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Your First LAMMPS Simulation, Step by Step
Simulation

Your First LAMMPS Simulation, Step by Step

Install LAMMPS, run a real melt simulation, and understand every line of the input script. A first molecular dynamics run you can finish in twenty minutes.
by Dinesh Varma Mudunuri October 1, 2026September 14, 2026
Density Functional Theory, Explained Without the Math
Simulation

Density Functional Theory, Explained Without the Math

DFT predicts what materials do, from first principles, using electron density instead of wavefunctions. Here is how it works and what it gets wrong.
by Dinesh Varma Mudunuri September 21, 2026September 14, 2026
What Is a Machine-Learned Interatomic Potential?
Machine Learning

What Is a Machine-Learned Interatomic Potential?

An MLIP gives you near-DFT accuracy at close to classical-MD speed. Here is how these potentials work, where the speed comes from, and how they fail.
by Dinesh Varma Mudunuri September 17, 2026September 14, 2026
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