World Scientific Publishing Company, 2011, 367 pages
All living organisms consist of soft matter. For this reason alone, it is important to be able to understand and predict the structural and dynamical properties of soft materials such as polymers, surfactants, colloids, granular matter and liquids crystals. To achieve a better understanding of soft matter, three different approaches have to be integrated: experiment, theory and simulation. This book focuses on the third approach - but always in the context of the other two.
The present volume of this Book Series, edited by Wenbing Hu and An-Chang Shi, provides a thorough set of examples for the power of modeling and computer simulations of Soft Condensed Matter. Each chapter addresses a dierent technique or system, but as an ensemble, all contributions provide evidence on how simulation approaches can complement theory and experiment, bridging the gap between atomistic models and coarse-grained ones. The diversity of the selected fields is representative to the large spectrum of Soft Condensed Matter. As special effort has been
made to review important concepts and simulation techniques on an introductory level, we expect that this volume will serve as a useful guide to graduate students and young investigators who aim to get a broad overview on modeling approaches and simulation techniques used for Soft Condensed Matter.
All living organisms consist of soft matter. For this reason alone, it is important to be able to understand and predict the structural and dynamical properties of soft materials such as polymers, surfactants, colloids, granular matter and liquids crystals. To achieve a better understanding of soft matter, three different approaches have to be integrated: experiment, theory and simulation. This book focuses on the third approach - but always in the context of the other two.
The present volume of this Book Series, edited by Wenbing Hu and An-Chang Shi, provides a thorough set of examples for the power of modeling and computer simulations of Soft Condensed Matter. Each chapter addresses a dierent technique or system, but as an ensemble, all contributions provide evidence on how simulation approaches can complement theory and experiment, bridging the gap between atomistic models and coarse-grained ones. The diversity of the selected fields is representative to the large spectrum of Soft Condensed Matter. As special effort has been
made to review important concepts and simulation techniques on an introductory level, we expect that this volume will serve as a useful guide to graduate students and young investigators who aim to get a broad overview on modeling approaches and simulation techniques used for Soft Condensed Matter.