Benchmarking polarizable molecular dynamics simulations of aqueous sodium hydroxide by diffraction measurements.
Results from molecular dynamics simulations of aqueous hydroxide of varying concentrations have been compared with experimental structural data. First, the polarizable POL3 model was verified against neutron scattering using a reverse Monte Carlo fitting procedure. It was found to be competitive with other simple water models and well suited for combining with hydroxide ions. Second, a set of four polarizable models of OH- were developed by fitting against accurate ab initio calculations for small hydroxide-water clusters. All of these models were found to provide similar results that robustly agree with structural data from X-ray scattering. The present force field thus represents a significant improvement over previously tested nonpolarizable potentials. Although it cannot in principle capture proton hopping and can only approximately describe the charge delocalization within the immediate solvent shell around OH-, it provides structural data that are almost entirely consistent with data obtained from scattering experiments.
Vácha
Robert
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Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and Center for Biomolecules and Complex Molecular Systems, Flemingovo nm. 2, 16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
Megyes
Tunde
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Bakó
Imre
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Pusztai
László
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Jungwirth
Pavel
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D000327:Adsorption; D019985:Benchmarking; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006878:Hydroxides / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D033363:Neutron Diffraction; D009821:Oils / Q000737:chemistry; D011789:Quantum Theory; D012972:Sodium Hydroxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D013057:Spectrum Analysis; D013500:Surface Tension; D017186:Titrimetry; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
D006878:Hydroxides; D009821:Oils; D014867:Water; D012972:Sodium Hydroxide; C031356:hydroxide ion