Dr. Nicola Montinaro Profile

Dr. Nicola Montinaro

at INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo Giuseppe S. Vaiana

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SPIE Journal Paper | 18 August 2023 Open Access

Elastic characterization of nanometer-thick polymeric film for astrophysics application with an experimental-numerical method

Nicola Montinaro, Ugo Lo Cicero, Fabio D’Anca, Enrico Bozzo, Stéphane Paltani, Marco Barbera

JATIS, Vol. 9, Issue 03, 034005, (August 2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.9.3.034005

KEYWORDS: Film thickness, Elasticity, Polymers, Aluminum, Tunable filters, Polymer thin films, Elastic modulus, Materials properties, Coating, Thin films

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SPIE Journal Paper | 6 April 2023 Open Access

Design and acoustic tests of the ATHENA WFI filter wheel assembly development model towards TRL5

Szymon Polak, Jacek Musiał, Robert Pietrzak, Adam Sikorski, Mateusz Dumin, Adam Dacko, Mirosiław Rataj, Tomasz Barciński, Tadeusz Kamisiński, Adam Pilch, Wojciech Binek, Grzegorz Woźniak, Monika Zuchniak, Agata Różańska, Norbert Meidinger, Marcus Plattner, Jintin Frank, Rafael Strecker, Andreas von Kienlin, Marco Barbera, Fabio D’Anca, Daniele Gulli, Ugo Lo Cicero, Nicola Montinaro, Giancarlo Parodi, Enrico Bozzo, Stephane Paltani

JATIS, Vol. 9, Issue 02, 024002, (April 2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.9.2.024002

KEYWORDS: Tunable filters, Design and modelling, Acoustics, Scanning probe lithography, Optical filters, Baffles, Equipment, Breadboards, Vibration, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Filters design and characterization for LAD instrument onboard eXTP

Ugo Lo Cicero, Marco Barbera, Nicola Montinaro, Fabio D’Anca, Michela Todaro, Elena Puccio, Luisa Sciortino, Filippo Ambrosino, Riccardo Campana, Tianxiang Chen, Yong Chen, Yuri Evangelista, Marco Feroci, Na Gao, Fangjun Lu, Yupeng Xu, Levent Cibik, Michael Krumrey

Proceedings Volume 12181, 121816H (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2631556

KEYWORDS: Aluminum, Optical filters, Sensors, X-rays, Coating, Prototyping, Collimators, Oxygen, Data modeling, Transmittance

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Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Carbon nanotubes thin filters for x-ray detectors in space

Marco Barbera, Ugo Lo Cicero, Luisa Sciortino, Michela Todaro, Elena Puccio, Fabio D'Anca, Nicola Montinaro, Salvatore Varisco, Pekka Törmä, Lauri Riuttanen, Ilkka Varjos, Bjorn Mikladal, Elena Magnano, Igor Pis, Christian Gollwitzer, Evelyn Handick, Michael Krumrey, Christian Laubis

Proceedings Volume 12181, 121814H (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2631516

KEYWORDS: Aluminum, X-rays, Pellicles, Transmittance, Oxides, Optical filters, X-ray detectors, Manufacturing

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Proceedings Article | 20 July 2018 Paper

Electroplated bismuth absorbers for planar NTD-Ge sensor arrays applied to hard x-ray detection in astrophysics

S. Ferruggia Bonura, D. Gulli, M. Barbera, A. Collura, L. Sciortino, D. Spoto, M. Todaro, E. Puccio, N. Montinaro, S. Varisco, M. Santamaria, F. Di Franco, A. Maniscalco, A. Zaffora, L. Botta, U. Lo Cicero

Proceedings Volume 10709, 107092D (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314195

KEYWORDS: Bismuth, Electroplating, Hard x-rays, X-rays, Quantum efficiency, Sensors, Germanium, X-ray detectors

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Radio frequency shielding of thin aluminized plastic filters investigated for the ATHENA X-IFU detector

Ugo Lo Cicero, Giuseppe Lo Cicero , Elena Puccio, Nicola Montinaro, Daniele Gulli, Michela Todaro, Enrico Calandra, Pekka Törmä, Francesco Cuttaia, Fabrizio Villa , Salvatore Ferruggia Bonura , Giuseppe Lullo, Alfonso Collura , Fabio D’Anca, Luisa Sciortino , Salvatore Varisco, Brian Jackson, Bert-Joost van Leeuwen, Emilie Gloaguen, M. Barbera

Proceedings Volume 10699, 106994R (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313257

KEYWORDS: Aluminum, Signal attenuation, Coating, Antennas, Sensors, X-rays, X-ray detectors, Optical filters, Thin films, Copper

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