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<strong>Introduction</strong><br />

Methods<br />

Results<br />

Summary<br />

Appendix<br />

Verlet Algorithm<br />

The <strong>Rouse</strong> <strong>Model</strong><br />

The Zimm <strong>Model</strong><br />

Some Topics Considered<br />

Basic assumptions of <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong> ”Bead-Spring” <strong>Model</strong><br />

N ”beads” (monomers are points) with<br />

spring constant k sp = 3k BT<br />

b 2<br />

No hydrodynamic interactions between<br />

beads<br />

Proposed by P. E. <strong>Rouse</strong>, J Chem Phys 21,<br />

1272 (1953).<br />

Daniel Bridges, Dr. <strong>An</strong>iket Bhattacharya<br />

<strong>Molecular</strong> <strong>Dynamics</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rouse</strong> <strong>Model</strong>

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