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 …

A solvation‐free‐energy functional: A reference‐modified density functional formulation

T Sumi, A Mitsutake, Y Maruyama - Journal of computational …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The three‐dimensional reference interaction site model (3D‐RISM) theory, which is one of
the most applicable integral equation theories for molecular liquids, overestimates the …

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) …

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 …

Molecular density functional theory of solvation: From polar solvents to water

S Zhao, R Ramirez, R Vuilleumier… - The Journal of chemical …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
A classical density functional theory approach to solvation in molecular solvent is presented.
The solvation properties of an arbitrary solute in a given solvent, both described by a …

Comparison of tetrahedral order, liquid state anomalies, and hydration behavior of mTIP3P and TIP4P water models

D Nayar, M Agarwal, C Chakravarty - Journal of chemical theory …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The relationship between local tetrahedral order, tagged particle potential energy, and
coordination number is studied for mTIP3P and TIP4P models of water in the bulk as well as …

Solvation free energies of amino acid side chain analogs for common molecular mechanics water models

MR Shirts, VS Pande - The Journal of chemical physics, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
Quantitative free energy computation involves both using a model that is sufficiently faithful
to the experimental system under study (accuracy) and establishing statistically meaningful …

Hydration free energies and solvation structures with molecular density functional theory in the hypernetted chain approximation

S Luukkonen, M Levesque, L Belloni… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The capability of molecular density functional theory in its lowest, second-order
approximation, equivalent to the hypernetted chain approximation in integral equations, to …

Universal solvation models

GD Hawkins, T Zhu, J Li, CC Chambers, DJ Giesen… - 1998 - ACS Publications
This chapter presents an overview of the SM5 suite of universal solvation models for
computing free energies of solvation in water and nonaqueous solvents. After a general …

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 …