 2002, (invited paper), Ed. S. M. Bezrukov, AIP Conf. Proc. 665, 480-487(2003).

<>27.    C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani and E. Alfinito,
"Monte Carlo Simulation of Electromigration Phenomena in Metallic Lines", Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 62, 495 (2003).

26.    L. B. Kish, C. Pennetta and Z. Gingl,
"Biased Percolation Approach to Failure Propagation in Nanostructures and prediction of the Total Failure by Electronic Noise Analysis", in Nanoscale Optics and Applications, ed. by G. Cao and W. P. Kirk,  SPIE Proc. 4809, 217 (2002).

25.   C. Pennetta,
"Resistance Noise Near to Electrical Breakdown: Steady State of Random Networks as a Function of the Bias",
Fluctuation and Noise Letters,  2, R29, 2002.

24.   C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani, G. Trefan and E. Alfinito,
"Resistance and Resistance Fluctuations in Random Resistor Networks Under Biased Percolation", Physical Review E, 65, 066119, 2002.

23.   C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani, G. Trefan,
"A Percolative Model of Soft Breakdown in Ultrathin Oxides", Physica B, 314, 400, 2002.

22.   C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani, E. Alfinito and G. Trefan,
"Stationary Regime of Random Resistor Networks Under Biased Percolation",
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 14, 2371, 2002.

21.   C. Pennetta,
"Scaling and Universality of Resistance Noise Near to Electrical Breakdown", in  Noise in Physical Systems and 1/f Fluctuations, ed. by G. Bosman, p. 685, World Scientific, Singapore, 2001, (invited paper).

20.   G. Trefan, C. Pennetta and L. Reggiani,
"A Percolative Approach to Current Fluctuations in the Soft Breakdown of Ultrathin Oxides", in Noise in Physical Systems and 1/f Fluctuations, ed. by G. Bosman, p. 735, World Scientific, Singapore, 2001.

19.   G. Gomila, L. Reggiani,C. Pennetta, M. Sanpietro, G. Ferrari and G. Bertuccio,
"Shot Noise in Macroscopic Resistors: a Predicted Experimental Evidence?", in Noise in Physical Systems and 1/f  Fluctuations, ed. by G. Bosman, p. 289, World Scientific, Singapore, 2001.

18.   C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani, G. Trefan,
"A Percolative Approach to Degradation of Thin Films for Reliability of Electronic Devices", Proc. of the 25th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, Settembre 2000, Osaka, Springer Proc. in Phys. 87, p. 1763, Berlin, 2001.

17.   C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani, G. Trefan, F. Fantini,  A. Scorzoni and I. De Munari,
"Investigation of the Role of Compositional Effects on Electromigration Damage of Metallic Interconnects", Computational Material Science,  22, 13, 2001.

16.   C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani and G. Trefan,
"Scaling Relations and Universality in Electrical Failure Processes of Thin Films: Is It Possible to Predict Failure Times?", Computational Material Science, 22, 7, 2001.

15.   C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani, G. Trefan, R. Cataldo, G. De Nunzio,
"A Percolative Approach to Reliability of thin Film  Interconnects and Ultra-Thin Dielectrics", VLSI Design, 13, 363, 2001.

14.   C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani, G. Trefan, F. Fantini, A. Scorzoni and I. De Munari,
"A Percolative Approach to Electromigration  of Metallic Lines", Journal of Physics D: Appl. Phys., 34, 1421, 2001.

13.   C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani
"Electrical Instability of Thin Films Driven by Joule Heating", Computational Materials Science, 20, 451, 2001.

12.  C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani, G. Trefan,
"A Monte Carlo Percolative Approach to Reliability Analysis of Semiconductor Structures", Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 55, 231, 2001.

11.    C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani, G. Trefan, F. Fantini,  I. De Munari and A. Scorzoni,
"A Percolative Simulation of Electromigration Phenomena", Microelectronic Engineering, 55, 349, 2001.

10.   C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani, G. Trefan, F. Fantini,  I. De Munari and A. Scorzoni,
"A Percolative Approach of Electromigration Modelling", in Materials, Technology and Reliability for Advanced Interconnects and Low-k Dielectrics, ed. by K. Maex, Y. C. Joo, G. S. Oehrlein, S. Ogawa, J. T. Wetzel, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 612, D2.7.1, 2000.

 9.   C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani and G. Trefan,
"Scaling Law of Resistance Fluctuations in Stationary Random Resistor Networks", Physical Review Letters, 85, 5238, 2000.

 8.   C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani and G. Trefan,
"Scaling and Universality in Electrical Failure of Thin Films", Physical Review Letters, 84, 5006, 2000.

 7.   C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani and G. Trefan,
"A Percolative Approach to Reliability of Thin Films", IEEE Trans. on Electronic Devices, 47, 1986, 2000.

 6.  L. Reggiani, C. Pennetta, G. Trefan, J.C. Vaissiere, L. Varani, V. Gruzinskis, A. Reklaitis, P. Shiktorov, E. Starikov, T. Gonzalez, J. Mateos, D. Pardo, O.M. Bulashenko, "Frontiers in Electronic Noise: from Submicron to Nano Structures", International Journal oh High Speed Electronics and Systems, 10, 111, 2000.

  5.   C. Pennetta, G. Trefan, L. Reggiani,
"A Percolative Approach to Resistance Fluctuations", in Unsolved Problems on Noise and Fluctuations , Ed. by D. Abbott  and L.B. Kish, p.447, American Istitute of Physics, 2000.

 4.   C. Pennetta, G. Trefan, L. Reggiani, F. Fantini, I. DeMunari, A. Scorzoni,
"'A Stochastic Approach to Failure Analysis in Electromigration Phenomena", Microelectronics Reliability, 39, 857, 1999.

 3.   C. Pennetta, L. B. Kiss, Z. Gingl and L. Reggiani,
"A Noise Temperature Analysis of the Electrical Degradation of Thin Nanostructured Films", Journal of Nanoparticles Research,2, 97, 2000.

 2.   C. Pennetta, L. B. Kiss, Z. Gingl and L. Reggiani,
"Excess Thermal-Noise in the Electrical Breakdown of Random Resistor Networks", European Physical Journal B, 12, 61, 1999.

 1.   C. Pennetta, L. Reggiani and L. B. Kiss,
"Thermal Effects on the Electrical Degradation of Thin Film Resistors", Physica A, 266, 214, 1999.


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