Abstract
“Umbrella sampling” has been incorporated in the thermodynamic integration method to obtain a potential of mean force by slow growth molecular-dynamics simulations. The method was tested for liquid argon, for which good agreement was obtained with a standard potential of mean force, as derived from the radial pair-correlation function. For a sodium chloride ion-pair in aqueous solution the calculations showed resonable agreement with a literature result. The method was also applied to the decomplexation of 18-crown-6 and a potassium cation in aqueous solution.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 370-376 |
Journal | Chemical physics letters |
Volume | 164 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1989 |