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  1. Protocols for x-ray transient grating pump/optical probe experiments at x-ray free electron lasers

    Article • Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, August 2024, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Prof. Renato Torre

  2. Protein crowding effects on hydration water dynamics

    Article • July 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Renato Torre

  3. Amyloidogenic and non-amyloidogenic molten globule conformation of β-lactoglobulin in self-crowded regime

    Article • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, July 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Renato Torre

  4. Multi-length scale structural investigation of lysozyme self-assembly

    Article • iScience, July 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Renato Torre

  5. Perspectives and recent advances in super-resolution spectroscopy: Stochastic and disordered-based approaches

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, June 2022, American Institute of Physics

    diederik wiersma, Prof. Renato Torre

  6. Temperature Dependence of Spin–Phonon Coupling in [VO(acac)2]: A Computational and Spectroscopic Study

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, September 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  7. Modification of local and collective dynamics of water in perchlorate solution, induced by pressure and concentration

    Article • Journal of Molecular Liquids, September 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Renato Torre

  8. Hard X-ray transient grating spectroscopy on bismuth germanate

    Article • Nature Photonics, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Renato Torre

  9. Exploring the Organometallic Route to Molecular Spin Qubits: The [CpTi(cot)] Case

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, November 2020, Wiley

    Prof. Renato Torre

  10. Pressure Effects on Water Dynamics by Time-Resolved Optical Kerr Effect

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, March 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  11. Spectral super-resolution using random laser as a light source

    Article • Nature Photonics, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Anjani Kumar Tiwari, Prof. Renato Torre

  12. Nucleation in Aqueous KCl Solutions Induced by Laser Pulses

    Article • September 2019, MDPI AG

    Prof. Renato Torre

  13. Spin Dynamics and Phonons, Insights into Potential Molecular Qubits

    Article • September 2019, MDPI AG

    Prof. Renato Torre

  14. First-Principles Investigation of Spin–Phonon Coupling in Vanadium-Based Molecular Spin Quantum Bits

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, July 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  15. A non-traditional approach to cryopreservation by ultra-rapid cooling for human mesenchymal stem cells

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2019, PLOS

    Prof. Renato Torre

  16. Probing Globular Protein Self-Assembling Dynamics by Heterodyne Transient Grating Experiments

    Article • Applied Sciences, January 2019, MDPI AG

    Prof. Renato Torre

  17. Probing Globular Proteins Self-Assembling Dynamics by Heterodyne Transient Grating Experiments

    Article • December 2018, MDPI AG

    Prof. Renato Torre

  18. Scaling Up Electronic Spin Qubits into a Three-Dimensional Metal–Organic Framework

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, August 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  19. Time-domain THz spectroscopy of the characteristics of hydroxyapatite provides a signature of heating in bone tissue

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2018, PLOS

    Prof. Renato Torre

  20. Remote control of random lasing using light-driven actuation of elastomeric medium

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, July 2018, American Institute of Physics

    Dr. Anjani Kumar Tiwari, Prof. Renato Torre

  21. THz time-domain spectroscopic investigations of thin films

    Article • Measurement, March 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Renato Torre

  22. Drawing materials studied by THz spectroscopy

    Article • ACTA IMEKO, September 2017, IMEKO International Measurement Confederation

    Prof. Renato Torre

  23. Spin Dynamics and Low Energy Vibrations: Insights from Vanadyl-Based Potential Molecular Qubits

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, March 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  24. Thin layered drawing media probed by THz time-domain spectroscopy

    Article • The Analyst, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Renato Torre

  25. Second-harmonic generation from plasmon polariton excitation on silver diffraction gratings: comparisons of theory and experiment

    Article • Journal of the Optical Society of America B, December 2016, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  26. Vibrational Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Water

    Article • Chemical Reviews, April 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  27. An ultra-rapid cryo-technique for complex organisms

    Article • Cryobiology, December 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Renato Torre

  28. Supercooling and freezing processes in nanoconfined water by time-resolved optical Kerr effect spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, April 2015, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Prof. Renato Torre

  29. Optical Kerr effect of liquid and supercooled water: The experimental and data analysis perspective

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, August 2014, American Institute of Physics

    Prof. Renato Torre

  30. Frequency-Comb-Assisted Terahertz Quantum Cascade Laser Spectroscopy

    Article • Physical Review X, April 2014, American Physical Society (APS)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  31. Water in a polymeric electrolyte membrane: Sorption/desorption and freezing phenomena

