--- trunk/mattDisertation/phdPreamble.tex 2004/03/05 17:21:20 1086 +++ trunk/mattDisertation/phdPreamble.tex 2004/03/05 22:16:34 1087 @@ -29,14 +29,15 @@ gold (111) surface. {\sc oopse} is a simulation packag molecular dynamics simulation package {\sc oopse}. The first investigation was using a random sequential adsorption model to elucidate the adsorption of two related silicon phthalocyanines on a -gold (111) surface. {\sc oopse} is a simulation package capable of -high performance parallel computer processing. Working with -colleagues, I developed {\sc oopse} to the point that it was capable -of simulating my phospholipid bilayer model. The model is a mesoscale -parameterization of phospholipids in order to simulate large sytems -for long trajectories within a reasonable time frame. Using {\sc -oopse}, I have simulated the gel to fluid phase transition for the -mesoscale model. +gold (111) surface. {\sc oopse} is a molecular simulation package +capable of carrying out high performance parallel molecular dynamics +trajectories. Working with colleagues, I developed {\sc oopse} to the +point that it was capable of simulating my phospholipid bilayer +model. The model is a mesoscale parameterization of phospholipids in +order to simulate large sytems for long times within a reasonable +amount of computational time. Using {\sc oopse}, I have simulated a +bilayer over a range of temperatures, and have observed bilayer +self-assembly on the 20~ns time scale. \end{abstract}