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Rack-and-pinion effects in molecular rolling friction
Oleg M. Braun, Erio Tosatti
Rolling lubrication with spherical molecules working as 'nanobearings' has failed experimentally so far, without a full understanding of the physics involved and of the reasons why…
Modeling the Unconventional Superconducting Properties of Expanded AC Fullerides
M. Capone, M. Fabrizio, C. Castellani +1
The trivalent alkali fullerides AC, where C are a well established family of molecular superconductors. The electron pairing has s-wave symmetry and is due to sta…
Two-level Physics in a Model Metallic Break Junction
P. Lucignano, G. E. Santoro, M. Fabrizio +1
We consider a model inspired by a metal break-junction hypothetically caught at its breaking point, where the non-adiabatic center-of-mass motion of the bridging atom can be treate…
Charging Induced Emission of Neutral Atoms from NaCl Nanocube Corners
Davide Ceresoli, Tatyana Zykova-Timan, Erio Tosatti
Detachment of neutral cations/anions from solid alkali halides can in principle be provoked by donating/subtracting electrons to the surface of alkali halide crystals, but generall…
Magnetic phenomena, spin-orbit effects, and Landauer conductance in Pt nanowire contacts
Alexander Smogunov, Andrea Dal Corso, Erio Tosatti
Platinum monatomic nanowires were predicted to spontaneously develop magnetism, involving a sizable orbital moment via spin orbit coupling, and a colossal magnetic anisotropy. We p…