Probing phase transitions in organic crystals using atomistic md simulations

L Schmidt, D Van der Spoel… - ACS Physical Chemistry Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
A profound understanding of the physicochemical properties of organic crystals is crucial for
topics from material science to drug discovery. Using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations …

Molecular dynamics simulations of structure and dynamics of organic molecular crystals

A Nemkevich, HB Bürgi, MA Spackman… - Physical Chemistry …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
A set of model compounds covering a range of polarity and flexibility have been simulated
using GAFF, CHARMM22, OPLS and MM3 force fields to examine how well classical …

Applications of DL_POLY and DL_MULTI to organic molecular crystals

SL Price, S Hamad, A Torrisi… - Molecular …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are capable of giving considerable insight into the
polymorphism of organic molecules, a problem of major concern to the pharmaceutical and …

Molecular dynamics simulation of organic crystals: Introducing the CLP-dyncry environment

A Gavezzotti, L Lo Presti - Journal of Applied Crystallography, 2019 - journals.iucr.org
The CLP-dyncry molecular dynamics (MD) program suite and force field environment is
introduced and validated with its ad hoc features for the treatment of organic crystalline …

Finite-Temperature Mechanical Properties of Organic Molecular Crystals from Classical Molecular Simulation

M Brunsteiner, S Nilsson-Lil, LM Morgan… - Crystal Growth & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The mechanical properties of crystalline materials can have an impact on different aspects of
solid dosage form design and manufacturing. Experimental determination of these quantities …

First‐principles modeling of molecular crystals: structures and stabilities, temperature and pressure

J Hoja, AM Reilly, A Tkatchenko - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The understanding of the structure, stability, and response properties of molecular crystals at
finite temperature and pressure is crucial for the field of crystal engineering and their …

The structure, thermodynamics, and solubility of organic crystals from simulation with a polarizable force field

MJ Schnieders, J Baltrusaitis, Y Shi… - Journal of Chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
An important unsolved problem in materials science is prediction of the thermodynamic
stability of organic crystals and their solubility from first principles. Solubility can be defined …

Collective variables for conformational polymorphism in molecular crystals

O Elishav, R Podgaetsky, O Meikler… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Controlling polymorphism in molecular crystals is crucial in the pharmaceutical, dye, and
pesticide industries. However, its theoretical description is extremely challenging, due to the …

Simulation of solid-state phase transition in DL-methionine

S Ghasemlou, B Ensing, HM Cuppen - CrystEngComm, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Solid-to-solid polymorphic transitions are a common phenomenon in organic crystals. The
different interactions that play a role in these transitions are however far from understood. In …

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Molecular Crystals under Anisotropic Compression: Bulk and Directional Effects in Anthracene and Paracetamol

S Rizzato, A Gavezzotti, L Lo Presti - Crystal Growth & Design, 2020 - ACS Publications
Parrinello–Rahman pressure-control algebra with an anisotropic external stress field,
coupled with recently developed, accurate atom–atom potentials, has been incorporated …