GPU-accelerated molecular dynamics simulation for study of liquid crystalline flows

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 229, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 5486-5497

  Sunarso, Alfeus ^a   Tsuji, Tomohiro ^a   Chono, Shigeomi ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anisotropic molecule; Graphics Processing Unit (GPU); Large scale simulation; Liquid crystals; Macroscopic flow; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

ACCELERATED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ANISOTROPIC MOLECULE; DYNAMICS SIMULATION; FORCE AND TORQUES; GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNIT; INTER-MOLECULAR FORCES; LARGE SCALE SIMULATIONS; LIQUID-CRYSTALS; MACROSCOPIC FLOW; UNIT-BASED;

GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT;

EID: 77952794202     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2010.03.047     Document Type: Article

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