CHARMM at 45: Enhancements in accessibility, functionality, and speed

W Hwang, SL Austin, A Blondel… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Since its inception nearly a half century ago, CHARMM has been playing a central role in
computational biochemistry and biophysics. Commensurate with the developments in …

Forward flux sampling for rare event simulations

RJ Allen, C Valeriani… - Journal of physics …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Rare events are ubiquitous in many different fields, yet they are notoriously difficult to
simulate because few, if any, events are observed in a conventional simulation run. Over the …

Modeling and simulations of polymers: a roadmap

TE Gartner III, A Jayaraman - Macromolecules, 2019 - ACS Publications
Molecular modeling and simulations are invaluable tools for the polymer science and
engineering community. These computational approaches enable predictions and provide …

Molecular dynamics

B Leimkuhler, C Matthews - Interdisciplinary applied mathematics, 2015 - Springer
For a number of years, we have been exploring the underpinnings of algorithms for
simulating molecular dynamics from a mathematics perspective, ie as outsiders. We have …

Unraveling the SARS-CoV-2 main protease mechanism using multiscale methods

CA Ramos-Guzmán, JJ Ruiz-Pernía, I Tuñón - ACS catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
We present a detailed theoretical analysis of the reaction mechanism of proteolysis
catalyzed by the main protease of SARS-CoV-2. Using multiscale simulation methods, we …

Solving for high-dimensional committor functions using artificial neural networks

Y Khoo, J Lu, L Ying - Research in the Mathematical Sciences, 2019 - Springer
In this note we propose a method based on artificial neural network to study the transition
between states governed by stochastic processes. In particular, we aim for numerical …

Molecular dynamics simulations with quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics and adaptive neural networks

L Shen, W Yang - Journal of chemical theory and computation, 2018 - ACS Publications
Direct molecular dynamics (MD) simulation with ab initio quantum mechanical and
molecular mechanical (QM/MM) methods is very powerful for studying the mechanism of …

Thermodynamically consistent force field for molecular dynamics simulations of alkaline-earth carbonates and their aqueous speciation

P Raiteri, R Demichelis, JD Gale - The Journal of Physical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
In recent years atomistic simulations have become increasingly important in providing
molecular insight to complement experiments. Even for the seemingly simple case of ion …

Collective variables from local fluctuations

D Mendels, GM Piccini, M Parrinello - The journal of physical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We introduce a method to obtain one-dimensional collective variables for studying rarely
occurring transitions between two metastable states separated by a high free energy barrier …

Discovering mountain passes via torchlight: methods for the definition of reaction coordinates and pathways in complex macromolecular reactions

MA Rohrdanz, W Zheng… - Annual review of physical …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
The long-timescale dynamics of macromolecular systems can be oftentimes viewed as a
reaction connecting metastable states of the system. In the past decade, various approaches …