(309g) Assembly Engineering of Complex Colloidal Crystals

Advances in computer software and hardware now permit real-time discovery, design and engineering of complex materials. In this talk, we show how GPU-enabled molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations, extended thermodynamic ensembles that support "digital alchemy" for rapid optimization in design space, workflow and data management software, fast analysis codes that include autonomous local environment detection, and machine learning algorithms have advanced the discovery, design and engineering of colloidal crystals, providing blueprints to guide the synthesis and fabrication of structures of extraordinary complexity and diversity.