Andrea Vanossi
Research Experience and Interests
Modeling and Molecular Dynamics simulations of
atomistic processes
Microscopic study of sliding
friction and confined systems under shear
Nanotribological processes in dry and lubricated
contacts
Nanomanipulation, dynamics and diffusion of nano-objects (clusters, molecular motors,…)
on surfaces
Tribological properties of
colloidal systems and granular media
Pattern formation, solitons and energy localization phenomena in complex
multi-scale systems
Nonlinear dynamical systems and
Hamiltonian maps
Statistical theory of
non-equilibrium processes in plasmas