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PV: Plenarvorträge

PV 8: PV VIII

PV 8.1: Plenary Talk

Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 09:15–10:00, HSZ 01

Computational Design of New Multifunctional Materials: From Magnetoelectronics to a Theory of Everything. — •Nicola Spaldin — Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Modern computational methods are proving to be invaluable in the first-principles design of new materials with specific targeted functionalities. I will illustrate their utility with two examples from the field of multiferroics: First, the design of new materials for electric-field control of magnetism, and second, testing extensions to the Standard Model by searching for the electric dipole moment of the electron.