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MUNAO' Gianmarco
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Curriculum vitae of Dr. Gianmarco Munaò
Personal Information:
- Name and Surname: Gianmarco Munaò
- Date and place of birth: Messina, 02/06/1981.
- Nationality: Italian
- Address: Via Cappellani 1, 98168 Messina (Italia).
- Phone: [+39] 0906765119
- Email address: gmunao@unime.it
Current position:
Tenure-track researcher (RTD B), Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche e Informatiche, Scienze Fisiche e Scienze della Terra (MIFT), Università degli Studi di Messina, SSD FIS/03 – Physics of the Matter.
Teaching Assignments:
Holder of the course “Analysis and models of biomedical signals”, 1st year of the Master's Degree course in Physics, specialization in Applied Physics, 6 CFU.
Education:
- 10/07/2005: Laurea cum laude in Physics, Università degli Studi di Messina. Thesis title: “Studio teorico e simulativo di proprietà strutturali di miscele di liquidi molecolari”.
- 06/03/2009: PhD in Physics, Università degli Studi di Messina. Thesis title: “Improvements of RISM theory in molecular liquids investigations”.
Post-doctoral scientific activities::
- 15/01/2011 al 15/05/2011: Scholarship holder for research activities within the research program "Integral equations for tetrahedral fluids" in the group of prof. Francesco Sciortino at Sapienza, Università di Roma.
- 01-12-2011 al 30-11-2013: Research fellow in the group of prof. Francesco Sciortino, Sapienza, Università di Roma, within the ERC project "Patchy colloidal particles: a powerful arsenal for the fabrication of tomorrow new super-molecules. A theoretical and numerical study of their assembly processes".
- 01-12-2013 al 31-05-2015: Research fellow in the group of prof. Carlo Caccamo, Università degli Studi di Messina, within the PRIN MIUR 2010-2011 project "Build with DNA: a theoretical, simulation and experimental approach".
- 01/06/2015 al 01/12/2015: Holder of research contract within the project "Development of FORTRAN numerical codes suitable for solving integral equations, and computer simulation, of the structure of molecular fluids" in the group of prof. Carlo Caccamo at the Università degli Studi di Messina.
- 01/03/2016 al 01/08/2016: Scholarship holder for research activities within the project "Development of FORTRAN numerical codes for computer simulation of self-aggregation processes of colloidal particles resulting in the formation of hollow structures suitable for the encapsulation of proteins and other macromolecules "in the group of prof. Carlo Caccamo at the Università degli Studi di Messina.
- 02/05/2017 – 30/04/2018: Research fellow in the group of prof. Giuseppe Milano, Università di Salerno, within the PRIN MIUR 2015-2016 project "Molecular Organization in Organic Thin Films via Computer Simulation of their Fabrication Processes".
- 02/05/2018 – 30/04/2019: Research fellow in the group of prof. Giuseppe Milano, Università di Salerno, within the ERC project “Intelligent bulk MAterials for Smart TRanspOrt industries (MASTRO)”.
- 01/02/2020 - 28/12/2020: Scholarship holder for research activities within the project PON "Use of innovative technologies, materials and models in the aeronautical field (AEROMAT)" in the group of prof. Salvatore Magazù, Università di Messina.
Academic Achievements:
- 03/04/2018 – 03/04/2027: National scientific qualification (abilitazione scientifica nazionale) as associate professor, scientific disciplinary sector 02/B2, Theoretical Physics of the Matter.
- 05/04/2018 – 05/04/2027: National scientific qualification (abilitazione scientifica nazionale) as associate professor, scientific disciplinary sector 03/A2, Models and Methodologies for the Chemical Sciences.
Referee Service:
- Soft Matter;
- Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics;
- RSC Advances;
- Advanced Materials;
- European Physical Journal E;
- Molecular Systems Design & Engineering;
- Langmuir;
- Journal of Physical Chemistry B;
- Journal of Chemical Physics;
- Physical Review E;
- Journal of Physics:Condensed Matter:
- Physica A;
- Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry;
- European Journal of Physics;
- Physics and Chemistry of Liquids.
Workshops, schools and conferences attended and organized:
- 16/05/2012: Invited speaker to the workshop "Sesta giornata con la Fisica Teorica a Messina", Università di Messina. Title of the talk: "Processi di aggregazione in sistemi colloidali con interazioni fortemente direzionali".
- 15/09/2013 – 19/09/2013: Member of the local organizing committee of the “3° International Soft Matter Conference”, Sapienza Università di Roma.
- 22/05/2014: Invited speaker to the workshop "Ottava Giornata con la Fisica Teorica a Messina", Università di Messina. Title of the talk: "Dimeri colloidali con interazioni antagoniste: come il processo di self-assembly compete con la separazione di fase".
- 23/07/2015: Invited speaker to the workshop "Soft interactions in bio-nanostructures", Roccalumera (ME). Title of the talk: "Modelling self-assembly of patchy and Janus colloids into micelles, tubes and bilayers".
- 23/06/2016 – 24/06/2016: Speaker of the workshop "Italian Soft Days, 2° Edition", Politecnico di Milano. Title of the talk: "Encapsulation of spherical nanoparticles by colloidal dimers".
