Multiscale Methods for Materials Science

Dear Colleagues,

Even with the enormous increase in computational power available to researchers, comprehensive material modeling remains a significant challenge, as indicated by efforts such as the Materials Genome Initiative. One of the major difficulties is finding algorithms that are capable of scaling both length and time scales relevant to proper simulation of biomolecules, fracture mechanics, tribology, and a host of other chemical and mechanical processes. A related challenge is how to pass from explicitly particle-based approaches needed at the molecular scale to the continuum representation, which will ultimately be necessary in bulk material simulations.

In this Special Issue, we invite authors to submit their work on recent developments in addressing these problems via new and improved methodologies, or to showcase new applications of existing methods to problems in materials science, including traditional materials, biomaterials and reactive systems. Both original papers and review articles are welcome. Authors interested in submitting a review article are encouraged to contact the Guest Editors in advance to discuss the scope. 

Dr. Ahmed E. Ismail
Dr. B. Christopher Rinderspacher
Guest Editors

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• coarse-graining
• multiscale methods
• multiresolution methods
• atomistic-to-continuum
• first-principles methods
• thermodynamics