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albert
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I am interested in showing a visualization of water molecules in a time-varying electric/magnetic field as part of my PhD work.
I would like something like this visualization:
, but with an external time-varying field applied.
At first, I thought of simply animating water molecules reorientating (or NOT reorientating in the case of ice) when they are subjected to a time-varying electric field. But I am not 100% sure what it would look like since I don't recall ever seeing such a scientifically-accurate visualization, so I searched for such a molecular dynamics simulation, but found nothing.
Such a visualization would be of great interest since there are many applications using radar to observe natural media (forests, oceans, ice, soil etc.). Electromagnetic waves emitted by radars reflect mainly off the water molecules in natural materials. The molecular dynamics of the water molecules subjected to the incident field create the scattered field, which is measured by the radar. Several existing and upcoming Earth observation satellites are based on this principle.
So why has a molecular dynamics simulation (with visualization) of water molecules in a time-varying electric field (0.5-10 GHz) not been done?
Am I searching in the wrong place or is there some limitation (e.g. simulation time needed, models used) that makes such a simulation unfeasible?
If it is possible to do this, I would be grateful if someone can point me in the right direction (e.g. suitable software, background topics to read etc.) since this is not my field of expertise (I’m an electrical engineer).
I would like something like this visualization:
, but with an external time-varying field applied.
At first, I thought of simply animating water molecules reorientating (or NOT reorientating in the case of ice) when they are subjected to a time-varying electric field. But I am not 100% sure what it would look like since I don't recall ever seeing such a scientifically-accurate visualization, so I searched for such a molecular dynamics simulation, but found nothing.
Such a visualization would be of great interest since there are many applications using radar to observe natural media (forests, oceans, ice, soil etc.). Electromagnetic waves emitted by radars reflect mainly off the water molecules in natural materials. The molecular dynamics of the water molecules subjected to the incident field create the scattered field, which is measured by the radar. Several existing and upcoming Earth observation satellites are based on this principle.
So why has a molecular dynamics simulation (with visualization) of water molecules in a time-varying electric field (0.5-10 GHz) not been done?
Am I searching in the wrong place or is there some limitation (e.g. simulation time needed, models used) that makes such a simulation unfeasible?
If it is possible to do this, I would be grateful if someone can point me in the right direction (e.g. suitable software, background topics to read etc.) since this is not my field of expertise (I’m an electrical engineer).