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Microscopic properties of liquid water from combined ab initio molecular dynamics and energy decomposition studies
Thomas D. KühneRustam Z. Khaliullinsubject
Materials science010304 chemical physicsHydrogen bondLiquid waterAb initioGeneral Physics and AstronomyLocalized molecular orbitals010402 general chemistry01 natural sciencesDecomposition0104 chemical sciencesAb initio molecular dynamicsMolecular dynamics13. Climate actionChemical physics0103 physical sciencesMoleculePhysical and Theoretical Chemistrydescription
The application of newly developed first-principle modeling techniques to liquid water deepens our understanding of the microscopic origins of its unusual macroscopic properties and behaviour. Here, we review two novel ab initio computational methods: second-generation Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics and decomposition analysis based on absolutely localized molecular orbitals. We show that these two methods in combination not only enable ab initio molecular dynamics simulations on previously inaccessible time and length scales, but also provide unprecedented insights into the nature of hydrogen bonding between water molecules. We discuss recent applications of these methods to water clusters and bulk water.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-10 | Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics |