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Designing materials one atom at a time

Sadasivan Shankar • TED@Intel

The elements in the periodic table were created over billions of years and are rarely supplemented with new elements. Not for long. Sadasivan Shankar reveals that thanks to increasing computing power researchers are designing entirely new materials, one atom at a time, to have the specific properties needed for an infinite number of applications.

The elements in the periodic table were created over billions of years and are rarely supplemented with new elements. Not for long. Sadasivan Shankar reveals that thanks to increasing computing power researchers are designing entirely new materials, one atom at a time, to have the specific properties needed for an infinite number of applications.

About the speaker

Sadasivan Shankar

Designer

Marathon runner and voracious reader, Sadasivan Shankar is the program leader for materialsdesign in Design and Technology Solutions within TMG. Using quantum and atomic techniques, Shankar and his team work closely with the process engineers in designing new materials with targeted functionalities for nanotechnologies. He has co-invented over 20 patent fillings and co-authored atleast 100 external publications, presentations and lectures.

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