Highlights with ‘materials science’

Thermal transport via non-equilibrium molecular dynamics (new Tutorial)

Learn how to calculate the temperature dependent thermal conductivity via a non-equilibrium molecular dynamics ansatz. The tutorial is based on E.M. Moscarello, B.L. Wooten, H. Sajid, L.D. Tichenor, J.P. Heremans, M.A. Addicoat, P.L. McGrier, ACS...

Ultalight aerogels from protein aggregate pyrolysis – experiments and ReaxFF simulations

The integration of two-dimensional (2D)-graphene (G) and one-dimensional (1D) carbon fibers (CF) has excellent potential as a new type of carbon structure. Yet, it remains largely unexplored mainly because of the inability to fabricate such...

Meet SCM fall 2022 at various events

Come and talk to us about your R&D challenges and collaboration opportunities! We will be at various events in the Netherlands this fall: 14 September 2022, KNCV-CTC Seminar, Amsterdam (Stan) 21+22 September 2022, CHAINS, Veldhoven...

AMSmovie: Radial distribution functions (video tip of the week)

In this last video tip of the week before a longer break, Ole shows how to calculate radial distribution functions from within AMSmovie. More trajectory analysis is found in the according section of the AMS...

AMS GUI: How to use ‘Tune Geometry’ (video tip of the week)

In this 13th video tip of the week, Ole shows how to use some functions of the ”Tune Geometry” dialogue to position an adatom as well as a partial optimization of an edited structure with...

Fundamental Insights in Novel Graphene-Glassy Carbon Hybrid Materials with ReaxFF

Using graphene (Gr) and glassy carbon (GC) as building blocks, recently a hybrid material with superior electrical and electrochemical properties was introduced. 2D monolayer graphene is considered as the gold-standard for electrical conductivity with its...

AMS MD: Calculating viscosity with the Green-Kubo relation (video tip of the week)

In this 12th video tip of the week, Ole shows how to use the auto correlation functions available within AMSmovie to calculate the viscosity via the Green-Kubo relation. The video is based on the tutorial...

AMS polymer builder: Generating periodic polymer structures (video tip of the week)

In this 11th video tip of the week, Ole talks about to take molecular structures generated by the polymer builder and pack them into a periodic box for property estimation such as the glass transition...

MRS Spring Meeting: 8-13 May

Drop by booth 110 at the MRS Spring Meeting in Honolulu to talk to Fedor about your materials research & development challenges! Whether you develop OLEDs, batteries, polymers, catalysts, or other materials, the Amsterdam Modeling...

Performance of GFN1-xTB for periodic optimization of Metal Organic Frameworks

High throughput computational screening of Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) has typically relied on either general force fields that lack accurate non-bonded interactions making adsorption studies impossible, or element-specific force fields that make wide-ranging predictive studies...