Welcome to the Material Simulation Group!

Our recent publication featured in the media
Our recent paper, Cold Self-Lubrication of Sliding Ice, recently attracted media attention following a press release from Saarland University. Coverage appeared on Phys.org, idw-online, Spiegel Online and other various German resources, as well as some international media including biobiochile.cl, zap.aeiou.pt, focus.ua and others.
Our paper “COLD SELF-LUBRICATION OF SLIDING ICE” was published in Physical review letterS!
We made it to the cover page of Physical review letterS!
The full article can be accessed through the link.
Special Issue of the Tribology Letters Contact-Mechanics Challenge has gone online
Selected as one of 250 articles by Springer-Nature as a potential change-the-world article.
Featured on January 5, 2018 by Robert W. Carpick’s Perspective in
Science 359, 38 (2017).
See also more information on the challenge with links to surface profiles.