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 …

Density functional tight binding: values of semi-empirical methods in an ab initio era

Q Cui, M Elstner - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Semi-empirical (SE) methods are derived from Hartree–Fock (HF) or Density Functional
Theory (DFT) by neglect and approximation of electronic integrals. Thereby, parameters are …

Acid activation mechanism of the influenza A M2 proton channel

R Liang, JMJ Swanson, JJ Madsen… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The homotetrameric influenza A M2 channel (AM2) is an acid-activated proton channel
responsible for the acidification of the influenza virus interior, an important step in the viral …

Molecular simulation of water and hydration effects in different environments: Challenges and developments for DFTB based models

P Goyal, HJ Qian, S Irle, X Lu, D Roston… - The Journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We discuss the description of water and hydration effects that employs an approximate
density functional theory, DFTB3, in either a full QM or QM/MM framework. The goal is to …

Contribution of the density-functional-based tight-binding scheme to the description of water clusters: methods, applications and extension to bulk systems

A Simon, M Rapacioli, E Michoulier, L Zheng… - Molecular …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This review is dedicated to the application of the self-consistent-charge density-functional-
based tight-binding (SCC-DFTB) approach to describe the structures, energetics …

Using Machine Learning to Greatly Accelerate Path Integral Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics

C Li, GA Voth - Journal of chemical theory and computation, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) has become one of the most popular and robust
approaches for modeling complicated chemical, liquid, and material systems. However, the …

Hydrated excess protons can create their own water wires

Y Peng, JMJ Swanson, S Kang, R Zhou… - The Journal of Physical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Grotthuss shuttling of an excess proton charge defect through hydrogen bonded water
networks has long been the focus of theoretical and experimental studies. In this work we …

[HTML][HTML] An analysis of hydrated proton diffusion in ab initio molecular dynamics

YLS Tse, C Knight, GA Voth - The Journal of chemical physics, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
A detailed understanding of the inherently multiscale proton transport process raises a
number of scientifically challenging questions. For example, there remain many (partially …

Benchmarking density functional tight binding models for barrier heights and reaction energetics of organic molecules

M Gruden, L Andjeklović, AK Jissy… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Density Functional Tight Binding (DFTB) models are two to three orders of magnitude faster
than ab initio and Density Functional Theory (DFT) methods and therefore are particularly …

Understanding the multifaceted mechanism of Compound I formation in unspecific peroxygenases through multiscale simulations

GJ Costa, R Liang - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2023 - ACS Publications
Unspecific peroxygenases (UPOs) can selectively oxyfunctionalize unactivated
hydrocarbons by using peroxides under mild conditions. They circumvent the oxygen …