Faster strain fluctuation methods through partial volume updates

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 130, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Pronk, Sander ^a   Geissler, Phillip L ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS-LINKED POLYMERS; DETAILED BALANCE; ELASTIC SYSTEMS; HARD DISKS; HOMOGENEOUS DEFORMATION; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; MONTE CARLO ALGORITHMS; PARTIAL VOLUMES; RANDOM NETWORK; SIZE AND SHAPE; STANDARD METHOD; STRAIN FLUCTUATIONS; SUBVOLUMES; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS;

DEFORMATION;

POLYMER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLYMERS; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65949108578     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3122383     Document Type: Article

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