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  • 2005 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For important contributions to the development and implementation of abinitio computational methods, and for pioneering investigations that led to deep insights into the behavior of diverse condensed matter, chemical, and biomolecular systems

Overview

Wanda Andreoni is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the field of Chemistry, with a focus on Electrochemistry and Mechanical Engineering. Their work also intersects with Water Science and Technology, Pollution, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability, and the Environment.

The main topics of their publications include:

  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
  • Membrane Separation and Gas Transport
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies

Among their recent papers are:

  • "How natural materials remove heavy metals from water: mechanistic insights from molecular dynamics simulations," 2021, Chemical Science
  • "CO2 Capture and Release in Amine Solutions: To What Extent Can Molecular Simulations Help Understand the Trends?", 2023, Molecules
  • "Alfonso Baldereschi," 2024, Physics Today
  • "Fate of Cadmium and Lead Nitrates in Water," 2025, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Andreoni include:

  • Fabio Pietrucci
  • Mauro Boero
  • Changru Ma
  • Erio Tosatti
  • N. O. Lipari

Scientific contributions have been published in venues such as:

  • Chemical Science
  • Molecules
  • Physics Today
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

In addition to journal articles, Andreoni has contributed to book publications, including a work titled "Alfonso Baldereschi. Son héritage scientifique et humain," published by EPFL Press eBooks in 2025.

Wanda Andreoni was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2005 with the citation recognizing contributions to the development and implementation of ab initio computational methods and pioneering investigations into the behavior of various condensed matter, chemical, and biomolecular systems.

Best Publications

  • Thiols and Disulfides on the Au(111) Surface: The Headgroup−Gold Interaction

    Henrik Grönbeck;and Alessandro Curioni;Wanda Andreoni

  • The Chemistry of Water on Alumina Surfaces: Reaction Dynamics from First Principles

    Kenneth C. Hass;William F. Schneider;Alessandro Curioni;Wanda Andreoni

  • Melting of small gold particles: Mechanism and size effects.

    Furio Ercolessi;Wanda Andreoni;Erio Tosatti

  • N-type organic thin-film transistor with high field-effect mobility based on a N,N′-dialkyl-3,4,9,10-perylene tetracarboxylic diimide derivative

    Patrick R. L. Malenfant;Christos D. Dimitrakopoulos;Jeffrey D. Gelorme;Laura L. Kosbar

  • Alq3: ab initio calculations of its structural and electronic properties in neutral and charged states

    Alessandro Curioni;Mauro Boero;Wanda Andreoni

  • Structural and electronic properties of sodium microclusters (n=2–20) at low and high temperatures: New insights from ab initio molecular dynamics studies

    Ursula Röthlisberger;Wanda Andreoni

  • Equilibrium structures and finite temperature properties of silicon microclusters from ab initio molecular-dynamics calculations.

    Pietro Ballone;Wanda Andreoni;Roberto Car;Michele Parrinello

  • Structure of nanoscale silicon clusters.

    Ursula Röthlisberger;Wanda Andreoni;Michele Parrinello

  • Ab initio calculations of the quasiparticle and absorption spectra of clusters: The sodium tetramer.

    Giovanni Onida;Lucia Reining;R. W. Godby;R. Del Sole

  • Blue Gene: a vision for protein science using a petaflop supercomputer

    F. Allen;G. Almasi;W. Andreoni;D. Beece

  • First-principles calculations of self-diffusion constants in silicon.

    Peter E. Blöchl;Enrico Smargiassi;Roberto Car;D. B. Laks

  • First-Principles Molecular Dynamics Simulations of H2O on α-Al2O3 (0001)

    K. C. Hass and;W. F. Schneider;A. Curioni and;W. Andreoni

  • Structural and Electronic Properties of La@C82

    Kari Laasonen;Wanda Andreoni;Michele Parrinello

  • Efficient linear scaling geometry optimization and transition-state search for direct wavefunction optimization schemes in density functional theory using a plane-wave basis

    Salomon R Billeter;Alessandro Curioni;Wanda Andreoni

  • New advances in chemistry and materials science with CPMD and parallel computing

    Wanda Andreoni;Alessandro Curioni

  • Impurity states in doped fullerenes: C59B and C59N

    Wanda Andreoni;François Gygi;Michele Parrinello

  • Gold and platinum microclusters and their anions: comparison of structural and electronic properties

    Henrik Grönbeck;Wanda Andreoni

  • ATOM-RESOLVED ELECTRONIC SPECTRA FOR ALQ3 FROM THEORY AND EXPERIMENT

    A. Curioni;W. Andreoni;R. Treusch;F. J. Himpsel

  • Key Steps of the cis-Platin-DNA Interaction: Density Functional Theory-Based Molecular Dynamics Simulations

    Paolo Carloni;and Michiel Sprik;Wanda Andreoni

  • Structural, electronic, and vibrational properties of Si(111)-2 x 1 from ab initio molecular dynamics.

    F. Ancilotto;F. Ancilotto;W. Andreoni;W. Andreoni;Annabella Selloni;Annabella Selloni;Roberto Car;Roberto Car

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Car
Roberto Car Princeton University
Ursula Rothlisberger
Ursula Rothlisberger École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Henrik Grönbeck
Henrik Grönbeck Chalmers University of Technology
Fred Wudl
Fred Wudl University of California, Santa Barbara
Paolo Carloni
Paolo Carloni Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jürg Hutter
Jürg Hutter University of Zurich
Francois Gygi
Francois Gygi University of California, Davis
Kosmas Prassides
Kosmas Prassides Osaka Metropolitan University

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