Cormac Toher
Education
PhD, Physics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, 2008
BA, Theoretical Physics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, 2003
Overview
The Toher group’s research focuses on computational materials discovery and design, combining first-principles calculations, big data, machine-learning, and computational thermodynamics to predict the stability, synthesizability and properties of ordered and disordered materials. Specific systems of interest include disordered materials such as high-entropy ceramics, which combine multiple elements on the cation sublattice to form an entropy-stabilized single-phase material with enhanced properties; and metallic glasses, which are metal alloys with an amorphous structure that can have enhanced mechanical properties and corrosion resistance. Applications of interest range from components of nanoelectronic devices; to energy materials such as photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, catalysts, and thermal protection barriers for gas turbine blades.
Research Interests
- Computational Materials Design and Discovery
- Computational Materials Thermodynamics
- Materials AI
- High entropy materials
- Amorphous materials