TRUNG DAC NGUYEN

Research associate
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Northwestern University
United States of America

Biography

he is a computational scientist with expertise in soft matter physics, molecular simulation and high-performance computing. he strongly interested in (1) discovering design rules for assembling functional nanostructures, (2) developing nanoscopic models for insightful understanding of interfacial phenomena and confined systems, and (3) exploring strategies for accelerating molecular simulation codes on hybrid computer platforms. He joined Prof. Monica Olvera de la Cruz's research group at Northwestern University since August 2016.

Research Intrest

Soft matter and molecular systems, Interfacial phenomena, High-performance computing

List of Publications
Nguyen TD, Phillips CL, Anderson JA, Glotzer SC. Rigid body constraints realized in massively-parallel molecular dynamics on graphics processing units. Computer Physics Communications. 2011 Nov 30;182(11):2307-13.
Xia Y, Nguyen TD, Yang M, Lee B, Santos A, Podsiadlo P, Tang Z, Glotzer SC, Kotov NA. Self-assembly of self-limiting monodisperse supraparticles from polydisperse nanoparticles. Nature nanotechnology. 2011 Sep 1;6(9):580-7.

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