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A joint effort with lasting impact

The ramifications of the Car–Parrinello method, a 25-year-old unified approach to computing properties of materials from first principles, have reached out well-beyond materials science.

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Figure 1: Artist's representation of possible reaction pathways for the dehydrogenation of an alkane molecule catalysed by an acidic zeolite.
Figure 2: Structure of the post-perovskite phase of MgSiO3.
Figure 3: DFT-optimized structure of the binding site in the rhodopsin chromophore.

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Hafner, J. A joint effort with lasting impact. Nature Mater 9, 690–692 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2838

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