Energy landscape has been widely applied to many physical and biological systems. A long standing problem in computational physics is how to search for the entire family tree of possible stationary states on the energy landscape without unwanted random guesses? Here we introduce a novel concept “Solution Landscape”, which is a pathway map consisting of all stationary points and their connections. We develop a generic and efficient saddle dynamics method to construct the solution landscape, which not only identifies all possible minima, but also advances our understanding of how a complex system moves on the energy landscape. We then apply the solution landscape approach to study two problems: One is construction of the defect landscapes of confined nematic liquid crystals, and the other one is to find the transition pathways connecting crystalline and quasicrystalline phases.

6月23日
3:00pm - 4:00pm
地點
Meeting ID: 93562607413 (Passcode: 397576)
講者/表演者
Professor Pingwen ZHANG
Peking University
主辦單位
Department of Mathematics
聯絡方法
付款詳情
對象
Alumni, Faculty and staff, PG students, UG students
語言
英語
其他活動
1月6日
研討會, 演講, 講座
IAS / School of Science Joint Lecture - Innovations in Organo Rare-Earth and Titanium Chemistry: From Self-Healing Polymers to N2 Activation
Abstract In this lecture, the speaker will introduce their recent studies on the development of innovative organometallic complexes and catalysts aimed at realizing unprecedented chemical trans...
12月5日
研討會, 演講, 講座
IAS / School of Science Joint Lecture - Human B Cell Receptor-Epitope Selection for Pan-Sarbecovirus Neutralization
Abstract The induction of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) against viruses requires the specific activation of human B cell receptors (BCRs) by viral epitopes. Following BCR activation, ...