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We introduce a new parametrization of the AMOEBA polarizable force field for water denoted Q-AMOEBA, for use in simulations that explicitly account for nuclear quantum effects (NQEs). This study is made possible thanks to the recently…
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Water is a notoriously difficult substance to model both accurately and efficiently. Here, we focus on descriptions with a single coarse-grained particle per molecule using the so-called Approximate Non-Conformal (ANC) and generalized…
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In the present work, molecular dynamics study of diffusion of Gamma Aminobutyric acid in water at different temperatures 298.2 K, 303.2 K, 313.2 K, 323.2 K, 333.2 K have been performed. The solute and solvent is modeled using OPLS AA…
Integral equation theory is applied to a coarse-grained model of water to study potential of mean force between hydrophobic solutes. Theory is shown to be in good agreement with the available simulation data for methane-methane and…
A transferable potential energy function for describing the interaction between water molecules is presented. The electrostatic interaction is described rigorously using a multipole expansion. Only one expansion center is used per molecule…
Different schemes for the treatment of long-ranged electrostatic interactions will be examined for water simulations using the polarizable fluctuating charge potential. Several different methods are compared, including Ewald sums, potential…
The impact of targeted replacement of individual terms in empirical force fields is quantitatively assessed for pure water, dichloromethane (DCM), and solvated K$^+$ and Cl$^-$ ions. For the electrostatics, point charges (PCs) and machine…
We examine the effective force between two nanometer scale solutes in water by Molecular Dynamics simulations. Macroscopic considerations predict a strong reduction of the hydrophobic attraction between solutes when the latter are charged.…