The Atomistic Interfaces Network is the network for scientists and engineers working on materials interfaces at the atomic and electronic level. The technical focus is on modeling and atomistic simulations of interfaces – their processing and functionalities. Computation is a tool instead of the goal for modeling and simulations. Experimental validation and verification are an integral part of this focused network. The interfacing between atomistic modelers and experimentalists is a critical element for any serious modeling community, and particularly true to this network.

Through periodic workshops, this network aims to:

1.    Promote interactions of scientists and engineers, to maximize technological impacts through advancement of nanoscience; and

2.    Provide a technically focused and yet personable environment for scientific exchanges.

The Workshop ’09 has a focus on atomistic interfaces of complex oxides, and the next workshop in ’11 will continue this theme. The Workshop ’09 has enabled or strengthen collaborations among the network participants. For example, a collaboration between University of Connecticut and Brown University on surfactant-stress coupling has taken off recently;  and the existing collaboration on nuclear materials  also strengthens among Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of Florida, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and University of Connecticut.

The Network is an open platform, and welcomes new ideas. If you have any suggestions, please send an email to hanchen@uconn.edu.