Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience
If ,..., all of scientific knowledge were to be destroyed, and only one sentence passed on to the next generations of creatures, what statement would contain the most information in the fewest words? I believe it is the atomic hypothesis that all things are made of atoms... Richard P. Feynman
Overview
The size of an atom is ~ 1-2 angstrom, while the size of a DNA molecule ranges from 10 nm to 1mm. Since they are the basic elements of all chemical and biological processes, the ability of controlling materials/processes at the nanoscale has far-reaching impact on a large part of physics and all of chemistry and biology. The development of nanoscience and nanotechnology touches deeply on the foundations of modern science and is poised to have a great impact on the welfare of human society in the 21st century.
In the Theoretical Nanoscience Group, we are engaged in theoretical and computational approaches to solving problems of interests to nanoscience and nanotechnology. Our goals are three-fold: (1) we want to identify the unifying concepts that underlie and connect different areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology; (2) we want to develop the theoretical methods that can be used to study any process of interest to nanoscience and nanotechnology; (3) we want to create the simulation tools that can be used to compute any property of interest to nanoscience and nanotechnology. We develop the methods that solve the problems, and we emphasize fundamentals without neglecting details.
Current
Research
Quantum Nanoscience
Nano-scale Photonic Processes
Statistical Mechanics and Multi-scale Simulation of Nanomaterials