With support from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program, the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Texas will acquire a computer cluster. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including a) reaction kinetics of gas-phase radicals; b) electronic properties of conducting polymers; c) detailed mechanisms of organic reactions; d) bonding and reactions at surfaces; e) development of electron correlation methodology; e) rational design of metal catalysts for organic synthesis; and g) modeling of luminescent materials.
A cluster of fast, modern computer workstations is vital to serving the computing needs of active research departments. Such a "computer network" also serves as a development environment for new theoretical codes and algorithms, provides state-of-the-art graphics and visualization facilities, and supports research in state-of-the-art applications of parallel processing. These studies will have a significant impact in a wide number of areas, including materials science and synthetic organic chemistry.