    Article • Journal of Membrane Science, March 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Renato Torre

  32. THz technologies for sensing and non-destructive testing

    Article • January 2014, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  33. Influence of inorganic nanoparticles on the glass transitions of polyurea elastomers (Phys. Status Solidi A 11∕2013)

    Article • physica status solidi (a), November 2013, Wiley

    Prof. Renato Torre, Dr Antoni Sanchez-Ferrer

  34. Evidence of two distinct local structures of water from ambient to supercooled conditions

    Article • Nature Communications, September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Renato Torre

  35. Influence of inorganic nanoparticles on the glass transitions of polyurea elastomers

    Article • physica status solidi (a), September 2013, Wiley

    Prof. Renato Torre, Dr Antoni Sanchez-Ferrer

  36. THz spectroscopy with an absolute frequency scale by a QCL phase-locked to a THz frequency comb

    Article • September 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  37. Observation of nanophase segregation in LiCl aqueous solutions from transient grating experiments

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, July 2013, American Institute of Physics

    Prof. Renato Torre

  38. THz-comb-assisted molecular spectroscopy

    Article • May 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  39. A comparative study on bulk and nanoconfined water by time-resolved optical Kerr effect spectroscopy

    Article • Faraday Discussions, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Renato Torre

  40. THz Spectroscopy with an Absolute Frequency Scale by a QCL Phase-locked to a THz Frequency Comb

    Article • January 2013, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  41. Phase-locking to a free-space terahertz comb for metrological-grade terahertz lasers

    Article • Nature Communications, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Renato Torre

  42. Phase-locking a THz quantum cascade laser to a THz comb through an all-optical beating

    Article • September 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  43. Investigation of Relaxation Processes in Nanocomposites by Transient Grating Experiments

    Article • Materials Science Forum, March 2012, Trans Tech Publications

    Dr Antoni Sanchez-Ferrer, Prof. Renato Torre

  44. Evidence of slow acoustic surface waves on a 1D phononic surface by a pulsed laser spectroscopic technique resolved in time and space

    Article • EPL (Europhysics Letters), February 2012, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Prof. Renato Torre

  45. Propagation of acoustic surface waves on a phononic surface investigated by transient reflecting grating spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, November 2011, Elsevier

    Prof. Renato Torre

  46. Does there exist an anomalous sound dispersion in supercooled water?

    Article • The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics, May 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Renato Torre

  47. Polymer thermal and acoustic properties using heterodyne detected transient grating technique

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics, March 2011, Wiley

    Prof. Renato Torre

  48. The low frequency dynamics of supercooled LiBr, 6H2O

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, January 2011, American Institute of Physics

    Prof. Renato Torre

  49. Temperature of maximum density of water in hydrophilic confinement measured by transient grating spectroscopy

    Article • EPL (Europhysics Letters), October 2010, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Prof. Renato Torre

  50. Acoustic, thermal and flow processes in a water filled nanoporous glass by time-resolved optical spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, September 2010, Elsevier

    Prof. Renato Torre

  51. Monte Carlo calculations of spectral features in random lasing

    Article • Journal of Nanophotonics, March 2010, SPIE

    Prof. Renato Torre

  52. Acoustic phenomena and hydrodynamic flow in a water filled nano-porous glass studied by transient grating spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, March 2010, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Prof. Renato Torre

  53. Inverse freezing in molecular binary mixtures of α-cyclodextrin and 4-methylpyridine

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Renato Torre

  54. The low frequency phonons dynamics in supercooled LiCl, 6H2O

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, September 2009, American Institute of Physics

    Prof. Renato Torre

  55. Structure and Acoustic Properties of Hydrated Nafion Membranes

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, July 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  56. Optical kerr effect measurements on supercooled water: The experimental perspective

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, June 2009, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Prof. Renato Torre

  57. Time‐Resolved Spectroscopy of Water confined in Vycor

    Article • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, May 2008, Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  58. A Transient Grating approach to elastic wave and thermal propagation in a 2D free‐standing micrometric phononic crystal

    Article • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, May 2008, Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  59. Acoustic phenomena in porous media studied by transient grating spectroscopy: a critical test of the Biot theory

    Article • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, May 2008, Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  60. Acoustic phenomena in porous media studied by transient grating spectroscopy: A critical test of the Biot theory

