Citation | Richard Catlow has pioneered the development and application of computer modelling in solid state and materials chemistry. The methods have been used in direct conjunction with experiment to make fundamental contributions, firstly, to the science of defective solids and the crucial relationship between defect structure and non-stoichiometry; secondly, to surface science and catalysis, especially of microporous materials; thirdly, in structural chemistry where Catlow's work has led to simulation methods becoming routine tools in modelling and increasingly predicting the structures of complex solids; and, fourthly, in computational mineralogy where he established simulation methods as quantitative techniques in modelling structures and properties of silicate minerals. |