Recent publications from the members of the group (or see Google scholar):

• M. Angeli, D. Mandelli, A. Valli, A. Amaricci, M. Capone, E. Tosatti, M. Fabrizio, “Emergent D6 symmetry in fully-relaxed magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene”,  arXiv 1809.11140
• Franco Pellegrini, Emanuele Panizon, Giuseppe Santoro, Erio Tosatti, “Thermolubricity and the Jarzynski equality”, arXiv:1809.01609
• Marcin Kisiel, Oleg O. Brovko, Dilek Yildiz, Rémy Pawlak, Urs Gysin, Erio Tosatti and Ernst Meye, “Mechanical dissipation from charge and spin transitions in oxygen-deficient SrTiO3 surfaces”, Nature Communications 9, 2946 (2018)
• Pier Paolo Baruselli, Erio Tosatti, “Finite-frequency dissipation in a driven Kondo model”, arXiv 1804:04999
• Sandro Sorella, Kazuhiro Seki, Oleg O. Brovko, Tomonori Shirakawa, Shohei Miyakoshi, Seiji Yunoki, Erio Tosatti “Correlation-Driven Dimerization and Topological Gap Opening in Isotropically Strained Graphene” Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 066402 (2018) [arxiv]
• Juraj Hašík, Erio Tosatti, and Roman Martoňák, “Quantum and classical ripples in graphene”, Phys. Rev. B 97, 140301(R) [arxiv]
• Tommaso Zanca, Franco Pellegrini, Giuseppe E. Santoro, and Erio Tosatti, “Frictional lubricity enhanced by quantum mechanics”,  PNAS 115,  3547-3550 (2018) [arxiv]
• T. Brazda, A. Silva, N. Manini, A. Vanossi, R. Guerra, E. Tosatti, and C. Bechinger, “Experimental Observation of the Aubry Transition in Two-Dimensional Colloidal Monolayers”, Phys. Rev. X 8, 011050
• Emanuele Panizon, Giuseppe E. Santoro, Erio Tosatti, Gabriele Riva, and Nicola Manini, “Analytic understanding and control of dynamical friction”, Phys. Rev. B 97, 104104 [arxiv]
• Emanuele Panizon, Torben Marx, Dirk Dietzel, Franco Pellegrini, Giuseppe E Santoro, Andre Schirmeisen and Erio Tosatti, “Friction anomalies at first-order transition spinodals: 1T-TaS2“, New Journal of Physics 20, 023-033
  
• Yang Gao, Tengfei Cao, Filippo Cellini, Claire Berger, Walter A. de Heer, Erio Tosatti, Elisa Riedo and Angelo Bongiorno, “Ultrahard carbon film from epitaxial two-layer graphene” Nature Nanotechnology 13, 133–138 (2018) [arxiv]
• Yu Wang, Shu-Qing Jiang, Alexander F. Goncharov, Federico A. Gorelli, Xiao-Jia Chen, Dušan Plašienka, Roman Martoňák, Erio Tosatti, and Mario Santoro, “Synthesis and Raman spectroscopy of a layered SiS2 phase at high pressures” J. Chem. Phys. 148, 014503 (2018)
•  L. Gigli, N. Manini, E. Tosatti, R. Guerra and A. Vanossi, “Lifted graphene nanoribbons on gold: from smooth sliding to multiple stick-slip regimes” Nanoscale 10, 2073 (2018). [arxiv]
• C. Apostoli, G. Giusti, J. Ciccoianni, G. Riva, R. Capozza, R.L. Woulaché, A. Vanossi, E. Panizon and N. Manini, “Velocity dependence of sliding friction on a crystalline surface”, Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 8, 2186–2199 (2017).
