I am interested in studying the dynamics of a lipid vesicle. Surface Evolver seems to be a great program and quite extensible. However, as I understand it, the program only minimizes the total energy of the surface, and cannot be used to study the evolution (ironically) of the surface over time.
Are there any available programs, packages, or even libraries for programming languages, with similar capabilities as Surface Evolver to model the surface dynamics of systems with various topologies, and types of energies?
Dear Tanishq,
If you want to define an instantaneous surface, and from there analyze surface dependent properties, there are families of algorithms to define the instantaneous surface on a molecular dynamics simulation system. From the surface profile at every timeframe you can study in depth the dynamics of the surfac/interface.
A new python tool called Pytim merges some of the most popular:
https://marcello-sega.github.io/pytim/
some recommended articles:
1. Article Instantaneous Liquid Interfaces
2. Article The generalized identification of truly interfacial molecule...
3. Article The generalized identification of truly interfacial molecule...
Best regards,
Andrés.
Haven't checked Andrés answer, but as far as I know, there is no tool that does what you want. If you are not minimizing the total energy, what are you minimizing? Give us an example of what you want to do.
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