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We congratulate Lukas Laubert who completed and successfully defended his project thesis on a comparison between the Capriccio method in 3d with a simplified 1d setting. Lukas set up a one-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional coupled MD-FE system and implemented a smart evaluation schem...

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The Capriccio group is offering a doctoral researcher position for the Franco-German research project “BIO ART: Optimization of Mechanical Properties of BIO-Sourced Epoxy Resins by ARTificial Intelligence: Multiscale Modelling of Polymers”. Details can be found in the call for positions. FAU_BIOA...

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We congratulate Sebastian Reber who completed and successfully defended his project thesis on polymer nancomposites with grafted nanoparticles. He implemented a numerical tool in LAMMPS to create nanoparticles with surface grafting inspired by the techniques used in polymer synthesis. Based on this,...

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We are pleased to announce the completion und successful defense of Eva Richter's bachelor thesis! She continued the studies within the polystyrene-silica interphase project and implemented an automated generation of representative volume elements (RVEs) with multiple filler inclusions at various si...

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On July 27-29, we held a Capriccio mini retreat in Baiersdorf (next to Altkunstadt in Upper Franconia), focusing on our upcoming doctoral theses and the Frascal renewal proposal. Starting with presentations by Wuyang and Christof on the current status of their dissertations, we intensively discus...

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On June 23, we held our Capriccio Junior Party, to which all students who have been involved in the Capriccio group for the past two years were invited. This way we could all get to know each other better, which was partly impeded by the Corona pandemic. Our principal investigator Sebastian Pfaller ...

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We are delighted to announce the publication of "Accelerating molecular dynamics simulations by a hybrid molecular dynamics-continuum mechanical approach" in Soft Materials: https://doi.org/10.1080/1539445X.2022.2061513 In this publication, we propose a hybrid molecular dynamics-continuum mech...

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