Kinetics from metadynamics: Principles, applications, and outlook

D Ray, M Parrinello - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Metadynamics is a popular enhanced sampling algorithm for computing the free energy
landscape of rare events by using molecular dynamics simulation. Ten years ago, Tiwary …

Dynamical reweighting for biased rare event simulations

BG Keller, PG Bolhuis - Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Dynamical reweighting techniques aim to recover the correct molecular dynamics from a
simulation at a modified potential energy surface. They are important for unbiasing …

Enhancement of lithium-mediated ammonia synthesis by addition of oxygen

K Li, SZ Andersen, MJ Statt, M Saccoccio, VJ Bukas… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Owing to the worrying increase in carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere, there is
a need to electrify fossil-fuel–powered chemical processes such as the Haber-Bosch …

Proton donors induce a differential transport effect for selectivity toward ammonia in lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction

N Lazouski, KJ Steinberg, ML Gala… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Alternative approaches for producing ammonia are necessary to reduce the environmental
impact of its production. The lithium-mediated electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction …

Imaging of nitrogen fixation at lithium solid electrolyte interphases via cryo-electron microscopy

K Steinberg, X Yuan, CK Klein, N Lazouski… - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
Ammonia is an important industrial chemical and is also being discussed as a potential
energy carrier. Electrifying ammonia synthesis could help to decarbonize the chemical …

Electrochemical nitrogen fixation for green ammonia: recent progress and challenges

H Jin, SS Kim, S Venkateshalu, J Lee, K Lee… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ammonia, a key feedstock used in various industries, has been considered a sustainable
fuel and energy storage option. However, NH3 production via the conventional Haber …

Li‐Mediated Electrochemical Nitrogen Fixation: Key Advances and Future Perspectives

MI Ahmed, A Assafiri, DB Hibbert, C Zhao - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction holds great potential for ammonia
production using electricity generated from renewable energy sources and is sustainable …

Dynamic sampling of liquid metal structures for theoretical studies on catalysis

C Ruffman, KG Steenbergen, AL Garden… - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid metals have recently emerged as promising catalysts that can outcompete their solid
counterparts for many reactions. Although theoretical modelling is extensively used to …

Targeted free energy perturbation revisited: Accurate free energies from mapped reference potentials

A Rizzi, P Carloni, M Parrinello - The journal of physical chemistry …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We present an approach that extends the theory of targeted free energy perturbation (TFEP)
to calculate free energy differences and free energy surfaces at an accurate quantum …

Neural network sampling of the free energy landscape for nitrogen dissociation on ruthenium

EMY Lee, T Ludwig, B Yu, AR Singh… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In heterogeneous catalysis, free energy profiles of reactions govern the mechanisms, rates,
and equilibria. Energetics are conventionally computed using the harmonic approximation …