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Where does Computer Science background students fit in Theoretical Physics [closed]
I am basically an Electronics student - background in computer science (that's where I want to work). I applied for an internship in USA in a research institute where the group is focused in ...
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How do I integrate the Poisson equation to determine the electric potential along a particular direction (e.g., $z$)?
This question is a sequel of sorts to my earlier (resolved) question about a recent paper. In the paper, the authors performed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of parallel-plate supercapacitors, ...
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In condensed matter simulations, how is particle number density computed in practice?
I have been reading a recent paper. In it, the authors performed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of parallel-plate supercapacitors, in which liquid resides between the parallel-plate electrodes. ...
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Why is the canonical ($NVT$) ensemble often used for (classical) molecular dynamics (MD) simulations?
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation is a common approach to the (classical) many-body problem. It relies on integration of Newton's equations of motion to simulate the trajectories of many (e.g., ...
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What equation describes the electrostatic potential in these circumstances?
I have a solver for Poisson's equation and it works nicely. It uses finite differences. It works in the presence of multiple dielectrics.
It also solves the Poisson Boltzmann equation. That is, fixed ...
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Nanorobots. What stops us from producing them yet?
If we can already predicts accuratelly motion on molecular levels, what stops us from developing small robots to, for instance, navigate through our blood vessels looking for cancerous cells and ...