- 04/09/2016 – 09/09/2016: Speaker of the conference "30° Conference on the European Colloid and Interface Society", Sapienza Università di Roma. Title of the talk: "Self-assembly of colloidal dimers around spherical nanoparticles: a simple model for encapsulation".
- 12/12/2016 – 15/12/2016: Speaker of the conference "Materials.it 2016", Catania. Title of the talk: "Self-assembled bio-nanostructures from Janus dimers".
- 12/12/2016 - 15/12/2016: Speaker of the conference "Materials.it 2016", Catania. Title of the talk: "Density and structural anomalies in soft-repulsive dimeric fluids".
- 11/01/2017: Invited speaker to the Università di Salerno. Title of the talk: "Self-assembly of patchy colloids: a theoretical and numerical approach".
- 01/10/2017 – 05/10/2017: Speaker of the conference "Fismat 2017", ICTP-SISSA, Trieste. Title of the talk: "Hybrid particle-field molecular dynamics study of Silica-Polystyrene nanocomposites".
- 07/06/2018: Invited speaker to the Università di Messina. Title of the talk: “Effective interactions in polymer nanocomposites”.
- 22/10/2018 – 26/10/2018: Speaker of the conference “Materials.it 2018”, CNR-ISMN, Bologna. Title of the talk: “Molecular structure and multi-body interactions in polymer nanocomposites”.
- 30/09/2019 – 04/10/2019: Speaker of the conference “Fismat 2019”, Catania. Title of the talk: “Interactions between nanoparticles in a polymer melt: effects of chain polydispersity and multibody terms”.
- 02/12/2019 – 03/12/2019: Speaker of the conference “International Conference on Atmospheric Monitoring Modeling and Simulation”, Messina. Title of the talk: “Use of innovative aeronautical technologies, materials and models”.
- 06/07/2021 – 07/07/201: Invited speaker to the workshop Advances in Functional Materials: Fundamentals, Technology and Sustainable Energy Production, 6/7 July 2021, Erice (TP). Title of the talk: “Design of functionalized colloidal particles for targeted self-assembled structures”.
Funder and/or approved research project:
- 17/11/2017 - 17/08/2018: Principal investigator of a grant of 465000 core hours to the CINECA-ISCRA Super Computing Application and Innovation Department with a project entitled "MOdeling of NAno COmposites".
Collaborations:
Prof. Maria C. Abramo, Università di Messina;
Prof. Carlo Caccamo, Università di Messina;
Dr. Andrea Correa, Università Federico II, Napoli;
Dr. Dino Costa, Università di Messina;
Dr. Francisco Gamez, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid;
Prof. Achille Giacometti, Università Ca' Foscari, Venezia;
Prof. Paolo V. Giaquinta, Università di Messina;
Dr. Toby S. Hudson, University of Sidney;
Prof. Toshihiro Kawakatsu, University of Sendai;
Prof. Michele Laus, Università del Piemonte Orientale;
Prof. Gianpietro Malescio, Università di Messina;
Prof. Giuseppe Milano, Università di Salerno;
Prof. Florian Mueller-Plathe, University of Darmstadt;
Dr. Patrick O’Toole, University of Sidney;
Dr. Michele Perego, IMM-CNR, Agrate Brianza;
Dr. Zdenek Preisler, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA;
Prof. Santi Prestipino, Università di Messina;
Dr. Franz Saija, CNR-Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici, Messina;
Prof. Francesco Sciortino, Sapienza, Università di Roma;
Dr. Frank Smallenburg, Heinrich-Heine University of Dusseldorf;
Prof. Tomaz Urbic, University of Ljubljana;
Dr. Teun Vissers, University of Edinburgh.
ISI/Scopus Publications:
46) M. Raffaele, M. T. Caccamo, G. Castorina, S. Lanza, G. Munaò, G. Randazzo and S. Magazù, “A didactic approach to the machine learning application to weather forecast”, Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti, Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, Vol. 99, No. S1, A28 (2021).
45) M. Raffaele, M. T. Caccamo, G. Castorina, S. Lanza, S. Magazù, G. Munaò and G. Randazzo, “Designing drones by combining finite element and atomistic simulations: a didactic approach”, Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti, Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, Vol. 99, No. S1, A33 (2021).
44) G. Munaò, S. Prestipino and D. Costa, “Early stages of aggregation in fluid mixtures of dimers and spheres: a theoretical and simulation study”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. DOI:10.1039/d1cp03604a (2021).
43) S. Caputo, V. Hristov, A. De Nicola, H. Herbst, A. Pizzirusso, G. Donati, G. Munaò, A. R. Albunia and G. Milano, “Efficient Hybrid Particle-Field Coarse-Grained Model of Polymer Filler Interactions: Multiscale Hierarchical Structure of Carbon Black Particles in Contact with Polyethylene”, J. Chem. Theory Comput. 17, 1755-1770 (2021). Featured on the back cover.
