As an undergraduate at Magdalen College, Oxford, I studied Chemisty.
Since the Chemistry course at Oxford is a 4 year masters course, I had to join a research group for a year, and produce a thesis. I was in the Madden group in the Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory.
My thesis title was "Structure of Polarisable Ionic Fluids". Since I was in a theoretical group, this study was computer based, using MD (Molecular Dynamics) simulations. Because the University demanded a thesis title far too early on, the title isn't quite right... a better title would've been "Structure and Dynamics of Polarisable Ionic Fluids", since a fair bit of it was dynamics related.
For anyone who's really that bored, the original thesis can be downloaded from
here:
PDF Format |
PS Format
And the version with updates (currently only pictures in the ScCl3
section have been updated, with extra results):
PDF Format |
PS Format (updated
25/06/2003)
There is a slight chance that I might end up running yet more simulations to tie up a few loose ends. If I do, results of them will go here, and into the updated thesis (see above).
I also have some funky pictures and movies of the theoretical model
system, once it had cavitated. These were generated using PovRay
and MEncoder.Mpeg Movie of Cavitated System DivX (mpeg4) Movie of Cavitated System JPEG of Cavitated System, 1400x1050 PNG of Cavitated System, 1400x1050 |
These pictures / movies are of the same theoretical model system.
However, they're off it before it cavitates, so when it's displaying
more normal liquid behaviour. Again, everything created using
PovRay and MEncode.Mpeg Movie of Non Cavitated System DivX (mpeg4) Movie of Non Cavitated System JPEG of Non Cavitated System, 1400x1050 PNG of Non Cavitated System, 1400x1050 |
These pictures / movies are of a different system. They are of molten
ScCl3, at around 1200K, which is just above its melting
Point. Again, everything created using
PovRay and MEncode.Mpeg Movie of ScCl3 System DivX (mpeg4) Movie of ScCl3 System JPEG of ScCl3 System, 1400x1050 PNG of ScCl3 System, 1400x1050 |
