How van der Waals interactions determine the unique properties of water

T Morawietz, A Singraber… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Whereas the interactions between water molecules are dominated by strongly directional
hydrogen bonds (HBs), it was recently proposed that relatively weak, isotropic van der …

Ab initio thermodynamics of liquid and solid water

B Cheng, EA Engel, J Behler… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Thermodynamic properties of liquid water as well as hexagonal (Ih) and cubic (Ic) ice are
predicted based on density functional theory at the hybrid-functional level, rigorously taking …

Liquid water contains the building blocks of diverse ice phases

B Monserrat, JG Brandenburg, EA Engel… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Water molecules can arrange into a liquid with complex hydrogen-bond networks and at
least 17 experimentally confirmed ice phases with enormous structural diversity. It remains a …

Ab initio theory and modeling of water

M Chen, HY Ko, RC Remsing… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Water is of the utmost importance for life and technology. However, a genuinely predictive
ab initio model of water has eluded scientists. We demonstrate that a fully ab initio approach …

Density and compressibility of liquid water and ice from first-principles simulations with hybrid functionals

AP Gaiduk, F Gygi, G Galli - The journal of physical chemistry …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We determined the equilibrium density and compressibility of water and ice from first-
principles molecular dynamics simulations using gradient-corrected (PBE) and hybrid …

Local structure analysis in ab initio liquid water

B Santra, RA DiStasio Jr, F Martelli, R Car - Molecular Physics, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Within the framework of density functional theory, the inclusion of exact exchange and non-
local van der Waals/dispersion (vdW) interactions is crucial for predicting a microscopic …

[HTML][HTML] On the phase diagram of water with density functional theory potentials: The melting temperature of ice Ih with the Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof and Becke–Lee …

S Yoo, XC Zeng, SS Xantheas - The Journal of chemical physics, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
The melting temperature (T m) of ice I h was determined from constant enthalpy and
pressure (NPH) Born–Oppenheimer molecular dynamics simulations to be 417±3 K for the …

A neural network potential-energy surface for the water dimer based on environment-dependent atomic energies and charges

T Morawietz, V Sharma, J Behler - The Journal of chemical physics, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Understanding the unique properties of water still represents a significant challenge for
theory and experiment. Computer simulations by molecular dynamics require a reliable …

Realistic phase diagram of water from “first principles” data-driven quantum simulations

SL Bore, F Paesani - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Since the experimental characterization of the low-pressure region of water's phase diagram
in the early 1900s, scientists have been on a quest to understand the thermodynamic …

How water's properties are encoded in its molecular structure and energies

E Brini, CJ Fennell, M Fernandez-Serra… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
How are water's material properties encoded within the structure of the water molecule? This
is pertinent to understanding Earth's living systems, its materials, its geochemistry and …