We use cookies on this website. Cookies help us deliver the best experience on our website. Read about cookies.
-
- Education
- Education
- Programmes and courses
- Applications and admissions
- Tuition fees
- Scholarships
- Exchange studies at Malmö University
- Study Guidance
-
- After admission
- After admission
- Moving to Malmö
- Pre-orientation
- Arrival guide
-
- About studies at Malmö University
- About studies at Malmö University
- Why choose Malmö University
- Understanding university studies
- Connect with our students
On the page -
- Research
- Research
-
- Doctoral studies
- Doctoral studies
- Doctoral courses
-
- Doctoral schools
- Doctoral schools
- Doctoral school: Education, Learning and Globalisation
- Doctoral school: The National Research School for Professionals in Social Services
- Doctoral school: Learning in Multicultural Societal Contexts
- Doctoral school: ComBine
- Doctoral school: Swedish National Graduate School in Science and Technology Education Research
- Doctoral school: Relevancing Mathematics and Science Education (RelMaS)
- Doctoral school: Sustainable Movement Education
- Doctoral school: Finding ways in a time of great future challenges (FinnFram)
- Doctoral school: Pedagogy and Vocational Skills
- Doctoral school: Culturally Empowering Education through Language and Literature
- Research subjects
-
- Research centres
- Research centres
- Biofilms Research Centre for Biointerfaces
- Citizen Health
- Imagining and Co-Creating Futures
- Institute for Urban Research
- Malmö Institute for Migration Studies
- Literacy and Inclusive Teaching
- Centre for Work Life Studies
- Sustainable Digitalisation Research Centre
- Centre for Sexology and Sexuality Studies
-
- Research publications
- Research publications
- Search publications
- Malmö University Press
- Research events
- Participate in a research study
- Coffee Break Quiz
On the page -
- Collaboration and Innovation
- Collaboration and Innovation
- Innovation
- Collaboration with students
-
- Collaborate with researchers
- Collaborate with researchers
- Labs and facilities
- Culture collaboration
- Support Malmö University
- Alumni & Friends
On the page -
- About us
- About us
-
- Faculties and departments
- Faculties and departments
-
- Faculty of Culture and Society
- Faculty of Culture and Society
- Department of Urban Studies
- Department of Global Political Studies
- School of Arts and Communication
-
- Faculty of Education and Society
- Faculty of Education and Society
- Department of Childhood, Education and Society
- Department of Sports Sciences
- Department of Natural Science, Mathematics and Society
- Department of School Development and Leadership
- Department of Culture, Languages and Media
- Department of Society, Culture and Identity
-
- Faculty of Technology and Society
- Faculty of Technology and Society
- Department of Computer Science and Media Technology
- Department of Materials Science and Applied Mathematics
-
- Faculty of Odontology
- Faculty of Odontology
- Master's programmes in Dental Science
- University Dental Clinic
- Management and decision-making paths
-
- Vision, objectives and strategy 2025
- Vision, objectives and strategy 2025
- Global engagement
- Sustainability
- Widened recruitment and participation
- Quality assurance work at the University
-
- Malmö Academic Choir and Orchestra
- Malmö Academic Choir and Orchestra
- Student work – video pieces
-
- Annual Academic Celebration
- Annual Academic Celebration
- Academic traditions
- Meet our new professors
- The University in a troubled world
On the page

Presentation
Denis Music is a professor at the Department of Materials Science and Applied Mathematics at Malmö University and Deputy Director of Biofilms (BRCB). He received his PhD at Linköping University in 2003 and Habilitation (Docent) at RWTH Aachen University in 2008. His core skills include density functional theory, machine learning, as well as characterization and synthesis techniques, including non-equilibrium methods (plasma) giving rise to novel synthesis routes for advanced nanomaterials. Denis does interdisciplinary research in Materials Science of thin films. He uses theoretical and experimental means to design novel thermoelectric devices and other energy materials as well as explore underlying growth phenomena. Other research interests include sensors, nanolaminates, hard coatings, and organic/inorganic hybrid materials.
Publications
-
2025 | Article in journal
First-principles study of dynamic instability and phase transformation in the WRe and WOs sigma phase
Anders Vesti, Denis Music, Thomas Hammerschmidt, Mauro Palumbo, Pär A T Olsson
-
2025 | Article in journal
Kinetically Limited Growth of Dendritic Tin Oxide Thin Films: a Machine Learning Study beyond the Structure Zone Diagram
Denis Music, Xuelian Xiao, Rami Naser, Keke Chang, Grzegorz Sadowski, Pär A T Olsson
-
2025 | Article in journal
Data‐driven prediction of phase formation in graphene–metal systems based on phase diagram insights
Leilei Chen, Changheng Li, Kai Xu, Ruonan Zhou, Ming Lou, Yujie Du, Denis Music, Keke Chang
-
2024 | Article in journal
Amorphous TiNiSn thin films for mechanical flexibility in thermoelectric applications
Sana Khayyamifar, Grzegorz Sadowski, Johan Hektor, Denis Music
-
2024 | Article in journal
Reaction of hydrogen peroxide with amorphous Ti–O surfaces
Denis Music, Andrei-Ioan Mariș, Sana Khayyamifar, Grzegorz Sadowski, Tautgirdas Ruzgas
Activities
- Google Scholar
- MGE Advances - Editorial Board Member
- Old projects
- Gender Research Group
- Thermoelectric Materials
- Combinatorial Thin Films
- Distinguished RWTH Lecturer
- Vacuum - Editorial Board Member
- First-Principles Approaches to Metals, Alloys, and Metallic Compounds
- Self-Lubricating Materials
- How soft is your nanomaterial? - Nature - Research Highlights