• O.O. Brovko and E. Tosatti, “Controlling the magnetism of oxygen surface vacancies in SrTiO3 through charging”, Phys. Rev. Materials 1, 044405 (2017). [arXiv]
• A. Nava, C. Giannetti, A. Georges, E. Tosatti, and M. Fabrizio, “Cooling quasiparticles in A3C60 fullerides by excitonic mid-infrared absorption”, Nature Phys. 14, 4288 (2018). [arXiv]
• R. Martoňák, D. Ceresoli, T. Kagayama, Y. Matsuda, Y. Yamada, and E. Tosatti, “High-pressure phase diagram, structural transitions, and persistent nonmetallicity of BaBiO3: Theory and experiment”, Phys. Rev. Materials 1, 023601 (2017). [arXiv]
• M. Fabrizio, T. Qin, S.S. Naghavi, and E. Tosatti, “Two-Band s (+/-) Strongly Correlated Superconductivity in K3 p-Terphenyl?”, arXiv:1705.05066 (2017).
• R. Guerra, I. Leven, A. Vanossi, O. Hod, and E. Tosatti, “Smallest Archimedean Screw: Facet Dynamics and Friction in Multiwalled Nanotubes”, Nano Letters 17, 5321-5328 (2017). [arXiv]
• L. Gigli, N. Manini, A. Benassi, E. Tosatti, A. Vanossi, and R. Guerra, “Graphene nanoribbons on gold: understanding superlubricity and edge effects”, 2D Materials 4, 045003 (2017). [arXiv]
• E. Panizon, R. Guerra, and E. Tosatti, “Ballistic thermophoresis of adsorbates on free-standing graphene”, PNAS 114, E7035-E7044 (2017). [arXiv]
• P.P. Baruselli, M. Fabrizio, and E. Tosatti, “Nanomechanical dissipation at a tip-induced Kondo onset”, Phys. Rev. B 96, 075113 (2017). [arXiv]
• M. Teruzzi, F. Pellegrini, A. Laio, and E. Tosatti, “A Markov state modeling analysis of sliding dynamics of a 2D model”, J. Chem. Phys. 147, 152721 (2017). [arXiv]
• D. Mandelli, A. Vanossi, N. Manini, and E. Tosatti, “Finite-temperature phase diagram and critical point of the Aubry pinned-
• sliding transition in a two-dimensional monolayer”, Phys. Rev. B 95, 245403 (2017). [arXiv]
• N. Manini, G. Mistura, G. Paolicelli, E. Tosatti, and A. Vanossi, “Current trends in the physics of nanoscale friction”, Advances in Physics: X 2, 569-590 (2017).
• R. Guerra, M. van Wijk, A. Vanossi, A. Fasolino, and E. Tosatti, “Graphene on h-BN: to align or not to align?”, Nanoscale 9, 8799-8804 (2017). [arXiv]
• P. Jacobson, M. Muenks, G. Laskin, O.O. Brovko, V.S. Stepanyuk, M. Ternes, and K. Kern, “Potential energy-driven spin manipulation via a controllable hydrogen ligand”, Science Advances 3, e1602060 (2017). [arXiv]
• I.N. Sivkov, O.O. Brovko, I. Rungger, and V.S. Stepanyuk, “Gate control of spin-polarized conductance in alloyed transitional metal nanocontacts”, Phys. Rev. B 95, 104405 (2017). [arXiv]
• I. Leven, R. Guerra, A. Vanossi, E. Tosatti, and O. Hod, “Multiwalled nanotube faceting unravelled”, Nature Nanotechnology 11, 1082 (2016). [arXiv]
• F. Pellegrini, F.P. Landes, A. Laio, S. Prestipino, and E. Tosatti, “Markov state modeling of sliding friction”, Phys. Rev. E 94, 053001 (2016). [arXiv]
• R. Requist, P.P. Baruselli, A. Smogunov, M. Fabrizio, S. Modesti, and E. Tosatti, “Metallic, magnetic and molecular nanocontacts”, Nature Nanotechnology 11, 499 (2016). [arXiv]