42) M. Laus, R. Chiarcos, V. Gianotti, D. Antonioli, K. Sparnacci, G. Munaò, G. Milano, A. De Nicola and M. Perego, “Evidence of Mechanochemical Control in “Grafting to” Reactions of Hydroxy-Terminated Statistical Copolymers”, Macromolecules 54, 499-508 (2021).
41) U. Rizza, E. Brega, M. T. Caccamo, G. Castorina, M. Morichetti, G. Munaò, G. Passerini and S. Magazù, “Analysis of the ETNA 2015 Eruption Using WRF–Chem Model and Satellite Observations”, Atmosphere 11, 1168 (2020).
40) M.C. Abramo, D. Costa, G. Malescio, G. Munaò, G. Pellicane, S. Prestipino and C. Caccamo, “Structure factors and x-ray diffraction intensities in molten alkali halides”, J. Phys. Commun. 4, 075017 (2020).
39) G. Donati, A. De Nicola, G. Munaò, M. Byshkin, L. Vertuccio, L. Guadagno, R. Le Goff and G. Milano, “Simulation of Self-heating Process on the Nanoscale: a Multiscale Approach for Molecular Models of Nanocomposite Materials”, Nanoscale Advances 2, 3164 (2020). Featured on the back cover.
38) K. Sparnacci, R. Chiarcos, V. Gianotti, M. Laus, T. J. Giammaria, M. Perego, G. Munaò, G. Milano, A. De Nicola, M. Haese, L. P. Kreuzer, T. Widmann, and P. Muller-Buschbaum, “Effect of Trapped Solvent on the Interphase between PS-b-PMMA Thin Film and P(S-r-MMA) Brush Layer”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12, 777 (2020).
37) A. De Nicola, G. Munaò, N. Grizzuti, F. Auriemma, C. De Rosa, A. Sevink and G. Milano, “Generation of well relaxed all atom models of stereoregular polymers: a validation of hybrid particle-field molecular dynamics for polypropylene melts of different tacticities”, Soft Materials 18(2-3), 228-241 (2020).
36) G. Munaò and F. Saija, “Evidence of Structural Inhomogeneities in Hard-Soft Dimeric Particles without Attractive Interactions”, Materials 13, 84 (2020).
35) G. Munaò, A. De Nicola, F. Mueller-Plathe, T. Kawakatsu, A. Kalogirou and G. Milano, “Influence of Polymer Bidispersity on the Effective Particle−Particle Interactions in Polymer Nanocomposites”, Macromolecules 52, 8826 (2019).
34) S. Prestipino, D. Gazzillo, G. Munaò and D. Costa, “Complex Self-Assembly from Simple Interaction Rules in Model Colloidal Mixtures”, J. Phys. Chem. B, DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b08617 (2019).
33) G. Munaò and F. Saija, “Monte Carlo simulation and integral equation study of Hertzian spheres in the low-temperature regime”, J. Chem. Phys. 151, 134901 (2019).
32) T. Yamanaka, A. De Nicola, G. Munaò, T. A. Soares and G. Milano, “Effect of the Ligand’s Bulkiness on the Shape of Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles in Aqueous Solutions: A Molecular Dynamics Study ”, Chem. Phys. Lett. 731, 136576 (2019).
31) D. Lombardo, G. Munaò, P. Calandra, L. Pasqua and M. T. Caccamo, “Evidence of pre-micellar aggregates in water solution of amphiphilic PDMS-PEO block copolymer ”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21, 11983 (2019).
30) G. Munaò, A. Pizzirusso, A. Kalogirou, A. De Nicola, T. Kawakatsu, F. Mueller-Plathe and G. Milano, “Molecular structure and multi-body potential of mean force in silica-polystyrene nanocomposites”, Nanoscale 10, 21656 (2018). Featured on the back cover.
29) M. C. Abramo, D. Costa, G. Malescio, G. Munaò, G. Pellicane, S. Prestipino and C. Caccamo, “Molecular dynamics determination of liquid-vapor coexistence in molten alkali halides”, Phys. Rev. E 98, 010103(R) (2018).
28) G. Munaò, A. Correa, A. Pizzirusso and G. Milano, “On the calculation of the potential of mean force between atomistic nanoparticles”, EPJ E 41, 38 (2018).
27) S. Prestipino, G. Munaò, D. Costa, G. Pellicane and C. Caccamo, “Two-dimensional mixture of amphiphilic dimers and spheres: Self-assembly behaviour”, J. Chem. Phys. 147, 144902 (2017). Selected as a 2017 Editors’ Choice article.
26) P. O'Toole, G. Munaò, A. Giacometti and T. S. Hudson, “Self-assembly behaviour of hetero-nuclear Janus dumbbells”, Soft Matter 13, 7141 (2017).
25) G. Munaò, D. Costa, S. Prestipino and C. Caccamo, “Aggregation of colloidal spheres mediated by Janus dimers: A Monte Carlo study”, Colloids and Surf. A Physicochem. Eng. Asp. 532C, 397 (2017).
24) S. Prestipino, G. Munaò, D. Costa and C. Caccamo, “Self-assembly in a model colloidal mixture of dimers and spherical particles”, J. Chem. Phys. 146, 084902 (2017).
