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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ferrario, Mauro (Editor), Ciccotti, Giovanni (Editor), Binder, Kurt (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 704
• Subjects: Physics.; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.; Computer mathematics.; Condensed matter.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Materials science.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Numerical and Computational Physics.; Materials Science, general.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Theoretical and Computational Chemistry.; Computational Science and Engineering.

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 1, published as LNP 703 (ISBN 3-540-35270-8) is an in-depth introduction to a vast...

Table of Contents:

• 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.