Re: [ESPResSo-users] Espresso/Espresso++ and multiphase fluids

[Olaf Lenz]

Hi!

Originally, ESPResSo++ started off as a rewrite of the ESPResSo package and was intended as its successor. However,  it turned out that the original package had a lot of functionality that the new implementation was still lacking after several years of development, and furthermore a lively community that was attracting new developers that were adding even more new features. Adding to that, the application cases and focus of both packages started to drift apart. Therefore, we now consider them as two separate packages that share the same spirit and have partly the same developers.

To highlight the main differences between both packages:

ESPResSo:

* Lead development at the Institute for Computational Physics in Stuttgart, Germany

* http://espressomd.org

* Unique features:

  * Various methods for electrostatics and magnetic interactions

  * Coupling of the particles to mesoscopic fluid methods to incorporate hydrodynamic interactions

  * Particles can form flexible or rigid agglomerates

ESPResSo++:

* Lead development at the Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany

* http://www.espresso-pp.de

* As for the unique features of ESPResSo++, maybe Torsten is the better person to reply

Olaf

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Dr. rer. nat. Olaf Lenz

Institut für Computerphysik, Allmandring 3, D-70569 Stuttgart

Phone: +49-711-685-63607