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Cesare Franchini

Professore ordinario

Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "Augusto Righi"

Settore scientifico disciplinare: FIS/03 FISICA DELLA MATERIA

Didattica

Argomenti di tesi proposti dal docente.

- Machine Learning for Materials: on-the-fly Machine Learning Force Fields (MD), Bayesian optimization (Potential Energy surfaces), Neural Networks, Kernel Ridge Regression

- First principles modeling of polarons

- First principles and high-throughput calculations of optical properties

- Quantum Magnetism: prediction of unconventional non-collinear spin ordering using first principles methods, many body techniques and Machine Learning

- Correlated and spin-orbit coupled 2D magnets

- Diagrammatic Quantum Monte Carlo: fundamentals and coding (polarons)

- Anharmonic effect in quantum paraelectric materials using first principles methods and machine learning force field: bulk and surfaces

- Computational Surface Science and computational single atom catalysis

- Applications on green Energy: hyrdrogen storage, hydrogen diffusion, perovskite solar cells