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The Capriccio group focuses on multiscale simulations of polymers and develops the Capriccio method, which implements a partitioned-domain coupling between a continuum and particle-based regions. Employing this novel technique and considering scale-bridging approaches of other groups, our particular interest is integrating processes at the atomistic and molecular scale into typical engineering scales. To this end, we investigate how molecular processes and macroscopic properties are linked to each other and how this knowledge can improve the performance of materials and structures.
We gladly announce the guest lecture "Introduction on Polymers – From their synthesis to their applications", which will be given from December 9th to December 13th, 2024 by our colleague Prof. Agustín Ríos de Anda (Maître de Conférences en Chimie) from the Institut de Chimie et des Máteriaux Paris-...
It is our great pleasure to announce Maximilian Ries as winner of the ECCOMAS award for the best PhD theses 2023. The European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS) grants this prestigious prize annually to two young researchers for their outstanding works in the field of ...
We are delighted to announce the publication of "Investigating fracture mechanisms in glassy polymers using coupled particle-continuum simulations" in Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2024.105884
Using the Capriccio method, coupling molecular dynam...
From July 31 to August 2, we met for our annual Capriccio mini retreat. This time, it was dedicated to a sophisticated review and further improvements of the Capriccio method.
The first day was reserved for a summary of our current research activities and to an overview of the current state of the ...
David Richard presented a talk entitled “Bridging necking and shear-banding mediated tensile failure in glasses” that closed the 2nd Capriccio Special Seminar. He started with experimental observations that metallic glasses exhibit a failure mode transition from necking to shear-banding with decreas...
Sankha Aditya from the Polymers and Soft Materials Research Center at the University of Alabama demonstrated the capabilities of an extended version of the Capriccio method by means of multiscale simulations of various kinds of materials. In his talk "On correctly modeling brittle fracture using cou...
