CHE210D: Principles of modern molecular simulation methods, S09
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Course syllabus and schedule

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Software to install
Base software for the course is listed below.  Be sure to grab the version indicated. Failure to do so may result in incompatibilities.

On Windows systems, ActivePython requires the following additional file to work correctly with gfortran and f2py. Unzip the file and place it in Python25\libs\libpython25.a:

The following Python add-on enables easy, real-time 3D visualization using Python programming. It is used by the codes provided below to animate molecular simulations:


Reading

Lecture notes

Codes
Real-time visualization of atomic trajectories (requires VPython):

Writing of atomic trajectories to pdb files for import into molecular visualization programs:

A simple molecular dynamics simulation of the Lennard-Jones system, with visualization:

Assignments
Weeks 1, 2

Week 3

Weeks 4, 5

Weeks 5, 6

Weeks 7, 8

  • read: Final project
  • book: Chapter 11 (also Frenkel & Smit Chapters 7, 9, 10)
  • do: Start thinking about a final project topic.
  • assignment: Exercise 5, due 5/21/09 (optional with final project)

Weeks 9, 10



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