University Chemistry ›› 2024, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (2): 83-88.doi: 10.3866/PKU.DXHX202309063

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Excavation and Extraction of Ideological and Political Elements for the Virtual Simulation Experiments at Molecular Level: Taking the Project "the Simulation and Computation of Conformation, Morphology and Dimensions of Polymer Chains" as an Example

Pingping Zhu1,2,*(), Yongjun Xie3, Yuanping Yi4, Yu Huang1, Qiang Zhou1,2, Shiyan Xiao1, Haiyang Yang1, Pingsheng He1   

  1. 1 School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
    2 National Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry Education (University of Science and Technology of China), Hefei 230026, China
    3 Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei 230026, China
    4 Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • Received:2023-09-18 Accepted:2023-10-12 Published:2023-11-07
  • Contact: Pingping Zhu E-mail:zhupp@ustc.edu.cn

Abstract:

Simulating and calculating the conformation, morphology and dimensions of polymer chains, is a virtual simulation experiment project at the molecular level. It is based on the theoretical work of Nobel laureates de Gennes and P. J. Flory, and is developed through the transformation of the project team's own teaching and research achievements and collaborative research and development between teachers and students. Compared with small molecular compounds, the research methods for polymer chains are significantly different, especially in the need to use statistical methods to describe the conformation and morphology of polymer chains, and calculate the average dimensions of polymer chains. This cannot be achieved by classical physical chemistry methods. From development to teaching practice and subsequent improvements, the project naturally incorporates ideological and political elements from multiple dimensions such as Nobel Prize achievements, philosophical thoughts, scientific thinking, the history of disciplinary development, and teaching and research achievements were integrated into the update of teaching content.

Key words: Virtual simulation experiment project at molecular level, Quantitative change leads to qualitative change, Scientific thinking, Nobel Prize achievement, Flexibility of polymer chain