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Alfredo Pasquarello is affiliated with École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, physics and astronomy, and engineering, with significant contributions in related subfields such as materials chemistry, atomic and molecular physics and optics, electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy and sustainability, and electronic, optical and magnetic materials.

Their work covers a range of topics including perovskite materials and applications, advanced chemical physics studies, solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography, electronic and structural properties of oxides, optical properties and cooling technologies in crystalline materials, machine learning in materials science, and advanced photocatalysis techniques.

Notable recent papers authored by Alfredo Pasquarello include:

  • On the Electronic and Optical Properties of Metal-Organic Frameworks: Case Study of MIL-125 and MIL-125-NH 2, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Accurate optical spectra through time-dependent density functional theory based on screening-dependent hybrid functionals, 2020, Physical Review Research
  • Range-separated hybrid functionals for accurate prediction of band gaps of extended systems, 2023, npj Computational Materials
  • Finite-size corrections of defect energy levels involving ionic polarization, 2020, Physical review. B./Physical review. B
  • Accurate and efficient band-gap predictions for metal halide perovskites at finite temperature, 2022, npj Computational Materials

Frequent co-authors in their research include Stefano Falletta, Julia Wiktor, Nicola Colonna, Majed Chergui, and Oliviero Cannelli.

Pasquarello's publications are often found in:

  • Physical review. B./Physical review. B
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • npj Computational Materials
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

In addition to journal publications, Alfredo Pasquarello has contributed to book publications, including a title published by EPFL Press eBooks: Alfonso Baldereschi. Son héritage scientifique et humain, scheduled for 2025.

Best Publications

  • QUANTUM ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials

    Paolo Giannozzi;Stefano Baroni;Stefano Baroni;Nicola Bonini;Matteo Calandra

  • Quantum ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials

    P. Giannozzi;S. Baroni;N. Bonini;M. Calandra

  • Finite-size supercell correction schemes for charged defect calculations

    Hannu-Pekka Komsa;Tapio T. Rantala;Alfredo Pasquarello

  • Identification of Raman defect lines as signatures of ring structures in vitreous silica

    Alfredo Pasquarello;Roberto Car

  • Organic Cathode for Aqueous Zn-Ion Batteries: Taming a Unique Phase Evolution toward Stable Electrochemical Cycling

    Dipan Kundu;Pascal Oberholzer;Christos Glaros;Assil Bouzid

  • Ab initio molecular dynamics for d -electron systems: Liquid copper at 1500 K

    Alfredo Pasquarello;Kari Laasonen;Roberto Car;Changyol Lee

  • sp(2)/sp(3) hybridization ratio in amorphous carbon from C 1s core-level shifts: X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and first-principles calculation

    Rainer Haerle;Elisa Riedo;Alfredo Pasquarello;Alfonso Baldereschi

  • First solvation shell of the Cu(II) aqua ion: evidence for fivefold coordination.

    Alfredo Pasquarello;Ingrid Petri;Philip S. Salmon;Olivier Parisel

  • Ab initio molecular dynamics in a finite homogeneous electric field

    P. Umari;Alfredo Pasquarello

  • Defect energy levels in density functional calculations: alignment and band gap problem.

    Audrius Alkauskas;Peter Broqvist;Alfredo Pasquarello

  • Accurate theory of excitons in GaAs-Ga1-xAlxAs quantum wells.

    Lucio Claudio Andreani;Alfredo Pasquarello

  • Defect Levels Through Hybrid Density Functionals: Insights and Applications

    Audrius Alkauskas;Peter Broqvist;Alfredo Pasquarello

  • Structural and electronic properties of liquid and amorphous SiO2: An ab initio molecular dynamics study.

    Johannes Sarnthein;Alfredo Pasquarello;Roberto Car

  • Interface structure between silicon and its oxide by first-principles molecular dynamics

    Alfredo Pasquarello;Alfredo Pasquarello;Mark S. Hybertsen;Roberto Car

  • First-principles codes for computational crystallography in the Quantum-ESPRESSO package

    Sandro Scandolo;Paolo Giannozzi;Carlo Cavazzoni;Stefano de Gironcoli

  • Oxygen vacancy in monoclinic HfO2: A consistent interpretation of trap assisted conduction, direct electron injection, and optical absorption experiments

    Peter Broqvist;Alfredo Pasquarello

  • Band offsets at semiconductor-oxide interfaces from hybrid density-functional calculations

    Audrius Alkauskas;Peter Broqvist;Fabien Devynck;Alfredo Pasquarello

  • Oxide versus Nonoxide Cathode Materials for Aqueous Zn Batteries: An Insight into the Charge Storage Mechanism and Consequences Thereof.

    Pascal Oberholzer;Elena Tervoort;Assil Bouzid;Alfredo Pasquarello

  • Theory of Si 2p core-level shifts at the Si(001)-SiO2 interface.

    Alfredo Pasquarello;Mark S. Hybertsen;Roberto Car

  • Effect of metal elements in catalytic growth of carbon nanotubes

    Oleg V. Yazyev;Alfredo Pasquarello

  • Si 2p core-level shifts at the Si(001)-SiO2 interface: A first-principles study.

    Alfredo Pasquarello;Mark S. Hybertsen;Roberto Car

  • Model of vitreous SiO 2 generated by an ab initio molecular-dynamics quench from the melt

    Johannes Sarnthein;Alfredo Pasquarello;Roberto Car

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Car
Roberto Car Princeton University
Feliciano Giustino
Feliciano Giustino The University of Texas at Austin
Xavier Gonze
Xavier Gonze Université Catholique de Louvain
Lucio Claudio Andreani
Lucio Claudio Andreani University of Pavia
Mark S. Hybertsen
Mark S. Hybertsen Brookhaven National Laboratory
Hannu-Pekka Komsa
Hannu-Pekka Komsa Aalto University
Oleg V. Yazyev
Oleg V. Yazyev École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Bo Monemar
Bo Monemar Linköping University
Arthur C. Gossard
Arthur C. Gossard University of California, Santa Barbara
Sandro Scandolo
Sandro Scandolo International Centre for Theoretical Physics

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