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Dielectrically confined Coulomb systems are widely employed in molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Despite extensive efforts in developing efficient and accurate algorithms for these systems, rigorous and accurate error estimates, which…
We develop a computational method for modeling electrostatic interactions of arbitrarily-shaped, polarizable objects on colloidal length scales, including colloids/nanoparticles, polymers, and surfactants, dispersed in explicit ion…
Massively-parallel molecular dynamics simulation is applied to systems containing electrolytes, vapour-liquid interfaces, and biomolecules in contact with water-oil interfaces. Novel molecular models of alkali halide salts are presented and…
We present a clear and rigorous derivation of the Ewald-like method for calculation of the electrostatic energy of the systems infinitely periodic in two-dimensions and of finite size in the third dimension (slabs) which is significantly…
The fast Ewald methods are widely used to compute the point-charge electrostatic interactions in molecular simulations. The key step that introduces errors in the computation is the particle-mesh interpolation. In this work, the optimal…
When evaluating the electrostatic potential, periodic boundary conditions in one, two or three of the spatial dimensions are often needed for different applications. The triply periodic Ewald summation formula is classical, and Ewald…
A computer adapted fluctuation formula for the calculation of the wavevector- and frequency-dependent dielectric permittivity for interaction site models of polar fluids within the Ewald summation technique is proposed and applied to…
We present a rigorous Ewald summation formula to evaluate the electrostatic interactions in two-dimensionally periodic planar interfaces of three-dimensional systems. By rewriting the Fourier part of the summation formula of the original…
A new method for Ewald summation in planar/slablike geometry, i.e. systems where periodicity applies in two dimensions and the last dimension is "free" (2P), is presented. We employ a spectral representation in terms of both Fourier series…
Recently, Gimbutas et al derived an elegant representation for the Green's functions of Stokes flow in a half-space. We present a fast summation method for sums involving these half-space Green's functions (stokeslets, stresslets and…
Ewald summation and physically equivalent methods such as particle-mesh Ewald, kubic-harmonic expansions, or Lekner sums are commonly used to calculate long-range electrostatic interactions in computer simulations of polar and charged…
Simulating the dynamics of charged particles in quasi-two-dimensional (quasi-2D) nanoconfined systems presents a significant computational challenge due to the long-range nature of electrostatic interactions and the geometric anisotropy. To…
We carry out the Ewald summation for the Rotne-Prager-Yamakawa mobility tensor, the Oseen mobility tensor and further variations of both, relevant for the hydrodynamic interactions in colloidal suspensions, where all interacting particles…
We present an efficient algorithm for the all-electron periodic Coulomb matrix based on the Ewald summation combined with the Fourier-transformed Coulomb method. The short-range contributions involving compact densities are evaluated in…
Theoretical estimates for the cutoff errors in the Ewald summation method for dipolar systems are derived. Absolute errors in the total energy, forces and torques, both for the real and reciprocal space parts, are considered. The…
This paper compares the Wolf method to the shifted forces (SF) method for efficient computer simulation of isotropic systems interacting via Coulomb forces, taking results from the Ewald summation method as representing the true behavior.…
Using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations, it has been recently demonstrated that water molecules align in response to an imposed temperature gradient, resulting in an effective electric field. Here, we investigate how thermally…
An understanding of the hydrodynamics of multiphase processes is essential for their design and operation. Multiphase computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations enable researchers to gain insight which is inaccessible experimentally.…
A unified treatment for fast and spectrally accurate evaluation of electrostatic potentials subject to periodic boundary conditions in any or none of the three spatial dimensions is presented. Ewald decomposition is used to split the…