Dr. Manthos Papadopoulos’ group from the National Hellenic Research Foundation in cooperation with others scientists from France, Slovakia and Norway were awarded 200,000 CPU hours and 5,000 GPU hours upon Cy-Tera to perform a series of demanding and innovative calculations for the linear and non-linear optical properties of graphenes and carbon nanotubes so as to provide more accurate results than those currently available and at a lower computational cost. This study was important, as the systematic computational study of their molecular (hyper) polarizabilities could provide an insight on the structure-property relationship of nano-derivatives. These systems could compose the fundamental building blocks for the development of materials greatly needed by the photonic industry.
