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Learn about rare events and the nudged elastic band method in this 56-minute lecture by Stefano de Gironcoli from Materials Cloud. Explore computational techniques for studying infrequent but important processes in materials science, focusing on the nudged elastic band (NEB) method used to find minimum energy pathways between different states of a system. Discover how this powerful computational tool helps researchers understand transition states, reaction mechanisms, and energy barriers in atomic-scale processes. Gain insights into the theoretical foundations of rare event sampling and practical applications of NEB calculations in materials research, including how to set up and interpret results from these specialized simulations used to study phenomena like atomic diffusion, phase transitions, and chemical reactions that occur on timescales much longer than typical molecular dynamics simulations can access.
