Advanced polymeric dielectrics for high energy density applications

TD Huan, S Boggs, G Teyssedre, C Laurent… - Progress in Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
This article provides an overview of the present state-of-the-art pertaining to polymer
capacitor dielectrics appropriate for high electrostatic energy density applications. The …

Basic ingredients of free energy calculations: a review

CD Christ, AE Mark… - Journal of computational …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Methods to compute free energy differences between different states of a molecular system
are reviewed with the aim of identifying their basic ingredients and their utility when applied …

1.14* CM1A-LBCC: localized bond-charge corrected CM1A charges for condensed-phase simulations

LS Dodda, JZ Vilseck, J Tirado-Rives… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The quality of the 1.14* CM1A and 1.20* CM5 charge models was evaluated for calculations
of free energies of hydration. For a set of 426 neutral molecules, 1.14* CM1A and 1.20* CM5 …

The generalized Born/volume integral implicit solvent model: estimation of the free energy of hydration using London dispersion instead of atomic surface area

P Labute - Journal of computational chemistry, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
A new generalized Born model for estimating the free energy of hydration is presented. The
new generalized Born/volume integral (GB/VI) estimates the free energy of hydration as a …

Methyl effects on protein–ligand binding

CS Leung, SSF Leung, J Tirado-Rives… - Journal of medicinal …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The effects of addition of a methyl group to a lead compound on biological activity are
examined. A literature analysis of> 2000 cases reveals that an activity boost of a factor of 10 …

Self-consistent reaction field model for aqueous and nonaqueous solutions based on accurate polarized partial charges

AV Marenich, RM Olson, CP Kelly… - Journal of Chemical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
A new universal continuum solvation model (where “universal” denotes applicable to all
solvents), called SM8, is presented. It is an implicit solvation model, also called a continuum …

Molecular modeling of organic and biomolecular systems using BOSS and MCPRO

WL Jorgensen, J Tirado–Rives - Journal of Computational …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
An overview is provided of the capabilities for the current versions of the BOSS and MCPRO
programs for molecular modeling of organic and biomolecular systems. Recent applications …

Perspective on free-energy perturbation calculations for chemical equilibria

WL Jorgensen, LL Thomas - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Background The calculation of free energy changes is fundamental for the thermodynamic
characterization of reaction pathways and chemical equilibria. The conventional …

A polymer dataset for accelerated property prediction and design

TD Huan, A Mannodi-Kanakkithodi, C Kim, V Sharma… - Scientific data, 2016 - nature.com
Emerging computation-and data-driven approaches are particularly useful for rationally
designing materials with targeted properties. Generally, these approaches rely on identifying …

Improving implicit solvent simulations: a Poisson-centric view

NA Baker - Current opinion in structural biology, 2005 - Elsevier
Recent developments in implicit solvent models may be compared in terms of accuracy and
computational efficiency. Based on improvements in the accuracy of generalized Born …