玛利亚·菲塔(Maria Fyta),她先在希腊克里特大学(University of Crete)攻读物理学学位,在P.C.凯列雷斯(P.C.Kelires)的指导下获得了固态和计算物理专业的硕士学位和博士学位。在研究生学习期间,她使用经典和半经验的计算方法,例如利用蒙特·卡洛(Monte Carlo)和紧束缚分子动,力学来研究纳米结构碳的稳定性、弹性和机械性能。2005年,她作为E.卡西拉斯组的博士后研究员转到哈佛大学,从事与材料和生物物理学相关的项目研究,包括从材料中的缺陷到DNA的动态和电子行为。2008年,她加入了慕尼黑工业大学(Technical University of Munich)的R.内茨(R.Netz)小组,在那里她还是居里夫人的研究员。在这个小组中,她转向了原子分子动力学和原子力场的发展研究。2012年,她接受了德国斯图加特大学(University of Stuttgart)的邀请。自2012年以来,她一直隶属于斯图加特大学计算物理研究所。她的兴趣涉及传感设备的纳米孔,化学修饰的纳米结构,有缺陷的材料,自组装单分子层,生物功能化材料等。
目錄:
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the author
Glossary
1 Introduction
1.1 Computational physics
1.1.1 Length-scales and efficiency
1.1.2 Approaches and milestones
1.1.3 Setting-up the simulations
References
2 Quantum-mechanical methods
2.1 General remarks
2.1.1 Two descriptions for the electronic structure methods
2.2 The Hartree-Fock method
2.3 Post HF schemes
2.3.1 Coupled cluster
2.3.2 Moller-Plesset perturbation theory
2.3.3 Configuration interaction
2.4 Density functional theory (DFT)
2.4.1 Exchange and correlation functionals
2.4.2 Pseudopotentials
2.4.3 Basis sets
2.4.4 Quantum transport calculations (DFT non-equilibrium Greens functions)
2.5 Time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT)
2.5.1 Computational scaling
2.6 Ab initio MD and electronic structure
2.6.1 Calculation of forces in electronic structure simulations
2.6.2 Car-Parrinello MD
2.7 Semi-empirical methods
2.7.1 The tight-binding scheme
References
3 Atomistic methods
3.1 Classical molecular dynamics
3.1.1 Basics of MD simulations
3.1.2 Boundary conditions
3.1.3 Forces in molecular dynamics
3.2 Setting environment conditions
3.2.1 Thermostats
3.2.2 Barustats
3.3 Integration schemes
3.4 General remarks on MD
References
4 Classical potentials and force fields
4.1 Classical pair potentials
4.1.1 Simple pair potentials
4.1.2 Bond-order potentials
4.2 Multi-body reactive force fields
4.2.1 Reactive force field (ReaxFF)
4.3 Force fields for biomolecules
4.4 Embedded atom method (EAM)
4.5 Water models
4.5.1 Explicit water models
4.5.2 Implicit water models
References
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5 Mesoseopic particle methods
6 The Monte Carlo method
7 Multiseale, hybrid, and coarse-grained methods
8 Other common aspects
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