title: The properties of water: insights from quantum simulations.
abstract: The properties of water play a central role in many phenomena of relevance to different areas of science, including physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and climate research. Although well studied for decades, the behavior of water under different conditions and in different environments still remains mysterious and often surprising. In this article, various efforts aimed at providing a comprehensive representation of the water properties at a molecular level through computer modeling and simulation will be described. In particular, the unique role played by the hydrogen-bond network will be examined, first in liquid water, then in the solvation of model biological compounds, and finally in ice, especially highlighting the important effects related to the quantization of the nuclear motion.
authors.affiliation: Center for Biophysical Modeling and Simulation and Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0850, USA.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paesani
authors.forename: Gregory A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Voth
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008956:Models, Chemical; D011789:Quantum Theory; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D014867:Water