University Chemistry ›› 2025, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (9): 53-60.doi: 10.12461/PKU.DXHX202410064

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Design and Exploration of Integrating Cloud Computing Platforms into Specialty Chemistry Courses

Jie Zhu, Fei Jiao, Yajing Sun   

  1. School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • Received:2024-10-21 Accepted:2024-12-25 Published:2025-09-16
  • Contact: Yajing Sun, Fei Jiao E-mail:syj19@tju.edu.cn;feijiao@tju.edu.cn

Abstract: This study integrates the Bohrium cloud computing platform with the domestic open-source software ABACUS to develop an innovative hybrid teaching model, applied in the “New Energy Materials and Chemistry” course at Tianjin University. The course design effectively combines theory and practice, encompassing topics such as self-consistent calculations, structural optimization, electronic density of states, band structure, and phonon characteristics. The introduction of the cloud computing platform significantly reduces operational complexity, enhances classroom interactivity, and fosters students’ independent learning and innovative thinking. This teaching approach has demonstrably improved instructional quality and offers a novel pathway for cultivating chemistry professionals with a global perspective and innovative capabilities.

Key words: Cloud computing platform, Domestic software, Theoretical and computational chemistry, Specialty feature course