title: Dynamic electro-optic properties of macromolecules and nanoparticles in solution: a review of computational and simulation methodologies.
abstract: This paper reviews some theories, and computational and simulation procedures available for the calculation of the time-course of electro-optic properties of particles in solution. For rigid particles, the time evolution of the properties is directly related to their rotational diffusion; therefore, the computational procedures for the calculation of hydrodynamic properties find a direct application in electro-optics. Several of such computational procedures, based on bead models, are reviewed. For flexible particles, the simultaneous effects the external field and the flexibility can be treated with Brownian dynamics simulation. We illustrate the various procedures, with applications to rigid bent rods and flexible, wormlike or hinged rods, trying to show how the absence or presence of flexibility, and its kind, influences the dynamic electro-optic properties, which are therefore valuable sources of information about the conformation of macromolecules and nanoparticles.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Quimica Fisica, Facultad de Quimica, Universidad de Murcia, 30071 Murcia, Spain. jgt@um.es
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García de la Torre
mesh_terms: D001718:Birefringence; D018833:Chaperonins / Q000737:chemistry; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry*; D019295:Computational Biology; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004058:Diffusion; D004548:Elasticity; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000737:chemistry; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D008956:Models, Chemical; D009038:Motion; D009113:Muramidase / Q000737:chemistry; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D012996:Solutions / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D012996:Solutions; D009113:Muramidase; D018833:Chaperonins