Purchase of Workstation Network for Computational Chemistry and Physics

这项来自化学研究仪器计划的奖项将帮助布朗大学和罗德岛大学的化学系获得、维护和运营一个工作站网络。此次收购将加强的化学研究领域包括：1.表面吸附的量子力学。2.固体表面的原子几何。3.原子和分子团簇的平衡和动力学性质。4.团簇的形成和衰变。5.液体中的基元激发。6.量子蒙特卡罗算法。进行前沿研究的化学家越来越依赖于能够处理复杂模拟、数据分析和图形软件的计算机。单个解决方案可以满足在单个实验室计算机上容纳多个用户以及在单个化学系设施上容纳多个用户的需要：单个工作站可满足大多数用户的需求，其余的可随时访问其他类型的工作站，并最终访问小型超级计算机

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation Program will help the Departments of Chemistry at Brown University and the University of Rhode Island acquire, maintain and operate a workstation network. The areas of chemical research that will be enhanced by the acquisition include: 1. The Quantum Mechanics of Surface Adsorbates. 2. The Atomic Geometry of Solid Surfaces. 3. The Equilibrium and Dynamical Properties of Atomic and Molecular Clusters. 4. The Formation and Decay of Clusters. 5. Elementary Excitations in Liquids. 6. Quantum Monte Carlo Algorithums. Chemists carrying out frontier research are relying more and more on computers that are capable of handling sophisticated simulations, data analysis and graphics software. The need to accomodate multiple users on the single laboratory computer and multiple users on a single chemistry department facility can be met by a single solution: individual workstations for the majority of user needs and, for the remainder, ready access to other types of workstations and, ultimately, to a mini supercomputer