Talks and presentations

In this talk I presented amorphouspy, an open Python package for the automated, reproducible atomistic simulation of glasses following FAIR principles. [Documentation]

In this talk I presented results on the topology of oxide glasses extracted using persistent homology with a focus on void structure. These results are published in Revealing the void-size distribution of silica glass using persistent homology, Materialia 44 (2025).

In this talk I presented results on the relaxation dynamics of model supercooled liquids and glasses. This work is available as a preprint, Microstructure-specific mechanisms define multistage relaxation dynamics in a metallic model-glass (arXiv:2606.00323).

Talk on the plastic response of fragile and strong bulk metallic glasses during nanoindentation. The results were later published as Plasticity of metallic glasses dictated by their state at the fragile-to-strong transition temperature, Acta Materialia 286 (2025).

In this talk I went through a few topics that I studied during the years and explained to students what can be done using molecular dynamics simulations. During 1h I walked the students on the topics listed below:

• What are glasses?
• introduction to the structure, and formation rules and theories of oxide glasses.
• What is molecular dynamics simulations?
• Anisotropic oxide glasses
• Bioactive oxide glasses
• Phase separation in binary aluminosilicate glasses

Talk on the atomistic origins of the mechanical and structural anisotropy of metaphosphate glasses. The results were later published as Atomistic origins of deformation-induced structural anisotropy in metaphosphate glasses and its influence on mechanical properties, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 627 (2024).

Talk on the effect of alumina content on the thermodynamic, mechanical and structural properties of calcium silicate glasses, studied via molecular dynamics simulations. The results were later published as Alumina effect on the structure and properties of calcium aluminosilicate in the percalcic region: A molecular dynamics investigation, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 525 (2019).