Melanie Cook (Dr. Melanie J. Cook)
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Melanie Cook (Dr. Melanie J. Cook)
Melanie was a graduate student in the group between October 1997 and September 2000. Melanie worked on computer simulations of liquid crystals, including prediction of helical twisting powers and the study of dipole correlation (see publications below).
Melanie’s work was sponsored by Merck R&D, UK who make liquid crystalline materials for electrooptic applications. After leaving the group, Melanie took up a position at Schlumberger.
Melanie’s current research web page at Schlumberger.
Snapshots of Melanie at the NATO ASI meeting on Computer Simulations of Liquid Crystals in Erice 1998.
Melanie’s publications in the group
Wilson M. R., Cook M. J., McBride C.. Atomistic Modelling of Liquid Crystal Phases. In Advances in the Computer Simulations of Liquid Crystals. Eds. P. Pasini, C. Zannoni, (Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands 2000), 251-262.
Cook M. J., Wilson M. R.. Calculation of helical twisting power for liquid crystal chiral dopants. J. Chem. Phys., 2000, 112, 1560-1564.
Cook M. J., Wilson M. R.. Development of an all-atom force field for the simulation of liquid crystal molecules in condensed phases (LCFF)., Molec. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 2001, 357, 149-165 .
Cook M. J., Wilson M. R.. Simulation studies of dipole correlation in the isotropic liquid phase. Liq. Cryst., 2000, 27, 1573-1583.
Cook M. J., Wilson M. R.. A molecular dynamics simulation study of dipole correlation
in the isotropic phase of the mesogens me5NF and GGP5Cl., Molec. Cryst. Liq. Cryst.,2001, 357, 127-147.
Cook M. J., Wilson M. R.. The first thousand molecule simulation of a mesogen at the fully atomistic level. Molec. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 2001, 363, 181-193.
Wilson M. R., Miller A. F., Cook M. J., Richards R. W.. Monte Carlo simulations of an amphiphilic polymer at a hydrophobic/hydrophilic interface. Molec. Phys., 2003, 101, 1131-1138.
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