Dielectric continuum methods for quantum chemistry

JM Herbert - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This review describes the theory and implementation of implicit solvation models based on
continuum electrostatics. Within quantum chemistry this formalism is sometimes …

Toward a first-principles framework for predicting collective properties of electrolytes

TT Duignan, SM Kathmann, GK Schenter… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Given the universal importance of electrolyte solutions, it is natural to expect
that we have a nearly complete understanding of the fundamental properties of these …

Automated molecular cluster growing for explicit solvation by efficient force field and tight binding methods

S Spicher, C Plett, P Pracht, A Hansen… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
An automated and broadly applicable workflow for the description of solvation effects in an
explicit manner is introduced. This method, termed quantum cluster growth (QCG), is based …

Redox potentials with COSMO-RS: Systematic benchmarking with different databases

L Tomanik, L Rulisek, P Slavicek - Journal of Chemical Theory …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Recent techniques of computational electrochemistry can yield redox potentials with
accuracy as good as 0.1 V. Yet, many such methods are not universal, easy to use, or …

Solv: an alternative continuum model implementation based on fixed atomic charges, scaled particle theory, and the atom–atom potential method

Y Minenkov - Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2023 - ACS Publications
An alternative continuum model implementation is reported. The electrostatic contribution to
the solvation Gibbs free energy utilizes the noniterative conductor-like screening model of …

Towards predictive design of electrolyte solutions by accelerating ab initio simulation with neural networks

J Zhang, J Pagotto, TT Duignan - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrolyte solutions play a vital role in a vast range of important materials chemistry
applications. For example, they are a crucial component in batteries, fuel cells …

Ambiguities in solvation free energies from cluster-continuum quasichemical theory: lithium cation in protic and aprotic solvents

D Itkis, L Cavallo, LV Yashina… - Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Gibbs free energies for Li+ solvation in water, methanol, acetonitrile, DMSO,
dimethylacetamide, dimethoxyethane, dimethylformamide, gamma-butyrolactone, pyridine …

Aqueous-phase single-electron transfer calculations for carbonate radicals using the validated Marcus theory

B Barrios, D Minakata - Environmental Science & Technology …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Single-electron transfer is a major aqueous-phase reaction mechanism commonly used in
environmental engineering and natural processes such as aquatic photochemistry and …

Development of an Elementary Reaction-Based Kinetic Model to Predict the Aqueous-Phase Fate of Organic Compounds Induced by Reactive Free Radicals

D Minakata - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2024 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Aqueous-phase free radicals such as reactive oxygen, halogen, and nitrogen
species play important roles in the fate of organic compounds in the aqueous-phase …

Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics study of CuF, AgF, CuPF6 and AgPF6 in acetonitrile solvent and Cluster-Continuum calculation of the solvation free energy of Cu (I …

JR Pliego - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
The CuF species in acetonitrile solution is a potential intermediate in copper catalyzed
fluorination. In the process, different species such as Cu+, Ag+, CuF and AgF could be …