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Controlling Microscopic Friction through Mechanical Oscillations
Roberto Guerra, Andrea Vanossi, Michael Urbakh
We study in detail the recent suggestions by Tshiprut et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 016101 (2005)] to tune tribological properties at the nanoscale by subjecting a substrate to peri…
Silicon Nanocrystallites in SiO2 Matrix: The Role of Disorder and Size
Roberto Guerra, Ivan Marri, Rita Magri +4
We compare, through first-principles pseudopotential calculations, the structural, electronic and optical properties of different size silicon nanoclusters embedded in a SiO2 cryst…
Ballistic nanofriction
Roberto Guerra, Ugo Tartaglino, Andrea Vanossi +1
Sliding parts in nanosystems such as Nano ElectroMechanical Systems (NEMS) and nanomotors, increasingly involve large speeds, and rotations as well as translations of the moving su…
Size, oxidation, and strain in small Si/SiO2 nanocrystals
Roberto Guerra, Elena Degoli, Stefano Ossicini
The structural, electronic and optical properties of Si nanocrystals of different size and shape, passivated with hydrogens, OH groups, or embedded in a SiO2 matrix are studied. Th…
High Luminescence in Small Si/SiO2 Nanocrystals: A Theoretical Study
Roberto Guerra, Stefano Ossicini
In recent years many experiments have demonstrated the possibility to achieve efficient photoluminescence from Si/SiO2 nanocrystals. While it is widely known that only a minor port…