title: Chimaera simulation of complex states of flowing matter.
abstract: We discuss a unified mesoscale framework (chimaera) for the simulation of complex states of flowing matter across scales of motion. The chimaera framework can deal with each of the three macro-meso-micro levels through suitable 'mutations' of the basic mesoscale formulation. The idea is illustrated through selected simulations of complex micro- and nanoscale flows.This article is part of the themed issue 'Multiscale modelling at the physics-chemistry-biology interface'.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Applicazioni del Calcolo-CNR, Viale del Policlinico 19, 00185 Roma, Italy Institute of Applied Computational Science, J. Paulson School of Applied Science and Engineering, Harvard University, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge MA 02138, USA succi@iac.rm.cnr.it.
authors.forename: S
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3070-3079
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Succi
mesh_terms: D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D044085:Microfluidics / Q000379:methods*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D012996:Solutions / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D012996:Solutions
keywords: lattice Boltzmann method; mesoscale models; multiscale simulation