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SUMMARY:Simulation and modeling of materials with atomic detail at IBM: Fr
 om biophysics to high-tech application - Prof. Glenn Martyna\, IBM T.J. Wa
 tson Laboratory
DTSTART:20111110T160000Z
DTEND:20111110T170000Z
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CONTACT:Robert Best
DESCRIPTION:The goal of simulation and modeling studies is to provide insi
 ght into important systems of scientific and technological interest. Today
 \, approaching such problems involves treating accurately complex heteroge
 neous interfaces at the nanoscale. The novel mathematical physics methods 
 and parallel algorithms underlying the study of nanostructures are briefly
  given followed by applications to challenges across engineering\, physics
 \, and biophysics. In particular\, models of carbon-based transparent elec
 trodes for use in thin film solar cells are described showing how expensiv
 e oxide materials effectively may be replaced. A new approach to DNA seque
 ncing is discussed and a novel understanding of how the conformational pro
 perties of small fragments of the HIV glycoprotein gp41 are affected by ea
 ch other and their environment is presented. Throughout the lecture\, the 
 importance of synergistic interactions between theory\, simulation and exp
 eriment to generate new scientific insights and technological innovation i
 s stressed.
LOCATION:Department of Chemistry\, Cambridge\, Wolfson Lecture Theatre
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