(enlarge: 3Kbyte) Fig.1. A gas plasma by molecular dynamics. |
(enlarge: 4Kbyte) Fig.2. A charged polymer by molecular dynamics for the same conditions as the plasma in Fig.1. |
The major goal of this research is to understand the formation of structures in plasmas, the coupling of plasma dynamical and atomic processes, and their influences on the functions of such structured plasmas. The tools for the study are various types of molecular dynamics simulation codes which have been developed in this group. The current research includes:
In the near future, the reserach topics will be extended to:
The research is performed under close collaboration with the Materials Science Group of MIT (USA), and Polymer Research Group of CNRS (Strasbourg).
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(enlarge: 3Kbyte) Fig.1. A gas plasma by molecular dynamics. |
(enlarge: 4Kbyte) Fig.2. A charged polymer by molecular dynamics for the same conditions as the plasma in Fig.1. |
2. M.Tanaka, A.Yu Grosberg, V.S.Pande, and T.Tanaka, Molecular dynamics study of structure organization in strongly-coupled chain of charged particles, Phys.Review, E, 56, 5798 (1997).
3. M.Tanaka, A.Yu Grosberg, and T.Tanaka, Molecular dynamics of multichain Coulomb polymers and the effect of salt ions, pp.599-606, "Slow Dynamics in Complex Systems" (edited by M.Tokuyama and I.Oppenheim, Amer.Institute of Physics, 1999).
4. M.Tanaka, A.Yu Grosberg, and T.Tanaka, Molecular dynamics of strongly coupled multichain Coulomb polymers in pure and salt-added Langevin fluids, J. Chemical Physics, 110, 8176-8188 (1999).
5. M.Tanaka, A.Yu Grosberg, and T.Tanaka, Molecular dynamics simulations of polyampholytes, Langmuir (Amer.Chemical Soc.), 15, 4052-4055 (1999).
Contact: M. Tanaka
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