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Corresponding approaches were developed in all the research methods theoretical, computer simulation, and, moreover, experimental. Thus, copolymers were synthesized in vitro, which form non-aggregating structures of the type hydrophobic core-hydrophilic shell. The structure of such copolymers is similar in this respect to that of protein macromolecules [125-127]. 

The book explains how to solve coupled systems of ordinary differential equations of the kind that commonly arise in the quantitative description of the evolution of environmental properties. All of the computations that I shall describe can be performed on a personal computer, and all of the programs can be written in such familiar languages as BASIC, PASCAL, or FORTRAN. My goal is to teach the methods of computational simulation of environmental change, and so I do not favor the use of professionally developed black-box programs. 

It is difficult to attribute quantitatively by experiment the rate enhancements of the different factors contributing to catalysis. Protein engineering can get close to accurate answers when dealing with nonpolar interactions, especially in subsites. But analysis of mutation is at its weakest when altering residues that interact with charges (Chapter 15). The next development must be in improved methods of computer simulation. Controversies arise when there are no intermediates in the reaction because the kinetics can fit more than one mechanism. Again, computer simulation will provide the ultimate answers. 

The basic flowsheet structure is given by the reactor and separation systems. Alternatives can be developed by applying process-synthesis methods. Use computer simulation to get physical insights into different conceptual issues and to evaluate the performance of different alternatives. 

It is possible to assume that kinetic and hydrodynamic methods of reactors analysis and design are well advanced at present. Methods of computer simulation and modelling are widely used. So, we can say that if we know processes kinetic and hydrodynamic parameters and fundamental particularities of reactor functioning we can calculate all process characteristics and its stmcture, we also can predict effectiveness of apparatus operation and consumer properties of chemical production. Meanwhile criterion function development for calculation and organization of novel processes and optimization of present productions require overcoming of a big number of problems in production practice. This principle is satisfactory enough for processes with low or medium reactions rates, when creation of isothermal conditions in apparatus is easy. In this case it is easy to calculate and reproduce in working conditions all characteristics of chemical process and to control the last ones. 

The methods of computer simulation of adsorption (and diffusion) in micro-porous solids were described in Chapter 4 a summary is given in Table 4.1. These techniques are now sufficiently well developed for physisorption that thermodynamic properties can be predicted routinely for relatively simple adsorbates, once the structural details of the host are known. Molecular mechanics using standard forcelields are very successful for zeolitic systems, which take into account dispersive interactions satisfactorily, but it is also possible to use higher level calculations. 

Two sets of methods for computer simulations of molecular fluids have been developed Monte Carlo (MC) and Molecular Dynamics (MD). In both cases the simulations are performed on a relatively small number of particles (atoms, ions, and/or molecules) of the order of 100simulation supercell. The interparticle interactions are represented by pair potentials, and it is generally assumed that the total potential energy of the system can be described as a sum of these pair interactions. Very large numbers of particle configurations are generated on a computer in both methods, and, with the help of statistical mechanics, many useful thermodynamic and structural properties of the fluid (pressure, temperature, internal energy, heat capacity, radial distribution functions, etc.) can then be directly calculated from this microscopic information about instantaneous atomic positions and velocities. 

The Monte Carlo method is potentially the most exact and flexible method for estimating reaction rates. In this method, the computer simulates individual neutron events so that nuclear processes and complex geometry can be modeled in great detail. The accuracy and computation time increase with the number of events simulated. Many refinements of the method have been developed therefore, coupled with today s fast computers, Monte Carlo is a widely used method... 

Basic aerodynamics research for three-dimensional computer simulations of airflows is rarely used in the aircraft industry, so wind turbine researchers have to develop new methods and computer simulation models to deal with these issues. Research in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), which is a group of methods that deal with simulating airflows around, for example, rotor blades for wind turbines, is also needed. 