23) G. Munaò and F. Saija, “Integral equation study of soft-repulsive dimeric fluids”, J. Phys.: Condens. Matt. 29, 115101 (2017).
22) G. Munaò, D. Costa, S. Prestipino and C. Caccamo, “Encapsulation of spherical nanoparticles by colloidal dimers”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 24922 (2016).
21) G. Munaò, D. Costa and C. Caccamo, “Development of molecular closures for the reference interaction site model theory with application to square-well and Lennard-Jones homonuclear diatomics”, J. Phys.: Condens. Matt., 28, 414007 (2016).
20) D. Gazzillo, G. Munaò and S. Prestipino, “Analytic solution of two-density integral equations for sticky Janus dumbbells with arbitrary monomer diameters”, J. Chem. Phys. 144, 234504 (2016).
19) G. Munaò and F. Saija, “Density and structural anomalies in soft-repulsive dimeric fluids”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 9484 (2016).
18) S. Prestipino, C. Caccamo, D. Costa, G. Malescio and G. Munaò, “Shapes of a liquid droplet in a periodic box”, Phys. Rev. E. 92, 022141 (2015).
17) G. Munaò, F. Gàmez, D. Costa, C. Caccamo, F. Sciortino and A. Giacometti, “Reference interaction site model and optimized perturbation theories of colloidal dumbbells with increasing anisotropy”, J. Chem. Phys. 142, 224904 (2015).
16) G. Munaò and T. Urbic, “Structure and thermodynamics of core-softened models for alcohols”, J. Chem. Phys. 142, 214508 (2015).
15) M.C. Abramo, C. Caccamo, D. Costa, P.V. Giaquinta, G. Malescio, G. Munaò and S. Prestipino, “On the determination of phase boundaries via thermodynamic integration across coexistence regions”, J. Chem. Phys. 142, 214502 (2015).
14) G. Munaò, P. O'Toole, T. S. Hudson, D. Costa, C. Caccamo, F. Sciortino and A. Giacometti,
“Cluster formation and phase separation in heteronuclear Janus dumbbells”, J. Phys. Cond. Matt., 27, 234101 (2015). Selected for inclusion in the IOP Select 2015.
13) M. Hus, G. Munaò and T. Urbic, “Properties of a soft-core model of methanol: An integral equation theory and computer simulation study”, J. Chem. Phys. 141, 164505 (2014).
12) M. C. Abramo, C. Caccamo, D. Costa and G. Munaò, “Communication: Phase diagram of C36 by atomistic molecular dynamics and thermodynamic integrations through coexistence regions”, J. Chem. Phys. 141, 091103 (2014).
11) Z. Preisler, T. Vissers, G. Munaò, F. Smallenburg and F. Sciortino, “Equilibrium phases of one-
patch colloids at short interaction range”, Soft Matter 10, 5121 (2014).
10) G. Munaò, P. O'Toole, T. S. Hudson, D. Costa, C. Caccamo, A. Giacometti and F. Sciortino,
“Phase-separation and self-assembly of colloidal dimers with tunable attractive strength: from
symmetrical square wells to Janus dumbbells”, Soft Matter 10, 5269 (2014).
9) T. Vissers, F. Smallenburg, G. Munaò, Z. Preisler and F. Sciortino, “Cooperative polymerization of one-patch colloids”, J. Chem. Phys. 140, 144902 (2014).
8) G. Munaò, Z. Preisler, T. Vissers, F. Smallenburg and F. Sciortino, “Cluster formation in one-patch colloids: low coverage results”, Soft Matter 9, 2652 (2013).
7) Z. Preisler, T. Vissers, F. Smallenburg, G. Munaò and F. Sciortino, “Phase diagram of one-patch
colloids forming tubes and lamellae”, J. Phys. Chem. B 117, 9540 (2013).
6) G. Munaò, D. Costa, A. Giacometti, C. Caccamo and F. Sciortino, “Structure and phase behavior of colloidal dumbbells with tunable attractive interactions”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15, 20590 (2013).
5) G. Munaò, D. Costa, F. Sciortino and C. Caccamo, “Simulation and theory of a model for tetrahedral colloidal particles”, J. Chem. Phys. 134, 194502 (2011).
4) G. Munaò, D. Costa, F. Saija and C. Caccamo, “Simulation and reference interaction site model
theory of methanol and carbon tetrachloride mixtures”, J. Chem. Phys. 132, 084506 (2010).
3) G. Munaò, D. Costa and C. Caccamo, “Thermodynamically consistent reference interaction site
model theory of the tangent diatomic fluid”, Chem. Phys. Lett. 470, 240 (2009).
2) G. Munaò, D. Costa and C. Caccamo, “Reference interaction site model investigation of
homonuclear hard dumbbells under simple fluid theory closures: Comparison with Monte Carlo
simulations”, J. Chem. Phys. 130, 144504 (2009).
1) D. Costa, G. Munaò, F. Saija and C. Caccamo, “Reference interaction site model and molecular
dynamics study of structure and thermodynamics of methanol”, J. Chem. Phys. 127, 224501 (2007).
