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arXiv 2006.03101cond-mat.mtrl-sciphysics.comp-ph
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更有效地确定小有机分子的多晶型自由能差的统计力学近似

Statistical mechanical approximations to more efficiently determine polymorph free energy differences for small organic molecules

Nathan S. Abraham, Michael R. Shirts

摘要:

在晶体结构预测(CSP)中,非常需要有效地确定有机晶体多晶型物的相对稳定性的方法。目前的方法包括使用静态晶格声子,准谐波近似(QHA),并使用副本交换分子动力学(REMD)计算的完整的热力学循环。我们发现,从实验中最小化的29个系统中有13个在使用REMD加热时重新构造为较低的能量最小值,这是QHA无法捕获的现象。在这里,我们提出了一系列的方法,是中间的准确性和费用之间的QHA和计算的完整的热力学循环,可以节省42-80%的计算成本,并介绍了,在这个基准,相对于完整的伪超临界路径的方法,一个相对较小的(0.16 +/- 0.04千卡/摩尔)的错误。特别是,玻尔兹曼加权的REMD副本的轨迹的谐波自由能的方法似乎是一个适当的中间QHA和完整的热力学循环使用MD筛选晶体多晶型稳定性时。

英文摘要:

Methods to efficiently determine the relative stability of polymorphs of organic crystals are highly desired in crystal structure predictions (CSPs). Current methodologies include use of static lattice phonons, quasi-harmonic approximation (QHA), and computing the full thermodynamic cycle using replica exchange molecular dynamics (REMD). We found that 13 out of the 29 systems minimized from experiment restructured to a lower energy minima when heated using REMD, a phenomena that QHA cannot capture. Here, we present a series of methods that are intermediate in accuracy and expense between QHA and computing the full thermodynamic cycle which can save 42-80% of the computational cost and introduces, on this benchmark, a relatively small (0.16 +/- 0.04 kcal/mol) error relative to the full pseudosupercritical path approach. In particular, a method that Boltzmann weights the harmonic free energy of the trajectory of an REMD replica appears to be an appropriate intermediate between QHA and full thermodynamic cycle using MD when screening crystal polymorph stability.

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