Hi! I am Silvia Bonfanti.

I am postdoc at the Department of Physics at University of Milan.

My research focus on Physics of Complex Systems, with special interest in
glassy materials, biophysics, nanoscience and mechanical metamaterials.

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New on arXiv:

Universal low-frequency vibrational modes in silica glasses

Universality of glassy vibrational modes for the first time in a realistic glass system.

Automatic Design of Mechanical Metamaterial Actuators

combining a reinforced Monte Carlo method with discrete element simulations. 3D printing of selected mechanical metamaterial actuators shows that the machine-generated structures can reach high efficiency, exceeding human-designed structures. We also show how to design efficient actuators by training a deep neural network.