Simulation Techniques for Soft Matter Sciences (SS 2007)

Simulation Techniques for Soft Matter Sciences

Basic information

Overview

Type

Lecture (2 SWS) and Tutorials (2 SWS)

Lecturer

PD Dr. Christian Holm (Lecture) and Coworkers (Tutorials)

Course language

English

Time and Room

Lecture: Thu 12:00 - 14:00, Phys 1.114
Tutorials: will be discussed in first lecture

Prerequisites

The course is intended for participants in the Master Program "Computational Science", but should also be useful for FIGSS students and for other interested students of natural science

Prerequisite knowledge: basic knowledge in classical mechanics, statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, electrodynamics, partial differential equations.

Contents

Introduction into Monte Carlo (MC) and Molecular Dynamics (MD) algorithms, suited for soft matter systems. Classical density functional approaches to charged systems, Poisson-Boltzmann functional and beyond, methods for long range interactions, discussion of best methodologies for the study of polymers, colloids, membranes, dipolar fluids, Advanced MD/MC strategies, error analysis. Random walks and diffusion, Scaling theory approaches, self-consistent field theory, Flory-Huggins theory, treatment of hydrodynamics, Lattice-Boltzmann algorithm.

The tutorial will consist of practical excercises on the computer, writing small programs, performing own simulations, etc.

Recommended literature

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