    Article • EPL (Europhysics Letters), February 2008, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Prof. Renato Torre

  61. Time-Resolved Spectroscopy in Complex Liquids

    Article • January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Renato Torre

  62. Transient Grating Experiments in Glass-Former Liquids

    Article • January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Renato Torre

  63. Optical Kerr Effect Experiments on Complex Liquids

    Article • January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Renato Torre

  64. Chaotic behavior of a random laser with static disorder

    Article • Physical Review A, September 2007, American Physical Society (APS)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  65. Analysis of a heterodyne-detected transient-grating experiment on a molecular supercooled liquid. I. Basic formulation of the problem

    Article • Physical Review E, July 2007, American Physical Society (APS)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  66. Analysis of a heterodyne-detected transient-grating experiment on a molecular supercooled liquid. II. Application tom-toluidine

    Article • Physical Review E, July 2007, American Physical Society (APS)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  67. Low-temperature supercooled phase of α-cyclodextrin:4-methylpyridine:water mixture

    Article • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, April 2007, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Prof. Renato Torre

  68. Transient grating study ofm-toluidine from 330 to 190 K

    Article • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, April 2007, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Prof. Renato Torre

  69. Acoustic phenomena in filled porous glasses by time-resolved spectroscopy

    Article • The European Physical Journal Special Topics, February 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Renato Torre

  70. A real-time acquisition system for pump–probe spectroscopy

    Article • The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics, January 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Renato Torre

  71. Percolation transition in water–AOT–decane microemulsion investigated by transient grating measurement

    Article • The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics, January 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Renato Torre

  72. Transient grating experiments on CCl4-filled porous glasses

    Article • The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics, January 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Renato Torre

  73. Supercooled water relaxation dynamics probed with heterodyne transient grating experiments

    Article • Physical Review E, September 2006, American Physical Society (APS)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  74. Characterization of the second-harmonic response of a silver–air interface

    Article • New Journal of Physics, July 2005, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Prof. Renato Torre

  75. Experiments and numerical simulations on lasing in random media

    Article • August 2004, SPIE

    Prof. Renato Torre

  76. Amplified Extended Modes in Random Lasers

    Article • Physical Review Letters, July 2004, American Physical Society (APS)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  77. Structural Relaxation in Supercooled Water by Time‐Resolved Spectroscopy.

    Article • ChemInform, May 2004, Wiley

    Prof. Renato Torre

  78. Heterodyne detected transient gratings in supercooled molecular liquids

    Article • The European Physical Journal B, May 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Renato Torre

  79. Time-resolved optical Kerr effect experiments on supercooled benzene and test of mode-coupling theory

    Article • The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics, May 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Renato Torre

  80. Transient grating experiment on supercooled water

    Article • The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics, May 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Renato Torre

  81. Structural relaxation in supercooled water by time-resolved spectroscopy

    Article • March 2004

    Prof. Renato Torre

  82. Frequency and time resolved light scattering on longitudinal phonons in molecular supercooled liquids

    Article • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, March 2003, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Prof. Renato Torre

  83. Experimental studies of theortho-toluidine glass transition

    Article • February 2003, American Physical Society (APS)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  84. Nonequilibrium thermodynamic description of the coupling between structural and entropic modes in supercooled liquids

    Article • January 2003, American Physical Society (APS)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  85. Relaxation processes in an epoxy resin studied by time-resolved optical Kerr effect

    Article • July 2002, American Physical Society (APS)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  86. Fast dynamics of a fragile glass former by time-resolved spectroscopy

    Article • Philosophical Magazine B, March 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Renato Torre

  87. Structural relaxation process in glass-forming liquids: A comparison between the optical Kerr effect and dielectric spectroscopy

    Article • Philosophical Magazine B, March 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Renato Torre

  88. Translation-rotation coupling in transient grating experiments: Theoretical and experimental evidences

    Article • EPL (Europhysics Letters), November 2001, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Prof. Renato Torre

  89. Time-resolved optical Kerr effect on a fragile glass-forming liquid: Test of different mode coupling theory aspects

    Article • EPL (Europhysics Letters), November 2000, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Prof. Renato Torre

  90. Time-resolved optical Kerr effect in m-toluidine: A test of mode-coupling theory predictions

    Article • Philosophical Magazine B, November 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Renato Torre

