Coarse grain models and the computer simulation of soft materials

SO Nielsen, CF Lopez, G Srinivas… - Journal of Physics …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
This article presents a topical review of coarse grain simulation techniques. First, we
motivate these techniques with illustrative examples from biology and materials science …

[HTML][HTML] An overview on modelling approaches for photochemical and photoelectrochemical solar fuels processes and technologies

G Falciani, E Chiavazzo - Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Photo-electrochemical and photocatalytic technologies are promising solutions for solar fuel
production and involve a number of physical and chemical phenomena. We provide an …

Mesoscopic models of biological membranes

M Venturoli, MM Sperotto, M Kranenburg, B Smit - Physics reports, 2006 - Elsevier
Phospholipids are the main components of biological membranes and dissolved in water
these molecules self-assemble into closed structures, of which bilayers are the most relevant …

Understanding nature's design for a nanosyringe

CF Lopez, SO Nielsen, PB Moore… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
Synthetic and natural peptide assemblies can possess transport or conductance activity
across biomembranes through the formation of nanopores. The fundamental mechanisms of …

Computational materials: multi-scale modeling and simulation of nanostructured materials

TS Gates, GM Odegard, SJV Frankland… - Composites Science and …, 2005 - Elsevier
The paper provides details on the current approach to multi-scale modeling and simulation
of advanced materials for structural applications. Examples are given that illustrate the …

The ELBA force field for coarse-grain modeling of lipid membranes

M Orsi, JW Essex - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
A new coarse-grain model for molecular dynamics simulation of lipid membranes is
presented. Following a simple and conventional approach, lipid molecules are modeled by …

Multiscale coarse-graining and structural correlations: Connections to liquid-state theory

WG Noid, JW Chu, GS Ayton… - The Journal of Physical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
A statistical mechanical framework elucidates the significance of structural correlations
between coarse-grained (CG) sites in the multiscale coarse-graining (MS-CG) method …

Simulations of transient membrane behavior in cells subjected to a high-intensity ultrashort electric pulse

Q Hu, S Viswanadham, RP Joshi, KH Schoenbach… - Physical Review E …, 2005 - APS
A molecular dynamics (MD) scheme is combined with a distributed circuit model for a self-
consistent analysis of the transient membrane response for cells subjected to an ultrashort …

Coarse-grained molecular simulation of diffusion and reaction kinetics in a crowded virtual cytoplasm

D Ridgway, G Broderick, A Lopez-Campistrous… - Biophysical journal, 2008 - cell.com
We present a general-purpose model for biomolecular simulations at the molecular level
that incorporates stochasticity, spatial dependence, and volume exclusion, using diffusing …

“Water-free” computer model for fluid bilayer membranes

O Farago - The Journal of chemical physics, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
We use a simple and efficient computer model to investigate the physical properties of
bilayer membranes. The amphiphilic molecules are modeled as short rigid trimers with finite …