Computer simulation of disordered structures and nanosystems: An atomic-scale view

摘要

This paper reviews the motivations underlying the organization of the 2008 EMRS Symposium "Morphology and dynamics of nanostructures and disordered systems via atomic-scale modelling' and provides an overview of the main results contained in the nine papers composing the present special issue. We underline the use of molecular dynamics as a main tool to describe structural evolution for systems escaping a precise experimental determination of their atomic configurations (nanostructures and disordered networks).