• L. Del Re, M. Fabrizio, and E. Tosatti, “Nonequilibrium and nonhomogeneous phenomena around a first-order quantum phase transition”, Phys. Rev. B 93, 125131 (2016). [arXiv]
• S.V. Paronuzzi Ticco, G. Fornasier, N. Manini, G.E. Santoro, E. Tosatti, and A. Vanossi, “Subharmonic Shapiro steps of sliding colloidal monolayers in optical lattices”, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 28, 134006 (2016). [arXiv]
• P. M. Sheverdyaeva, R. Requist, P. Moras, S. K. Mahatha, M. Papagno, L. Ferrari, E. Tosatti, and C. Carbone, “Energy-momentum mapping of d-derived Au(111) states in a thin film”, Phys. Rev. B 93, 035113 (2016). [arXiv]
• S.S. Naghavi, M. Fabrizio, T. Qin, and E. Tosatti, “Nanoscale orbital excitations and the infrared spectrum of a molecular Mott insulator: A15-Cs3C60”, Nanoscale 8,17483 (2016). [arXiv]
• D. Plašienka, R. Martoňák, adn E. Tosatti, “Creating new layered structures at high pressures: SiS2”, Sci. Rep. 6, 37694 (2016). [arXiv]
• N. Manini, O.M. Braun, E. Tosatti, R. Guerra and A. Vanossi, “Friction and nonlinear dynamics“, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 28, 293001 (2016). [arXiv]
• R. Guerra, A. Benassi, A. Vanossi, M. Maef and M. Urbakh, “Friction and adhesion mediated by supramolecular host–guest complexes“, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18, 9248 (2016). [arXiv]
• R. Guerra, E. Tosatti, and A. Vanossi, “Slider Thickness Promotes Lubricity: from 2D Islands to 3D Clusters“, Nanoscale (2016). [arXiv]
• D. Mandelli, E. Tosatti, “Nanophysics: Microscopic friction emulators“, Nature 526, 332 (2015). [arXiv]
• R. Capozza, A. Benassi, A. Vanossi, and E. Tosatti, “Electrical charging effects on the sliding friction of a model nano­-confined ionic liquid“, J. Chem. Phys. 143, 144703 (2015). [arXiv]
• D. Mandelli, A. Vanossi, M. Invernizzi, S.V. Paronuzzi Ticco, N. Manini, E, Tosatti, “Superlubric-­Pinned Transition in Sliding Incommensurate Colloidal Monolayers“, Phys. Rev. B 92, 134306 (2015). [arXiv]
• A. Benassi, M. Ma, M. Urbakh, A. Vanossi, “The breakdown of superlubricity by driving­-induced commensurate dislocations”, Scientific Reports 5, 16134 (2015). [arXiv]
• M. Kisiel, F. Pellegrini, G.E. Santoro, M. Samadashvili, R. Pawlak, A. Benassi, U. Gysin, R. Buzio, A. Gerbi, E. Meyer, E. Tosatti, “Noncontact Atomic Force Microscope Dissipation Reveals a Central Peak of SrTiO3 Structural Phase Transition”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 046101 (2015). [arXiv]
• M. Pierno, L. Bruschi, G. Mistura, G. Paolicelli, A. di Bona, S. Valeri, R. Guerra, A. Vanossi, E. Tosatti, “Frictional transition from superlubric islands to pinned monolayers” Nature Nanotechnology 10, 714 (2015). [arXiv]
• A. Vanossi, N. Manini, and E. Tosatti, “Driven colloidal monolayers: static and dynamic friction”, in “Fundamentals of Friction and Wear on the Nanoscale” Ed. by E. Gnecco and E. Meyer (Springer, 2015) pp 427­449 (invited chapter).
• N. Manini, O. Braun, and A. Vanossi, “Nanotribology: nonlinear mechanisms of friction”, in “Fundamentals of Friction and Wear on the Nanoscale” Ed. by E. Gnecco and E. Meyer (Springer, 2015) pp 175­208 (invited chapter).