Since their implementation in the 1970s, NDIS difference methods have been used to investigate ion specific structure in aqueous electrolyte solutions for many monatomic species, and several reviews are already available in the literature. In recent years, the NDIS methods have been applied to polyatomic ions, many of which are used in the denatura-tion of proteins in water. The complexity of these ions means that the neutron data are often difficult to interpret and some sort of modelling is required. Accordingly, as mentioned above we have developed computer simulation codes that provide results which can be direcdy compared with those obtained ftom NDIS. In the second part of this section, we present a few results which illustrate the power of this combined method. 

Ice crystal surfaces and ice-water interfaces were investigated by optical methods and computer simulations. Although it has been very difficult to analyze ice surfaces and interfaces on a molecular scale, recent developments of new experimental and computational techniques have made it possible to determine the molecular-scale structures and dynamics under temperatures close to the melting point. These results will contribute enormously to new research fields related to surface science, crystal growth, chemical reactions, biological mechanisms, and so on. Further studies are strongly expected. 

UNIFAC was developed for situations where experimental data are scarce, and its appHcation should generally be that of last resort (3,7,162,178). That is, UNIFAC is not a method for comparative testing of methods based on experimental data even though the method is sometimes Hsted in commercial computer simulator menus without indication of its limitations. 

The comparison with experiment can be made at several levels. The first, and most common, is in the comparison of derived quantities that are not directly measurable, for example, a set of average crystal coordinates or a diffusion constant. A comparison at this level is convenient in that the quantities involved describe directly the structure and dynamics of the system. However, the obtainment of these quantities, from experiment and/or simulation, may require approximation and model-dependent data analysis. For example, to obtain experimentally a set of average crystallographic coordinates, a physical model to interpret an electron density map must be imposed. To avoid these problems the comparison can be made at the level of the measured quantities themselves, such as diffraction intensities or dynamic structure factors. A comparison at this level still involves some approximation. For example, background corrections have to made in the experimental data reduction. However, fewer approximations are necessary for the structure and dynamics of the sample itself, and comparison with experiment is normally more direct. This approach requires a little more work on the part of the computer simulation team, because methods for calculating experimental intensities from simulation configurations must be developed. The comparisons made here are of experimentally measurable quantities. 

In addition to various analytic or semi-analytic methods, which are based on the theory of the liquid state and which are not the subject of this chapter, almost the entire toolbox of molecular computer simulation methods has been applied to the theoretical study of aqueous interfaces. They have usually been adapted and modified from schemes developed in a different context. 

The maintenance of a connection to experiment is essential in that reliability is only measurable against experimental results. However, in practice, the computational cost of the most reliable conventional quantum chemical methods has tended to preclude their application to the large, low-symmetry molecules which form liquid crystals. There have however, been several recent steps forward in this area and here we will review some of these newest developments in predictive computer simulation of intramolecular properties of liquid crystals. In the next section we begin with a brief overview of important molecular properties which are the focus of much current computational effort and highlight some specific examples of cases where the molecular electronic origin of macroscopic properties is well established. 

In the second section we present a brief overview of some currently used dynamic modeling methods before introducing cellular automata. After a brief history of this method we describe the ingredients that drive the dynamics exhibited by cellular automata. These include the platform on which cellular automata plays out its modeling, the state variables that define the ingredients, and the rules of movement that develop the dynamics. Each step in this section is accompanied by computer simulation programs carried on the CD in the back of the book. 

The use of computer simulations to study internal motions and thermodynamic properties is receiving increased attention. One important use of the method is to provide a more fundamental understanding of the molecular information contained in various kinds of experiments on these complex systems. In the first part of this paper we review recent work in our laboratory concerned with the use of computer simulations for the interpretation of experimental probes of molecular structure and dynamics of proteins and nucleic acids. The interplay between computer simulations and three experimental techniques is emphasized (1) nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation spectroscopy, (2) refinement of macro-molecular x-ray structures, and (3) vibrational spectroscopy. The treatment of solvent effects in biopolymer simulations is a difficult problem. It is not possible to study systematically the effect of solvent conditions, e.g. added salt concentration, on biopolymer properties by means of simulations alone. In the last part of the paper we review a more analytical approach we have developed to study polyelectrolyte properties of solvated biopolymers. The results are compared with computer simulations. 

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