Scientific papers in refereed journals and edited books

The journal articles and their citation metrics can be found on ISI Web of Knowledge searching author Germano G and address Marburg or Bielefeld or Bristol or Pisa from the year 1995, or on researcher ID A-8726-2008. References to the book chapters can be found with an ISI Cited Reference Search.

Journal articles

  1. Mauro Politi, Enrico Scalas, Daniel Fulger, Guido Germano
    "Spectral densities of Wishart-Lévy free stable random matrices: Analytical results and Monte Carlo validation"
    European Physical Journal B - Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, in press (2009), 10 pages
    Preprint (PDF), arXiv:0903.1629 [cond-mat.stat-mech, q-fin.CP]

  2. Guido Germano, Mauro Politi, Enrico Scalas, René L. Schilling
    "Itô and Stratonovich integrals on compound renewal processes: the normal/Poisson case"
    Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, in press (2009), 6 pages, DOI 10.1016/j.cnsns.2009.06.010
    Abstract, Preprint (PDF)

  3. Guido Germano, Mauro Politi, Enrico Scalas, René L. Schilling
    "Stochastic calculus for uncoupled continuous-time random walks"
    Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 79, 066102 (2009), 12 pages, DOI 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.021122
    Abstract, Article (PDF), arXiv:0802.3769 [cond-mat.stat-mech, q-fin.CP]

  4. Christopher Stillings, Edgar Martin, Martin Steinhart, Robin Pettau, Jens Paraknowitsch, Martin Geuss, Johannes Schmidt, Guido Germano, Hans W. Schmidt, Ulrich Gösele, Joachim H. Wendorff
    "Nanoscaled discotic liquid crystal/polymer systems: Confinement effects on morphology and thermodynamics"
    Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 495, 285/[637]-293/[645] (2008), DOI 10.1080/15421400802430349
    Abstract, Article (PDF)

  5. Adrian T. Gabriel, Timm Meyer, Guido Germano
    "Molecular graphics of convex body fluids"
    Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 4, 468-476 (2008), DOI 10.1021/ct700192z
    Abstract, Article (PDF), http://qmga.sourceforge.net

  6. Daniel Fulger, Enrico Scalas, Guido Germano
    "Monte Carlo simulation of uncoupled continuous-time random walks yielding a stochastic solution of the space-time fractional diffusion equation"
    Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 77, 021122 (2008), 7 pages, DOI 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.021122
    Abstract, Article (PDF), Article (gzipped Postscript), arXiv:0707.2582 [cond-mat.stat-mech]

  7. Friederike Schmid, Guido Germano, Stefan Wolfsheimer, Tanja Schilling
    "Fluctuating interfaces in liquid crystals"
    Macromolecular Symposia 252, 110-118 (2007), DOI 10.1002/masy.200750611
    Abstract, Article (PDF) arXiv:0810.4146 [cond-mat.soft, cond-mat.mtrl-sci]

  8. Enrico Scalas, Edgar Martin, Guido Germano
    "Ehrenfest urn revisited: Playing the game on a realistic fluid model"
    Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 76, 011104 (2007), 6 pages, DOI 10.1103/PhysRevE.76.011104
    Abstract, Article (PDF), Article (gzipped Postscript), arXiv:cond-mat/0512038 [cond-mat.stat-mech]

  9. Marco Patriarca, Anirban Chakraborti, Els Heinsalu, Guido Germano
    "Relaxation in statistical many-agent economy models"
    European Physical Journal B - Condensed Matter and Complex Systems 57, 219-224 (2007), DOI 10.1140/epjb/e2007-00122-7
    Abstract (EDP Sciences), Abstract (Springer), Article (PDF), arXiv:physics/0608174 [physics.soc-ph, q-fin.GN]

