The Thomas Young Centre (TYC) is an interdisciplinary community of London research groups working to address challenges of society and industry through materials modelling and the theory and simulation of materials.

Complexity of grain boundaries in ceramics: electrons reveal it all

Reporting in Nature this week, a team of researchers, including Professor Alex Shluger of the Thomas Young Centre, describe how they have been able to unravel the structure of grain boundary defects in ceramics with both atomic resolution and chemical sensitivity by combining advanced electron microscopy techniques with theoretical simulations.

• Local meeting
  Thursday 2nd February 2012
  
  TYC Lunchtime Get-Together
  TYC@UCL Lunchtime Get-Togethers are a great opportunity to get to meet other students and researchers, catch up with your friends and colleagues, and listen to members and visitors talk about their research
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• Soiree
  Thursday 9th February 2012
  
  Soiree on Force measurement and modelling in biological systems
  Dr Sergi-Garcia Manyes (Department of Physics, King's College London)
  Professor Helmut Grubmϋeller (Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry)
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• Highlight Seminar
  Thursday 16th February 2012
  
  The Physics (and Chemistry and Materials Science) of Sustainability
  Highlight Seminar by Professor Peter Littlewood (Associate Laboratory Director for Physical Sciences and Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory and Professor of Physics, University of Chicago)
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• Highlight Seminar
  Thursday 23rd February 2012
  
  Highlight Seminar by Professor Bill Curtin
  Professor Bill Curtin (Director of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, EPFL)
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• Highlight Seminar
  Wednesday 21st March 2012
  
  Theory and Simulation of Biomolecular Systems: Surmounting the Challenge of Bridging the Scales
  Gregory A. Voth
  Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, and Computation Institute, University of Chicago
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