Molecular Modelling:Principles and Applications

Molecular Modelling:Principles and Applications


Yazar Andrew Leach
Yayınevi Pearson Education
ISBN 9780582382107
Baskı yılı 2001
Sayfa sayısı 784
Edisyon 2
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This important new edition is for graduate students studying Molecular Modelling, Computational Chemistry within Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry and Biochemistry. Postgraduates and researchers in academia and in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. This new edition introduces background theory and techniques of molecular modelling, also illustrates applications in studying physical, chemical and biological phenomena. It includes simple numerical examples and numerous explanatory figures and a colour plate section.
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Symbols and Physical Constants
Acknowledgements
1 Useful Concepts in Molecular Modelling 1
2 An Introduction to Computational Quantum Mechanics 26
3 Advanced ab initio Methods, Density Functional Theory and Solid-state Quantum Mechanics 108
4 Empirical Force Field Models: Molecular Mechanics 165
5 Energy Minimisation and Related Methods for Exploring the Energy Surface 253
6 Computer Simulation Methods 303
7 Molecular Dynamics Simulation Methods 353
8 Monte Carlo Simulation Methods 410
9 Conformational Analysis 457
10 Protein Structure Prediction, Sequence Analysis and Protein Folding 509
11 Four Challenges in Molecular Modelling: Free Energies, Solvation, Reactions and Solid-state Defects 563
12 The Use of Molecular Modelling and Chemoinformatics to Discover and Design New Molecules 640
Index 727