Scientific Board

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Scientific Board
The Scientific Board is composed by some of the
Tethis co-founder and by two scientists not
directly involved in the firms activities.

• 2 external members
• Prof. Pier Giuseppe Pelicci, Director of the
  Experimental Oncology Dept., Europena Institue of
  Oncology, Milano Prof. Massimo Sancrotti,
  Analytical Division Leader, TASC-INFM National
  Laboratory, Trieste, Italy

• 5 co-founders members
• Prof. Paolo Milani
• Dott. Emanuele Barborini
• Dott. Paolo Piseri
• Dott. Andrea Ridi
• Dott. Simone Vinati

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Board of Directors
The Board of directors is composed by six Tethis
co-founders and one delegate from the University
of Milano.

• Six co-founders members
• Dott. Stefano Morri - President
• Dott. Andrea Ridi - CEO
• Dott. Mario Zanone Poma
• Prof. Paolo Milani
• Ing. Giovanbattista Laghezza
• Dott. Massimo Gatelli

• One delegate from the University of Milano
• - Prof. Gianpiero Sironi

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Main features of the technology

• Production and deposition of thin films through
  cluster assembling on metallic, semi-conducting,
  polymeric and organic substrates
• Compatible with traditional thin films
  deposition techniques, for the production of
  nano-composite materials
• Compatible with microelectronics planar
  technologies
• Parallel production processes with high
  deposition rate
• Production of micro and nanopatterned films with
  high spatial resolution and aspect ratio

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Fields of application

• Tethis technology provide an high versatility
  and has a very broad application spectrum, i.e.
• nanostructured sensor arrays for gas sensing,
  electronic nose, multi-parametric sensors,
  environmental monitoring
• supercapacitors
• fuel cells
• photo-catalytic devices
• lab on a chip for bio-technological applications
  (proteomics, genomics e post genomics)
• bio-compatible materials for tissue engineering

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Technology (1)
The production technique, called Supersonic
Cluster Beams Deposition (SCBD), consists in the
assembling of clusters produced in supersonic
expansions. The cluster source, called Pulsed
Microplasma Cluster Source (PMCS) was designed,
developed, and patented by three co-founders of
Tethis
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Technology (2)
PMCS principle of operation
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Microplasma formation due to an intense electric
discharge Ion sputtering of cathode surface
Injection of an inert gas pulse
Expansion of the mixture gas-clusters into a
supersonic cluster beam
Thermalization of the ablated material and
cluster aggregation
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Pre-Industrial Deposition Apparatus (1)
This apparatus is at the LGM Labs, University of
Milano. It can be used by Tethis personnel due to
an agreement between Tethis, INFM and the
University of Milano
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An example Nanostructured composites materials
for electrochemical applications
Platinum content 1 at.
Increase of Platinum content
Platinum content 20 at.