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The Condensed Matter Theory Group

Condensed matter physics is one of the central areas of modern physics and our group specializes in theory and computational physics aspects of condensed matter studies. This area deals with the structure and properties of matter in condensed phases e.g. solids, liquids, glasses, plasmas and nano-particles and thus is a key area in fundamental physics and also in much of applied physics e.g. in materials science, semiconductor device design, metals, polymers, catalysis, superconductors and nanotechnology.

Image of nano rod

Image of nano wire

The Simulated Bending of a Gold Nano-Rod

The Electronic Structure of a Diamond Nano-wire

Our group has expertise in the use of both quantum mechanical techniques such as Hartree-Fock Theory, Density Functional Theory and the Quantum Monte Carlo Techniques and Statistical Mechanical methods such as the Monte Carlo Method, Molecular Dynamics (Classical Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium and quantum ab-initio methods) and Brownian Dynamics Techniques and is currently gaining experience in new techniques such as the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, kinetic Monte Carlo Methods and Accelerated MD methods.


For more information about the Condensed Matter Theory Group, please contact Professor Ian Snook.