Department of
Chemistry
Columbia University
New York,
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WELCOME |
Welcome to the Berne Group's Web
site. This site is intended to make our research publications and results
available to the internet community. We hope you find it useful.
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RESEARCH OVERVIEW |
Our research
focuses on understanding structural and dynamical processes in
condensed matter and biophysical systems. Because we study many-body
systems, it is necessary to utilize the powerful analytical methods of
equilibrium and time-dependent quantum statistical mechanics as well
as state-of-the art computer simulation methods such as molecular
dynamics and quantum Monte-Carlo techniques. One important aspect of
our research is the invention of new simulation. Recent work along
these lines is our invention of a novel multiple time scale method in
molecular dynamics and its application to the simulation of
biomacromolecules, hydrophobicity, the detailed mechanism of chemical
denaturation, and the effect of force on proteins. Another important
activity involves the invention of new dynamical fluctuating charge
force fields for complex molecular assemblies.
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This page was created by Dan Gezelter and is maintained by Bruce Berne. |