{"id":221,"date":"2018-03-07T15:43:01","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T14:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tribchem.it\/mesmerize\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T12:20:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T12:20:32","slug":"mesmerize","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tribchem.it\/","title":{"rendered":"Materials Modeling &#038; Tribology Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"221\" class=\"elementor elementor-221\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-95d1111 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"95d1111\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f24ec1\" data-id=\"3f24ec1\" 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applying computational tools to <strong>understand and predict the properties and behavior of materials<\/strong> from first principles. We employ a range of methods, including density functional theory, high-throughput calculations, classical and ab initio molecular dynamics, machine learning techniques and multi-scale simulations.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\">Our research primarily targets surface and interface phenomena such as <strong>materials growth, catalysis and tribology<\/strong>\u2013 the study of adhesion, friction, lubrication and wear.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\">In collaboration with experimental research groups and industries we integrate in silico experiments with real-world experiments to tackle problems that are fundamental in nature and yet have <strong>great technological impact<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\">Through our work, we aim to develop improved materials that contribute to addressing global challenges such as <strong>reducing energy losses and CO\u2082 emissions<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-709ffbfb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"709ffbfb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47ab42c3\" data-id=\"47ab42c3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19ae14b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19ae14b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-3-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-847 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.tribchem.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ic1.png?resize=75%2C75\" sizes=\"(max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.tribchem.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ic1.png?w=890 890w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.tribchem.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ic1.png?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.tribchem.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ic1.png?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.tribchem.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ic1.png?resize=768%2C768 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Department of Physics and Astronomy<\/span><br><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Alma Mater Studiorum &#8211; University of Bologna<\/span><br><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Viale Berti Pichat 6\/2, 40127, Bologna, Italy<\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color: #e43c19; text-align: center;\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-848 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tribchem.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ic2.png?resize=75%2C75\" sizes=\"(max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tribchem.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ic2.png?w=890 890w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tribchem.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ic2.png?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tribchem.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ic2.png?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tribchem.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ic2.png?resize=768%2C768 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\"><\/span><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Prof. Clelia Righi<\/span><br><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">clelia.righi @ unibo.it<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-849 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.tribchem.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ic3.png?resize=75%2C75\" sizes=\"(max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.tribchem.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ic3.png?w=890 890w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.tribchem.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ic3.png?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.tribchem.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ic3.png?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.tribchem.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ic3.png?resize=768%2C768 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\"><\/span><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Prof. Clelia Righi&#8217;s office<\/span><br><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">(+39) 051 209 5107<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our research group focuses on developing and applying computational tools to understand and predict the properties and behavior of materials from first principles. 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