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Cesare Franchini

Full Professor

Department of Physics and Astronomy "Augusto Righi"

Academic discipline: FIS/03 Physics of Matter

Research

Keywords: Computational Quantum Materials

My research is concerned with the theoretical understanding and computational modeling of complex materials using quantum mechanical methodologies based on Density Functional Theory (DFT), Hartee-Fock, Many-body perturbation theory (GW, RPA, BSE), model electronic/spin effective Hamiltonians, molecular dynamics and quantum/classical Monte Carlo schemes. The main research area is Computational Quantum Materials in three (bulk) and reduced dimensions (surfaces, interfaces and nanostructures). Quantum Materials is a broad concept in condensed matter beyond strongly correlated electron systems.
At its core, the field of Quantum Materials deals with emergent phenomena in systems with many strongly interacting degrees of freedom (lattice-spin-orbital) and covers the new field of research aiming to unravelling novel electronic and magnetic phases with fundamental and applicative interest with several intermingled conceptual challenges: Mott physics, superconductivity, topological Dirac/Weyl phases, non-collinear spin orderings (Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya, Kitaev, anisotropic exchange, skyrmions), electron-hole interactions (excitons), multiferroism and van der Waals interactions, to name the most representative ones.

Master Thesis available