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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Español, Pep
• Warren, Patrick B.

Titel

Perspective: Dissipative particle dynamics

Ist Teil von

• The Journal of chemical physics, 2017-04, Vol.146 (15), p.150901-150901

Ort / Verlag

United States: American Institute of Physics

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

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Quelle

AIP - American Institute of Physics : Revues

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) belongs to a class of models and computational algorithms developed to address mesoscale problems in complex fluids and soft matter in general. It is based on the notion of particles that represent coarse-grained portions of the system under study and allow, therefore, reaching time and length scales that would be otherwise unreachable from microscopic simulations. The method has been conceptually refined since its introduction almost twenty five years ago. This perspective surveys the major conceptual improvements in the original DPD model, along with its microscopic foundation, and discusses outstanding challenges in the field. We summarize some recent advances and suggest avenues for future developments.