Research Topics
- Granular Matter
- Compaction of cohesive material
- Shead-bands
- Charged grains in suspensions
- Influence of particle shapes
- Porosity: Geometry and friction effects
- Friction
- Dissipation in dynamic force microscopy
- Magnetic friction
- Nonlinear mesoscopic friction
- Nano-particles
- Sintering of nano-particles
- Impedance of particle networks
- Conductance of nano-powders
- Epitaxial growth
- Pulsed deposition
- Surface instabilities
- Traffic
- Cellular automata models for three phase traffic theory
- Soft Matter and Interfaces (Dr. Ana Vila Verde)
- Halophilic proteins
- Fluorinated (bio)molecules
- Mechanical response of proteins
- Hydration of inorganic and organic ions
- Force field development
Methods
- Model setup
- Contact dynamics
- Molecular dynamics
- Monte-Carlo Simulations
- Cellular automata