  10. Michael P. Allen, Guido Germano
    "Expression for forces and torques in molecular simulations using rigid bodies"
    Molecular Physics 104, 3225-3235 (2006), DOI 10.1080/00268970601075238
    Abstract, Article (PDF), arXiv:cond-mat/0608387 [cond-mat.stat-mech, cond-mat.soft]

  11. Marco Patriarca, Anirban Chakraborti, Guido Germano
    "Influence of saving propensity on the power-law tail of the wealth distribution"
    Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 369, 723-736 (2006), DOI 10.1016/j.physa.2006.01.091
    Abstract, Article (PDF), arXiv:physics/0506028 [physics.soc-ph, q-fin.GN]

  12. Guido Germano, Friederike Schmid
    "Nematic-isotropic interfaces under shear: A molecular dynamics simulation"
    Journal of Chemical Physics 123, 214703 (2005), 8 pages, DOI 10.1063/1.2131065
    Abstract, Article (PDF), Article (gzipped Postscript), Article (PostScript), arXiv:cond-mat/0510146 [cond-mat.soft, cond-mat.mtrl-sci]

  13. Nguyen Hoang Phuong, Guido Germano, Friederike Schmid
    "The direct correlation function in nematic liquid crystals from computer simulation"
    Computer Physics Communications 147, 350-353 (2002), DOI 10.1016/S0010-4655(02)00302-8
    Abstract, Article (PDF)

  14. Guido Germano, Michael P. Allen, Andrew J. Masters
    "Simultaneous calculation of the helical pitch and the twist elastic constant in chiral liquid crystals from intermolecular torques"
    Journal of Chemical Physics 116, 9422-9430 (2002), DOI 10.1063/1.1475747
    Abstract, Article (PDF), Article (gzipped Postscript), Article (Postscript)

  15. Nguyen Hoang Phuong, Guido Germano, Friederike Schmid
    "Elastic constants from direct correlation functions in nematic liquid crystals: A computer simulation study"
    Journal of Chemical Physics 115, 7227-7234 (2001), DOI 10.1063/1.1404388
    Abstract, Article (PDF), Article (gzipped Postscript), Article (Postscript), arXiv:cond-mat/0107581 [cond-mat.soft, cond-mat.mtrl-sci]

  16. Denis Andrienko, Guido Germano, Michael P. Allen
    "Computer simulation of topological defects around a colloidal particle or droplet dispersed in a nematic host"
    Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 63, 041701 (2001), 8 pages, DOI 10.1103/PhysRevE.63.041701
    Abstract, Article (PDF), Article (gzipped Postscript), Article (Postscript), arXiv:cond-mat/0203062 [cond-mat.soft]

  17. Denis Andrienko, Guido Germano, Michael P. Allen
    "Liquid crystal director fluctuations and surface anchoring by molecular simulation"
    Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics 62, 6688-6693 (2000), DOI 10.1103/PhysRevE.62.6688
    Abstract, Article (PDF), Article (gzipped Postscript), Article (Postscript), arXiv:cond-mat/0203043 [cond-mat.soft]

  18. Alessandro Fortunelli, Guido Germano
    "Ab initio study of the intra- and intermolecular bonding in AuCl(CO)"
    Journal of Physical Chemistry A 104, 10834-10841 (2000), DOI 10.1021/jp000976y
    Abstract, Article (PDF), Article (HTML)

  19. Giuliano Alagona, Guido Germano, Caterina Ghio
    "Theoretical study of the stability of myrsinone in vacuo and in solution"
    Theoretical Chemistry Accounts 104, 210-217 (2000), DOI 10.1007/s002140000135
    Abstract, Article (PDF), Article (gzipped Postscript), Article (Postscript)

  20. Piero Leoni, Marco Pasquali, Alessandro Fortunelli, Guido Germano, Alberto Albinati
    "Oxydant-Induced Hydride Abstraction from [Pt(µ-PBut2)(H)(PBut2H)]2 Yielding [Pt(µ-PBut2)2(H)(PBut2H)2]C3(CN)5. Spectroscopic, Crystallographic, and Theoretical Comparison of the Structures of Two `Tautomers'"
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 120, 9564-9573 (1998), DOI 10.1021/ja980932r
    Abstract, Article (PDF), Article (HTML}, Supporting Information (PDF)

