Research interests

My research activity has been until now devoted to the atomistic simulation of nanomaterials and to the determination of their electronic and structural properties. In particular, my most recent research work is concerned with the computational investigation of the morphology and finite size effects in metallic nanoparticles either deposited on oxide surfaces or in solution, using empirical and semi-empirical models. I have also used similar approaches to investigate structural properties of stretched nanowires. During my PhD, I have performed ab-initio studies of many-electron systems such as conducting nanometric wires and surfaces of low-electron density. Recently, to exploit my working knowledge of both semi-empirical and ab initio approaches, I undertook the investigation of thermodynamic properties and electron transfer parameters of room-temperature ionic liquids.

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