Methoden vergleichen

	Molekulardynamik	Phasenfeldmodellierung
Fachgebiet	Materialwissenschaft	Materialwissenschaft
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Entstehungsjahr	1957	1958
Urheber	Alder and Wainwright	John W. Cahn
Typ	Simulation method	Simulation method
Wegweisende Quelle	Alder, B. J., & Wainwright, T. E. (1957). Phase transition for a hard sphere system. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 27(5), 1208-1209.	Cahn, J. W. (1958). Free energy of a nonuniform system: Interfacial free energy. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 28(2), 258-267.
Aliasnamen	MD simulation, molecular dynamics simulation, atomistic simulation	phase-field method, diffuse interface method
Verwandt	3	3
Zusammenfassung	Molecular Dynamics (MD) is a computational technique that simulates the motion of atoms and molecules by solving Newton's equations of motion under specified forces. Pioneered by Alder and Wainwright in 1957, MD integrates time-dependent atomic trajectories from initial positions, allowing prediction of material properties, phase transitions, and dynamic behavior. It bridges the gap between quantum mechanics (which determines interatomic forces) and macroscopic phenomena (accessible only through experiment), enabling study of timescales from femtoseconds to microseconds and length scales from angstroms to hundreds of nanometers.	Phase-Field Modeling (PFM) is a continuum computational method for simulating microstructure evolution, phase transitions, and interfacial dynamics without explicitly tracking moving boundaries. Developed from Cahn-Ginzburg-Landau theory in the 1950s, PFM represents distinct phases through continuous order parameters that vary smoothly over diffuse interfaces. This approach elegantly handles topological changes (nucleation, coalescence, pinch-off), complex interface geometries, and strongly coupled multiphysics. It is the dominant method for studying dendritic growth, spinodal decomposition, grain evolution, and reactive transport in materials science.