Feliciano Giustino (, Associate Professor of Materials Modelling, D

Broschiertes Buch

Materials Modelling Using Density Functional Theory

Properties and Predictions

Beschreibung

The book explains the fundamental ideas of density functional theory, and how this theory can be used as a powerful method for explaining and even predicting the properties of materials with stunning accuracy.

Autor

Feliciano Giustino is an Associate Professor of Materials Modelling in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford, the co-Director of the Materials Modelling Laboratory, and Associate Editor of the European Physical Journal B. He holds an MSc in Nuclear Engineering from the Politecnico di Torino, a PhD in Physics from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, and before joining the Department of Materials at Oxford he was a researcher in the Department of Physics at the University of California at Berkeley. His research team specializes in the computational modelling of nanomaterials and the development of methods for electronic structure calculations. He has been recipient of the European Research Council Starting Grant and of the Leverhulme Research Leadership Award. Besides his research work, he teaches two undergraduate courses on the quantum theory of materials at the University of Oxford.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 172mm x 104mm
• Gewicht: 602g
• ISBN-13: 9780199662449
• ISBN-10: 0199662444
• Artikelnr.: 40542184