• M. Ma, A. Benassi, A. Vanossi, M. Urbakh, “Critical length limiting superlow friction”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 055501 (2015). [arXiv]
• R. Capozza, N. Pugno, “Effect of Surface Grooves on the Static Friction of an Elastic Slider”, Tribology Letters 58, 35 (2015). [arXiv]
• D. Mandelli, A. Vanossi, N. Manini, E. Tosatti, “Friction Boosted by Equilibrium Misalignment of Incommensurate Two-Dimensional Colloid Monolayers”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 114,108302 (2015). [arXiv]
• R. Requist, P.M. Sheverdyaeva, P. Moras, S.K. Mahatha, C. Carbone, and E. Tosatti, “Spin-orbit interaction and Dirac cones in d-orbital noble metal surface states”, Phys. Rev. B 91, 045432 (2015). [arXiv]
• R. Capozza, A. Vanossi, A. Benassi, and E. Tosatti, “Squeezout phenomena and boundary layer formation of a model ionic liquid under confinement and charging”, J. Chem. Phys. 142, 064707 (2015). [arXiv]
• N. Varini, A. Vanossi, R. Guerra, D. Mandelli, R. Capozza, and E. Tosatti, “Static friction scaling of physisorbed islands: the key is in the edge”, Nanoscale 7, 2093 (2015). [arXiv]
• A. Benassi, A. Vanossi, and C.A. Pignedoli, “Does rotational melting make molecular crystal surfaces more slippery?”, Nanoscale 6, 13163 (2014). [arXiv]
• O.M. Braun and E. Tosatti, “Aftershocks in a frictional earthquake model”, Phys. Rev. E 90, 032403 (2014). [arXiv]
• G. Borghi, M. Fabrizio, and E. Tosatti, “Gutzwiller electronic structure calculations applied to transition metals: Kinetic energy gain with ferromagnetic order in bcc Fe”, Phys. Rev. B 90, 125102 (2014).
• S.S. Naghavi and E. Tosatti, “Crystal structure search and electronic properties of alkali-doped phenanthrene and picene”, Phys. Rev. B 90, 075143 (2014). [arXiv]
• T. Qin, M. Fabrizio, S.S. Naghavi, and E. Tosatti, “Robust s± superconductivity in a two-band Hubbard-Fröhlich model of alkali-doped organics”, Phys. Rev. B 90, 064512 (2014).
• Y. Crespo, M. Fabrizio, S. Scandolo, and E. Tosatti, “Collective spin 1 singlet phase in high-pressure oxygen”,  PNAS 111 10427 (2014). [arXiv]
• M. Rifliková, R. Martoňák, and E. Tosatti, “Pressure-induced gap closing and metallization of MoSe2 and MoTe2”, Phys. Rev. B 90, 035108 (2014). [arXiv]
• F. Pellegrini, G.E. Santoro, and E. Tosatti, “Charge-density-wave surface phase slips and noncontact nanofriction”, Phys. Rev. B 89, 245416 (2014). [arXiv]
• S. Prestipino, A. Laio, and E. Tosatti, “Shape and area fluctuation effects on nucleation theory”, J. Chem. Phys. 140, 094501 (2014). [arXiv]
• A. Vigentini, B. Van Hattem, E, Diato, P. Ponzellini, T. Meledina, A. Vanossi, G.E. Santoro, E. Tosatti, and N. Manini, “Soliton dynamics in a solid lubricant during sliding friction”, Phys. Rev. B 89, 094301 (2014). [arXiv]
• M. Langer, M. Kisiel, R. Pawlak, F. Pellegrini, G.E. Santoro, R. Buzio, A. Gerbi, G. Balakrishnan, A. Baratoff, E. Tosatti, and E. Meyer, “Giant frictional dissipation peaks and charge-density-wave slips at the NbSe2 surface”, Nature Materials 13, 173 (2014). [arXiv]
• R. Requist, S. Modesti, P.P. Baruselli, A. Smogunov, M. Fabrizio, and E. Tosatti, “Kondo conductance across the smallest spin 1/2 radical molecule”, PNAS 111, 69 (2014). [arXiv]
• M. Kumar, O. Tal, R.H.M. Smit, A. Smogunov, E. Tosatti, and J.M. van Ruitenbeek, “Shot noise and magnetism of Pt atomic chains: Accumulation of points at the boundary”, Phys. Rev. B 88, 245431 (2013). [arXiv]
• P. P. Baruselli, M. Fabrizio, A. Smogunov, R. Requist, and E. Tosatti, “Magnetic impurities in nanotubes: From density functional theory to Kondo many-body effects”, Phys. Rev. B 88, 245426 (2013). [arXiv]
• S.S. Naghavi, M. Fabrizio, T. Qin, and E. Tosatti, “Electron-doped organics: Charge-disproportionate insulators and Hubbard-Fröhlich metals”, Phys. Rev. B 88, 115106 (2013).
