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transition metal dichalcogenides, tribology, friction, phonon, covalency, cophonicity, perovskite, fuel, cell, protonic, conduction, orbital, polarization, charge, ordering, SHG, Nonlinea
Czech Republic

Biography

After his PhD in Physics obtained at the Università degli Studi di Palermo (Italy), he moved to Philadelphia (US) to work as post-doctoral researcher at the Drexel University, where he also served as recitation instructor in "Fundamental of Materials" course and mentored students. He investigated on charge-ordering in Perovskites, hybrid-improper ferroelectricity of Ruddelsden-Popper phases, Second Harmonic generation in nonlinear optically active materials among other reasearch projects. Such activities produced in parallel new universal theoretical frameworks, like a new definition of bond covalency and electro-structural rules to design new materials with tunable metal-insulator transition or with enhanced nonlinear optical response.

In the period 2014-2016, he worked as post-doctoral researcher in the Advanced Materials Group at the Department of Control Engineering of Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic). He is now involved in the ab-initio investigation of nanostructured materials for tribological, electronic, optical and energy harvesting applications. He developed phonon-phonon scattering selection rules and a new lattice-dynamic metric named "cophonicity", the latter able to capture the electro-vibrational coupling and to guide the design of new materials.

From June 2016 until May 2023, he worked as Assistant Professor at the Department of Control Engineering of Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic).

From June 2023, he works as Associate Professor at the Department of Control Engineering of Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic).

He is an active reviewer for journals such as Nature, Science, Physical Review, Inorganic Chemistry, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics and Nanoscale, among others.

Activities

Employment (5)

Czech Technical University in Prague: Prague, CZ

2023-06-01 to present | Associate Professor (Department of Control Engineering)
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European Commission: Praha, CZ

2017-02-18 to present | Expert of the ETIP SNET WG 3 "Flexible Generation" (European Technology & Innovation Platform - Smart Networks for Energy Transition)
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Czech Technical University in Prague: Prague, CZ

2016-06 to 2023-05 | Assistant Professor (Department of Control Engineering)
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Czech Technical University in Prague: Prague, CZ

2014-06 to 2016-06 | Postdoctoral Researcher (Department of Control Engineering)
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Drexel University: Philadelphia, PA, US

2011-09 to 2014-06 | Postdoctoral Researcher (Materials Science and Engineering Department)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Università degli Studi di Palermo: Palermo, Sicilia, IT

2008-01-01 to 2011-04-08 | Ph.D. in Physics (Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Astronomiche)
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Università degli Studi di Palermo: Palermo, Sicilia, IT

2007-07 | Master Degree in Physics (Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Astronomiche)
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Università degli Studi di Palermo: Palermo, Sicilia, IT

2004-07 | Bachelor degree in Physics (Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Astronomiche)
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Professional activities (2)

European Materials Research Society: Strasbourg, FR

Symposium Organizer
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American Physical Society: College Park, MD, US

2011-11 to present
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Funding (13)

Nanoscale friction control of layered transition metal dichalcogenides (NANOCONTROL)

2024-01 to 2026-12 | Grant
Czech Science Foundation (Prague, CZ)
GRANT_NUMBER:

24-12643L

GRANT_NUMBER:

200021L_219983

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Antonio Cammarata

Nanoscale Strategies for Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Exfoliation (TRAMEDIXFO)

2017-01 to 2019-12 | Grant
Czech Science Foundation (Praha, CZ)
GRANT_NUMBER:

17-24164Y

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Antonio Cammarata

Solid lubrication for emerging engineering applications (SOLUTION)

2017 to present | Grant
H2020-MSCA-ITN-2016 (European Union, CZ)
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Antonio Cammarata

atomic scale strategies for FAcile TRAnsition metal Dichalcogenides EXfoliation (FATRADEX)

2016 to present | Grant
IT4Innovation (Ostrava, CZ)
GRANT_NUMBER:

