# Should there be a Chemistry Domain/Organization?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-there-be-a-chemistry-domain-organization/36475
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**Created:** [March 25, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-there-be-a-chemistry-domain-organization/36475 "2020-03-25T02:02:19Z")
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#### Post date: [March 25, 2020, 7:54am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/should-there-be-a-chemistry-domain-organization/36475/4 "2020-03-25T07:54:51Z")

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I would fully agree with that. Julia is definitely underrepresented in chemistry as of now. As you mention there are a few packages out there, see for example this list:

> <https://github.com/svaksha/Julia.jl/blob/master/Chemistry.md>

Personally, as one of the core developers of [https://dftk.org](https://dftk.org) and member of the [JuliaMolSim](https://github.com/JuliaMolSim) organisation, I appreciate any motion towards in the direction of establishing Julia! Thanks for hitting this off @anon92994695!

Regarding the question of scope, I’d include quantum-chemical simulation methods (molecular electronic structure theory, quantum dynamics, etc.), but also methods in materials science (e.g. plane-wave DFT, tight-binding, atomistic models, …).

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