Laboratory for Materials Simulations (LMS)

LMS banner by Leonid Kahle and Nicola Marzari
©Leonid Kahle and Nicola Marzari

The Laboratory for Materials Simulations develops the theory, algorithms, software and data required for the study of advanced materials at PSI.

  • Stotskyi V, Di Lorenzo F, Marques Fernandes M, Krack M, Scheinost AC, Lanson M, et al.
    Local Crystal Structure of Ni2+- and Zn2+-Doped Saponite Determined by EXAFS Spectroscopy and Ab Initio MD Modeling
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2025; 129(30): 13691-13704. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c01314
    DORA PSI
  • Nielsen RS, Álvarez ÁL, Tomm Y, Gurieva G, Ortega-Guerrero A, Breternitz J, et al.
    BaZrS3 lights up: the interplay of electrons, photons, and phonons in strongly luminescent single crystals
    Advanced Optical Materials. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202500915
    DORA PSI
  • Salikhov R, Lysne M, Werner P, Ilyakov I, Schüler M, de Oliveira TVAG, et al.
    Spin-orbit interaction driven terahertz nonlinear dynamics in transition metals
    npj Spintronics. 2025; 3(1): 3 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44306-024-00068-7
    DORA PSI
  • Li X, Wang X, Beck A, Artsiusheuski M, Liu Q, Liu Q, et al.
    Quantifying electronic and geometric effects on the activity of platinum catalysts for water-gas shift
    Nature Communications. 2025; 16(1): 6641 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61895-8
    DORA PSI
  • Timrov I, Aquilante F, Cococcioni M, Marzari N
    Accurate electronic properties and intercalation voltages of olivine-type Li-Ion cathode materials from extended Hubbard functionals
    PRX Energy. 2022; 1(3): 033003 (19 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PRXEnergy.1.033003
    DORA PSI