2006/08/23 by Friederike Schmid, F. Schmid, D. Duchs +5
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions #Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior #Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies #physics.bio-ph #physics.comp-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.cpc.2007.02.066
published as Computer Physics Communications Comp. Phys. Comm. 177, 168 (2007) · 4 pages, 4 figures conference paper for the CCP 2006 (Gyeongju, Korea)
arxiv created 2006/08/23 · openalex publication_date 2007/02/28 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
We describe a simple coarse-grained model which is suited to study lipid layers and their phase transitions. Lipids are modeled by short semiflexible chains of beads with a solvophilic head and a solvophobic tail component. They are forced to self-assemble into bilayers by a computationally cheap `phantom solvent' environment. The model reproduces the most important phases and phase transitions of monolayers and bilayers. Technical issues such as Monte Carlo parallelization schemes are briefly discussed.