The structural science of functional materials

C Richard A Catlow

doi:10.1107/S2052252517018474

The structural science of functional materials

IUCrJ. 2018 Jan 1;5(Pt 1):1-3. doi: 10.1107/S2052252517018474.

Author

C Richard A Catlow^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, UK.
² School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK.

Abstract

The growing complexity of functional materials and the major challenges this poses to structural science are discussed. The diversity of structural materials science and the contributions that computation is making to the field are highlighted.

Keywords: editorial; functional materials; structural science.

Publication types

Editorial