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Multiscale Factorization Method for Simulating Mesoscopic Systems with Atomic Precision.

ABSTRACT: Mesoscopic N-atom systems derive their structural and dynamical properties from processes coupled across multiple scales in space and time. A multiscale method for simulating these systems in the friction dominated regime from the underlying N-atom formulation is presented. The method integrates notions of multiscale analysis, Trotter factorization, and a hypothesis that the momenta conjugate to coarse-grained variables constitute a stationary process on the time scale of coarse-grained dynamics. The method is demonstrated for lactoferrin, nudaurelia capensis omega virus, and human papillomavirus to assess its accuracy.

SUBMITTER: Abi Mansour A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3985745 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Multiscale Factorization Method for Simulating Mesoscopic Systems with Atomic Precision.

Abi Mansour Andrew A Ortoleva Peter J PJ

Journal of chemical theory and computation 20140109 2

Mesoscopic <i>N</i>-atom systems derive their structural and dynamical properties from processes coupled across multiple scales in space and time. A multiscale method for simulating these systems in the friction dominated regime from the underlying <i>N</i>-atom formulation is presented. The method integrates notions of multiscale analysis, Trotter factorization, and a hypothesis that the momenta conjugate to coarse-grained variables constitute a stationary process on the time scale of coarse-gr ...[more]

PMID: 24803852

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Multiscale Factorization Method for Simulating Mesoscopic Systems with Atomic Precision.

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Multiscale Factorization Method for Simulating Mesoscopic Systems with Atomic Precision.

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