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This is the non-departmental home page of Dr James Elliott, University Lecturer in Materials Modelling at the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy in the University of Cambridge, UK. I am also a Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, and a member of the Macromolecular Materials Laboratory in MSM, and the Pfizer Institute for Pharmaceutical Materials Science.
The site contains descriptions of my current research interests, together with a list of publications and my curriculum vitae. There are also some teaching resources for my MPhil and undergraduate students. Others may care to check out my photographs or links to other sites.
I'd be grateful for any constructive feedback on these pages, and content thereof. You can contact me by any of the means indicated below.
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28/11/2011 - Invited book chapter: "Semiempirical Molecular Orbital Study of Freestanding and Fullerene-Encapsulated Mo Nanoclusters" published in Industrial Applications of Molecular Simulation (ed. M. Meunier), which demonstrates how modeling can solve everyday problems for scientists in industry. Available also from Amazon. |
| 25/8/2011 "Interaction between Two Graphene Sheets with a Turbostratic Orientational Relationship" published in Chemical Physics Letters in the 25th August edition. Demonstrates that barrier to sliding of two perfect graphene sheets is essentially negligible once they are misaligned. Highlighted as Editor's Choice. |
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4/6/2011 - Invited review article: "Novel Approaches to Multiscale Modelling in Materials Science" published in International Materials Reviews, which summarizes recent developments in multiscale materials modelling over the last decade. |
| 11/5/2011 "A unified morphological description of Nafion membranes from SAXS and mesoscale simulations" published in Soft Matter, which describes a consistent model of the structure of membranes used in hydrogen fuel cells. Due to the large degree of disorder in these systems, computational modelling is needed to resolve the ambiguity in interpreting experimental scattering data. |
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4/2/2011 "A Model for the Strength of Yarn-like Carbon Nanotube Fibers" published in ACS Nano, which describes a simple model for predicting the strength of fibres made from pure cabon nanotubes. The collapsed cross-section of tubes (shown left) is an important factor in giving the fibres their high strengh. |
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