Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry
Department of Chemical and Environmental Sciences
Via Lucini 3, I-22100 Como, Italy
Tel:++ 39 031 326218
Fax: ++ 39 031 326230
E-mail: fois@uninsubria.it

Prof. Ettore Fois studied Chemistry at the University of Sassari, then he earned his PhD in Chemical Sciences at the University of Milan (supervisors Prof M. Simonetta and Prof. A. Gamba). His postdoctoral years were spent in the Solid State Group at SISSA (Trieste) working with Prof. R. Car, Prof. M. Parrinello and Prof. A. Selloni. Then he moved to Oxford University, at the Physical Chemistry Laboratory as Research Assistant, working in the group directed by Prof P. Madden. He has been as long term visiting scientist in various institutions: IBM Research Laboratory in Rüschlikon, Zürich (Prof. M. Parrinello), Physical Chemistry Department, University of Geneve (Prof. A. Selloni), Max-Plank Instutut für Feskörperforschung in Stuttgart (Prof. M. Parrinello). Now he is Associated Professor of Physical Chemistry at the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences at the University of Insubria at Como.

Intermolecular electronic excitation transfer in a confined space: A first-principles study. Fois E, Gamba A, Medici C, Tabacchi G, CHEMPHYSCHEM 6 (9): 1917-1922 SEP 5 2005

Conjugated molecules in nanochannels: nanoengineering for optoelectronics. Tubino R, Fois E, Gamba A, Macchi G, Meinardi F, Minoia A. STUDIES IN SURFACE SCIENCE AND CATALYSIS 155: 501-510 2005

Electronic spectra of Ti(IV) in zeolites: An ab initio approach. Fois E, Gamba A, Tabacchi G. CHEMPHYSCHEM 6 (7): 1237-1239 JUL 11 2005

Molecular dynamics simulation of reconstructive phase transitions on an anhydrous zeolite. Ceriani C, Laio A, Fois E, Gamba A, Martonak R, Parrinello M. PHYSICAL REVIEW B 70 (11): Art. No. 113403 SEP 2004

A molecular dynamics study of the behavior of sodium in low albite. Alberti A, Fois E, Gamba A. AMERICAN MINERALOGIST 88 (1): 1-10 JAN 2003.

First-principles molecular dynamics investigation of the D-amino acid oxidative half-reaction catalyzed by the flavoenzyme D-amino acid oxidase. Tilocca A, Gamba A, Vanoni MA, Fois E. BIOCHEMISTRY 41 (48): 14111-14121 DEC 3 2002.

First-principles simulation of the intracage oxidation of nitrite to nitrate sodalite. Fois E, Gamba A, Tabacchi G. CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS 329 (1-2): 1-6 OCT 13 2000

PROPERTIES OF SUPERCRITICAL WATER - AN AB-INITIO SIMULATION. FOIS ES, SPRIK M, PARRINELLO M. CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS 223 (5-6): 411-415 JUL 1 1994.

SELF-INTERACTION CORRECTED DENSITY FUNCTIONALS AND THE STRUCTURE OF METAL-CLUSTERS. FOIS ES, PENMAN JI, MADDEN PA. OURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS 98 (8): 6352-6360 APR 15 1993

STRUCTURE, ELECTRONIC-PROPERTIES, AND DEFECTS OF AMORPHOUS GALLIUM-ARSENIDE. FOIS E, SELLONI A, PASTORE G, ZHANG QM, CAR R. PHYSICAL REVIEW B 45 (23): 13378-13382 JUN 15 1992

MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS STUDIES ON ZEOLITES .4. DIFFUSION OF METHANE IN SILICALITE. DEMONTIS P, FOIS ES, SUFFRITTI GB, QUARTIERI S. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 94 (10): 4329-4334 MAY 17 1990