OPEN-8-2

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Antonio Cammarata

Atomic-scale Design of Optically Active Nanostructured Amorphous Silica

2015 to present | Grant
IT4Innovation (Ostrava, CZ)
GRANT_NUMBER:

OPEN-6-8

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Computer-aided Design of Materials Based on Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Tribological Applications

2015 to present | Grant
IT4Innovation (Ostrava, CZ)
GRANT_NUMBER:

OPEN-6-7

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Friction Simulation in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Systems

2015 to present | Grant
PRACE DECI (Oslo, NO)
GRANT_NUMBER:

13DECI0231

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Atomic Scale Structural Design of Electronic Function from First-Principles,

2014 to present | Grant
XSEDE-TACC (Austin, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

DMR110085

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Nanoscale Design of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Tribological Applications

2014 to present | Grant
IT4Innovation (Ostrava, CZ)
GRANT_NUMBER:

OPEN-4-20

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Structure-based Design of Inorganic Non-linear Optical Materials

2014 to present | Grant
ANL (Chicago, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

CNM39919

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Structural Control of Electric Polarization in Digital (La,Sr)MnO4 Ruddlesden-Popper Oxides

2013 to present | Grant
ANL (Chicago, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

CNM35592

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Hybrid Improper Ferroelectricity in Artificial Nanoscale Perovskite

2012 to present | Grant
Argonne National Laboratory (IL, IL, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

CNM30410

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Lattice Energy and Proton Transport Phenomena in BaZrO3-based structures

2011 to 2012 | Grant
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (Barcelona, ES)
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Works (50)

First principles study of photocatalytic activity in ZnO-Janus van der Waals heterostructures

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Tahir Wahab; Antonio Cammarata; Tomas Polcar
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First-principles guidelines to select promising van der Waals materials for hybrid photovoltaic–triboelectric nanogenerators

Nanoscale
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Antonio Cammarata; Jemal Yimer Damte; Tomas Polcar
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Ramp-up and role of hydrogen-based power generation: WG3 focus paper : ETIP SNET.

Publications Office
2024 | Book
Contributors: Wiedermann, A; Jansohn, P; Payrhuber, K; Bernstrauch, O; Antonio Cammarata; Coda Zabetta, E; Georgiev, M
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Author Correction: Face-centered cubic carbon as a fourth basic carbon allotrope with properties of intrinsic semiconductors and ultra-wide bandgap

Communications Materials
2024-10-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Igor Konyashin; Ruslan Muydinov; Antonio Cammarata; Andrey Bondarev; Marin Rusu; Athanasios Koliogiorgos; Tomáš Polcar; Daniel Twitchen; Pierre-Olivier Colard; Bernd Szyszka et al.
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Design rules for doped transition metal dichalcogenides heterostructures

Physical Review Materials
2024-10-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Elliot Perviz; Antonio Cammarata; Tomas Polcar
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Bismuth oxyiodide as a highly efficient room temperature NOx gas sensor: Role of surface orientations on sensing performance

Materials Today Physics
2024-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Santhanamoorthi Nachimuthu; Zhan-Jun Zhu; Antonio Cammarata; Jyh-Chiang Jiang
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Integrating Newton’s equations of motion in the reciprocal space

The Journal of Chemical Physics
2024-08-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Antonio Cammarata; Miljan Dašić; Paolo Nicolini
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Face-centered cubic carbon as a fourth basic carbon allotrope with properties of intrinsic semiconductors and ultra-wide bandgap

Communications Materials
2024-07-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Igor Konyashin; Ruslan Muydinov; Antonio Cammarata; Andrey Bondarev; Marin Rusu; Athanasios Koliogiorgos; Tomáš Polcar; Daniel Twitchen; Pierre-Olivier Colard; Bernd Szyszka et al.
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Formation of ethane by activation of methane on B, N co-doped graphene surface decorated by Ir13 cluster: A first principle study

