CMSP Seminar Series @ICTP Stasi Room: M. SALVALAGLIO Thursday 26 October

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ICTP Seminar Series in Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics
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Thursday 26 October at 11:30 a.m.

Luigi Stasi Seminar Room, first floor, ICTP Leonardo building
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Speaker:
Matteo SALVALAGLIO (UCL, London, U.K.)

Title:
Nucleation, growth and polymorphic transitions in molecular materials:
Insights from molecular dynamics simulations.

Abstract:
Nucleation, growth and polymorphic transitions play a key role in the 
definition
of bulk and surface properties of molecular materials. These processes are
characterised by events unfolding at the molecular scale. Understanding the
thermodynamics, kinetics and mechanisms of such events is therefore key to
rationally develop advanced material synthesis processes.

Molecular dynamics simulations, while providing a straightforward 
description
of the relevant length scale, suffer from timescale and finite-size 
limitations. In this
seminar I will introduce strategies suitable to tackle these challenges. 
Examples
drawn from a diverse set of systems including urea in solution, carbon 
dioxide
under pressure, and non-covalent supramolecular fibres will be discussed.