Effective Interactions for Large-Scale Simulations of Complex Fluids
Effective Interactions for Large-Scale Simulations of Complex Fluids
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复杂流体大规模模拟的有效交互
DOI:
10.1007/3-540-45837-9_6
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发表时间:
2002
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影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
H. Löwen
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作者:
J. Hansen;H. Löwen
The simulation of complex fluids naturally involves widely different length scales. Integrating out parts of the microscopic degrees of freedom leads to the concept of effective interactions and provides a “coarse-grained” picture which can be simulated much more efficiently than a full microscopic model. This approach bridges length scales in complex fluids. In this chapter, we justify this procedure on a Statistical Mechanics level and apply it to a variety of different systems ranging from charged colloidal dispersions and polymer solutions (including star polymers and dendrimers) to mixtures of colloids and polymers and binary colloidal mixtures. Problems arising when this concept is transferred to nano-scales are pointed out. Finally the much harder problem of bridging different time scales in complex fluids is briefly discussed.