scholarly journals Solvation at metal/water interfaces: An ab initio molecular dynamics benchmark of common computational approaches

2020 ◽  
Vol 152 (14) ◽  
pp. 144703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hendrik H. Heenen ◽  
Joseph A. Gauthier ◽  
Henrik H. Kristoffersen ◽  
Thomas Ludwig ◽  
Karen Chan
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Computational Approaches ◽  
Metal Water

scholarly journals Solvation at Metal/water Interfaces: An Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Benchmark of Common Computational Approaches

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hendrik Heenen ◽  
Joseph Gauthier ◽  
Henrik Høgh Kristoffersen ◽  
Thomas Ludwig ◽  
Karen Chan
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Co2 Reduction ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Solvent Models ◽  
Electrochemical Co2 Reduction ◽  
Solvation Energies ◽  
Solid Liquid ◽  
Electrochemical Interfaces ◽  
Metal Water

<div> <div> <div> <p>Rationalizing the influence of the solvent on electrochemical reaction energetics is a central challenge in our understanding of electrochemical interfaces. To date, it is unclear how well existing methods predict solvation energies at solid/liquid interfaces since they cannot be assessed experimentally. <i>Ab initio</i> molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations present a physically highly accurate, but also a very costly approach. In this work, we employ extensive AIMD simulations to benchmark solvation at charge-neutral metal/water interfaces against commonly applied continuum solvent models. We consider a variety of adsorbates including *CO, *CHO, *COH, *OCCHO, and *OH on Cu, Au, and Pt facets solvated by water. The surfaces and adsorbates considered are relevant, among other reactions, to electrochemical CO2 reduction and the oxygen redox reactions. We determine directional hydrogen bonds and steric water competition to be critical for a correct description of solvation at the metal/water interfaces. As a consequence, we find that the most frequently applied continuum sol- vation methods, which do not yet capture these properties, do not presently provide more accurate energetics over simulations in vacuum. We find most of the computed benchmark solvation energies to linearly scale with hydrogen bonding or competitive water adsorption, which strongly differs across surfaces. Thus, we determine solvation energies of adsorbates to be non-transferable between metal surfaces in contrast to standard practice. </p> </div> </div> </div>

scholarly journals Solvation at Metal/water Interfaces: An Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Benchmark of Common Computational Approaches

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hendrik Heenen ◽  
Joseph Gauthier ◽  
Henrik Høgh Kristoffersen ◽  
Thomas Ludwig ◽  
Karen Chan
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Co2 Reduction ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Solvent Models ◽  
Electrochemical Co2 Reduction ◽  
Solvation Energies ◽  
Solid Liquid ◽  
Electrochemical Interfaces ◽  
Metal Water

<div> <div> <div> <p>Rationalizing the influence of the solvent on electrochemical reaction energetics is a central challenge in our understanding of electrochemical interfaces. To date, it is unclear how well existing methods predict solvation energies at solid/liquid interfaces since they cannot be assessed experimentally. <i>Ab initio</i> molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations present a physically highly accurate, but also a very costly approach. In this work, we employ extensive AIMD simulations to benchmark solvation at charge-neutral metal/water interfaces against commonly applied continuum solvent models. We consider a variety of adsorbates including *CO, *CHO, *COH, *OCCHO, and *OH on Cu, Au, and Pt facets solvated by water. The surfaces and adsorbates considered are relevant, among other reactions, to electrochemical CO2 reduction and the oxygen redox reactions. We determine directional hydrogen bonds and steric water competition to be critical for a correct description of solvation at the metal/water interfaces. As a consequence, we find that the most frequently applied continuum sol- vation methods, which do not yet capture these properties, do not presently provide more accurate energetics over simulations in vacuum. We find most of the computed benchmark solvation energies to linearly scale with hydrogen bonding or competitive water adsorption, which strongly differs across surfaces. Thus, we determine solvation energies of adsorbates to be non-transferable between metal surfaces in contrast to standard practice. </p> </div> </div> </div>

Combustion Driven by Fragment-based Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liqun Cao ◽  
Jinzhe Zeng ◽  
Mingyuan Xu ◽  
Chih-Hao Chin ◽  
Tong Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Methane Combustion ◽  
Combustion Method ◽  
Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Computational Time ◽  
Combustion Mechanism ◽  
Daily Lives

Combustion is a kind of important reaction that affects people's daily lives and the development of aerospace. Exploring the reaction mechanism contributes to the understanding of combustion and the more efficient use of fuels. Ab initio quantum mechanical (QM) calculation is precise but limited by its computational time for large-scale systems. In order to carry out reactive molecular dynamics (MD) simulation for combustion accurately and quickly, we develop the MFCC-combustion method in this study, which calculates the interaction between atoms using QM method at the level of MN15/6-31G(d). Each molecule in systems is treated as a fragment, and when the distance between any two atoms in different molecules is greater than 3.5 Å, a new fragment involved two molecules is produced in order to consider the two-body interaction. The deviations of MFCC-combustion from full system calculations are within a few kcal/mol, and the result clearly shows that the calculated energies of the different systems using MFCC-combustion are close to converging after the distance thresholds are larger than 3.5 Å for the two-body QM interactions. The methane combustion was studied with the MFCC-combustion method to explore the combustion mechanism of the methane-oxygen system.

scholarly journals A Review on Combination of Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics and NMR Parameters Calculations

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
pp. 4378
Author(s):  
Anna Helena Mazurek ◽  
Łukasz Szeleszczuk ◽  
Dariusz Maciej Pisklak
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Small Amplitude ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Quantum Mechanical ◽  
Time Step ◽  
Noticeable Effect ◽  
Nmr Parameters ◽  
Mechanical Methods ◽  
Simulation Time

This review focuses on a combination of ab initio molecular dynamics (aiMD) and NMR parameters calculations using quantum mechanical methods. The advantages of such an approach in comparison to the commonly applied computations for the structures optimized at 0 K are presented. This article was designed as a convenient overview of the applied parameters such as the aiMD type, DFT functional, time step, or total simulation time, as well as examples of previously studied systems. From the analysis of the published works describing the applications of such combinations, it was concluded that including fast, small-amplitude motions through aiMD has a noticeable effect on the accuracy of NMR parameters calculations.

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