--- trunk/tengDissertation/phdPreamble.tex	2006/06/28 17:36:32	2904
+++ trunk/tengDissertation/phdPreamble.tex	2006/06/29 23:56:11	2911
@@ -10,12 +10,10 @@
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 \begin{document}
@@ -36,7 +34,7 @@
 \renewcommand{\lstlistingname}{Scheme}
 \frontmatter
 \work{Dissertation}  % Change to ``Thesis'' for Master's thesis
-\title{MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYERS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS}
+\title{MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHODOLOGY AND SIMULATIONS OF PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYERS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS}
 \author{Teng Lin}
 \degprior{B.S., B.E.}                 % All previously earned degrees
 \degaward{Doctor of Philosophy}  % What this paper is for
@@ -47,35 +45,34 @@ As an rapidly expanding interdisciplinary of physics, 
 %% \copypage              % Uncomment if you want a copyright page
 \begin{abstract}
 
-As an rapidly expanding interdisciplinary of physics, chemistry and
-biology \emph{etc}, soft condensed matter science studies the
-kinetics, dynamics and geometric structures of complex materials
-like membrane, liquid crystal and polymers \emph{etc}. These soft
-condensed matters are distinguished by the unique physical
-properties on the mesoscopic scale which can provide useful insights
-to understand the basic physical principles linking the microscopic
-structure to the macroscopic properties. Knowledge of the underlying
-physics is of benefit to a wide range of applications areas, such as
-the processing of biocompatible materials and development of LCD
-display technologies. Although the separation of the length scale
-allows statistical mechanics to be applied, the interesting behavior
-of these systems usually happens on the time scale well beyond the
-current computing power. In order to simulate large soft condensed
-systems for long times within a reasonable amount of computational
-time, some new coarse-grained models were proposed in this
-dissertation to describe phospholipids and banana-shaped liquid
-crystals. Although these models can be described using a small
-number of physical parameter, it is not trivial to maintain the
-introducing rigid constraints between different molecular fragments
-correctly and efficiently. Working with colleagues, I developed a
-new molecular dynamics framework capable of performing simulation on
-systems with orientational degrees of freedom in a variety of
-ensembles. Using this new package, I study the structure, the
-dynamics and transport properties of the biological membranes as
-well as the the phase behavior of banana shaped liquid crystal. A
-new Langevin dynamics algorithm for arbitrary rigid particles is
-proposed to mimic solvent effect which may eventually expand the
-time scale of the simulation.
+As a rapidly expanding interdisciplinary science bridging physics,
+chemistry and biology, the study of soft condensed matter involves
+the kinetics, dynamics and geometric structures of complex materials
+like membrane, liquid crystal and polymers. These soft condensed
+materials are distinguished by the unique physical properties on the
+mesoscopic scale which can provide useful insights to understand the
+basic physical principles linking the microscopic structure to the
+macroscopic properties. Knowledge of the underlying physics is of
+benefit to a wide range areas, such as the processing of
+biocompatible materials and development of LCD display technologies.
+Although the separation of the length scales allows statistical
+mechanics to be applied, the interesting behavior of these systems
+usually happens on time scale well beyond current computing power.
+In order to simulate large soft condensed systems for long times
+within a reasonable amount of computational time, some new
+coarse-grained models are presented in this dissertation to describe
+phospholipids and banana-shaped liquid crystals. Although these
+models can be described using a small number of physical parameters,
+it is not trivial to introduce rigid constraints between different
+molecular fragments correctly and efficiently. Working with
+colleagues, I developed a new molecular dynamics framework capable
+of performing simulation on systems with orientational degrees of
+freedom in a variety of ensembles. Using this new package, I studied
+the structure, dynamics and transport properties of the biological
+membranes as well as the the phase behavior of banana shaped liquid
+crystals. A new Langevin dynamics algorithm for arbitrary rigid
+particles is also presented to mimic solvent effects which may
+eventually expand the time scale of the simulation.
 
 \end{abstract}