ICTP RESEARCH SECTION

Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Research in the CMSP section spans some of the most exciting areas of theoretical condensed matter physics.

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Research Areas

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Equilibrium and Non-equilibrium Many-body Quantum Systems

The investigations of quantum many-body systems at CMSP bridges different aspects of condensed matter, statistical mechanics and quantum information. The wide spectrum of topics covered includes…

Quantum Systems
Atomistic, Molecular, and Electronic Structure Simulations
Molcules
Materials for Renewable Energy Applications

Efficient collection and storage of renewable forms of energy like solar radiation or wind requires the development of advanced functional materials. CMSP research in the field of sustainable…

Solar panels
Physics of Nanostructures

Understanding the physics of nano-devices offers the fascinating opportunity to explore quantum properties of matter at the mesoscopic level. Besides their fundamental impact on modern technology…

Physics of Nanostructures

Permanent Scientists

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Rosario Fazio

Head of the Section
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Nadia Binggeli

Research Scientist
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Marcello Dalmonte

Research Scientist
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Ralph Gebauer

Senior Research Scientist
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Ali Hassanali

Research Scientist
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Mikhail Kiselev

Senior Research Scientist and Coordinator, Postgraduate Programme Unit
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Sandro Scandolo

Senior Research Scientist and Senior Coordinator, Research and Partnerships
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Antonello Scardicchio

Senior Research Scientist
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Nicola Seriani

Associate Research Scientist
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Upcoming Activities

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04
Dec
2023
08
Dec
2023
Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics
Conference on Fractionalization and Emergent Gauge Fields in Quantum Matter | (smr 3834)
Physical
31
Aug
2023
conference
15
Jan
2024
26
Jan
2024
Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics
School on Synchrotron Light Sources and Their Applications | (smr 3917)
Online
school
15
Jan
2024
19
Jan
2024
Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics
Conference on New Frontiers in Scaling Quantum: from Materials and Hardware to Architectures and Components | (smr 3916)
Physical
15
Dec
2023
conference
16
Jan
2024
19
Jan
2024
Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics
Workshop on Twistronics and Moiré Materials: Bridging Theory and Experiments | (smr 3918)
Physical
15
Nov
2023
workshop

Upcoming Seminars

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics
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Oct
2023
16
Oct
2023
16
Oct
2023
12:00
Joint CMSP-Library Seminar: Insights into Scientific Publishing
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News

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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics
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Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Publications

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Journal article
2023
Zirconium Coordination Chemistry and Its Role in Optimizing Hydroxymate Chelation: Insights from Molecular Dynamics
ACS Omega (2023)
Giulia Sormani | Aruna Korde | Alex Rodriguez | Melissa Denecke | Ali Hassanali
Preprint
2023
Anatomy of the eigenstates distribution: a quest for a genuine multifractality
Anton Kutlin | Ivan M. Khaymovich
Preprint
2023
Diagrammatic method for many-body non-Markovian dynamics: memory effects and entanglement transitions
Giuliano Chiriacò | Mikheil Tsitsishvili | Dario Poletti | Rosario Fazio | Marcello Dalmonte
Journal article
2023
Free energy decompositions illuminate synergistic effects in interfacial binding thermodynamics of mixed surfactant systems
The Journal of Chemical Physics (2023)
Colin K. Egan | Ali Hassanali
Preprint
2023
Many-body magic via Pauli-Markov chains -- from criticality to gauge theories
Poetri Sonya Tarabunga | Emanuele Tirrito | Titas Chanda | Marcello Dalmonte
Preprint
2023
ZundEig: The Structure of the Proton in Liquid Water From Unsupervised Learning
Solana Di Pino | Edward Danquah Donkor | Verónica M. Sánchez | Alex Rodriguez | Giuseppe Cassone | Damian Scherlis | Ali Hassanali
Preprint
2023
Non-parametric learning critical behavior in Ising partition functions: PCA entropy and intrinsic dimension
Rajat K. Panda | Roberto Verdel | Alex Rodriguez | Hanlin Sun | Ginestra Bianconi | Marcello Dalmonte
Preprint
2023
Network science Ising states of matter
Hanlin Sun | Rajat Kumar Panda | Roberto Verdel | Alex Rodriguez | Marcello Dalmonte | Ginestra Bianconi
Preprint
2023
Emergence of non-Abelian SU(2) invariance in Abelian frustrated fermionic ladders
Bachana Beradze | Mikheil Tsitsishvili | Emanuele Tirrito | Marcello Dalmonte | Titas Chanda | Alexander Nersesyan
Preprint
2023
Non-parametric learning critical behavior in Ising partition functions: PCA entropy and intrinsic dimension
Rajat K. Panda | Roberto Verdel | Alex Rodriguez | Hanlin Sun | Ginestra Bianconi | Marcello Dalmonte
Preprint
2023
Network science Ising states of matter
Hanlin Sun | Rajat Kumar Panda | Roberto Verdel | Alex Rodriguez | Marcello Dalmonte | Ginestra Bianconi
Journal article
2023
Examining the origins of observed terahertz modes from an optically pumped atomistic model protein in aqueous solution
PNAS Nexus (2023)
Khatereh Azizi | Matteo Gori | Uriel Morzan | Ali Hassanali | Philip Kurian | P Fratzl

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Workshop on Twistronics and Moiré Materials: Bridging Theory and Experiments…
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Jan
2024
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Jan
2024
15
Nov
2023
Opportunity
  • Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics
"Ludwig Boltzmann" Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship
Postdoctoral Opportunity
15
Nov
2023
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  • Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics
WIEN2k Hands-On Workshop for New and Existing Users | (smr 3929)
workshop
08
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2024
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2024
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2023
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  • Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics
Conference on New Frontiers in Scaling Quantum: from Materials and Hardware to…
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15
Jan
2024
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Jan
2024
15
Dec
2023
Opportunity
  • High Energy, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
  • Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics
  • Earth System Physics
  • Quantitative Life Sciences
  • Science, Technology and Innovation
Training and Research in Italian Laboratories (TRIL)
Laboratory Opportunity
31
Dec
2023
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