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Duignan TT, Baer MD, Schenter GK, et al. Electrostatic solvation free energies of charged hard spheres using molecular dynamics with density functional theory interactions. J Chem Phys. 2017;147(16):161716doi: 10.1063/1.4994912.
Duignan, T. T., Baer, M. D., Schenter, G. K., & Mundy, C. J. (2017). Electrostatic solvation free energies of charged hard spheres using molecular dynamics with density functional theory interactions. The Journal of chemical physics, 147(16), 161716. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4994912
Duignan, Timothy T, et al. "Electrostatic solvation free energies of charged hard spheres using molecular dynamics with density functional theory interactions." The Journal of chemical physics vol. 147,16 (2017): 161716. doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4994912
Duignan TT, Baer MD, Schenter GK, Mundy CJ. Electrostatic solvation free energies of charged hard spheres using molecular dynamics with density functional theory interactions. J Chem Phys. 2017 Oct 28;147(16):161716. doi: 10.1063/1.4994912. PMID: 29096478.
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J Chem Phys. 2017 Oct 28;147(16):161716. doi: 10.1063/1.4994912.

Electrostatic solvation free energies of charged hard spheres using molecular dynamics with density functional theory interactions.

The Journal of chemical physics

Timothy T Duignan, Marcel D Baer, Gregory K Schenter, Chistopher J Mundy

Affiliations

  1. Physical Science Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, USA.
  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98185, USA.

PMID: 29096478 DOI: 10.1063/1.4994912

Abstract

Determining the solvation free energies of single ions in water is one of the most fundamental problems in physical chemistry and yet many unresolved questions remain. In particular, the ability to decompose the solvation free energy into simple and intuitive contributions will have important implications for models of electrolyte solution. Here, we provide definitions of the various types of single ion solvation free energies based on different simulation protocols. We calculate solvation free energies of charged hard spheres using density functional theory interaction potentials with molecular dynamics simulation and isolate the effects of charge and cavitation, comparing to the Born (linear response) model. We show that using uncorrected Ewald summation leads to unphysical values for the single ion solvation free energy and that charging free energies for cations are approximately linear as a function of charge but that there is a small non-linearity for small anions. The charge hydration asymmetry for hard spheres, determined with quantum mechanics, is much larger than for the analogous real ions. This suggests that real ions, particularly anions, are significantly more complex than simple charged hard spheres, a commonly employed representation.

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