Full Description
Dissipative Particle Dynamics: Fundamentals and Applications in Soft Matter Science and Engineering comprehensively presents the fundamentals of dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) theoretical formulations and computational strategies, providing practical guidance on the application of DPD models to various colloidal and interfacial phenomena involving phase separations, self-assembly and transport in complex fluids, polymeric, surfactant, nanoparticle, and biological systems. In addition, the book contains instructive advice on efficient implementation of the DPD models in open-source computational packages. Since the introduction of the principles of DPD methodology, multiple efforts have been made to improve the computational basis of DPD, and to devise advanced versions and modifications. There are numerous research papers on this topic, but no books until now. Readers will find this to be a comprehensive reference source of multifaceted, interdisciplinary applications that provides practical guidance for efficient computational implementation.
Contents
Part I: MESOSCALE LANDSCAPE OF COMPLEX MATERIALS
1. The Mesoscale Landscape of Soft Matter
2. Multiscale simulations
Part II: DPD FUNDAMENTALS
3. DPD Formulation
4. Advanced DPD formulations
5. Boundary Conditions in DPD Models
6. Parametrization of DPD Coarse-grained Systems
Part III: DPD APPLICATIONS
7. Multiphase Systems
8. Surfactant Systems
9. Polymer Solutions and Melts
10. Block Copolymers
11. Polymer-grafted Surfaces
12. Polyelectrolyte solutions and polymer-metal complexes
13. Polyelectrolyte membranes
14. Nanoparticle Systems
15. Lipid membranes
16. Colloidal Systems
17. Biopolymers
Part IV: IMPLEMENTATION OF DPD MODELS FOR HIGH - PERFORMANCE COMPUTATIONS
18. Running DPD simulations
Part V: DPD IN A NUTSHELL
19. Conclusions: DPD in a Nutshell
