“…From its original formulation (15), it has now developed into a simulation model with a statistical mechanical basis (16,17). Applications of the technique include the determination of the phase behavior of polymer melts (17) and surfactant solutions (18), rheology of polymer solutions (19), spinodal decomposition (20,21), flow through model porous media (22), drop dynamics (23), and various aspects of colloidal suspensions: rheology (7,24), polymer adsorption (25), and depletion interactions (22). We will describe the basic model slightly differently than in (7,22,24); for more details we refer to (23,25).…”