24 research outputs found
High pressure ionic and molecular crystals of ammonia monohydrate within density functional theory
A combination of first-principles density functional theory calculations and
a search over structures predicts the stability of a proton-transfer
modification of ammonia monohydrate with space group P4/nmm. The phase diagram
is calculated with the PBE density functional, and the effects of a
semi-empirical dispersion correction, zero point motion, and finite temperature
are investigated. Comparison with MP2 and coupled cluster calculations shows
that the PBE functional over-stabilizes proton transfer phases because too much
electronic charge moves with the proton. This over-binding is partially
corrected by using the PBE0 hybrid exchange-correlation functional, which
increases the enthalpy of P4/nmm by about 0.6 eV per formula unit relative to
phase I of ammonia monohydrate (AMH-I) and shifts the transition to the proton
transfer phase from the PBE pressure of 2.8 GPa to about 10 GPa. This is
consistent with experiment as proton transfer phases have not been observed at
pressures up to ~9 GPa, while higher pressures have not yet been explored
experimentally.Comment: 10 pages, 9 figure
From dimers to the solid-state: Distributed intermolecular force-fields for pyridine
A.A. thanks A.W.E. financial support through the EngDoc studentship from M3S Centre for Doctoral Training (EPSRC Grant No. EP/G036675/1). General computational infrastructure used is developed under No. EPSRC EP/K039229/1
Simulation study of pressure and temperature dependence of the negative thermal expansion in Zn(CN)(2)
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Charge Transfer from Regularized Symmetry-Adapted Perturbation Theory
16 pages, 16 figure
Beyond Born-Mayer: Improved Models for Short-Range Repulsion in ab Initio Force Fields
Short-range repulsion
within intermolecular force fields is conventionally
described by either Lennard-Jones (<i>A</i>/<i>r</i><sup>12</sup>) or BornâMayer (<i>A</i> expÂ(â<i>Br</i>)) forms. Despite their widespread use, these simple functional
forms are often unable to describe the interaction energy accurately
over a broad range of intermolecular distances, thus creating challenges in the development of ab initio
force fields and potentially leading to decreased accuracy and transferability.
Herein, we derive a novel short-range functional form based on a simple
Slater-like model of overlapping atomic densities and an iterated
stockholder atom (ISA) partitioning of the molecular electron density.
We demonstrate that this SlaterâISA methodology yields a more
accurate, transferable, and robust description of the short-range
interactions at minimal additional computational cost compared to
standard Lennard-Jones or BornâMayer approaches. Finally, we
show how this methodology can be adapted to yield the standard BornâMayer
functional form while still retaining many of the advantages of the
Slater-ISA approach
Anomalous nonadditive dispersion interactions in systems of three one-dimensional wires
10 pages, 8 figures, 1 tableFinancial support was provided by the U. K. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Part of the computations have been performed using the K computer at Advanced Institute for Computational Science, RIKEN. R.M. is grateful for financial support from KAKENHI Grants No. 23104714, No. 22104011, and No. 25600156, and from the Tokuyama Science Foundation