One of the foremost reasons for the long process time in materials discovery is the lack of comprehensive knowledge about materials, organized for easy analysis and rational design. The Materials Project aims to leverage the information age for materials using the only tool that can efficiently scan multiple materials properties in a reasonable amount of time: computations. While ab initio computations have already started to show promise for accelerating the traditionally slow development process for new materials, integration with web-based free dissemination and a user-dynamic workspace will lead to a new paradigm for how materials science is performed. Through our freely accessible web interface, both experimentalists and theorists will have materials properties of all known inorganic compounds and beyond at their fingertips to scan, analyze and provide inspiration for novel materials development.

Database driven materials discovery and design: The materials project

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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