New frontiers for the materials genome initiative

• DOI: 10.1038/s41524-019-0173-4
• Publication Date: 2019-04-05T10:02:56Z
• Authors: Juan J. de Pablo; Nicholas E. Jackson; Michael A. Webb; Long-Qing Chen; Joel E. Moore; Dane Morgan; Ryan Jacobs; Tresa Pollock; Darrell G. Schlom; Eric S. Toberer; James Analytis; Ismaila Dabo; Dean M. DeLongchamp; Gregory A. Fiete; Gregory M. Grason; Geoffroy Hautier; Yifei Mo; Krishna Rajan; Evan J. Reed; Efrain Rodriguez; Vladan Stevanovic; Jin Suntivich; Katsuyo Thornton; Ji-Cheng Zhao
• Keywords: 9. Industry and infrastructure; Materials engineering; Materials Engineering; 02 engineering and technology; Condensed Matter Physics; Condensed matter physics; Engineering; Innovation and Infrastructure; Theoretical and Computational Chemistry; Theoretical and computational chemistry; Chemical Sciences; Physical Sciences; Industry; 0210 nano-technology

AbstractThe Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) advanced a new paradigm for materials discovery and design, namely that the pace of new materials deployment could be accelerated through complementary efforts in theory, computation, and experiment. Along with numerous successes, new challenges are inviting researchers to refocus the efforts and approaches that were originally inspired by the MGI. In May 2017, the National Science Foundation sponsored the workshop “Advancing and Accelerating Materials Innovation Through the Synergistic Interaction among Computation, Experiment, and Theory: Opening New Frontiers” to review accomplishments that emerged from investments in science and infrastructure under the MGI, identify scientific opportunities in this new environment, examine how to effectively utilize new materials innovation infrastructure, and discuss challenges in achieving accelerated materials research through the seamless integration of experiment, computation, and theory. This article summarizes key findings from the workshop and provides perspectives that aim to guide the direction of future materials research and its translation into societal impacts.