Computer Simulations in Condensed Matter: From Materials to Chemical Biology. Volume 2 (Lecture Notes in Physics, 704) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 354035283X ISBN 13: 9783540352839

Publisher: Springer, 2006

Synopsis

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.

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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 spectrum of computational techniques for statistical mechanical systems of condensed matter. It will enable the graduate student and both the specialist and nonspecialist researcher to get acquainted with the tools necessary to carry out numerical simulations at an advanced level. The present volume is a state-of-the-art survey on numerical experiments carried out for a great number of systems, ranging from materials sciences to chemical biology, such as supercooled liquids, spin glasses, colloids, polymers, liquid crystals, biological membranes and folding proteins.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 354035283X
• ISBN 13: 9783540352839
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 608
• Editor: Ferrario Mauro, Ciccotti Giovanni, Binder Kurt