A simulation model for amphiphilic molecules in a mesoscale solvent

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1469-1480

  Inoue, Yasuhiro ^a   Takagi, Shu ^b   Matsumoto, Yoichiro ^b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphiphilic fluid; Multi particle collision dynamics; Stochastic rotation dynamics; Vesicle

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

AMPHIPHILIC MOLECULES; THERMAL FLUCTUATING FLUID;

SOLVENTS;

EID: 39449086728     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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