Coarse grain models for self-assembling systems

COMP 357

Michael L. Klein, Department of Chemistry, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323
The talk will review recent work in the Klein group (www.cmm.upenn.edu) aimed at producing force field models for self-assembling systems such as di-block polymers and surfactants. The goal of the research is to be able to explore the wide range of phase behaviors exhibited by these important macromolecules. Selected examples will include studies of large ensembles of molecules.