A practical introduction to the simulation of molecular systems

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A practical introduction to the simulation of molecular systems

Martin J. Field

Cambridge University Press, 2005

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Bibliography: p. 294-313

Includes indexes

"This digitally printed paperback version 2005" -- t.p. verso

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book provides a practical introduction to the range of different techniques available for the simulation of molecular systems. The text includes a library of program modules written in Fortran 90 with which the simulations discussed in the text were performed. Each chapter describes a general class of methods or algorithms, and then illustrates their use with example programs, written using the module library. Topics covered include energy functions, geometry optimization and reaction path location techniques, normal mode analysis, molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations and free energy calculations. This book will be of interest to advanced undergraduates, graduate students and researchers who use molecular simulation techniques, particularly in theoretical and computational chemistry, biophysics and computational molecular physics.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Preliminaries
  • 2. The coordinate file
  • 3. Operations on coordinates
  • 4. The energy function
  • 5. Setting up the molecular mechanics system
  • 6. Finding stationary points and reaction paths
  • 7. Normal mode analysis
  • 8. Molecular dynamics simulations I
  • 9. More on non-bonding interactions
  • 10. Molecular dynamics simulations II
  • 11. Monte Carlo simulations
  • 12. Miscellaneous topics
  • Appendix. The DYNAMO module library.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA75120143
  • ISBN
    • 0521017998
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 325 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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