Commentary: The Materials Project: A materials genome approach to accelerating materials innovation

Date Published
07/2013
Publication Type
Journal Article
Authors
DOI
10.1063/1.4812323
Abstract

Accelerating the discovery of advanced materials is essential for human welfare and sustainable, clean energy. In this paper, we introduce the Materials Project (www.materialsproject.org), a core program of the Materials Genome Initiative that uses high-throughput computing to uncover the properties of all known inorganic materials. This open dataset can be accessed through multiple channels for both interactive exploration and data mining. The Materials Project also seeks to create open-source platforms for developing robust, sophisticated materials analyses. Future efforts will enable users to perform ‘‘rapid-prototyping’’ of new materials in silico, and provide researchers with new avenues for cost-effective, data-driven materials design.

Journal
APL Materials
Volume
1
Year of Publication
2013
Issue
1
Refereed Designation
Refereed
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