Description:
Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
Covers a large variety of material systems and setups: small-molecular and polymeric mesophases, crystals, organic-organic interfaces, grain boundaries, and patterned thin films
Presents a wide range of particle-based simulation approaches addressed in a methodical chapter for easy reference
Includes a chapter on the newly developed long-range polarized embedding technique, detailing both the theory and implementation