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Area of Science:

  • Computational chemistry
  • Biophysics
  • Materials science

Background:

  • Particle-based reaction-diffusion offers higher resolution than continuum models.
  • Accurately simulates molecular self-assembly into complex structures.
  • Existing high-resolution methods face high computational costs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a scalable, parallel implementation of the NERDSS software.
  • To enable efficient simulation of large-scale self-assembly processes.
  • To reduce computational cost for high-resolution reaction-diffusion simulations.

Main Methods:

  • Implemented parallel NERDSS using Message Passing Interface (MPI).
  • Utilized spatial decomposition for system distribution across processors.
  • Evaluated scalability for reversible reactions and self-assembly in 2D and 3D.

Main Results:

  • Achieved near-linear scaling up to 96 processors.
  • Demonstrated accurate solutions for various self-assembly test cases.
  • Identified factors influencing parallel efficiency (system size, timescales, reaction network).

Conclusions:

  • Parallel NERDSS effectively extends particle-based reaction-diffusion to large simulation volumes.
  • The software shows optimal scaling for smaller assemblies and slower timescales.
  • Open-source code facilitates further development and application in scientific research.