Large-scale computations in chemistry: a bird's eye view of a vibrant field

AV Akimov, OV Prezhdo - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
1.1. The Meaning of “Large Scale” In general, the term “large scale” can have one of the
following five meanings in computational chemistry:(1) large size: power-law and …

Development, applications and challenges of ReaxFF reactive force field in molecular simulations

Y Han, D Jiang, J Zhang, W Li, Z Gan, J Gu - Frontiers of Chemical …, 2016 - Springer
As an advanced and new technology in molecular simulation fields, ReaxFF reactive force
field has been developed and widely applied during the last two decades. ReaxFF bridges …

Atomistic-scale analysis of carbon coating and its effect on the oxidation of aluminum nanoparticles by ReaxFF-molecular dynamics simulations

S Hong, ACT Van Duin - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2016 - ACS Publications
We developed a ReaxFF reactive force field for Al/C interactions to investigate carbon
coating and its effect on the oxidation of aluminum nanoparticles (ANPs). The ReaxFF …

Surface reactivity and leaching of a sodium silicate glass under an aqueous environment: a ReaxFF molecular dynamics study

SH Hahn, ACT Van Duin - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019 - ACS Publications
The presence of leachable ions in multicomponent silicate glasses complicates the
understanding of their surface structure and chemistry under a humid or aqueous …

Molecular dynamics simulations of the effects of vacancies on nickel self-diffusion, oxygen diffusion and oxidation initiation in nickel, using the ReaxFF reactive force …

C Zou, YK Shin, ACT Van Duin, H Fang, ZK Liu - Acta Materialia, 2015 - Elsevier
A ReaxFF reactive force field was developed for the nickel–oxygen system. The quantum
mechanical (QM) data used to derive the force field parameters included the equations of …

Atomic insight into iron corrosion exposed to supercritical water environment with an improved Fe-H2O reactive force field

Y Huang, C Hu, Z Xiao, N Gao, Q Wang, Z Liu… - Applied Surface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Waterside anti-corrosion of Fe-based alloys is one of the great challenges for supercritical
water reactors. Herein, an improved Fe-H 2 O reactive force field (ReaxFF) is constructed to …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogen trapping in bcc iron

AS Kholtobina, R Pippan, L Romaner, D Scheiber… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fundamental understanding of H localization in steel is an important step towards
theoretical descriptions of hydrogen embrittlement mechanisms at the atomic level. In this …

Interactions of hydrogen with the iron and iron carbide interfaces: a ReaxFF molecular dynamics study

MM Islam, C Zou, ACT Van Duin… - Physical Chemistry …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen embrittlement (HE) is a well-known material phenomenon that causes significant
loss in the mechanical strength of structural iron and often leads to catastrophic failures. In …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular dynamics and machine learning in catalysts

W Liu, Y Zhu, Y Wu, C Chen, Y Hong, Y Yue, J Zhang… - Catalysts, 2021 - mdpi.com
Given the importance of catalysts in the chemical industry, they have been extensively
investigated by experimental and numerical methods. With the development of …

Effect of alloying elements on hydrogen enhanced decohesion in bcc iron

AS Kholtobina, W Ecker, R Pippan… - Computational Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite more than a century of investigations on H embrittlement (HE) phenomena,
hydrogen resistance of steel remains a topic of high practical importance and interest. In this …