Dr Edwin Flikkema

Lecturer
Photograph of Dr Edwin Flikkema.

Contact

Email: edf@aber.ac.uk
Office: 215, Physical Sciences Building, Penglais Campus
Phone: (0)1970 622 769
Fax: (0)1970 622 826

Teaching Areas

Undergraduate Modules Taught

  • PHM3010 Quantum Physics II
  • PHM3910 Advanced Topics In Materials Physics

Research

Having initially worked in polymer simulation, for the past few years Dr Flikkemas main interest has been in the area of theoretical chemistry and computational modelling of oxide systems using a variety of computational methods: global optimisation methods, energy landscape methods, Monte Carlo simulation and Molecular Dynamics. More specifically, he has worked on finding the optimal geometrical configuration of nanoscale silica clusters (based on the energy calculated via Density Functional Theory). More recent interests include hydroxylated silica clusters and two-dimensional foams.

Biography

Born in Haren in The Netherlands Dr Flikkema did his undergraduate studies in Theoretical Physics at the University of Groningen. He obtained his PhD at the department of Chemistry of the same university in 2002, on the subject of polymer simulation. Dr Flikkema then went to the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands to do a post-doc on the subject of computational modelling of silica clusters. From 2005 to 2007 he stayed in Cambridge (UK) on a Marie Curie Fellowship, working on the subject of energy landscapes in the group of Prof David J. Wales. After a brief stay at the University of Barcelona Dr Flikkema joined IMAPS as an RCUK fellow in 2008.

Staff Publications

  • Edwin Flikkema and Stefan T. Bromley, "A new interatomic potential for nanoscale silica", Chem. Phys. Lett., 378: 622, 2003
  • Edwin Flikkema and Stefan T. Bromley, "Dedicated global optimization search for ground state silica nanoclusters: (SiO2)N (N=6-12)", J. Phys. Chem. B, 108 (28): 9638, 2004
  • Stefan T. Bromley and Edwin Flikkema, "Columnar-to-disk structural transition in nanoscale (SiO2)N clusters", Phys. Rev. Lett., 95: 185505, 2005
  • Stefan T. Bromley and Edwin Flikkema, "New materials from fully coordinated SiO2 nanoclusters", Computational Materials Science, 35: 382, 2006
  • Annemieke W. C. van den Berg, Edwin Flikkema, Sander Lems, Stefan T. Bromley and Jacobus C. Jansen, "Molecular dynamics-based approach to study the anisotropic self-diffusion of molecules in porous materials with multiple cage types: Application to H2 in LOSOD", J. Phys. Chem. B, 110 (1): 501, 2006
  • Edwin Flikkema and Stefan T. Bromley, "Defective to fully coordinated crossover in complex directionally bonded nanoclusters", Phys. Rev. B, 80:035402, 2009