Thursday, May 31, 2012

1205.6582 (Yasuhiro Senda et al.)

Fast convergence to equilibrium for long-chain polymer melts using a
MD/continuum hybrid method
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Yasuhiro Senda, Miyuki Fujio, Shuji Shimamura, Janne Blomqvist, Risto M Nieminen
Effective and fast convergence toward an equilibrium state for long-chain polymer melts is realized by a hybrid method coupling molecular dynamics and the elastic continuum. The required simulation time to achieve the equilibrium state is reduced drastically compared with conventional equilibration methods. The polymers move on a wide range of the energy landscape due to large-scale fluctuation generated by the elastic continuum. A variety of chain structures is generated in the polymer melt which results in the fast convergence to the equilibrium state.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.6582

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