Personal profiles on scientific databases:
- ResearcherID: N-8698-2014
- ORCID: 0000-0002-7206-3233
- Scopus: 23088875600
- Personal profile on Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=23088875600
- Personal profile on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=H_gu4FgAAAAJ&hl=en
Personal Information:
- Name and Surname: Gianmarco Munaò
- Date and place of birth: Messina, 02/06/1981.
- Nationality: Italian
- Address: Via Cappellani 1, 98168 Messina (Italia).
- Phone: [+39] 0906765119
- Email address: gmunao@unime.it
Current position:
Tenure-track researcher (RTD B), Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche e Informatiche, Scienze Fisiche e Scienze della Terra (MIFT), Università degli Studi di Messina, SSD FIS/03 – Physics of the Matter.
Teaching Assignments:
Holder of the course “Analysis and models of biomedical signals”, 1st year of the Master's Degree course in Physics, specialization in Applied Physics, 6 CFU.
Education:
- 10/07/2005: Laurea cum laude in Physics, Università degli Studi di Messina. Thesis title: “Studio teorico e simulativo di proprietà strutturali di miscele di liquidi molecolari”.
- 06/03/2009: PhD in Physics, Università degli Studi di Messina. Thesis title: “Improvements of RISM theory in molecular liquids investigations”.
Post-doctoral scientific activities::
- 15/01/2011 al 15/05/2011: Scholarship holder for research activities within the research program "Integral equations for tetrahedral fluids" in the group of prof. Francesco Sciortino at Sapienza, Università di Roma.
- 01-12-2011 al 30-11-2013: Research fellow in the group of prof. Francesco Sciortino, Sapienza, Università di Roma, within the ERC project "Patchy colloidal particles: a powerful arsenal for the fabrication of tomorrow new super-molecules. A theoretical and numerical study of their assembly processes".
- 01-12-2013 al 31-05-2015: Research fellow in the group of prof. Carlo Caccamo, Università degli Studi di Messina, within the PRIN MIUR 2010-2011 project "Build with DNA: a theoretical, simulation and experimental approach".
- 01/06/2015 al 01/12/2015: Holder of research contract within the project "Development of FORTRAN numerical codes suitable for solving integral equations, and computer simulation, of the structure of molecular fluids" in the group of prof. Carlo Caccamo at the Università degli Studi di Messina.
- 01/03/2016 al 01/08/2016: Scholarship holder for research activities within the project "Development of FORTRAN numerical codes for computer simulation of self-aggregation processes of colloidal particles resulting in the formation of hollow structures suitable for the encapsulation of proteins and other macromolecules "in the group of prof. Carlo Caccamo at the Università degli Studi di Messina.
- 02/05/2017 – 30/04/2018: Research fellow in the group of prof. Giuseppe Milano, Università di Salerno, within the PRIN MIUR 2015-2016 project "Molecular Organization in Organic Thin Films via Computer Simulation of their Fabrication Processes".
- 02/05/2018 – 30/04/2019: Research fellow in the group of prof. Giuseppe Milano, Università di Salerno, within the ERC project “Intelligent bulk MAterials for Smart TRanspOrt industries (MASTRO)”.
- 01/02/2020 - 28/12/2020: Scholarship holder for research activities within the project PON "Use of innovative technologies, materials and models in the aeronautical field (AEROMAT)" in the group of prof. Salvatore Magazù, Università di Messina.
Academic Achievements:
- 03/04/2018 – 03/04/2027: National scientific qualification (abilitazione scientifica nazionale) as associate professor, scientific disciplinary sector 02/B2, Theoretical Physics of the Matter.
- 05/04/2018 – 05/04/2027: National scientific qualification (abilitazione scientifica nazionale) as associate professor, scientific disciplinary sector 03/A2, Models and Methodologies for the Chemical Sciences.
Referee Service:
- Soft Matter;
- Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics;
- RSC Advances;
- Advanced Materials;
- European Physical Journal E;
- Molecular Systems Design & Engineering;
- Langmuir;
- Journal of Physical Chemistry B;
- Journal of Chemical Physics;
- Physical Review E;
- Journal of Physics:Condensed Matter:
- Physica A;
- Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry;
- European Journal of Physics;
- Physics and Chemistry of Liquids.
Workshops, schools and conferences attended and organized:
- 16/05/2012: Invited speaker to the workshop "Sesta giornata con la Fisica Teorica a Messina", Università di Messina. Title of the talk: "Processi di aggregazione in sistemi colloidali con interazioni fortemente direzionali".
- 15/09/2013 – 19/09/2013: Member of the local organizing committee of the “3° International Soft Matter Conference”, Sapienza Università di Roma.
- 22/05/2014: Invited speaker to the workshop "Ottava Giornata con la Fisica Teorica a Messina", Università di Messina. Title of the talk: "Dimeri colloidali con interazioni antagoniste: come il processo di self-assembly compete con la separazione di fase".
- 23/07/2015: Invited speaker to the workshop "Soft interactions in bio-nanostructures", Roccalumera (ME). Title of the talk: "Modelling self-assembly of patchy and Janus colloids into micelles, tubes and bilayers".
