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Defect Structure and Processes Our research involves "computer experiments" using classical and quantum mechanical methodologies of the structure and properties of crystalline defects. Most of the calculations are carried out at the Cambridge-Cranfield High Performance Computing Facility (CCHPCF), the CRAY T3E parallel supercomputer based at Manchester (CSAR) and the HPCx facility at Daresbury. Ferroelectrics Dr. P.D. Bristowe, S. Shah Sponsors: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan Metal/ferroelectric interfaces Scaling effects, depolarising fields and the influence of strain, point defects and grain boundaries Collaborator with the Atomistic Simulation Centre, Belfast Optical Coatings Dr.P.D. Bristowe, Dr.Z. Lin., C. Phillips. Sponsor: EPSRC Oxide/oxide and metal/oxide interfaces Effects of defects on optical constants. Collaborations with Loughborough, Reading, Imperial and Newcastle universities on materials modelling consortium on functional coatings Fast Ion Conductors Dr.P.D. Bristowe, T-H Lai Sponsor: Cambridge Overseas Trust Grain boundaries and multilayer structures in YSZ Co-doping and nanoscale effects on ionic conductivity Collaboration with the Materials Chemistry Group, Cambridge Metal Organic Framework Structures Dr.P.D. Bristowe, Bor Kae Chang Sponsor:Ministry of Education, Government of Taiwan Modelling and Synthesis of MOFs for applications in carbon dioxide adsorption Collaboration with the Materials Chemistry Group, Cambridge