Computer Simulations in Condensed Matter: From Materials to Chemical Biology. Volume 2

1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-3-642-07123-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 592 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 920 g

Reihe: Lecture Notes in Physics

This extensive and comprehensive collection of lectures by world-leading experts in the field introduces and reviews all relevant computer simulation methods and their applications in condensed matter systems. Volume 2 offers surveys on numerical experiments carried out for a great number of systems, ranging from materials sciences to chemical biology, including supercooled liquids, spin glasses, colloids, polymers, liquid crystals, biological membranes and folding proteins.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ferrario, Mauro

Binder, Kurt

Ciccotti, Giovanni

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Statistische Physik, Dynamische Systeme
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Modellierung & Simulation
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Biophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Angewandte Biologie Biophysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Werkstoffkunde, Materialwissenschaft: Forschungsmethoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Computer Simulations of Supercooled Liquids.- Numerical Simulations of Spin Glasses: Methods and Some Recent Results.- Dipolar Fluctuations in the Bulk and at Interfaces.- Theory and Simulation of Friction and Lubrication.- Simulation of Nanodroplets on Solid Surfaces: Wetting, Spreading and Bridging.- Monte Carlo Simulations of Compressible Ising Models: Do We Understand Them?.- Computer Simulation of Colloidal Suspensions.- Phase Transitions of Model Colloids in External Fields.- Computer Simulation of Liquid Crystals.- Coarse-Grained Models of Complex Fluids at Equilibrium and Under Shear.- Mesoscopic Simulations of Biological Membranes.- Microscopic Elasticity of Complex Systems.- Mesoscopic Simulations for Problems with Hydrodynamics, with Emphasis on Polymer Dynamics.- Polymer Dynamics: Long Time Simulations and Topological Constraints.- Reaction Kinetics of Coarse-Grained Equilibrium Polymers: A Brownian Dynamics Study.- Equilibration and Coarse-Graining Methods for Polymers.- Drug-Target Binding Investigated by Quantum Mechanical/Molecular Mechanical (QM/MM) Methods.- Redox Free Energies from Vertical Energy Gaps: Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Implementation.- Advanced Car–Parrinello Techniques: Path Integrals and Nonadiabaticity in Condensed Matter Simulations.- Evolutionary Design in Biological Physics and Materials Science.- Monte-Carlo Methods in Studies of Protein Folding and Evolution.