English
Related papers

Related papers: MACE-POLAR-1: A Polarisable Electrostatic Foundati…

200 papers

Simulating charged many-body systems has been a computational demanding task due to the long-range nature of electrostatic interaction. For the multi-scale model of electrolytes which combines the strengths of atomistic/continuum…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-07-22 Jing Fu , Zecheng Gan

Electrochemical interfaces are crucial in catalysis, energy storage, and corrosion, where their stability and reactivity depend on complex interactions between the electrode, adsorbates, and electrolyte. Predicting stable surface structures…

Classical empirical force fields have dominated biomolecular simulation for over 50 years. Although widely used in drug discovery, crystal structure prediction, and biomolecular dynamics, they generally lack the accuracy and transferability…

To address the computational challenges of ab initio molecular dynamics and the accuracy limitations of empirical force fields, the introduction of machine learning force fields has proven effective in various systems including metals and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-12-18 Junbao Hu , Liyang Zhou , Jian Jiang

Density Functional Theory (DFT) has been a cornerstone in computational science, providing powerful insights into structure-property relationships for molecules and materials through first-principles quantum-mechanical (QM) calculations.…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-08-13 Yicheng Chen , Wenjie Yan , Zhanfeng Wang , Jianming Wu , Xin Xu

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…

First-principles atomistic simulations are essential for understanding complex material phenomena but are fundamentally limited by their computational cost. While Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials (MLIPs) have drastically improved…

Altering chemical reactivity and material structure in confined optical environments is on the rise, and yet, a conclusive understanding of the microscopic mechanisms remains elusive. This originates mostly from the fact that accurately…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-03-22 Christian Schäfer , Jakub Fojt , Eric Lindgren , Paul Erhart

Machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) based on a large dataset obtained by density functional theory (DFT) calculation have been developed recently. This study gives both conceptual and practical bases for the high accuracy of…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-11-08 Akira Takahashi , Atsuto Seko , Isao Tanaka

Molecules can form myriad crystalline polymorphs, each with distinct properties affecting their performance across diverse applications, from pharmaceuticals to functional materials and more. Predicting the thermodynamically most stable…

Interparticle interactions and bulk properties of colloidal suspensions can be substantially modified by addition of nanoparticles. Extreme asymmetries in size and charge between colloidal particles and nanoparticles present severe…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-01-03 Alan R. Denton

Realistic physical systems are characterised by emergent interactions across multiple length and time scales, posing a significant challenge for predictive machine learning (ML) models. Most scientific ML models focus on a narrow range of…

Machine-learned interatomic potentials can offer near first-principles accuracy but are computationally expensive, limiting their application to large-scale molecular dynamics simulations. Inspired by quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-11-21 Fraser Birks , Matthew Nutter , Thomas D Swinburne , James R Kermode

As with many parts of the natural sciences, machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIPs) are revolutionizing the modeling of molecular crystals. However, challenges remain for the accurate and efficient calculation of sublimation…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Flaviano Della Pia , Benjamin X. Shi , Venkat Kapil , Andrea Zen , Dario Alfè , Angelos Michaelides

The molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) is a key quantity for describing and predicting intermolecular and ion-molecule interactions. Here, we assess the ability of machine-learning (ML) models to infer the MEP, based on the equivariant…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-01-16 Kadri Muuga , Lisanne Knijff , Chao Zhang

Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials play a fundamental role in computational chemistry and materials science, enabling applications from molecular dynamics simulations to drug design and materials discovery. While recent approaches can…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Amir Masoud Nourollah , Irtaza Khalid , Stefano Leoni , Steven Schockaert

The quality of biomolecular simulations critically depends on the accuracy of the force field used to calculate the potential energy of the molecular configurations. Currently, most simulations employ non-polarisable force fields, which…

Biological Physics · Physics 2020-02-11 V. S. Sandeep Inakollu , Daan P. Geerke , Christopher N. Rowley , Haibo Yu

The interfaces between metal electrodes and liquid electrolytes are prototypical in electrochemistry. That is why it is crucial to have a molecular and dynamical understating of such interfaces for both electrical properties and chemical…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-10-06 Linnéa Andersson , Chao Zhang

A central pursuit in theoretical chemistry is the accurate simulation of photochemical reactions, which are governed by nonadiabatic transitions through conical intersections. Machine learning has emerged as a transformative tool for…

We present LayerPCM, an extension of the polarizable-continuum model coupled to real-time time-dependent density-functional theory for an efficient and accurate description of the electrostatic interactions between molecules and…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-06-17 Jannis Krumland , Gabriel Gil , Stefano Corni , Caterina Cocchi