Multilevel algorithms for large-scope Molecular Dynamics simulations of nanostructures on parallel computers

VLSI Design

Volumn 8, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 123-128

  Nakano, Aiichiro ^a,b   Kalia, Rajiv K ^a,c,d,e   Vashishta, Priya ^a,f  

^a Louisiana State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Concurrent Comp Lab Mat S ^*  (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Department of Physics and Astronomy ^*

Author keywords

Molecular dynamics; Multilevel algorithms; Nanostructures; Parallel computing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

MULTILEVEL ALGORITHMS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0032314817     PISSN: 1065514X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1998/93670     Document Type: Article

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