Perspective: Advances, challenges, and insight for predictive coarse-grained models

WG Noid - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2023 - ACS Publications
By averaging over atomic details, coarse-grained (CG) models provide profound
computational and conceptual advantages for studying soft materials. In particular, bottom …

Computational approaches for organic semiconductors: from chemical and physical understanding to predicting new materials

V Bhat, CP Callaway, C Risko - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
While a complete understanding of organic semiconductor (OSC) design principles remains
elusive, computational methods─ ranging from techniques based in classical and quantum …

Modeling and simulations of polymers: a roadmap

TE Gartner III, A Jayaraman - Macromolecules, 2019 - ACS Publications
Molecular modeling and simulations are invaluable tools for the polymer science and
engineering community. These computational approaches enable predictions and provide …

Machine learning force fields and coarse-grained variables in molecular dynamics: application to materials and biological systems

P Gkeka, G Stoltz, A Barati Farimani… - Journal of chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Machine learning encompasses tools and algorithms that are now becoming popular in
almost all scientific and technological fields. This is true for molecular dynamics as well …

Pragmatic coarse-graining of proteins: models and applications

L Borges-Araújo, I Patmanidis, AP Singh… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The molecular details involved in the folding, dynamics, organization, and interaction of
proteins with other molecules are often difficult to assess by experimental techniques …

Coarse-grained modelling out of equilibrium

T Schilling - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Active matter, responsive (“smart”) materials and materials under time-dependent
load are systems out of thermal equilibrium. To construct coarse-grained models for such …

A review of multiscale computational methods in polymeric materials

A Gooneie, S Schuschnigg, C Holzer - Polymers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Polymeric materials display distinguished characteristics which stem from the interplay of
phenomena at various length and time scales. Further development of polymer systems …

The martini model in materials science

R Alessandri, F Grünewald, SJ Marrink - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Martini model, a coarse‐grained force field initially developed with biomolecular
simulations in mind, has found an increasing number of applications in the field of soft …

Polyply; a python suite for facilitating simulations of macromolecules and nanomaterials

F Grünewald, R Alessandri, PC Kroon… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Molecular dynamics simulations play an increasingly important role in the rational design of
(nano)-materials and in the study of biomacromolecules. However, generating input files …

Modeling of polymer structure and conformations in polymer nanocomposites from atomistic to mesoscale: A Review

A Karatrantos, N Clarke, M Kröger - Polymer reviews, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Over the past two decades polymer nanocomposites have received tremendous interest
from industry and academia due to their advanced properties comparative to polymer …