Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
Computational materials science
open-in-new
<p>Computational materials science and engineering uses modeling, simulation, theory, and <a href="/facts/Informatics/YylNMP9r">informatics</a> to understand materials. The main goals include discovering new materials, determining material behavior and mechanisms, explaining experiments, and exploring materials theories. It is analogous to <a href="/facts/Computational_chemistry/KyuCgRV3">computational chemistry</a> and <a href="/facts/Computational_biology/GxgNfwcX">computational biology</a> as an increasingly important subfield of <a href="/facts/Materials_science/N5HrXRYW">materials science</a>. </p>