AFFILIATION:
S3 Center, Istituto Nanoscienze, CNR
via Campi 213/A, 41125, Modena, Italy
PERSONAL WEBPAGE:
http://www.nano.cnr.it/?mod=peo&id=111
INTERESTS:
Andrea Ferretti works in the field of condensed matter and solid-state physics, performing ab initio simulations at the level of DFT and beyond (e.g. by using many-body perturbation theory (MBPT) methods or Koopmans’ compliant schemes). Current research interests focus on the ab initio study of the electronic and optical properties of organic semiconductors and hybrid interfaces. A list of topics includes:
- Variational formulations of first principles methods for theoretical spectroscopy (methodological developments).
- Interaction of organic molecules with metal surfaces, including the development of effective methods to study the electronic and optical spectroscopies of such systems.
- Electronic structure and transport at the nanoscale: the role and the inclusion of correlation effects; theory and applications.- New schemes for DFT functionals, with particular interest to self-interaction corrections and non-unitary invariant schemes.
- Development of Scientific Software: AF is developer of WanT, Yambo, and Quantum ESPRESSO.