Molecular Modeling

Donald B. Boyd

Donald B. Boyd

Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis, IN, United States

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First published: 15 July 2006

Abstract

The article contains sections titled:

1.

Definitions

2.

Purpose of Modeling

3.

Brief History

4.

Methodologies of Molecular Modeling

4.1.

Computer Graphics

4.2.

Databases

4.3.

Conformational Modeling

4.4.

Quantum Mechanical Modeling

4.5.

Force Field Modeling

4.6.

Statistical Modeling

4.7.

Homology Modeling

4.8.

Drug Design Modeling

5.

Economic Aspects

Molecular modeling is used to understand the characteristics of molecules and to design new molecules in industry and elsewhere. The computer-based techniques of molecular modeling include molecular mechanics, molecular graphics, and many other methodologies of computational chemistry. Most large research-based companies involved in molecular science, particularly pharmaceutical companies, use molecular modeling daily.

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