- 23/06/2016 – 24/06/2016: Speaker of the workshop "Italian Soft Days, 2° Edition", Politecnico di Milano. Title of the talk: "Encapsulation of spherical nanoparticles by colloidal dimers".
- 04/09/2016 – 09/09/2016: Speaker of the conference "30° Conference on the European Colloid and Interface Society", Sapienza Università di Roma. Title of the talk: "Self-assembly of colloidal dimers around spherical nanoparticles: a simple model for encapsulation".
- 12/12/2016 – 15/12/2016: Speaker of the conference "Materials.it 2016", Catania. Title of the talk: "Self-assembled bio-nanostructures from Janus dimers".
- 12/12/2016 - 15/12/2016: Speaker of the conference "Materials.it 2016", Catania. Title of the talk: "Density and structural anomalies in soft-repulsive dimeric fluids".
- 11/01/2017: Invited speaker to the Università di Salerno. Title of the talk: "Self-assembly of patchy colloids: a theoretical and numerical approach".
- 01/10/2017 – 05/10/2017: Speaker of the conference "Fismat 2017", ICTP-SISSA, Trieste. Title of the talk: "Hybrid particle-field molecular dynamics study of Silica-Polystyrene nanocomposites".
- 07/06/2018: Invited speaker to the Università di Messina. Title of the talk: “Effective interactions in polymer nanocomposites”.
- 22/10/2018 – 26/10/2018: Speaker of the conference “Materials.it 2018”, CNR-ISMN, Bologna. Title of the talk: “Molecular structure and multi-body interactions in polymer nanocomposites”.
- 30/09/2019 – 04/10/2019: Speaker of the conference “Fismat 2019”, Catania. Title of the talk: “Interactions between nanoparticles in a polymer melt: effects of chain polydispersity and multibody terms”.
- 02/12/2019 – 03/12/2019: Speaker of the conference “International Conference on Atmospheric Monitoring Modeling and Simulation”, Messina. Title of the talk: “Use of innovative aeronautical technologies, materials and models”.
- 06/07/2021 – 07/07/201: Invited speaker to the workshop Advances in Functional Materials: Fundamentals, Technology and Sustainable Energy Production, 6/7 July 2021, Erice (TP). Title of the talk: “Design of functionalized colloidal particles for targeted self-assembled structures”.
Funder and/or approved research project:
- 17/11/2017 - 17/08/2018: Principal investigator of a grant of 465000 core hours to the CINECA-ISCRA Super Computing Application and Innovation Department with a project entitled "MOdeling of NAno COmposites".
Collaborations:
Prof. Maria C. Abramo, Università di Messina;
Prof. Carlo Caccamo, Università di Messina;
Dr. Andrea Correa, Università Federico II, Napoli;
Dr. Dino Costa, Università di Messina;
Dr. Francisco Gamez, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid;
Prof. Achille Giacometti, Università Ca' Foscari, Venezia;
Prof. Paolo V. Giaquinta, Università di Messina;
Dr. Toby S. Hudson, University of Sidney;
Prof. Toshihiro Kawakatsu, University of Sendai;
Prof. Michele Laus, Università del Piemonte Orientale;
Prof. Gianpietro Malescio, Università di Messina;
Prof. Giuseppe Milano, Università di Salerno;
Prof. Florian Mueller-Plathe, University of Darmstadt;
Dr. Patrick O’Toole, University of Sidney;
Dr. Michele Perego, IMM-CNR, Agrate Brianza;
Dr. Zdenek Preisler, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA;
Prof. Santi Prestipino, Università di Messina;
Dr. Franz Saija, CNR-Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici, Messina;
Prof. Francesco Sciortino, Sapienza, Università di Roma;
Dr. Frank Smallenburg, Heinrich-Heine University of Dusseldorf;
Prof. Tomaz Urbic, University of Ljubljana;
Dr. Teun Vissers, University of Edinburgh.
ISI/Scopus Publications:
46) M. Raffaele, M. T. Caccamo, G. Castorina, S. Lanza, G. Munaò, G. Randazzo and S. Magazù, “A didactic approach to the machine learning application to weather forecast”, Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti, Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, Vol. 99, No. S1, A28 (2021).
45) M. Raffaele, M. T. Caccamo, G. Castorina, S. Lanza, S. Magazù, G. Munaò and G. Randazzo, “Designing drones by combining finite element and atomistic simulations: a didactic approach”, Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti, Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, Vol. 99, No. S1, A33 (2021).
44) G. Munaò, S. Prestipino and D. Costa, “Early stages of aggregation in fluid mixtures of dimers and spheres: a theoretical and simulation study”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. DOI:10.1039/d1cp03604a (2021).
43) S. Caputo, V. Hristov, A. De Nicola, H. Herbst, A. Pizzirusso, G. Donati, G. Munaò, A. R. Albunia and G. Milano, “Efficient Hybrid Particle-Field Coarse-Grained Model of Polymer Filler Interactions: Multiscale Hierarchical Structure of Carbon Black Particles in Contact with Polyethylene”, J. Chem. Theory Comput. 17, 1755-1770 (2021). Featured on the back cover.
