Block copolymers are fascinating macromolecules which can self assemble into a rich zoo of nano-structures. In this work we try to understand a set of physical phenomena occurring in such systems with the help of computer simulation. We describe a highly efficient parallel implementation of Cell Dynamics Simulation (CDS) and its development in order to address specific problems. The choice of CDS is due to the fact that it is the simplest minimal model of the Ginzburg-Landau type and its ability to describe complex block copolymer systems was debated. The book clarifies this issue by a systematic study of diblock copolymers subjected to the external influences such as electric field, shear flow, confining surfaces and nanoparticles. Our results prove that CDS can describe such complex phenomena rather well and therefore, is a complementary method to other existing techniques. The work provides a ground for a future development of a tandem simulation where a very fast CDS method can be used as a precursor to more elaborate but slow techniques as, for instance, Dynamic Self-Consistent Field Theory. The book will be of interest for both students and specialists.
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Brought up in Villacidro, Sardinia, Italy, he attended the University of Cagliari and received a laurea under Prof Luciano Colombo in 2004. In 2009 he earned a doctorate under Prof Andrei Zvelindovsky in the United Kingdom, where he continues as a research associate in computational physics at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston.
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This is an excellent work based on Marco Pinna's PhD thesis. The Institute of Physics Computational Physics Group Committee have chosen his PhD thesis to be awarded 2009 annual prize for the work that contributes most strongly to the advancement of computational physics. That is a remarkable achievement as the competition was open to all PhD theses from an institution in either the UK or Ireland across the entire spectrum of computational physics. I highly recommend this book for both specialists and those entering the field of soft matter computer simulation, in particular undergraduate, postgraduate students and postdocs.
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This is an excellent work based on Marco Pinna's PhD thesis. The Institute of Physics Computational Physics Group Committee have chosen his PhD thesis to be awarded 2009 annual prize for the work that contributes most strongly to the advancement of computational physics. That is a remarkable achievement as the competition was open to all PhD theses from an institution in either the UK or Ireland across the entire spectrum of computational physics. I highly recommend this book for both specialists and those entering the field of soft matter computer simulation, in particular undergraduate, postgraduate students and postdocs.
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