Fabio Bernardini

Biography

Permanent position as Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics of the University of Cagliari, (Italy).

Research Interest

Fabio Bernardini has a wide background in first principles calculations. From its graduation in Rome to the present day he devoted its activity to the study of solid state properties using firstprinciples approach (Density Functional Theory) focusing on : (i) chemisorption of atoms at semiconductor surfaces; (ii) formation of Schottky barriers at semiconductors-metal interfaces; (iii) semiconductors interfaces band offsets and thermodynamics; (iv) structural, electronic and thermodynamic properties of defects in semiconductors; (v) diffusion of atoms in crystalline matrices, (vi) extended defects in silicon carbide, (vii) dilute magnetic semiconductors, (viii) point defects in superconducting MgB2, (ix) magnetism in iron based superconductors, (x) interpretation of muon spin rotation experiments by first-principles approach. He is author (or co-author) of 67 papers (about 4500 citations, h-index 25) and has received ten invitations to internationals conferences in the field of semiconductor physics. Among the achievement of his scientific production deserve a special attention the investigations made on the pyroelectric, piezoeletric and dielectric properties of III-V semiconducting nitrides and their alloys (AlInGaN), their consequences on nanostructured device performances made in collaboration with Rutgers University (USA), Walter Schottky Institute (Munich) and the Optoelectronic Laboratory at the Department of Engineerring of the Universtity of Rome. His present interests focus on the calculation of superconducting properties of solids from first principles methods, DFT approach to superconductivity (SC-DFT).