Molecular dynamics simulations in drug discovery and pharmaceutical development

OMH Salo-Ahen, I Alanko, R Bhadane, AMJJ Bonvin… - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have become increasingly useful in the modern drug
development process. In this review, we give a broad overview of the current application …

Crystal nucleation in liquids: Open questions and future challenges in molecular dynamics simulations

GC Sosso, J Chen, SJ Cox, M Fitzner… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The nucleation of crystals in liquids is one of nature's most ubiquitous phenomena, playing
an important role in areas such as climate change and the production of drugs. As the early …

Modeling polymorphic molecular crystals with electronic structure theory

GJO Beran - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Interest in molecular crystals has grown thanks to their relevance to pharmaceuticals,
organic semiconductor materials, foods, and many other applications. Electronic structure …

Molecular-dynamics simulations of urea nucleation from aqueous solution

M Salvalaglio, C Perego, F Giberti… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Despite its ubiquitous character and relevance in many branches of science and
engineering, nucleation from solution remains elusive. In this framework, molecular …

Molecular simulation approaches to study crystal nucleation from solutions: Theoretical considerations and computational challenges

AR Finney, M Salvalaglio - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nucleation is the initial step in the formation of crystalline materials from solutions. Various
factors, such as environmental conditions, composition, and external fields, can influence its …

Analyzing and driving cluster formation in atomistic simulations

GA Tribello, F Giberti, GC Sosso… - Journal of chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
In this paper a set of computational tools for identifying the phases contained in a system
composed of atoms or molecules is introduced. The method is rooted in graph theory and …

Homogeneous nucleation of NaCl in supersaturated solutions

CP Lamas, JR Espinosa, MM Conde… - Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The seeding method is an approximate approach to investigate nucleation that combines
molecular dynamics simulations with classical nucleation theory. Recently, this technique …

A design aid for crystal growth engineering

J Li, CJ Tilbury, SH Kim, MF Doherty - Progress in Materials Science, 2016 - Elsevier
With the highly competitive development of chemical and pharmaceutical industries,
mastering crystal growth is becoming increasingly necessary. Modern industrial …

Metadynamics studies of crystal nucleation

F Giberti, M Salvalaglio, M Parrinello - IUCrJ, 2015 - journals.iucr.org
Crystallization processes are characterized by activated events and long timescales. These
characteristics prevent standard molecular dynamics techniques from being efficiently used …

Influences of crystal anisotropy in pharmaceutical process development

E Hadjittofis, MA Isbell, V Karde, S Varghese… - Pharmaceutical …, 2018 - Springer
Crystalline materials are of crucial importance to the pharmaceutical industry, as a large
number of APIs are formulated in crystalline form, occasionally in the presence of crystalline …