Nicola Spaldin: Using density functional theory to design new materials: From magnetoelectronics to a theory of everything

Modern computational methods are proving to be invaluable in the
first-principles design of new materials with specific targeted
functionalities. Prof Nicola Spaldin illustrates their utility with
two examples from the field of multiferroics: First, the design of
new materials for electric-field control of magnetism, and second,
testing extensions to the standard model by searching for the
electric dipole moment of the electron.