Maria Clelia Righi
Professor
Physics
Istituto Nanoscienze Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Pisa
Italy
Biography
Ph. D in Physics: 23/03/2004, Uni. of Modena and Reggio Emilia Thesis: “First-principles Study on SiC Homoepitaxy” Supervisors: Prof. Carlo Maria Bertoni and Dr. Alessandra Catellani Laurea Degree in Physics: 05/10/1998, Uni. of Modena and Reggio Emilia Thesis: “Density Functional Theory in the Hubbard Model” Supervisor: Prof. Franca Manghi Mark: 110/110 cum laude
Research Interest
Tribochemistry Ab initio molecular dynamics simulation of the chemical processes occurring at the interface between two solids in relative motion interacting with lubricant or environmental (water) molecules. Nanotribology and fundamental aspects of friction Combined ab initio and classical molecular dynamics simulations of nanotribology experiments to understand fundamental laws of friction
Publications
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Zilibotti G, Corni S, Righi MC (2013) Load-Induced Confinement Activates Diamond Lubrication by Water. Phys Rev Lett 111: 146101.
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Levita G, Cavaleiro A, Molinari E, Polcar T, Righi MC (2014) Sliding properties of MoS2 layers: load and interlayer orientation effects. J Phys Chem C 118: 13809-13816.
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De Barros-Bouchet MI, Righi MC, Philippon D, Mambingo-Doumbe S, Le-Mogne T, et al. (2015) Tribochemistry of phosphorus additives: experiments and first-principles calculations. RSC Adv 5: 49270-49279.
