Leading Experts Discuss Computer Simulation at TCD

Posted on: 14 October 2009

The School of Physics, in association with the School of Chemistry and the Tyndall National Institute in Cork, hosted an international workshop recently on Computer Simulation of Oxides.  Examining the properties of oxides is crucially important for many modern electronic devices.  Computer simulation plays an important role in unravelling the complexities of the electronic and magnetic properties of oxides. 

In this field, large supercomputers simulate the behaviour of electrons in materials allowing chemists and physicists to determine the functional characteristics of the oxide. Oxides are often used as components of solar cells, transistors or fuel cells and can be used as catalysts for speeding up chemical reaction rates.  The aim of the workshop was to encourage collaboration amongst leading theorists and experimentalists in computer simulation in order to further explore the chemical and physical properties of oxides.

The workshop, attended by over 70 international scientists, was addressed by speakers from the US, Germany, Austria, UK, Spain and China.  The event was sponsored by Science Foundation Ireland.