Fracture
The fracture strength of materials depends in a non-trivial manner on the characteristic length-scales of the specimen and represents a fundamental open problem of science and engineering.
Plasticity
Plastic deformation is a paradigmatic problem of multiscale materials modeling. Relevant processes range from the atomistic scale where the atomic arrangement of a material are of crucial importance…
Friction
Understanding the microscopic mechanisms that govern friction represents a fundamental scientific problem with important practical applications. According to the macroscopic description dating…
Mechanical Metamaterials
Designing materials with tailored mechanical properties and functionality still remains a great scientific and technological challenge, with huge potential for engineering applications and societal gains.
Computational Biophysics
We have a strong collaboration with the group of Caterina La Porta. Together we are pursuing collaborative research on a variety of topics such as cell division, collective cell migration…
Complex Systems and Data Science
We study emering properies of complex systems through statistical mechanics models. We also develop statistical and visualization algorithms for data intense problems in different fields…
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