[Audio] Lectures on Molecular Dynamics Modeling of Materials
by Alejandro Strachan
Molecular dynamics simulations are playing an increasingly important role in many areas of science and engineering, from biology and pharmacy to nanoelectronics and structural materials. Recent breakthroughs in methodologies and in first principles-based interatomic potentials significantly...
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Lecture 2: total energy and force calculations
This lecture will describe the various models used to describe the interactions between atoms in a wide range of materials including metals, ceramics and soft materials as well as new recent advances like reactive force fields. The key physics of widely used force fields will be described as well...
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Lecture 1: the theory behind molecular dynamics
The first lecture will provide a brief description of classical mechanics and statistical mechanics necessary to understand the physics and approximations behind MD and how to correctly interpret and analyze its results. The power, range of applicability and limitations of MD will be discussed.
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Lecture 3: simulation details and coarse grain approaches
The last presentation will describe simulation techniques to simulate materials under isothermal and isobaric conditions. We will also describe coarse grain or mesodynamical approaches (where mesoparticles describe groups of atoms) focusing on recent advances in theory that enable…
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Introduction: molecular dynamics simulations
This short presentation will describe the idea behind MD simulations and demonstrate its use in real applications.
About this show
Molecular dynamics simulations are playing an increasingly important role in many areas of science and engineering, from biology and pharmacy to nanoelectronics and structural materials. Recent breakthroughs in methodologies and in first principles-based interatomic potentials significantly...
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Alejandro Strachan