Molecular Dynamics



Molecular Dynamics (MD) is a theoretical simulation method for studying classical statistical mechanics of well-defined systems through numerical solutions of Newton’s equations of motion.

In our laboratory, we use it to perform interpretation of Raman and EXAFS spectra. In the EXAFS spectra case, the use of MD allows us to overcome problems related to accurate accounting for disorder effects, in particular, beyond the first coordination shell - in the region, where the multiple-scattering (MS) effects, depending on many-atom distributions, contribute.



Example of MD simulation of SrTiO3 at room temperature
  (from A. Kuzmin and R.A. Evarestov, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21 (2009) 055401)







USEFUL LINKS

  • GULP - the General Utility Lattice Program.
  • MOLDY - a general-purpose Molecular Dynamics simulation program.
  • DL_POLY - a general purpose serial and parallel molecular dynamics simulation package.
  • LAMMPS - a Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator.
  • Database of Published Interatomic Potential Parameters.


  • VESTA - a 3D visualization program for structural models and 3D grid data such as electron/nuclear densities.
  • VMD - a molecular visualization program for displaying, animating, and analyzing large biomolecular systems using 3-D graphics and built-in scripting.
  • POV-Ray - the Persistence of Vision™ Raytracer, a tool for producing high-quality computer graphics.


  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation Packages.


  • Accelrys.







  • This page is maintained by Alexei Kuzmin (a.kuzmin@cfi.lu.lv).