  21. Piero Leoni, Giuseppina Chiaradonna, Marco Pasquali, Fabio Marchetti, Alessandro Fortunelli, Guido Germano
    "Synthesis, molecular and electronic structure of the first homoleptic complex of platinum with a secondary phosphine"
    Inorganica Chimica Acta 264, 185-191 (1997), DOI 10.1016/S0020-1693(97)05679-X
    Abstract, Article (PDF), Supporting Information

  22. Guido Germano, Carlo Alberto Veracini, Christine Boeffel, Hans Wolfgang Spiess
    "Main chain order and dynamics in a liquid crystalline side-group polymer"
    Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 266, 47-58 (1995), DOI 10.1080/10587259508033631
    Abstract, Article (PDF)

Book chapters
  1. Christopher Stillings, Martin Steinhart, Sven Zimmermann, Andreas K. Schaper, Bernd Brandl, Ulrich Gösele, Christoph Weder, Edgar Martin, Guido Germano, Joachim H. Wendorff
    "Discotic liquid crystals in cylindrical confinement: Supramolecular architecture of LC nanorods"
    in Conference Book of 34. Arbeitstagung Flüssigkristalle 2006, Freiburg, Germany, 29-31 March 2006, nr. 15, 4 pages
    Preprint (PDF)

  2. Guido Germano, Michael Engel, Enrico Scalas
    "City@home: Monte Carlo derivative pricing distributed on networked computers"
    in Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Grid Technology for Financial Modeling and Simulation, Palermo, 3-4 February 2006, edited by Stefano Cozzini, Stefano d'Addona, Rosario Mantegna, PoS(GRID2006)011, 13 pages, http://pos.sissa.it, ISSN 1824-8039
    Article (PDF), Preprint (PDF), Preprint (gzipped Postscript), Preprint (Postscript)

  3. Marco Patriarca, Anirban Chakraborti, Kimmo Kaski, Guido Germano
    "Kinetic theory models for the distribution of wealth: Power law from overlap of exponentials"
    in Econophysics of Wealth Distributions (New Economic Windows series), edited by Arnab Chatterjee, Sudhakar Yarlagadda, Bikas K. Chakrabarti, pp. 93-110 (Springer, Milan, 2005), ISBN 978-88-470-0329-6
    Preprint (PDF), arXiv:physics/0504153 [physics.soc-ph, q-fin.GN]

  4. Guido Germano, Friederike Schmid
    "Simulation of nematic-isotropic phase coexistence in liquid crystals under shear"
    in NIC Symposium 2004 (Publication series of the John von Neumann Institute for Computing, vol. 20), edited by Dietrich Wolf, Gernot Münster, Manfred Kremer, pp. 311-320 (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, 2003), ISBN 3-00-012372-5
    Article (PDF), Article (gzipped Postscript), Article (Postscript)

  5. Nobuhiko Akino, Guido Germano, Nguyen Hoang Phuong, Friederike Schmid, Michael P. Allen
    "Simulations of liquid crystals: Bulk structure and interfacial properties"
    in NIC Symposium 2001 (Publication series of the John von Neumann Institute for Computing, vol. 9), edited by Horst Rollnik, Dietrich Wolf, pp. 335-346 (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, 2002), ISBN 3-00-009055-X
    Article (PDF), Article (gzipped Postscript), Article (Postscript)

  6. Giuliano Alagona, Guido Germano, Caterina Ghio
    "Modeling chemical reactions in complex systems"
    in Conference Book of 3o Convegno Nazionale di Informatica Chimica, edited by Vincenzo Barone et al., pp. 79-82 (STAR, Pisa, 1997)

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