New theoretical method for rapid prediction of solvation free energy in water

S Zhao, Z Jin, J Wu - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2011 - ACS Publications
We present a new theoretical method for rapid calculation of the solvation free energy in
water by combining molecular simulation and the classical density functional theory (DFT) …

High-throughput prediction of the hydration free energies of small molecules from a classical density functional theory

Y Liu, J Fu, J Wu - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2013 - ACS Publications
The classical density functional theory (DFT) is proposed as an efficient computational tool
for high-throughput prediction of the solvation free energies of small molecules in liquid …

Exploring the ab initio/classical free energy perturbation method: The hydration free energy of water

S Sakane, EM Yezdimer, W Liu… - The Journal of …, 2000 - pubs.aip.org
The ab initio/classical free energy perturbation (ABC-FEP) method proposed previously by
Wood et al.[J. Chem. Phys. 110, 1329 (1999)] uses classical simulations to calculate …

Field-SEA: a model for computing the solvation free energies of nonpolar, polar, and charged solutes in water

L Li, CJ Fennell, KA Dill - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2014 - ACS Publications
Previous work describes a computational solvation model called semi-explicit assembly
(SEA). The SEA water model computes the free energies of solvation of nonpolar and polar …

Assessing the accuracy of inhomogeneous fluid solvation theory in predicting hydration free energies of simple solutes

DJ Huggins, MC Payne - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2013 - ACS Publications
Accurate prediction of hydration free energies is a key objective of any free energy method
that is applied to modeling and understanding interactions in the aqueous phase …

Accurate prediction of hydration free energies and solvation structures using molecular density functional theory with a simple bridge functional

D Borgis, S Luukkonen, L Belloni… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
This paper assesses the ability of molecular density functional theory to predict efficiently
and accurately the hydration free energies of molecular solutes and the surrounding …

A site density functional theory for water: Application to solvation of amino acid side chains

Y Liu, S Zhao, J Wu - Journal of chemical theory and computation, 2013 - ACS Publications
We report a site density functional theory (SDFT) based on the conventional atomistic
models of water and the universality ansatz of the bridge functional. The excess Helmholtz …

Solvation free energy of polar and nonpolar molecules in water: An extended interaction site integral equation theory in three dimensions

Q Du, D Beglov, B Roux - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2000 - ACS Publications
The solvation free energy of polar and nonpolar molecules in water is examined using the
statistical mechanical integral equation theory which was recently introduced by Beglov and …

Universal quantum mechanical model for solvation free energies based on gas-phase geometries

GD Hawkins, CJ Cramer… - The Journal of Physical …, 1998 - ACS Publications
We present a new solvation model for predicting free energies of transfer of organic solutes
from the gas phase to aqueous and organic solvents. The model is based on class II …

SM6: A density functional theory continuum solvation model for calculating aqueous solvation free energies of neutrals, ions, and solute− water clusters

CP Kelly, CJ Cramer, DG Truhlar - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2005 - ACS Publications
A new charge model, called Charge Model 4 (CM4), and a new continuum solvent model,
called Solvation Model 6 (SM6), are presented. Using a database of aqueous solvation free …