my publications

my research interests

  • materials inspired by energy applications 
  • active matter, biology inspired materials
  • the flexible ortho-terphenyl model
  • random networks
  • spin glasses
  • sound & heat at the nanoscale
  • physics of water
  • colloids & gels
  • potential energy landscape & glass transition
  • locally preferred structures in liquids

materials inspired by energy applications

Solvent and salt effect on Lithium ion solvation and contact ion pair formation in organic carbonates: a quantum chemical perspective
V. Ponnuchamy, SM, and I. Skarmoutsos
submitted
arXiv (2018)

Re-entrant phase transitions and dynamics of a nanoconfined ionic liquid
SM
Phys. Rev. X ​8, 031062 (2018)

Water sub-diffusion in membranes for fuel cells
Q. Berrod, S. Hanot, A. Guillermo, SM, and S. Lyonnard
Sci. Rep. 7, 8326 (2017)
The anion effect on Li+ ion coordination structure in ethylene carbonate solutions
B. Jiang, V. Ponnuchamy, Y. Shen, X. Yang, K. Yuan, V. Vetere, SM, I. Skarmoutsos, Y. Zhang, and J. Zheng
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 7, 3554 (2016)
Sub-diffusion and population dynamics of water confined in soft environments
S. Hanot, S. Lyonnard, and SM
Nanoscale 8, 3314 (2016)
Li+ solvation in pure, binary and ternary mixtures of organic carbonate electrolytes
Ioannis Skarmoutsos, Veerapandian Ponnuchamy, Valentina Vetere, and SM
J. Chem. Phys. C 119, 4502 (2015)

Water confined in self-assembled ionic surfactants nano-structures 
S. Hanot, S. Lyonnard, and SM
Soft Matter 11, 2469 (2015)

Morphology of supported polymer electrolyte ultra-thin films: a numerical study 
D. Damasceno Borges, A. A. Franco, K. Malek, G. Gebel, and SM
J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 1201 (2015)
Correction
J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 12095 (2015)

SSPC-16 Conference Proceedings SSI Special Issue: Preface
S. Lyonnard, SM, F. Lefebvre-Joud
Solid State Ionics 252, 1 (2013)     PDF

Inhomogeneous transport in model hydrated polymer electrolyte supported ultrathin films
D. Damasceno Borges, A. A. Franco, K. Malek, G. Gebel, and SM
ACS Nano 7, 6767 (2013)
​Effect of surface hydrophilicity on the formation of Nafion thin films inside PEMFC catalyst layers: a computational study
D. Damasceno Borges, K. Malek, SM, G. Gebel, and A. A. Franco
ECS Trans. 45, 101 (2013)
other materials
​​Structure and dynamics of liquid CS2: Going from ambient to elevated pressure conditions
I. Skarmoutsos, SM, and J. Samios
J. Chem. Phys 145, 154505 (2016)

potential energy landscape &
​glass transition

  • Quenches and crunches: Does the system explore in ageing the same part of the configuration space explored in equilibrium?
SM, G. Ruocco, F. Sciortino, and P. Tartaglia
Philos. Mag. B 82, 695 (2002)

Dynamics and configurational entropy in the Lewis-Wahnstroem model for supercooled orthoterphenyl
SM, E. La Nave, H. E. Stanley, C. Donati, F. Sciortino, and P. Tartaglia
Phys. Rev. E 65, 041205 (2002)

Potential energy landscape equation of state
E. La Nave, SM, and F. Sciortino
Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 225701 (2002)

Aging and energy landscapes: application to liquids and glasses
SM, E. La Nave, F. Sciortino, and P. Tartaglia
Eur. Phys. J. B 30, 351 (2002)

Equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium thermodynamics
in supercooled liquids and glasses
SM, E. La Nave, P. Tartaglia, and F. Sciortino
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 15, S351 (2003)

Numerical evaluation of the statistical properties
of a potential energy landscape
E. La Nave, F. Sciortino, P. Tartaglia, De Michele, and SM
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 15, S1085 (2003)

Potential energy, relaxation, vibrational dynamics 
and the boson peak of hyperquenched glasses
C. A. Angell, Y. Yue, L.-M. Wang, J. R. D. Copley, S. Borick, and SM
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 15, S1051 (2003)

Crossover (or Kovacs) effect in an aging molecular liquid
SM and F. Sciortino
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 045504 (2004)

Disentangling density and temperature effects in the 
viscous slowing down of glassforming liquids
G. Tarjus, D. Kivelson, SM, and C. Alba Simionesco
J. Chem. Phys. 120, 6135 (2004) Liquid stability in a model for ortho-terphenyl
E. La Nave, SM, F. Sciortino, and P. Tartaglia
J. Chem. Phys. 120, 6128 (2004)

Vibrational dynamics and thermodynamics, ideal glass transitions and folding transitions in liquids and biopolymers
C. A. Angell, L.-M. Wang, SM, Y. Yue, and J. R. D. Copley
in AIP Conference Proceedings 708, 473 (2003)      pdf
Third International Symposium on ``Slow Dynamics in Complex Systems'', November 3-8, 2003, Sendai, Japan, M. Tokuyama and I. Oppenheim Eds. (2004)

the flexible ortho-terphenyl model

Molecular dynamics simulation of the fragile glass former ortho-terphenyl: a flexible molecule model
SM, R. Di Leonardo, G. Ruocco, and M. Sampoli
Phys. Rev. E 62, 612 (2000)

Molecular dynamics simulation of the fragile glass former ortho-terphenyl: a flexible molecule model. II. Collective dynamics
SM, G. Ruocco, and M. Sampoli
Phys. Rev. E 64, 021511 (2001)

