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 …

Modeling and simulations in photoelectrochemical water oxidation: from single level to multiscale modeling

X Zhang, A Bieberle‐Hütter - ChemSusChem, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This review summarizes recent developments, challenges, and strategies in the field of
modeling and simulations of photoelectrochemical (PEC) water oxidation. We focus on …

Stabilizing mechanism of single-atom catalysts on a defective carbon surface

L Wu, S Hu, W Yu, S Shen, T Li - npj Computational Materials, 2020 - nature.com
Single-atom (SA) catalysts represent the ultimate limit of atom use efficiency for catalysis.
Promising experimental progress in synthesizing SA catalysts aside, the atomic-scale …

Parameterization of a reactive force field using a Monte Carlo algorithm

E Iype, M Hütter, APJ Jansen… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Parameterization of a molecular dynamics force field is essential in realistically modeling the
physicochemical processes involved in a molecular system. This step is often challenging …

Development of a ReaxFF potential for Pt–O systems describing the energetics and dynamics of Pt-oxide formation

D Fantauzzi, J Bandlow, L Sabo, JE Mueller… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
ReaxFF force field parameters describing Pt–Pt and Pt–O interactions have been developed
and tested. The Pt–Pt parameters are shown to accurately account for the chemical nature …

Simulation of gold functionalization with cysteine by reactive molecular dynamics

S Monti, V Carravetta, H Ågren - The journal of physical chemistry …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The anchoring mechanism of cysteine to gold in water solution is characterized in detail by
means of a combination of quantum chemistry (QC) and reactive classical molecular …

Connectivity-based parallel replica dynamics for chemically reactive systems: from femtoseconds to microseconds

KL Joshi, S Raman, ACT Van Duin - The Journal of Physical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Reactive force field methods such as AIREBO, ReaxFF and COMB, are extremely useful for
studying physical and chemical interactions between molecules and materials. However …

[HTML][HTML] Atomic-scale understanding of oxidation mechanisms of materials by computational approaches: A review

X Zhang, P Zheng, Y Ma, Y Jiang, H Li - Materials & Design, 2022 - Elsevier
The urgent requirement of minimising the worldwide cost of corrosion, accompanied by the
increasingly pivotal role of advanced oxide materials, highlights the importance of …

Characterization of the adsorption dynamics of trisodium citrate on gold in water solution

S Monti, G Barcaro, L Sementa, V Carravetta… - RSC advances, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular dynamics simulations (MDs) based on a reactive force field (ReaxFF) are carried
out to investigate typical adsorption modes of trisodium citrate (CIT) on gold nanoparticles …

In situ 3D imaging of catalysis induced strain in gold nanoparticles

A Ulvestad, K Sasikumar, JW Kim… - The journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Multielectron transfer processes are crucially important in energy and biological science but
require favorable catalysts to achieve fast kinetics. Nanostructuring catalysts can …