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In simulations, particles are traditionally treated as rigid platforms with variable sizes, shapes and interaction parameters. While this representation is applicable for rigid core platforms, particles consisting of soft platforms (e.g.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-08-06 Massimiliano Paesani , Ioana M. Ilie

In this work, we present an efficient framework that combines machine learning potential (MLP) and metadynamics to explore multi-dimensional free energy surfaces for investigating solid-solid phase transition. Based on the spectral…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-11-02 Pedro A. Santos-Florez , Howard Yanxon , Byungkyun Kang , Yansun Yao , Qiang Zhu

Exposing a molecule to intense light pulses may bring this molecule to a nonstationary quantum state, thus launching correlated dynamics of electronic and nuclear subsystems. Although much had been achieved in the understanding of…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-04-11 Nikolay V. Golubev , Jiří Vaníček

All-atom molecular dynamics has been recently proven a useful tool for the study of supramolecular polymers. While the high resolution offered by the atomistic models may allow for deep comprehension of the assembled structure, obtaining a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-04-20 Davide Bochicchio , Giovanni M. Pavan

We investigate the dynamics of nanoparticles in semidilute polymer solutions when the nanoparticles are comparably sized to the polymer coils using explicit- and implicit-solvent simulation methods. The nanoparticle dynamics are…

Constant potential method molecular dynamics simulation (CPM MD) enables the accurate modelling of atomistic electrode charges when studying the electrode-electrolyte interface at the nanoscale. Here we extend the theoretical framework of…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-05-26 Shern Ren Tee , Debra J. Searles

The dynamical response of metallic clusters up to $10^3$ atoms is investigated using the restricted molecular dynamics simulations scheme. Exemplarily, sodium like material is considered. Correlation functions are evaluated to investigate…

Atomic and Molecular Clusters · Physics 2015-05-28 Thomas Raitza , Heidi Reinholz , Igor Morozov , Gerd Röpke

The morphology transition from the thermodynamically favorable to the unfavorable phase during growth of free-standing copper nanoclusters is studied by molecular dynamics simulations. We give a detailed description of the kinetics and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-15 Alexey A. Tal , E. Peter Müger , Igor A. Abrikosov

We report the results from a computational study of the self-assembly of amphiphilic di-tethered nanospheres using molecular simulation. As a function of the interaction strength and directionality of the tether-tether interactions, we…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-07-29 Christopher R. Iacovella , Sharon C. Glotzer

Bubbles have a rich history as transducers in particle-physics experiments. In a solid-state analogue, we use bubble domains in nanomagnetic films to measure magnetic nanoparticles. This technique can determine the magnetic orientation of a…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-06-12 A. L. Balk , I. Gilbert , R. Ivkov , J. Unguris , S. M. Stavis

Crystals are the materials which can be described by uniform periodic lattices. Traditionally, only the 1-, 2-, 3-, 4- and 6-fold rotation symmetries are allowed in crystals because other n-fold rotation symmetries are forbidden by the…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-12-02 Chaoyu He , Jianxin Zhong

Molecular dynamics simulations have been performed on pure liquid water, aqueous solutions of sodium chloride, and polymer solutions exposed to a strong external electric field with the goal to gain molecular insight into the structural…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-08 I. Nezbeda , J. Jirsák , F. Moučka , W. R. Smith

Magnetization dynamics in the system of magnetic nanoclusters with randomly distributed properties are studied by means of computer simulations. The main attention is paid to the possibility of coherent magnetization reversal from a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 P. V. Kharebov , V. K. Henner , V. I. Yukalov

Isothermal-isobaric molecular dynamics simulations are used to examine the microscopic structure and principal thermodynamic properties of a model solution consisting of NaCl salt dissolved in methanol solvent. Four united atom force fields…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-05-26 M. Cruz Sanchez , H. Dominguez , O. Pizio

Machines enabled the Industrial Revolution and are central to modern technological progress: A machine's parts transmit forces, motion, and energy to one another in a predetermined manner. Today's engineering frontier, building artificial…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-11-18 A. Aubret , Q. Martinet , J. Palacci

We report on the crystallographic structure of penta-twinned gold nanoparticles. Although gold typically exhibits a face-centered cubic (fcc) lattice, other phases have been reported in some nanoscale systems. We show that the…

We use the framework of generalised global symmetries to study various hydrodynamic regimes of hot electromagnetism. We formulate the hydrodynamic theories with an unbroken or a spontaneously broken U(1) one-form symmetry. The latter of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-17 Jay Armas , Akash Jain

The dynamic behavior of a partially wetting polymer droplet driven over a nanostructured interface is studied using molecular dynamics simulations. We consider the bead-spring model to represent a polymeric liquid that partially wets a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-06-17 Anish Thomas , Nikolai V. Priezjev

Low-dimensional free-standing aggregates of bare gold clusters are studied by the molecular dynamics simulation. Icosahedra of 55 and 147 atoms are equilibrated at T=300 K. Then, their one- and two-dimensional assemblies are investigated.…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Bilalbegovic

Chemical segregation and structural transitions at interfaces are important nanoscale phenomena, making them natural targets for atomistic modeling, yet interatomic potentials must be fit to secondary physical properties. To isolate the…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-02-08 Yang Hu , Jennifer D. Schuler , Timothy J. Rupert