This volume, like those prior to it, features chapters by experts in various fields of computational chemistry. Volume 27 covers brittle fracture, molecular detailed simulations of lipid bilayers, semiclassical bohmian dynamics, dissipative particle dynamics, trajectory-based rare event simulations, and understanding metal/metal electrical contact conductance from the atomic to continuum scales. Also included is a chapter on career opportunities in computational chemistry and an appendix listing the e-mail addresses of more than 2500 people in that discipline.

FROM REVIEWS OF THE SERIES

"Reviews in Computational Chemistry remains the most valuable reference to methods and techniques in computational chemistry."—JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR GRAPHICS AND MODELLING

"One cannot generally do better than to try to find an appropriate article in the highly successful Reviews in Computational Chemistry. The basic philosophy of the editors seems to be to help the authors produce chapters that are complete, accurate, clear, and accessible to experimentalists (in particular) and other nonspecialists (in general)."—JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETYContent:
Chapter 1 Brittle Fracture: From Elasticity Theory to Atomistic Simulations (pages 1–83): Stefano Giordano, Alessandro Mattoni and Luciano Colombo
Chapter 2 Dissipative Particle Dynamics (pages 85–110): Igor V. Pivkin, Bruce Caswell and George Em Karniadakisa
Chapter 3 Trajectory?Based Rare Event Simulations (pages 111–210): Peter G. Bolhuis and Christoph Dellago
Chapter 4 Understanding Metal/Metal Electrical Contact Conductance from the Atomic to Continuum Scales (pages 211–252): Douglas L. Irving
Chapter 5 Molecular Detailed Simulations of Lipid Bilayers (pages 253–286): Max L. Berkowitz and James T. Kindt
Chapter 6 Semiclassical Bohmian Dynamics (pages 287–368): Sophya Garashchuk, Vitaly Rassolov and Oleg Prezhdo
Chapter 7 Prospects for Career Opportunities in Computational Chemistry (pages 369–394): Donald B. Boyd