Computational Materials Science

Computational tools have been permanently deposited into the toolbox of theoretical chemists. The impact of new computational tools can hardly be overestimated, and their presence in research and applications is overwhelming. Theoretical methods such as quantum mechanics, molecular dynamics, and statistical mechanics have been successfully used to characterize chemical systems and to design new materials, drugs, and chemicals. This volume on Computational Material Sciences covers selected examples of notable applications of computational techniques to material science. The chapters contained in this volume include discussions of the phenomenon of chaos in chemistry, reaction network analysis, and mechanisms of formation of clusters. Details of more practical applications are also included in the form of reviews of computational design of new materials and the prediction of properties and structures of well known molecular assemblies. Current developments of effective computational methods, which will help in understanding, predicting, and optimizing periodic systems, nanostructures, clusters and model surfaces are also covered in this volume.

Reviews of current computational methods applied in material scienceReviews of practical applications of modelling of structures and properties of materialsCluster and periodical approaches

Chaos and Chemistry: Simple Models to Understand Chaos in Chemistry
Reaction Network Analysis. The Kinetics and Mechanism of Water-Gas-Shift Reaction on Cu(111)
Clusters, the Intermediate State of Matter
Computer Simulation of Fullerenes and Fullerites
Theoretical Approaches to the Design of Functional Nanomaterials
Methods and Implementation of Robust, High-Precision Gaussian Basis DFT Calculations for Periodic Systems: The GTOFF Code
Many-Body Luminescence from Highly Excited
Quantum-Confined Structures
Spin-Polarised Surfaces: Current State of Density Functional Theory Investigations
Simulating the Structure and Reactivity of Oxide Surfaces from First Principles
A Theory-Guided Design of Bimetallic Nanoparticle Catalysts for Fuel Cell Applications
Supported Metal Species and Adsorption Complexes on Metal Oxides and in Zeolites: Density Functional Cluster Model Studies