Computer modeling techniques are now used very widely in chemical, physical and biological sciences, especially in understanding the behaviour of complex systems at the molecular level. This lecture will highlight their application to materials chemistry where the impact has been substantial in recent years. Special emphasis will be given to three important and topical areas:

 

·               Crystal structure prediction

·               Guiding and understanding synthesis

·               Modeling nucleation and growth

·               Understanding reactivity at the molecular level

 

Applications to oxides, microporous silicates sulphides and molecular crystal will be discussed. Future prospects and developments in the field will be considered.

 

 

Professor Richard Catlow’s research is in the field of computational and experimental studies of complex inorganic materials.  His group has pioneered a wide range of applications of computational techniques in solid state chemistry to systems and problems including microporous and oxide catalysts, ionic conductors, electronic ceramics and silicate minerals.  Professor Catlow's research has led to over 800 publications, and numerous keynotes and guest lectures at international conferences. In 2004 he was elected to Fellowship of the Royal Society and he is currently Dean of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Faculty at University College London.

 

       Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry - 1990

       Royal Society of Chemistry Medal:  Solid State Chemistry - 1992

       Fellow of the Institute of Physics - 1995

       Honorary Member of the Materials Research Society of India - 1996

Royal Society of Chemistry Interdisciplinary Medal - 1998

Honorary Degree of the University of Havana, Cuba - 2001          

Fellow of the Royal Society - 2004

Fellow of the Third World Academy of Science - 2006

Liversidge Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry – 2008

 

1985-1989       Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Keele.

1989-2007       Wolfson Professor of Natural Philosophy, The Royal Institution, London.

1998-2007       Director of the Davy Faraday Research Laboratory, The Royal Institution, London.

2002-2007      Head of Chemistry Department, University College London

2007 -              Dean of Mathematical and Physical Sciences Faculty, University College London.