CMSN MISSION

The mission of the Computational Materials Science Network is to advance frontiers in computational science by assembling diverse sets of researchers committed to working together to solve relevant materials problems that require cooperation across organizational and disciplinary boundaries.

RESEARCH
Current CRTs	Research Highlight
Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering	Evidence for weak electronic correlations in the iron pnictides
Predictive Capability for Strongly Correlated Systems	Advances in the Theory of Excitation of Correlated Materials
Dynamics and Cohesion of Materials Interfaces and Confined Phases Under Stress	Atomistic Mechanism of Liquid Metal Embrittlement
Multiscale Simulation of Thermo-mechanical Processes in Irradiated Fission-reactor Materials	Kinetically Driven Point-Defect Clustering in Irradiated MgO by Molecular-Dynamics Simulation
Predictive Modeling of the Growth and Properties of Energy-Relevant Thin Films and Nanostructures

Previous CRTs	Research Highlight
Multiscale Studies of the Formation and Stabililty of Surface-Based Nanostructures	Nanomechanical architecture of strained bi-layer thin films
Excited State Electronic Structure and Response Functions	Optical Spectra of Nanocrystals
Microstructural Effects on the Mechanics of Materials	Dislocation dynamics in nanocrystalline aluminum
Magnetic Materials Bridging Basic and Applied Science	Magnetization dynamics: Fast coarse graining approach agrees with all-atom simulations
Fundamentals of Dirty Interfaces: From Atoms to Alloy Microstructures	Grain shape, grain boundary mobility and the Herring relations

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