42) M. Laus, R. Chiarcos, V. Gianotti, D. Antonioli, K. Sparnacci, G. Munaò, G. Milano, A. De Nicola and M. Perego, “Evidence of Mechanochemical Control in “Grafting to” Reactions of Hydroxy-Terminated Statistical Copolymers”, Macromolecules 54, 499-508 (2021).
41) U. Rizza, E. Brega, M. T. Caccamo, G. Castorina, M. Morichetti, G. Munaò, G. Passerini and S. Magazù, “Analysis of the ETNA 2015 Eruption Using WRF–Chem Model and Satellite Observations”, Atmosphere 11, 1168 (2020).
40) M.C. Abramo, D. Costa, G. Malescio, G. Munaò, G. Pellicane, S. Prestipino and C. Caccamo, “Structure factors and x-ray diffraction intensities in molten alkali halides”, J. Phys. Commun. 4, 075017 (2020).
39) G. Donati, A. De Nicola, G. Munaò, M. Byshkin, L. Vertuccio, L. Guadagno, R. Le Goff and G. Milano, “Simulation of Self-heating Process on the Nanoscale: a Multiscale Approach for Molecular Models of Nanocomposite Materials”, Nanoscale Advances 2, 3164 (2020). Featured on the back cover.
38) K. Sparnacci, R. Chiarcos, V. Gianotti, M. Laus, T. J. Giammaria, M. Perego, G. Munaò, G. Milano, A. De Nicola, M. Haese, L. P. Kreuzer, T. Widmann, and P. Muller-Buschbaum, “Effect of Trapped Solvent on the Interphase between PS-b-PMMA Thin Film and P(S-r-MMA) Brush Layer”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12, 777 (2020).
37) A. De Nicola, G. Munaò, N. Grizzuti, F. Auriemma, C. De Rosa, A. Sevink and G. Milano, “Generation of well relaxed all atom models of stereoregular polymers: a validation of hybrid particle-field molecular dynamics for polypropylene melts of different tacticities”, Soft Materials 18(2-3), 228-241 (2020).
36) G. Munaò and F. Saija, “Evidence of Structural Inhomogeneities in Hard-Soft Dimeric Particles without Attractive Interactions”, Materials 13, 84 (2020).
35) G. Munaò, A. De Nicola, F. Mueller-Plathe, T. Kawakatsu, A. Kalogirou and G. Milano, “Influence of Polymer Bidispersity on the Effective Particle−Particle Interactions in Polymer Nanocomposites”, Macromolecules 52, 8826 (2019).
34) S. Prestipino, D. Gazzillo, G. Munaò and D. Costa, “Complex Self-Assembly from Simple Interaction Rules in Model Colloidal Mixtures”, J. Phys. Chem. B, DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b08617 (2019).
33) G. Munaò and F. Saija, “Monte Carlo simulation and integral equation study of Hertzian spheres in the low-temperature regime”, J. Chem. Phys. 151, 134901 (2019).
32) T. Yamanaka, A. De Nicola, G. Munaò, T. A. Soares and G. Milano, “Effect of the Ligand’s Bulkiness on the Shape of Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles in Aqueous Solutions: A Molecular Dynamics Study ”, Chem. Phys. Lett. 731, 136576 (2019).
31) D. Lombardo, G. Munaò, P. Calandra, L. Pasqua and M. T. Caccamo, “Evidence of pre-micellar aggregates in water solution of amphiphilic PDMS-PEO block copolymer ”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21, 11983 (2019).
30) G. Munaò, A. Pizzirusso, A. Kalogirou, A. De Nicola, T. Kawakatsu, F. Mueller-Plathe and G. Milano, “Molecular structure and multi-body potential of mean force in silica-polystyrene nanocomposites”, Nanoscale 10, 21656 (2018). Featured on the back cover.
29) M. C. Abramo, D. Costa, G. Malescio, G. Munaò, G. Pellicane, S. Prestipino and C. Caccamo, “Molecular dynamics determination of liquid-vapor coexistence in molten alkali halides”, Phys. Rev. E 98, 010103(R) (2018).
28) G. Munaò, A. Correa, A. Pizzirusso and G. Milano, “On the calculation of the potential of mean force between atomistic nanoparticles”, EPJ E 41, 38 (2018).
27) S. Prestipino, G. Munaò, D. Costa, G. Pellicane and C. Caccamo, “Two-dimensional mixture of amphiphilic dimers and spheres: Self-assembly behaviour”, J. Chem. Phys. 147, 144902 (2017). Selected as a 2017 Editors’ Choice article.
26) P. O'Toole, G. Munaò, A. Giacometti and T. S. Hudson, “Self-assembly behaviour of hetero-nuclear Janus dumbbells”, Soft Matter 13, 7141 (2017).
25) G. Munaò, D. Costa, S. Prestipino and C. Caccamo, “Aggregation of colloidal spheres mediated by Janus dimers: A Monte Carlo study”, Colloids and Surf. A Physicochem. Eng. Asp. 532C, 397 (2017).
24) S. Prestipino, G. Munaò, D. Costa and C. Caccamo, “Self-assembly in a model colloidal mixture of dimers and spherical particles”, J. Chem. Phys. 146, 084902 (2017).