• P. P. Baruselli, R. Requist, M. Fabrizio, and E. Tosatti, “Ferromagnetic Kondo Effect in a Triple Quantum Dot System”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 047201 (2013).
• D. Mandelli, A. Vanossi, and E. Tosatti, “Stick-slip nanofriction in trapped cold ion chains”, Phys. Rev. B 87, 195418 (2013). [arXiv]
• L. Hromadová, R. Martoňák, and E. Tosatti, “Structure change, layer sliding, and metallization in high-pressure MoS2”, Phys. Rev. B 87, 144105 (2013).
• A. Vanossi, N. Manini, M. Urbakh, S. Zapperi, and E. Tosatti, “Colloquium: Modeling friction: From nanoscale to mesoscale”, Rev. Mod. Phys. 85, 529 (2013).
• O.M. Braun, N. Manini, and E. Tosatti, “Size Scaling of Static Friction”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 085503 (2013).
• A. Vanossi and E. Tosatti, “Colloidal Friction: Kinks in motion“, Nature Materials 11, 97-98 (2012).
• A. Vanossi, N. Manini, and E. Tosatti, “Static and dynamic friction in sliding colloidal monolayers”, PNAS 109, 16429 (2012).
• F. Pellegrini, C. Negri, F. Pistolesi, N. Manini, G.E. Santoro, and E. Tosatti, “Crossover from Adiabatic to Antiadiabatic Quantum Pumping with Dissipation”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 060401 (2011).
• A. Benassi, A. Vanossi, G. E. Santoro, and E. Tosatti, “Sliding over a Phase Transition”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 256102 (2011).
• A. Benassi, A. Vanossi, and E. Tosatti, “Nanofriction in cold ion traps”, Nat. Commun. 2, 236 (2011).
• F. Pellegrini, G.E. Santoro, and E. Tosatti, “Atomic Spin-Sensitive Dissipation on Magnetic Surfaces”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 146103 (2010).
• A. Benassi, A. Vanossi, G. E. Santoro, and E. Tosatti, “Parameter-free dissipation in simulated sliding friction”, Phys. Rev. B 82, 081401 (2010).
• R. Guerra, U. tartaglino, A. Vanossi, and E. Tosatti, “Ballistic nanofriction”, Nature Mat. 9, 634 (2010).
• M. Lucas, X. Zhang, I. Palaci, C. Klinke, E. Tosatti, and E. Riedo, “Hindered rolling and friction anisotropy in supported carbon nanotubes”, Nature Mat. 8, 876 (2009).
• X. H. Zhang, G. E. Santoro, U. Tartaglino, and E. Tosatti, “Dynamical Chiral Symmetry Breaking in Sliding Nanotubes”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 125502 (2009).
• A. Vanossi, N. Manini, F. Caruso, G. E. Santoro, and E. Tosatti, “Static Friction on the Fly: Velocity Depinning Transitions of Lubricants in Motion”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 206101 (2007).
• T. Zykova-Timan, D. Ceresoli, and E. Tosatti, “Peak effect versus skating in high-temperature nanofriction”, Nature Mat. 6, 230-234 (2007).