With advances in computing power, DFT calculations
have expanded fromthe calculation of static properties to dynamical
and temperature-dependent simulations. For example,we have
recently validated our DFT simulations of the electrical conductivity
of aluminum in warm dense matter [22] and the EOS and conductivity
of high energy densitywater [23]. Furthermore, as the power
of high performance computers, such as Sandia’s Red Storm [24],
continues to increase, it appears feasible that quantum calculations
can be performed on numbers of atoms that are relevant to the
mesoscale.