23) G. Munaò and F. Saija, “Integral equation study of soft-repulsive dimeric fluids”, J. Phys.: Condens. Matt. 29, 115101 (2017).
22) G. Munaò, D. Costa, S. Prestipino and C. Caccamo, “Encapsulation of spherical nanoparticles by colloidal dimers”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 24922 (2016).
21) G. Munaò, D. Costa and C. Caccamo, “Development of molecular closures for the reference interaction site model theory with application to square-well and Lennard-Jones homonuclear diatomics”, J. Phys.: Condens. Matt., 28, 414007 (2016).
20) D. Gazzillo, G. Munaò and S. Prestipino, “Analytic solution of two-density integral equations for sticky Janus dumbbells with arbitrary monomer diameters”, J. Chem. Phys. 144, 234504 (2016).
19) G. Munaò and F. Saija, “Density and structural anomalies in soft-repulsive dimeric fluids”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 9484 (2016).
18) S. Prestipino, C. Caccamo, D. Costa, G. Malescio and G. Munaò, “Shapes of a liquid droplet in a periodic box”, Phys. Rev. E. 92, 022141 (2015).
17) G. Munaò, F. Gàmez, D. Costa, C. Caccamo, F. Sciortino and A. Giacometti, “Reference interaction site model and optimized perturbation theories of colloidal dumbbells with increasing anisotropy”, J. Chem. Phys. 142, 224904 (2015).
16) G. Munaò and T. Urbic, “Structure and thermodynamics of core-softened models for alcohols”, J. Chem. Phys. 142, 214508 (2015).
15) M.C. Abramo, C. Caccamo, D. Costa, P.V. Giaquinta, G. Malescio, G. Munaò and S. Prestipino, “On the determination of phase boundaries via thermodynamic integration across coexistence regions”, J. Chem. Phys. 142, 214502 (2015).
14) G. Munaò, P. O'Toole, T. S. Hudson, D. Costa, C. Caccamo, F. Sciortino and A. Giacometti,
“Cluster formation and phase separation in heteronuclear Janus dumbbells”, J. Phys. Cond. Matt., 27, 234101 (2015). Selected for inclusion in the IOP Select 2015.
13) M. Hus, G. Munaò and T. Urbic, “Properties of a soft-core model of methanol: An integral equation theory and computer simulation study”, J. Chem. Phys. 141, 164505 (2014).
12) M. C. Abramo, C. Caccamo, D. Costa and G. Munaò, “Communication: Phase diagram of C36 by atomistic molecular dynamics and thermodynamic integrations through coexistence regions”, J. Chem. Phys. 141, 091103 (2014).
11) Z. Preisler, T. Vissers, G. Munaò, F. Smallenburg and F. Sciortino, “Equilibrium phases of one-
patch colloids at short interaction range”, Soft Matter 10, 5121 (2014).
10) G. Munaò, P. O'Toole, T. S. Hudson, D. Costa, C. Caccamo, A. Giacometti and F. Sciortino,
“Phase-separation and self-assembly of colloidal dimers with tunable attractive strength: from
symmetrical square wells to Janus dumbbells”, Soft Matter 10, 5269 (2014).
9) T. Vissers, F. Smallenburg, G. Munaò, Z. Preisler and F. Sciortino, “Cooperative polymerization of one-patch colloids”, J. Chem. Phys. 140, 144902 (2014).
8) G. Munaò, Z. Preisler, T. Vissers, F. Smallenburg and F. Sciortino, “Cluster formation in one-patch colloids: low coverage results”, Soft Matter 9, 2652 (2013).
7) Z. Preisler, T. Vissers, F. Smallenburg, G. Munaò and F. Sciortino, “Phase diagram of one-patch
colloids forming tubes and lamellae”, J. Phys. Chem. B 117, 9540 (2013).
6) G. Munaò, D. Costa, A. Giacometti, C. Caccamo and F. Sciortino, “Structure and phase behavior of colloidal dumbbells with tunable attractive interactions”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15, 20590 (2013).
5) G. Munaò, D. Costa, F. Sciortino and C. Caccamo, “Simulation and theory of a model for tetrahedral colloidal particles”, J. Chem. Phys. 134, 194502 (2011).
4) G. Munaò, D. Costa, F. Saija and C. Caccamo, “Simulation and reference interaction site model
theory of methanol and carbon tetrachloride mixtures”, J. Chem. Phys. 132, 084506 (2010).
3) G. Munaò, D. Costa and C. Caccamo, “Thermodynamically consistent reference interaction site
model theory of the tangent diatomic fluid”, Chem. Phys. Lett. 470, 240 (2009).
2) G. Munaò, D. Costa and C. Caccamo, “Reference interaction site model investigation of
homonuclear hard dumbbells under simple fluid theory closures: Comparison with Monte Carlo
simulations”, J. Chem. Phys. 130, 144504 (2009).
1) D. Costa, G. Munaò, F. Saija and C. Caccamo, “Reference interaction site model and molecular
dynamics study of structure and thermodynamics of methanol”, J. Chem. Phys. 127, 224501 (2007).
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