Systems Involving Surfactants

Abstract

Computer simulations of amphiphilic systems are reviewed. Research areas cover a wide range of length and time scales, and a whole hierarchy of models and methods has been developed to address them all. They range from atomistically realistic models, idealized chain models, lattice spin models, to phenomenological models such as Ginzburg-Landau models and random interface models. Selected applications are discussed in order to illustrate the use of the models and the insights they can offer.