Quantum Wavepacket Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics:  An Approach for Computing Dynamically Averaged Vibrational Spectra Including Critical Nuclear Quantum Effects†

2007 ◽  
Vol 111 (41) ◽  
pp. 10313-10324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isaiah Sumner ◽  
Srinivasan S. Iyengar
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Vibrational Spectra ◽  
Quantum Effects ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Quantum Wavepacket ◽  
Nuclear Quantum Effects

scholarly journals Classical Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Run at an Elevated Temperature is Not a Good Model for the Nuclear Quantum Effects in Water at Ambient Temperature

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chenghan Li ◽  
Francesco Paesani ◽  
Gregory A. Voth
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Elevated Temperature ◽  
Ambient Temperature ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Quantum Effects ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Higher Temperature ◽  
Three Body ◽  
Nuclear Quantum Effects

It is a common practice in ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations of water to use an elevated temperature to overcome the over-structuring and slow diffusion predicted by most current density functional theory (DFT) models. The simulation results obtained in this distinct thermodynamic ensemble are then compared with experimental data at ambient temperature based on the rationale that a higher temperature effectively recovers nuclear quantum effects (NQEs) that are missing in the classical AIMD simulations. In this work, we systematically examine the foundation of this assumption for several DFT models as well as for the many-body MB-pol model. We find for the cases studied that a higher temperature does not correctly mimic NQEs at room temperature, which is especially manifest in significantly different three-body correlations as well as dynamics. In many of these cases, the effects of NQEs are exactly the opposite of the effects of carrying out the simulations at an elevated temperature.

Structural stabilities and transformations in cationized asparagine at finite temperatures: An ab initio molecular dynamics study

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (04) ◽  
pp. 1450024
Author(s):  
Shoutian Sun ◽  
Jianwen Liu ◽  
Zhi-Feng Liu
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Structural Transformation ◽  
Vibrational Spectra ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
And Shifts ◽  
Torsional Angles

The cationic complexes of Asparagine (Asn), M +( Asn ), with M + = Li +, Na +, K +, Cs +, and H +, are models for studying the interaction between cations and Asn. Ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) method is employed to simulate their behavior at finite temperatures. Structural transformation between conformers is observed, which becomes progressively easier as the cation varies from Li +, to Na +, K +, Cs +, and H +. The fluctuation of the M +– N and M +– O distances and rotation of torsional angles are significant even at room temperature for K +, Cs + and H +. Vibrational profiles based on AIMD trajectories provide insights into the broadening and shifts in relative intensities observed in the vibrational spectra measured by infrared multi-photon dissociation (IRMPD) experiments.

The effect of molecular dynamics sampling on the calculated observable gas-phase structures

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (27) ◽  
pp. 18237-18245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis S. Tikhonov ◽  
Arseniy A. Otlyotov ◽  
Vladimir V. Rybkin
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Sampling Methods ◽  
Quantum Effects ◽  
Phase Structures ◽  
Nuclear Quantum Effects

We evaluate the performance of various ab initio molecular dynamics sampling methods for the calculation of observable gas-phase structures and probe the nuclear quantum effects.

scholarly journals Molecular dynamics with constrained nuclear electronic orbital density functional theory: Accurate vibrational spectra from efficient incorporation of nuclear quantum effects

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi Xu ◽  
Zehua Chen ◽  
Yang Yang
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Vibrational Spectra ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Molecular Simulations ◽  
Quantum Effects ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Chemical And Biological Systems ◽  
Nuclear Quantum Effects ◽  
Orbital Density

Nuclear quantum effects play a crucial role in many chemical and biological systems involving hydrogen atoms yet are difficult to include in practical molecular simulations. In this Letter, we combine our recently developed methods of constrained nuclear-electronic orbital density functional theory (cNEO-DFT) and constrained minimized energy surface molecular dynamics (CMES-MD) to create a new method for accurately and efficiently describing nuclear quantum effects in molecular simulations. Using this new method, dubbed cNEO-MD, the vibrational spectra of a set of small molecules are calculated and compared with those from conventional ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) as well as from experiments. With the same formal scaling, cNEO-MD greatly outperforms AIMD in describing the vibrational modes with significant hydrogen motion characters, demonstrating the promise of cNEO-MD for simulating chemical and biological systems with significant nuclear quantum effects.

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