Development and benchmarking of open force field 2.0. 0: The Sage small molecule force field

S Boothroyd, PK Behara, OC Madin… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We introduce the Open Force Field (OpenFF) 2.0. 0 small molecule force field for drug-like
molecules, code-named Sage, which builds upon our previous iteration, Parsley. OpenFF …

Integration of experimental data and use of automated fitting methods in develo** protein force fields

MD Polêto, JA Lemkul - Communications chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
The development of accurate protein force fields has been the cornerstone of molecular
simulations for the past 50 years. During this period, many lessons have been learned …

Machine-learned molecular mechanics force fields from large-scale quantum chemical data

K Takaba, AJ Friedman, CE Cavender, PK Behara… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of reliable and extensible molecular mechanics (MM) force fields—fast,
empirical models characterizing the potential energy surface of molecular systems—is …

Software infrastructure for next-generation QM/MM− ΔMLP force fields

TJ Giese, J Zeng, L Lerew, E McCarthy… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We present software infrastructure for the design and testing of new quantum
mechanical/molecular mechanical and machine-learning potential (QM/MM− ΔMLP) force …

The open force field initiative: Open software and open science for molecular modeling

L Wang, PK Behara, MW Thompson… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Force fields are a key component of physics-based molecular modeling, describing the
energies and forces in a molecular system as a function of the positions of the atoms and …

Open force field evaluator: An automated, efficient, and scalable framework for the estimation of physical properties from molecular simulation

S Boothroyd, LP Wang, DL Mobley… - Journal of chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Develo** accurate classical force field representations of molecules is key to realizing the
full potential of molecular simulations, both as a powerful route to gaining fundamental …

Development and comprehensive benchmark of a high-quality amber-consistent small molecule force field with broad chemical space coverage for molecular …

B Xue, Q Yang, Q Zhang, X Wan, D Fang… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biomolecular simulations have become an essential tool in contemporary drug discovery,
and molecular mechanics force fields (FFs) constitute its cornerstone. Develo** a high …

A transferable double exponential potential for condensed phase simulations of small molecules

JT Horton, S Boothroyd, PK Behara, DL Mobley… - Digital …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The Lennard–Jones potential is the most widely-used function for the description of non-
bonded interactions in transferable force fields for the condensed phase. This is not because …

Nonbonded Force Field Parameters from MBIS Partitioning of the Molecular Electron Density Improve Thermophysical Properties Prediction of Organic Liquids

J Pulido, L Macaya… - Journal of Chemical & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The accuracy of predicting thermophysical properties through molecular dynamics
simulations is constrained by the precision of the models used to describe molecular …

Exploration and validation of force field design protocols through QM-to-MM map**

C Ringrose, JT Horton, LP Wang… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The scale of the parameter optimisation problem in traditional molecular mechanics force
field construction means that design of a new force field is a long process, and sub-optimal …