Integrated computational materials science and engineering

Application of information technology to materials simulatio

Co-evolution of microstructure and properties

Interactions between dislocations,plasticity,and phase mi

Phase-field method and software development

Multiscale modeling integrating density functional theory (DFT)calculations,thermodynamic analysis,and phase-field simulations

Domain structures and switching in ferroelectric,

ferromagnetic,ferroelastic and multiferroic thin films and devices

Interactions between electronic/ionic defects and ferroelectric domains,dielectric degradation and breakdown

Basic theory