Molecular dynamics simulation study of the high frequency sound waves in the fragile glass former ortho-terphenyl
SM, G. Monaco, G. Ruocco, M. Sampoli, and F. Sette
J. Chem. Phys. 116, 1077 (2002)

Orientational and induced contributions to the depolarized Rayleigh spectra of liquid and supercooled ortho-terphenyl
SM, G. Ruocco, and M. Sampoli
J. Chem. Phys. 117, 3289 (2002)

Vibrational origin of the fast relaxation processes in molecular glass-formers
SM, G. Monaco, and G. Ruocco
Europhys. Lett. 60, 92 (2002)

sound & heat at the nanoscale

Relation of vibrational excitations and thermal conductivity to elastic heterogeneities in disordered solids
H. Mizuno, SM, and J.-L. Barrat
​Phys. Rev. B 94, 144303​ (2016)

Cutoff nonlinearities in the low-temperature vibrations of glasses and crystals
H. Mizuno, L. E. Silbert, M. Sperl, SM, and J.-L. Barrat
Phys. Rev. E 93, 043314 (2016)

Beating the amorphous limit in thermal conductivity by superlattices design
H. Mizuno, SM, and J.-L. Barrat
Sci. Rep. 5, 14116 (2015) Acoustic excitations and elastic heterogeneities in disordered solids
H. Mizuno, SM, and J.-L. Barrat
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 111, 11949 (2014)
Elastic heterogeneity, vibrational states, and thermal conductivity across an amorphisation transition
H. Mizuno, SM, and J.-L. Barrat
EPL 104, 56001 (2013)

Measuring spatial distribution of the local elastic modulus in glasses
H. Mizuno, SM, and J.-L. Barrat
Phys. Rev. E 87, 042306 (2013)

Anomalous properties of the acoustic excitations in glasses on the mesoscopic length scale 
G. Monaco and SM
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106, 16907 (2009) 

active matter, biology inspired materials

Polymer translocation through nano-pores in vibrating thin membranes 
T. Menais, SM, and A. Buhot
Sci. Rep. 6, 38558 (2016)
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Non-conservative forces and effective temperatures in active polymers 
D. Loi, SM, and L. F. Cugliandolo
Soft Matter 7, 10193 (2011)

Effective temperature of active complex matter 
D. Loi, SM, and L. F. Cugliandolo
Soft Matter 7, 3726 (2011)

Effective temperature of active matter 
D. Loi, SM, and L. F. Cugliandolo
Phys. Rev. E 77, 051111 (2008)

physics of water

Interplay between time-temperature-transformation and 
the liquid-liquid phase transition in water
M. Yamada, SM, H. E. Stanley, and F. Sciortino
Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 195701 (2002)

Statistical physics and liquid water at negative pressures
H. E. Stanley, M. C. Barbosa, SM, P. A. Netz, F. Sciortino, F. W. Starr, and M. Yamada
Physica A 315, 281 (2002)

Water at Positive and Negative Pressures
H. E. Stanley, M. C. Barbosa, SM, P. A. Netz, F. Sciortino, F. W. Starr, and M. Yamada
in NATO Science Series 84, 59 (2003) 
Proc. NATO Advanced Research Workshop ``Liquids Under Negative Pressure'' February 23-25, 2002, A. Imre, Ed. (Kluwer, Dordrecht, 2002)                                          
arXiv:cond-mat/0206542

Application of statistical physics to understand static and dynamic anomalies in liquid water
H. E. Stanley, S. V. Buldyrev, N. Giovanbattista, E. La Nave, SM,
A. Scala, F. Sciortino, F. W. Starr, and M. Yamada
Journal of Statistical Physics 110, 1039 (2003)

locally preferred structures in liquids

Locally preferred structure in simple atomic liquids 
SM and G. Tarjus
J. Chem. Phys 119, 8069 (2003)

An operational scheme to determine the locally preferred structure of model liquids 
SM and G. Tarjus
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 352, 4847 (2006)

colloids & gels

Equilibrium cluster phases and low-density arrested disordered states: the role of short-range attraction and long-range repulsion
F. Sciortino, SM, E. Zaccarelli, and P. Tartaglia
Phys. Rev. Lett 93, 055701 (2004)
Ground-state clusters for short-range attractive
and long-range repulsive potentials
SM, F. Sciortino, P. Tartaglia, and E. Zaccarelli
Langmuir 20, 10756 (2004)

Routes to colloidal gel formation
F. Sciortino, S. V. Buldyrev, C. De Michele, G. Foffi, N. Ghofraniha,
E. La Nave, A. Moreno, SM, I. Saika-Voivod, P. Tartaglia, and E. Zaccarelli
Computer Physics Communications 169, 166 (2005)

Aging in a Laponite colloidal suspension: A Brownian dynamics simulation study 
SM, C. De Michele, and F. Sciortino
J. Chem. Phys 126, 014905 (2007)

random networks

Truncation of power law behavior in "scale-free" network models due to information filtering
SM, M. Barthelemy, H. E. Stanley, and L. A. N. Amaral
Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 138701 (2002)

The worldwide air transportation network: Anomalous centrality, community structure, and cities' global roles 
R. Guimerà, SM, A. Turtschi, and L. A. N. Amaral
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 102, 7794 (2005) 

spin glasses

Glassy Potts model: a disordered Potts model without a ferromagnetic phase
E. Marinari, SM, and G. Parisi
Phys. Rev. B 59, 8401 (1999)

Editorial work
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SOLID STATE IONICS
SSPC-16 Conference Proceedings SSI Special Issue
Volume 252, 1 December 2013
Guest Editors
S. Lyonnard, SM, F. Lefebvre-Joud