THOMAS YOUNG CENTRE:
THE LONDON CENTRE FOR THEORY AND SIMULATION OF MATERIALS
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SCIENCE HIGHLIGHTS
The research groups of the Thomas Young Centre frequently publish important advances that are of interest to a wide multi-disciplinary audience. The items on our "Science Highlights" pages are short summaries of some of these advances, usually based on publications in high-impact journals.
18/11/2011
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.
04/09/2011
Ice exhibits a phenomenon known as pre-melting which was first alluded to by Michael Faraday in his 'regelation' experiments at the Royal Institution in the 1850's. A liquid like layer forms at the surface of ice, but there is dispute about the temperature at which this layer first occurs.
01/08/2011
Computer simulations reveal in the most exquisite detail how salt crystals dissolve in water.
13/07/2011
Computer simulations provide a molecule's eye view of the melting of ice nanoparticles, predicting melting at very low temperatures.
