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Implementing Reactivity in Molecular Dynamics Simulations with Harmonic Force Fields
Statistical Mechanics · Submitted 30 Jul 2021
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The authors' main claim IFF-R maintains the accuracy of the corresponding non-reactive force fields and is about 30 times faster than prior reactive simulation methods.
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The simulation of chemical reactions and mechanical properties including failure from atoms to the micrometer scale remains a longstanding challenge in chemistry and materials science. Bottlenecks include computational feasibility, reliability, and cost. We introduce a method for reactive molecular dynamics simulations using a clean replacement of non-reactive classical harmonic bond potentials with reactive, energy-conserving Morse potentials, called the Reactive INTERFACE Force Field (IFF-R). IFF-R is compatible with force fields for organic and inorganic compounds such as IFF, CHARMM, PCFF, OPLS-AA, and AMBER. Bond dissociation is enabled by three interpretable Morse parameters per bond type and zero energy upon disconnect. Use cases for bond breaking in molecules, failure of polymers, carbon nanostructures, proteins, composite materials, and metals are shown. The simulation of bond forming reactions was included via template-based methods. IFF-R maintains the accuracy of the corresponding non-reactive force fields and is about 30 times faster than prior reactive simulation methods.
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| # | sentence | role | the authors' own work | states the main conclusion | strength |
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| s0 | The simulation of chemical reactions and mechanical properties including failure from atoms to the micrometer scale remains a longstanding challenge in chemistry and materials science. | background 0.99 | 0.04 | 0.03 | asserted 1.00 |
| s1 | Bottlenecks include computational feasibility, reliability, and cost. | background 0.83 | 0.07 | 0.02 | asserted 1.00 |
| s2 | We introduce a method for reactive molecular dynamics simulations using a clean replacement of non-reactive classical harmonic bond potentials with reactive, energy-conserving Morse potentials, called the Reactive INTERFACE Force Field (IFF-R). | contribution 0.90 | 0.94 | 0.30 | asserted 1.00 |
| s3 | IFF-R is compatible with force fields for organic and inorganic compounds such as IFF, CHARMM, PCFF, OPLS-AA, and AMBER. | method 0.52 | 0.63 | 0.05 | asserted 1.00 |
| s4 | Bond dissociation is enabled by three interpretable Morse parameters per bond type and zero energy upon disconnect. | method 0.97 | 0.84 | 0.08 | asserted 1.00 |
| s5 | Use cases for bond breaking in molecules, failure of polymers, carbon nanostructures, proteins, composite materials, and metals are shown. | contribution 0.61 | 0.86 | 0.08 | asserted 1.00 |
| s6 | The simulation of bond forming reactions was included via template-based methods. | method 0.85 | 0.87 | 0.05 | asserted 1.00 |
| s7 | IFF-R maintains the accuracy of the corresponding non-reactive force fields and is about 30 times faster than prior reactive simulation methods. | result 0.99 | 0.89 | 0.57 | asserted 1.00 |
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The simulation of chemical reactions and mechanical properties including failure from atoms to the micrometer scale remains a longstanding challenge in chemistry and materials science. Bottlenecks include computational feasibility, reliability, and cost. We introduce a method for reactive molecular dynamics simulations using a clean replacement of non-reactive classical harmonic bond potentials with reactive, energy-conserving Morse potentials, called the Reactive INTERFACE Force Field (IFF-R). IFF-R is compatible with force fields for organic and inorganic compounds such as IFF, CHARMM, PCFF, OPLS-AA, and AMBER. Bond dissociation is enabled by three interpretable Morse parameters per bond type and zero energy upon disconnect. Use cases for bond breaking in molecules, failure of polymers, carbon nanostructures, proteins, composite materials, and metals are shown. The simulation of bond forming reactions was included via template-based methods. IFF-R maintains the accuracy of the corresponding non-reactive force fields and is about 30 times faster than prior reactive simulation methods.
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Tensile properties used as ground truth in training set are generated from their stress-strain curves of complex carbon nanostructures using molecular dynamics simulations with the thoroughly validated IFF force field that includes bond breaking (IFF-R) [ref] .
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