Random end-switching configurational bias Monte Carlo for long chain molecules

Macromolecular Theory and Simulations

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 762-770

  Karaiskos, Emmanuel ^a   DeJoannis, Jason ^b   Anastasiadis, Spiros H ^a,c   Bitsanis, Ioannis A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Computer modeling; Configurational bias; Monte Carlo simulation; Statistical thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

ROSENBLUTH WEIGHTING SCHEME;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DENSITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MACROMOLECULE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 10644270724     PISSN: 10221344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mats.200400033     Document Type: Article

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