Applied Surface Science
2024-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Jemal Yimer Damte; Yohannes Mulugeta Hailu; Antonio Cammarata
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Charge-induced ultralow friction between graphite and atomically flat surfaces

Carbon
2024-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Mengzhou Liao; Antonio Cammarata; Tomas Polcar
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A first principles study of structural and optoelectronic properties and photocatalytic performance of GeC–MX2 (M = Mo and W; X = S and Se) van der Waals heterostructures

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Tahir Wahab; Yun Wang; Antonio Cammarata
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Charge-induced ultralow friction

2023-05-15 | Preprint
Contributors: Antonio Cammarata; Tomas Polcar; Mengzhou Liao
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Phototribology: Control of Friction by Light

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2021-09-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Bruna L. Perotti; Antonio Cammarata; Felipe Cemin; Saron R. Sales de Mello; Leonardo M. Leidens; Fernando G. Echeverrigaray; Tiberiu Minea; Fernando Alvarez; Alexandre F. Michels; Tomas Polcar et al.
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Effect of Noninteracting Intercalants on Layer Exfoliation in Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides

Physical Review Applied
2021-06-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Jamil Missaoui; Antonio Cammarata; Florian Belviso; Tomas Polcar
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Fine control of lattice thermal conductivity in low-dimensional materials

Physical Review B
2021-01-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Antonio Cammarata; Tomas Polcar
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Effect of electric fields in low-dimensional materials: Nanofrictional response as a case study

Physical Review B
2020-10-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Florian Belviso; Antonio Cammarata; Jamil Missaoui; Tomas Polcar
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Control of energy dissipation in sliding low-dimensional materials

Physical Review B
2020-08-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Antonio Cammarata; Tomas Polcar
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Phonon–phonon scattering selection rules and control: an application to nanofriction and thermal transport

RSC Advances
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Antonio Cammarata
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Viewpoint: Atomic-Scale Design Protocols toward Energy, Electronic, Catalysis, and Sensing Applications

Inorganic Chemistry
2019-10-31 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0020-1669
Part of ISSN: 1520-510X
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Atomic-scale design of friction and energy dissipation

Physical Review B
2019-03-25 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2469-9950
Part of ISSN: 2469-9969
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Modeling and simulation in tribology across scales: An overview

Tribology International
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85044579364

Contributors: Vakis, A.I.; Yastrebov, V.A.; Scheibert, J.; Nicola, L.; Dini, D.; Minfray, C.; Almqvist, A.; Paggi, M.; Lee, S.; Limbert, G. et al.
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Electronic structure of negative charge transfer CaFeO3 across the metal-insulator transition

Physical Review Materials
2018-01-30 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2475-9953
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Outstanding Reviewers for Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics in 2016

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85019043686

Contributors: Ariga, K.; Bernasconi, L.; Cammarata, A.; Datta, A.; Manzhos, S.; Perera, A.; Plata, J.; Shigeta, Y.; Tsetseris, L.; Xu, L.
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Overcoming nanoscale friction barriers in transition metal dichalcogenides

Physical Review B
2017 | Journal article
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

0818170439125-18

Contributors: Cammarata, Antonio; Polcar, Tomas
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Overcoming nanoscale friction barriers in transition metal dichalcogenides

Physical Review B
2017 | Journal article
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0106191845417-18

Contributors: Cammarata, Antonio; Polcar, Tomas
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Overcoming nanoscale friction barriers in transition metal dichalcogenides

Physical Review B
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85029599402

Contributors: Cammarata, A.; Polcar, T.
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Vibrational contributions to intrinsic friction in charged transition metal dichalcogenides

Nanoscale
2017 | Journal article
Contributors: Antonio Cammarata; Tomas Polcar
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Layering effects on low frequency modes in n-layered MX2 transition metal dichalcogenides.

Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP
2016 | Journal article
WOSUID:

MEDLINE:26806673

Contributors: Cammarata, Antonio; Polcar, Tomas
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Microscopic interactions governing phase matchability in nonlinear optical materials

Journal of Materials Chemistry C
2016 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000378245500040

Contributors: Cammarata, Antonio; Rondinelli, James
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Electronic doping of transition metal oxide perovskites

Applied Physics Letters
2016-05-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Antonio Cammarata; James M. Rondinelli
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Electro-vibrational coupling effects on "intrinsic friction" in transition metal dichalcogenides

Rsc Advances
2015 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000367274300057

Contributors: Cammarata, Antonio; Polcar, Tomas
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Ferroelectricity from coupled cooperative Jahn-Teller distortions and octahedral rotations in ordered Ruddlesden-Popper manganates

Physical Review B
2015 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000357260900001

Contributors: Cammarata, Antonio; Rondinelli, James M.
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Tailoring Nanoscale Friction in MX2 Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Inorganic Chemistry
2015 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000356467100015

Contributors: Cammarata, Antonio; Polcar, Tomas
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Covalent dependence of octahedral rotations in orthorhombic perovskite oxides

Journal of Chemical Physics
2014 | Journal article
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WOS:000342843200031

Contributors: Cammarata, Antonio; Rondinelli, James M.
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Inductive crystal field control in layered metal oxides with correlated electrons

APL Materials
2014 | Journal article
Contributors: Balachandran, P. V.; Cammarata, A.; Nelson-Cheeseman, B. B.; Bhattacharya, A.; Rondinelli, J. M.
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Microscopic Origins of Optical Second Harmonic Generation in Noncentrosymmetric-Nonpolar Materials

Chemistry of Materials
2014 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000343195600046

Contributors: Cammarata, Antonio; Zhang, Weiguo; Halasyamani, P. Shiv; Rondinelli, James M.
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Hybrid-Improper Ferroelectricity in a Cation Ordered Ruddlesden-Popper Manganite

2014-03 | Conference abstract
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Contributions of Correlated Acentric Atomic Displacements to the Nonlinear Second Harmonic Generation and Response

ACS Photonics
2014-01-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Antonio Cammarata
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Octahedral Engineering of Orbital Polarizations in Charge Transfer Oxides

Physical Review B
2013-04-19 | Journal article
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Role of covalency in ``Charge Ordering'' perovskite ferrates

2013-03 | Conference abstract
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Spin-assisted Covalent Bond Mechanism in “Charge Ordering” Perovskite Oxides

Physical Review B
2012-11-30 | Journal article
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Y:BaZrO3 Perovskite Compounds I: DFT Study on the Unprotonated and Protonated Local Structures

Chemistry: An Asian Journal
2012-05-08 | Journal article
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Y:BaZrO3 Perovskite Compounds II: Designing Protonic Conduction by using MD Models

Chemistry – An Asian Journal
2012-05-08 | Journal article
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Role of cooperative structural distortions in the metal-insulator transitions of perovskite ferrates

2012-03 | Conference abstract
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Structure and Dynamics in Y:BaZrO3 Protonic Conductor

2011-09-12 | Conference abstract
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New Computational Models Of Yttrium Doped Barium Zirconate Perovskite

2011-08 | Conference poster
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Cation Environment of BaCeO3- Based Protonic Conductors II: New Computational Models

Journal of Physical Chemistry A
2011-02-11 | Journal article
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Cation Environment of BaCeO3-based Protonic Conductors: A Computational Study

Journal of Physical Chemistry A
2009-05-11 | Journal article
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Computational studies of the structure and of the proton transport phenomena in systems derived from barium cerate perovskite structure

cience and Supercom- puting in Europe
2007 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-88-86037-21-1
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Computational studies on systems derived from barium zirconate perovskite

Science and Supercomputing in Europe
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Part of ISBN: 978-88-86037-24-2
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