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{{Short description|Physics and engineering software package}}

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{{Infobox software

| name = COMSOL Multiphysics

| developer = COMSOL Inc.AB

| latest_release_version = 56.43

| latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|20182024|1011|0319}}

| operating_system = [[Cross-platform]]

| genre = [[Computer-aided engineering]],

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| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] [[EULA]]

| website = {{URL|www.comsol.com}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = COMSOL Inc.AB

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'''COMSOL Multiphysics''' is a cross-platform [[finite element]] analysisanalyzer, solver, and [[multiphysicssimulation software]] package for various physics and engineering applications, especially [[simulationCoupled softwaremode theory|coupled]] phenomena and [[Multiphysics simulation|multiphysics.]] ItThe software allowsfacilitates conventional physics-based user interfaces and coupled systems of partial differential equations ([[partialPartial differential equation|PDEs]]s (PDEs). COMSOL Multiphysics provides an [[Integrated development environment|IDE]] and unified workflow for electrical, mechanical, fluid, acoustics, and chemical applications.

Beside the classical problems that can be addressed with application modules, the core Multiphysics package can be used to solve [[Partial differential equation|PDEs]] in weak form. An API for [[Java (programming language)|Java]] and [[MATLAB]] can be used to control the software externally. The program also serves as an application builder for physics applications. Several modules are available for COMSOL,<ref>{{cite web|title=COMSOL Modeling Software|url=https://www.comsol.com/|website=COMSOL.com|publisher=Comsol, Inc.|accessdate=20 November 2015}}</ref> categorized according to the applications areas of Electrical, Mechanical, Fluid, Acoustic, Chemical, Multipurpose, and Interfacing.

Beside the wide range of classical problems that can be efficiently addressed with the specific application modules, the core Multiphysics package can be used to solve Schrödinger-type (PDEs), and has been successfully applied for simulating quantum effects in low dimensional systems like metallic nanoparticles,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Quantum Confinement Effects on the Near Field Enhancement in Metallic Nanoparticles|journal=Plasmonics |year=2018 |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=1–7 |doi = 10.1007/s11468-016-0476-y |last1=Zapata-Herrera |first1=Mario |last2=Flórez |first2=Jefferson |last3=Camacho |first3=Angela S. |last4=Ramírez |first4=Hanz Y. }}</ref> carbon nanotubes,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Origin of Giant Ionic Currents in Carbon Nanotube Channels|journal=ACS Nano |year=2011 |volume=5 |issue=9 |pages=7277–7283 |doi = 10.1021/nn202115s |pmc=3563675 |last1=Pang |first1=Pei |last2=He |first2=Jin |last3=Park |first3=Jae Hyun |last4=Krstić |first4=Predrag S. |last5=Lindsay |first5=Stuart }}</ref> quantum dots,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Two interacting electrons confined in a 3D parabolic cylindrically symmetric potential, in presence of axial magnetic field: A finite element approach |journal=Computer Physics Communications |year=2012 |volume=183 |issue=8 |pages=1654–1657 |doi = 10.1016/j.cpc.2012.03.002 |last1=Ramírez |first1=Hanz Y. |last2=Santana |first2=Alejandro |bibcode=2012CoPhC.183.1654R }}</ref> quantum wells,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Optical-phonon-mediated photocurrent in terahertz quantum-well photodetectors |journal=Applied Physics Letters |year=2015 |volume=106 |issue= 11|pages= 111107 |doi = 10.1063/1.4916084 |last1=Gu |first1=L. L. |last2=Guo |first2=X. G. |last3=Fu |first3=Z. L. |last4=Wan |first4=W. J. |last5=Zhang |first5=R. |last6=Tan |first6=Z. Y. |last7=Cao |first7=J. C. |bibcode=2015ApPhL.106k1107G }}</ref> artificial molecules,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Coupling effects on photoluminescence of exciton states in asymmetric quantum dot molecules |journal=Nanoscale Research Letters |year=2014 |volume=9 |issue= |pages=297 |doi = 10.1186/1556-276X-9-297 |last1=Fino |first1=Nelson R. |last2=Camacho |first2=Angela S. |last3=Ramírez |first3=Hanz Y. |bibcode=2014NRL.....9..297F }}</ref> and monolayer transition metal dicholcagenides.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Spontaneous Emission Enhancement in Strain-Induced WSe2 Monolayer-Based Quantum Light Sources on Metallic Surfaces|journal=ACS Photonics |year=2018 |volume=5 |issue=5 |pages=1919–1926 |doi = 10.1021/acsphotonics.7b01053 |last1=Tripathi |first1=Laxmi Narayan |last2=Iff |first2=Oliver |last3=Betzold |first3=Simon |last4=Dusanowski |first4=Łukasz |last5=Emmerling |first5=Monika |last6=Moon |first6=Kihwan |last7=Lee |first7=Young Jin |last8=Kwon |first8=Soon-Hong |last9=Höfling |first9=Sven |last10=Schneider |first10=Christian |hdl=10023/17436 }}</ref>

An API for [[Java (programming language)|Java]] and LiveLink for [[MATLAB]] may be used to control the software externally.

An App Builder can be used to develop independent custom ___domain-specific simulation applications. Users may use drag-and-drop tools (Form Editor) or programming (Method Editor).

COMSOL Server is a distinct software for the management of COMSOL simulation applications in companies.

The eponymous company COMSOL developing the software was founded in 1986 by Svante Littmarck and Farhad Saeidi in Stockholm, Sweden.<ref>{{cite web|title=The COMSOL Group|url=https://www.comsol.com/company|website=COMSOL.com|publisher=Comsol, Inc.|accessdate=22 June 2019}}</ref>

==Multiphysics==

Several modules are available for COMSOL,<ref>{{cite web|title=COMSOL Modeling Software|url=https://www.comsol.com/|website=COMSOL.com|publisher=Comsol, Inc.|accessdate=20 November 2015}}</ref> categorized according to the applications areas Electrical, Mechanical, Fluid, Acoustic, Chemical, Multipurpose, and Interfacing.

==See also==

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==External links==

* {{Official website|www.comsol.com}}

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