Start Date
2021
Description
Molecular Dynamics (MD) is a computer simulation method to analyze and study the physical movement of atoms and molecules in an environment constrained by physical and quantum mechanics laws. The systems that were of interest during this summer were metal/ligand complexes, also known as a coordination complex. A coordination complex consists of a central atom or ion, which in this case is a metal, and an array of bound molecules that are called the ligands. The ligand of interest for this summer is ethylenediamine. Both copper(II) and nickel(II) coordinate to ethylenediamine.
Recommended Citation
Lopez, Plinio Rosales; Lawler, Fenton; Storteboom, Ryan; and Vander Griend, Douglas A., "Molecular Dynamics Simulations of a Metal/Ligand Complex" (2021). Summer Research. 32.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/summer_research/2021/Posters/32
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Molecular Dynamics Simulations of a Metal/Ligand Complex
Molecular Dynamics (MD) is a computer simulation method to analyze and study the physical movement of atoms and molecules in an environment constrained by physical and quantum mechanics laws. The systems that were of interest during this summer were metal/ligand complexes, also known as a coordination complex. A coordination complex consists of a central atom or ion, which in this case is a metal, and an array of bound molecules that are called the ligands. The ligand of interest for this summer is ethylenediamine. Both copper(II) and nickel(II) coordinate to ethylenediamine.