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Dissipative particle dynamics

About: Dissipative particle dynamics is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1959 publications have been published within this topic receiving 58699 citations. The topic is also known as: DPD.


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TL;DR: In this article, a review of dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) as a mesoscopic simulation method is presented, and a link between these parameters and χ-parameters in Flory-Huggins-type models is made.
Abstract: We critically review dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) as a mesoscopic simulation method. We have established useful parameter ranges for simulations, and have made a link between these parameters and χ-parameters in Flory-Huggins-type models. This is possible because the equation of state of the DPD fluid is essentially quadratic in density. This link opens the way to do large scale simulations, effectively describing millions of atoms, by firstly performing simulations of molecular fragments retaining all atomistic details to derive χ-parameters, then secondly using these results as input to a DPD simulation to study the formation of micelles, networks, mesophases and so forth. As an example application, we have calculated the interfacial tension σ between homopolymer melts as a function of χ and N and have found a universal scaling collapse when σ/ρkBTχ0.4 is plotted against χN for N>1. We also discuss the use of DPD to simulate the dynamics of mesoscopic systems, and indicate a possible problem with...

3,837 citations

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01 Jun 1992-EPL
Abstract: We present a novel method for simulating hydrodynamic phenomena. This particle-based method combines features from molecular dynamics and lattice-gas automata. It is shown theoretically as well as in simulations that a quantitative description of isothermal Navier-Stokes flow is obtained with relatively few particles. Computationally, the method is much faster than molecular dynamics, and the at same time it is much more flexible than lattice-gas automata schemes.

3,338 citations

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01 May 1995-EPL
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors derived the stochastic differential equations corresponding to the updating algorithm of Dissipative Particle Dynamics (DPD), and the corresponding Fokker-Planck equation.
Abstract: The stochastic differential equations corresponding to the updating algorithm of Dissipative Particle Dynamics (DPD), and the corresponding Fokker-Planck equation are derived. It is shown that a slight modification to the algorithm is required before the Gibbs distribution is recovered as the stationary solution to the Fokker-Planck equation. The temperature of the system is then directly related to the noise amplitude by means of a fluctuation-dissipation theorem. However, the correspondingly modified, discrete DPD algorithm is only found to obey these predictions if the length of the time step is sufficiently reduced. This indicates the importance of time discretisation in DPD.

2,502 citations

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TL;DR: Some simulations have been carried out to determine the rupture properties of mixed bilayers of phosphatidylethanolamine and C(12)E(6), and indicate that the area of a pure lipid bilayer can be increased by a factor 2, and why dividing cells are more at risk than static cells.

921 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulation method has been used to study mesophase formation of linear (AmBn) diblock copolymer melts.
Abstract: The dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulation method has been used to study mesophase formation of linear (AmBn) diblock copolymer melts. The polymers are represented by relatively short strings of soft spheres, connected by harmonic springs. These melts spontaneously form a mesocopically ordered structure, depending on the length ratio of the two blocks and on the Flory–Huggins χ-parameter. The main emphasis here is on validation of the method and model by comparing the predicted equilibrium phases to existing mean-field theory and to experimental results. The real strength of the DPD method, however, lies in its capability to predict the dynamical pathway along which a block copolymer melt finds its equilibrium structure after a temperature quench. The present work has led to the following results: (1) As the polymer becomes more asymmetric, we qualitatively find the order of the equilibrium structures as lamellar, perforated lamellar, hexagonal rods, micelles. Qualitatively this is in agreement wi...

810 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202395
2022201
202198
202095
2019120
2018139