NANS1004 Computational Nanosciences (2 cr)

• Viewpoints to computational research (material systems, methods, analysis, processes, computational infrastructure, practical aspects)

• Overview of various computational methods (many-body methods, density-functional theory, tight-binding model, classical force fields, discretized continuum)

• Suitability of different methods to investigate nanomaterial properties

• Computational research at NanoScience Center of Jyväskylä 

At the end of this course, students are able to

• relate computational research to purely experimental and theoretical research

• name the most common computational methods of nanoscience research

• describe the basic principles behind the methods

• differentiate and classify different methods of computational nanoscience with respect to their central approximations, quantum-mechanical characters, computational efficiencies and use

• give a presentation about one topic related to computational nanoscience

• justifiably choose the most appropriate computational methods once given the material system and the properties under investigation

• in future independently deepen their methodological knowledge on computational nanoscience 

Material produced by other students and material given at the lectures.