Multiscale Molecular Simulation of Polymer Materials
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Physics and Theory".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 February 2024) | Viewed by 389
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Molecular simulation is a robust and indispensable tool to complement experimental techniques. It can describe the target system at molecular resolution and acts like a “computational microscope”. In recent years, we have witnessed an increasing number of applications in the field of soft materials science.
Due to the broad implications of this topic, this Special Issue is dedicated to collecting the latest molecular dynamics, quantum mechanics, and dissipative particle dynamics research on polymer materials. Quantum mechanics deals with systems at atomic and subatomic levels. Apart from atoms, it also takes into account the properties of their constituents—electrons, protons, etc.—by solving Schrödinger function or density function. All-atomic molecular dynamics overlooks the degree of freedom at the electron level, and coarse grain molecular dynamics combine several heavy atoms into one bead to increase computational efficiency. Dissipative particle dynamics addresses mesoscale problems in complex fluids and soft matter and further increases computational efficiency. Combining all these methods could lead to a more comprehensive and in-depth investigation.
Therefore, this Special Issue aims to publish new molecular simulation work on polymer materials at scales from atomistic to macroscopic. The following non-exclusive list of applications may serve as guidance for prospective authors: biopolymer materials, polymer self-assembly, microphase-separated polymers, polymer decorated nanoparticles, polymeric hydrogel, organic electronics, ion-conducting organic materials, self-assembled supramolecular materials, green solvent, polymer coatings and glues, etc.
Dr. Yang Liu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- molecular dynamics
- quantum mechanics
- dissipative particle dynamics
- multiscale simulation
- polymer materials
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