Lattice simulations (Polymers)

Polymers have many interesting mesoscopic properties that can adequately represented through coarse-grained models. Lattice models are particularly useful since they employ integer coordinates that can be quickly processed. Another advantage is the possibility of checking the occupancy of the discrete number of sites and store it in an array. Therefore, overlapping between beads can be easily avoided. Earlier simulations were perfomed with the simple cubic or tetrahedrical lattices, employing different algorithms. Elementary bead jumps are commomly used to try to mimic dynamics. A combination of bents and cran