XMD is a classical
molecular dynamics
Molecular dynamics (MD) is a computer simulation method for analyzing the Motion (physics), physical movements of atoms and molecules. The atoms and molecules are allowed to interact for a fixed period of time, giving a view of the dynamics ( ...
software designed to
simulate problems related to
materials science
Materials science is an interdisciplinary field of researching and discovering materials. Materials engineering is an engineering field of finding uses for materials in other fields and industries.
The intellectual origins of materials sci ...
. The code was
developed by Jon Rifkin of University of Connecticut and is being
distributed under
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public Licenses (GNU GPL or simply GPL) are a series of widely used free software licenses, or ''copyleft'' licenses, that guarantee end users the freedom to run, study, share, or modify the software. The GPL was the first ...
.
Source code is available in C and can be compiled using
POSIX
The Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX; ) is a family of standards specified by the IEEE Computer Society for maintaining compatibility between operating systems. POSIX defines application programming interfaces (APIs), along with comm ...
thread
functions to take advantage of multi-CPU computers.
See also
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Molecular design software Molecular design software is notable software for molecular modeling, that provides special support for developing molecular models ''de novo''.
In contrast to the usual molecular modeling programs, such as for molecular dynamics and quantum chemi ...
External links
XMD Homepage
Molecular dynamics software
Free science software
Free software programmed in C
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