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SUMMARY:To see a world in a grain of sand - Professor Nicola Marzari\, EPF
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CONTACT:Leona Hope-Coles
DESCRIPTION:Electronic-structure simulations provide powerful capabilities
  to understand\, predict\, and design the properties and performance of no
 vel materials and devices\, and can nowadays support\, streamline\, and so
 metimes even inspire experimental efforts.\n\nI will argue how functional 
 formulations of the electronic-structure problem are needed to capture the
  complexity of realistic systems\, with examples ranging from mixed-valenc
 e ground states to charged excitations and spectroscopies. Importantly\, t
 he quest to provide accurate microscopic descriptions of macroscopic prope
 rties can even inspire novel physical formulations\; I'll use here example
 s taken from transport theories of solids. Last\, the reliability of autom
 ated simulations allows for systematic and even effortless explorations of
  materials space\, enabling the discovery of novel materials with targeted
  properties.\n\nThese points highlight the bright future and opportunities
  arising from digitally-driven science\, both for scientific discovery and
  technological innovation\, but also as a powerful and democratic instrume
 nt that can be shared worldwide at the flick of a button.\n\n"link to Team
 s Livestream of lecture":https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ame
 eting_MDI2ZjVhZmUtM2Q2My00MGEzLWI2NWMtYjQ5ZDM5YjZhODBj%40thread.v2/0?conte
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 a%22197d44f9-a582-408b-b638-108327541246%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3at
 rue%7d&btype=a&role=a\n\nPlease do not join event before 4pm on 21st April
 .
LOCATION:Pippard lecture theatre and Teams Livestream
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