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Plasma Oscillations: analysis of dispersive behavior and acoustic waves

We perform a rigorous analysis of the quasineutral limit for a hydrodynamical models of viscous plasmas represented by the Navier Stokes Poisson system in 3-D. A common feature of this kind of limits ...

Uniqueness of large solutions in a ball for n-Laplace equation with critical non linearity

Brezis posed the problem of uniqueness for solutions in a ball for Brezis- Nirenberg problem. it was solved by many people, The main ingredient is the clever way using the Pohozaev Identity. But in di...

The regularity of 2-dimensional area-minimizing integral currents

Building upon the Almgren's big regularity paper, Chang proved in the eighties that the singularities of area-minimizing integral 2-dimensional currents are isolated. His proof relies on a suitable im...

Hyperbolicity of the minimisers for the stochastic Burgers equation

We consider the stochastic Burgers equation from a Lagrangian viewpoint. In other words, we study the dynamical behaviour of the energy minimisers which give the variational behaviour of the solution....

The wonderful structure of graphene

Abstract: The unique electronic properties of graphene have attracted a huge amount of attention since its discovery in 2004. The structural properties of such a two-dimensional lattice are less known...

Graphene: a revolution for the future technology

     Abstract: Graphene, a carbon layer packed in a 2D honeycomb lattice, has been discussed theoretically in the 1940s, tough it took sixty years to be experimentally isolate...

Strange equilibria of elastic rods: elastic arm scale, torsional gun, and the dripping of the Euler's elastica

Abstract: The problem of an elastic rod deforming in a plane, namely the so-called ‘planar elastica’, has a long history, rooting to Jacob Bernoulli (1654-1705), Daniel Bernoulli (1700-1782), Leonhard...

Mechanics of out-of-plane deformation patterns in supported graphene

Abstract: Graphene is a two-dimensional material with a unique set of properties, many of which rely on its planar two-dimensional structure. In many applications, graphene is supported on a substrate...

Mathematical Methods and Inventive Engineering

 Abstract: Engineering, intended as the capability of producing innovation and new technology, pays an important tribute to mathematics. It is well known how the increasing computer power open th...

Appearance Fabrication: An Optimization Approach

Abstract: Today’s 3D printers are likely to revolutionize personal fabrication, with their hardware improving everyday and their cost getting lower. In this walk, I will present my work in using 3D pr...

Use and misuse of mathematics in economic theory

Abstract: In recent decades the role of mathematics in then analysis of economic and financial phenomena has greatly increased.Unfortunately, the effects of such a process have not always been positiv...

Non-topological condensates for the self-dual Chern-Simons-Higgs model

We discuss vortex configurations in the abelian self-dual Chern-Simons-Higgs model, where topological invariants can just describe a part of the picture. We construct non-topological condensates (=dou...