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Franco Musumeci 

Born: March 16, 1949, Catania, Italy

Nationality: Italian

Academic Qualification: 1973 - Degree in Physics at the           University of Catania

Academic Position: 

Full Professor of  Experimental Physics at the University of Catania

Scientific Interests:

Selective surfaces for the thermal conversion of the solar energy.

Theoretical limits of the concentrators for the conversion of the solar energy.

Algorithms for the study and the simulation of the thermal response of buildings. 

Interaction between electromagnetic waves and rough metal surfaces.

Dielectric constant of water near metal surfaces.

Spontaneous and photo-induced ultra-weak photon emission from living systems. 

Non chemical intercellular communication. 

Theoretical model of delayed luminescence.

Application of delayed luminescence in agriculture, ecology and medicine. 

Photo-induced ultra-weak photon emission from collagen and role of water in this phenomenon

Development of innovative instrumentation for delayed luminescence measurements.

Impedance spectroscopy and applications on biological systems.

Scientific Responsible on:

"Influence of pollution on the in-vivo D.L. of Acetabularia" supported by C.N.R." supported by C.N.R.

"Photon emission from biological matter" supported by Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia (I.N.F.M.)

"Potential applications of D.L.from living systems" supported by University of Catania.

Project “ISR-2 – Detecting pollution by enzymatic biosensors and measurements of ultra-weak photon emission” supported by M.I.U.R. Ministero Istruzione, Università e Ricerca (Ministry for Education, University and Research)  

Project “COEBIO - Coherent excitation in biological polymeric chains “ supported by I.N.F.M.  Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia (The National Institute for the Physics of Matter)

Project “DELOS - Delayed luminescence for optical screening“ supported by LNS - I.N.F.N. Laboratori Nazionali del Sud – Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (Southern National Laboratory – National Institute for the Nuclear Physics)

Project “SINPHOS - SINgle PHOton Spectrometer “ supported by LNS - I.N.F.N. Laboratori Nazionali del Sud – Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (Southern National Laboratory – National Institute for the Nuclear Physics)

Project “Analysis of water pollution by means of Photo-induced luminescence” supported by Sicilian Regional Operating Programme

Publications:

About 80 papers on international journals and scientific volumes.

About 100 contributions to national and international scientific congresses.

Contacts:

Phone:+39-095-738-2814 - +39-095-333231(fax)

 email:fmusumec@dmfci.unict.it

 

 

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