Related papers: Model density approach to Ewald summations
We derive analytic solutions for the potential and field in a one-dimensional system of masses or charges with periodic boundary conditions, in other words Ewald sums for one dimension. We also provide a set of tools for exploring the…
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…
Quasi two-dimensional Coulomb systems have drawn widespread interest. The reduced symmetry of these systems leads to complex collective behaviors, yet simultaneously poses significant challenges for particle-based simulations. In this…
The evaluation of electrostatic energy for a set of point charges in a periodic lattice is a computationally expensive part of molecular dynamics simulations (and other applications) because of the long-range nature of the Coulomb…
In a previous paper a method was developed to subtract the interactions due to periodically replicated charges (or other long-range entities) in one spatial dimension. The method constitutes a generalized "electrostatic layer correction"…
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…
Hybrid quantum mechanics / molecular mechanics (QM/MM) models successfully describe the properties of biological macromolecules. However, most QM/MM methodologies are constrained to unrealistic gas phase models, thus limiting their…
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…
In this article, we discuss the non-trivial collective charge excitations (plasmons) of the extended square-lattice Hubbard model. Using a fully non-perturbative approach, we employ the hybrid Monte Carlo algorithm to simulate the system at…
In this paper we study a general theoretical framework which allows to approximate the real space Ewald sum by means of effective force shifted screened potentials, together with a self term. Using this strategy it is possible to generalize…
We develop a random batch Ewald (RBE) method for molecular dynamics simulations of particle systems with long-range Coulomb interactions, which achieves an $O(N)$ complexity in each step of simulating the $N$-body systems. The RBE method is…
A new repeated-slab calculation method is developed to simulate the electronic structures of charged surfaces by arranging density-variable charged sheets in vacuum regions to realize a constant potential on the charged sheets and maintain…
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…
We introduce a local machine-learning method for predicting the electron densities of periodic systems. The framework is based on a numerical, atom-centred auxiliary basis, which enables an accurate expansion of the all-electron density in…
The problem of the determination of the charge density from limited information about the charge form factor is an ill-posed inverse problem. A Bayesian probabilistic approach to this problem which permits to take into account both errors…
We discuss the application of Widom insertion method for calculation of the chemical potential of individual ions in computer simulations with Ewald summation. Two approaches are considered. In the first approach, an individual ion is…
A numerical method is presented for first-principle simulations of charged colloidal dispersions in electrolyte solutions. Utilizing a smoothed profile for colloid-solvent boundaries, efficient mesoscopic simulations are enabled for…
Describing long-ranged electrostatics using short-ranged pair potentials is appealing since the computational complexity scales linearly with the number of particles. The foundation of this approach is to mimic the long-ranged medium…
Using the specific model of a bilayer of classical charged particles (bilayer Wigner crystal), we compare the predictions for energies and pair distribution functions obtained by Monte Carlo simulations using three different methods…
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…