scholarly journals Ab initio molecular dynamics with nuclear quantum effects at classical cost: Ring polymer contraction for density functional theory

2016 ◽  
Vol 144 (5) ◽  
pp. 054112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ondrej Marsalek ◽  
Thomas E. Markland
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Quantum Effects ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Ring Polymer ◽  
Nuclear Quantum Effects

scholarly journals Ab initio molecular dynamics of hydrogen on tungsten surfaces

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Rodríguez-Fernández ◽  
Laurent Bonnet ◽  
Pascal Larrégaray ◽  
Ricardo Díez Muiño
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Dissociation Process ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Classical Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Hydrogen Molecules

The dissociation process of hydrogen molecules on W(110) was studied using density functional theory and classical molecular dynamics.

scholarly journals Unexpectedly Large Couplings Between Orthogonal Units in Anthraquinone Polymers

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rocco Peter Fornari ◽  
Piotr de Silva
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Lone Pair ◽  
Localized States ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Coupling Mechanism ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Pi Interactions

Directly linked polyanthraquinones have relatively large electronic couplings between charge-localized states despite near-orthogonality of the monomer units. By using density functional theory (DFT) and ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations, we investigate this unusual coupling mechanism and show that this is due to strong lone pair-pi interactions, which are maximized around orthogonal conformations. We find that such materials are largely resilient to dynamic disorder and are promising for organic electronics applications.

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.

scholarly journals Ab initio molecular dynamics studies of formic acid dimer colliding with liquid water

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (36) ◽  
pp. 23717-23725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vesa Hänninen ◽  
Garold Murdachaew ◽  
Gilbert M. Nathanson ◽  
R. Benny Gerber ◽  
Lauri Halonen
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Formic Acid ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Liquid Water ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of formic acid (FA) dimer colliding with liquid water at 300 K have been performed using density functional theory.

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