The Self-Consistent-Field Technique

CPU times of 100 s or less. The method can additionally provide insight into the mesoscopic behaviour of the bilayer systems, and can deal with polymeric additives. Dynamic information is not directly available, although there are several attempts to reintroduce dynamics in a mean-field framework [77,78]. 

More so than in exact simulations, it is necessary to give details of SCF methods. This is to give an insight into how and when approximations are introduced. Only then it is possible to build a realistic picture of the approach, understand its limitations in terms of conformational detail and loss of information about dynamics, and to interpret the results. 

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