diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 993c2d8..1e7f5d4 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -29,11 +29,9 @@ and conversion-time data, as long as the kinetic model contains all relevant ele The open source simulator mcPolymer is based on the Monte Carlo simulation technique and published under the GNU General Public License (GPL), which is unique in the field of polymerization modeling. mcPolymer runs on different platforms: from workstation computers with Microsoft Windows up to compute servers running UNIX (Linux). Simulations with mcPolymer are based on the concept of fundamental reaction templates. Thus, mcPolymer is very versatile and applicable to very different -types of polymerizations. mcPolymer is mainly applied to model radical polymerizations, e.g., simulations of reversible deactivation radical polymerizations, -or simulation of acrylate polymerizations with backbiting and transfer to polymer reactions. A kMC model for acrylate radical polymerization may -consist of more than 40 elemental reactions, which proceed in parallel, and the same number of kinetic coefficients. Since the concentrations of reactants may cover eight to -nine decadic orders of magnitude, 10E10 to 10E11 molecules have to be accounted for. The sophisticated modular structure of mcPolymer allows for the integration of the simulator +types of polymerizations. mcPolymer is mainly applied to model radical polymerizations, e.g., simulations of reversible deactivation radical polymerizations, or simulation of acrylate polymerizations with backbiting and transfer to polymer reactions. A kMC model for acrylate radical polymerization may consist of more than 40 elemental reactions, which proceed in parallel, and the same number of kinetic coefficients. Since the concentrations of reactants may cover eight to nine decadic orders of magnitude, 10E10 to 10E11 molecules have to be accounted for. The sophisticated modular structure of mcPolymer allows for the integration of the simulator in complex simulation environments. +![mcPolymer2020](csm_mcPolymer2020_3667c9fc69.jpg) # Build environment This section gives an introduction on how to build mcPolymer on a Linux system using run make command. However you can also use e.g. a Microsoft Visual Studio setup to build the software; there are no platform specific dependencies. You may also consider running a Windows subsystem for Linux setup (WSL2 e.g. 24.04.2 LTS) on a Windows Desktop.