  91. Diffusive and oscillatory dynamics of liquid iodobenzene measured by femtosecond optical Kerr effect

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, May 1999, American Institute of Physics

    Prof. Renato Torre

  92. Spectral characterization of fluorescent 5-iodoacetamidotetramethylrhodamine and its N-acetylcysteine derivative

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 1999, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Renato Torre

  93. Effective Shape and Dynamics of Chlorophyll a in a Nematic Liquid Crystal

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, February 1998, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  94. Time-resolved optical Kerr effect in a fragile glass-forming liquid, salol

    Article • February 1998, American Physical Society (APS)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  95. Collective and single-particle dynamics near the isotropic—nematic phase transition

    Article • Philosophical Magazine B, February 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Renato Torre

  96. Light scattering studies of high-frequency relaxation processes in organic glass formers

    Article • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, November 1996, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Prof. Renato Torre

  97. Observations of backscattering effects in second-harmonic generation from a weakly rough metal surface

    Article • Optics Letters, November 1996, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  98. Time Resolved Fluorescence of Dye Solutions in Nematic Liquid Crystals

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, May 1996, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Renato Torre

  99. Photodissociation Dynamics of the Iodine−Arene Charge-Transfer Complex

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, January 1996, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  100. Travelling-wave parametric conversion of microjoule pulses with LBO

    Article • Optics Communications, July 1995, Elsevier

    Prof. Renato Torre

  101. Molecular dynamics of β-carotene in solution by resonance enhanced optical Kerr effect

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, June 1995, American Institute of Physics

    Prof. Renato Torre

  102. Orientational Dynamics in the Isotropic Phase of a Nematic Mixture: Subpicosecond Time Resolved Optical Kerr Effect Experiments on ZLI-1167 Liquid Crystal

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, March 1995, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Renato Torre, Dr Giacomo Saielli

  103. Optical second-harmonic generation during switching in a ferroelectric liquid-crystal cell

    Article • November 1994, American Physical Society (APS)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  104. Modulation of the Optical Second Harmonic Generation in Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, July 1994, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Renato Torre

  105. Optical second harmonic generation in SmC* phase with polarization reversal

    Article • Ferroelectrics, November 1993, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Renato Torre

  106. Influence of local liquid structure on orientational dynamics: isotropic phase of liquid crystals

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, September 1993, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  107. Pre-transitional effects in the liquid—plastic phase transition of p-terphenyl

    Article • Chemical Physics Letters, September 1993, Elsevier

    Prof. Renato Torre

  108. Ultrafast dynamics of nematic liquid crystals in the isotropic phase

    Article • June 1993, SPIE

    Prof. Renato Torre

  109. Orientational dynamics on glassformer 2 [Ca(NO3)2]⋅3[KNO3]: A study by transient optical Kerr effect

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, March 1993, American Institute of Physics

    Prof. Renato Torre

  110. The CARS excitation profile at the MnO−4 ion doped in KClO4

    Article • Chemical Physics Letters, November 1992, Elsevier

    Prof. Renato Torre

  111. Resonance-enhanced time-resolved optical Kerr effect of β-carotene in solution

    Article • Optics Letters, June 1992, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Prof. Renato Torre

  112. Nanosecond time scale dynamics of pseudo-nematic domains in the isotropic phase of liquid crystals

    Article • Chemical Physics Letters, June 1992, Elsevier

    Prof. Renato Torre

  113. Molecular dynamics of β-carotene in solution measured by subpicosecond transient optical Kerr effect

    Article • Chemical Physics Letters, May 1992, Elsevier

    Prof. Renato Torre

  114. The dynamics of succinonitrile in the plastic phase by subpicosecond time-resolved optical Kerr effect

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, January 1992, American Institute of Physics

    Prof. Renato Torre

  115. Diagrammatic representation of the third-order polarization in transient CARS

    Article • Il Nuovo Cimento D, June 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Renato Torre

  116. Calculation of the signal time-profile in transient CARS experiments

    Article • Applied Physics B Photophysics and Laser Chemistry, February 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Renato Torre

  117. Picosecond measurements of relaxation of internal modes in crystalline benzene as a function of temperature

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, September 1990, American Institute of Physics

    Prof. Renato Torre

  118. Chaotic Behavior of Random Lasers

    Article • SPIE

    Prof. Renato Torre

  119. Transient Grating Experiments in Supercooled Liquids

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Renato Torre