9781586037413
From dynamics to structure and function of model bio-molecular
systems.
Fontaine-Vive-Curtaz, Fabien.
IOS Press
2007
145 pages
$63.00
Paperback
QH506
The structure and dynamics of every molecular system are determined
by the potential energy surface (PES) that is the potential energy
variation of the systems as a function of the 3N coordinates, where N is
the number of atoms in the system. In this Ph.D. dissertation,
Fontaine-Vive-Curtaz (molecular chemical physics, Delft Technical U.)
examines how the minima of the PES correspond to stable and meta-stable
structure and how the structure assumed by a system depends on the
potential energy of that structure and the number of structures, as in
entropy. This is only the beginning of Fontaine-Vive-Curtaz's
findings, of course, as he examines short strong hydrogen bond crystals,
the structure and dynamics of polymers, and DNA as the penultimate goal
of bio-simulation projects such as this.
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