EScience for molecular-scale simulations and the eMinerals project

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1890, 2009, Pages 967-985

  Salje, E K H ^a   Artacho, E ^a   Austen, K F ^a   Bruin, R P ^a   Calleja, M ^a   Chappell, H F ^a   Chiang, G T ^a   Dove, M T ^a   Frame, I ^a   Goodwin, A L ^a   Kleese Van Dam, K ^b   Marmier, A ^c,d   Parker, S C ^c   Pruneda, J M ^a   Todorov, I T ^a,b   Trachenko, K ^a   Tyer, R P ^b   Walker, A M ^a   White, T O H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EMinerals; EScience; Molecular simulations

Indexed keywords

MARKUP LANGUAGES; METADATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

COLLABORATIVE FRAMEWORKS; DATA SYSTEMS; EMINERALS; ESCIENCE; INFORMATION DELIVERIES; JOB SUBMISSIONS; METADATA HARVESTING; METADATA MANAGEMENTS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; SCIENCE APPLICATIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; XML DATUM;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

MINERAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; SCIENCE;

CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERNET; MINERALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SCIENCE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 60349118645     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0195     Document Type: Article

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