Title :
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Complex Phase Transition of Clathrate Hydrates in Living Body
Author :
Kin, Tadahiro ; Nemoto, Tetsuya ; Makino, Ken-ichi ; Koide, Kazuharu
Author_Institution :
Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka
fDate :
Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 1 2006
Abstract :
It is very important to keep the volume of intracellular through organ preservation. We focused the structure of intracellular water. Because this report is a precursor study for new organ preservation technology, we defined the system contains only water and hydrogen molecules. The calculation was done by a code of molecular dynamics method; MXDTRICL. We made a new suggestion of possibility to suppress the change of intracellular volume if the water molecules construct the crystal of clathrate hydrates. For future prospects, we have to find the best guest molecules and their condition for making effective clathrate in the cell
Keywords :
biological organs; biomedical engineering; biotechnology; cellular biophysics; molecular biophysics; phase transformations; MXDTRICL; clathrate hydrates; complex phase transition; intracellular volume; intracellular water structure; living body; molecular dynamics simulation; organ preservation technology; Biomembranes; Cells (biology); Cooling; Geriatrics; Gerontology; Hospitals; Hydrogen; Ice; Solid state circuits; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Innovative Computing, Information and Control, 2006. ICICIC '06. First International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2616-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICICIC.2006.473