Simplified and improved string method for computing the minimum energy paths in barrier-crossing events

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 126, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  E, Weinan ^a   Ren, Weiqing ^b   Vanden Eijnden, Eric ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAME THEORY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

BARRIER CROSSING EVENTS; SADDLE POINTS; STRING METHOD;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 34247881948     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2720838     Document Type: Article

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