Recent progress in molecular simulation of aqueous electrolytes: Force fields, chemical potentials and solubility

I Nezbeda, F Moučka, WR Smith - Molecular Physics, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Although aqueous electrolytes are among the most important solutions, the molecular
simulation of their intertwined properties of chemical potentials, solubility and activity …

Simulations of activities, solubilities, transport properties, and nucleation rates for aqueous electrolyte solutions

AZ Panagiotopoulos - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
This article reviews recent molecular simulation studies of “collective” properties of aqueous
electrolyte solutions, specifically free energies and activity coefficients, solubilities …

A force field of Li+, Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Cl−, and SO42− in aqueous solution based on the TIP4P/2005 water model and scaled charges for the ions

IM Zeron, JLF Abascal, C Vega - The Journal of chemical physics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, a force field for several ions in water is proposed. In particular, we consider the
cations Li+, Na+, K+, Mg 2+, and Ca 2+ and the anions Cl− and SO 4 2−⁠. These ions were …

Scaled charges for ions: An improvement but not the final word for modeling electrolytes in water

S Blazquez, MM Conde, C Vega - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, we discuss the use of scaled charges when developing force fields for NaCl in
water. We shall develop force fields for Na+ and Cl− using the following values for the …

The Madrid-2019 force field for electrolytes in water using TIP4P/2005 and scaled charges: Extension to the ions F−, Br−, I−, Rb+, and Cs+

S Blazquez, MM Conde, JLF Abascal… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, an extension of the Madrid-2019 force field is presented. We have added the
cations Rb+ and Cs+ and the anions F−, Br−, and I−. These ions were the remaining alkaline …

Nucleation of NaCl from aqueous solution: Critical sizes, ion-attachment kinetics, and rates

NER Zimmermann, B Vorselaars… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Nucleation and crystal growth are important in material synthesis, climate modeling,
biomineralization, and pharmaceutical formulation. Despite tremendous efforts, the …

Consensus on the solubility of NaCl in water from computer simulations using the chemical potential route

AL Benavides, JL Aragones, C Vega - The Journal of chemical physics, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
The solubility of NaCl in water is evaluated by using three force field models: Joung–
Cheatham for NaCl dissolved in two different water models (SPC/E and TIP4P/2005) and …

[HTML][HTML] Mean ionic activity coefficients in aqueous NaCl solutions from molecular dynamics simulations

Z Mester, AZ Panagiotopoulos - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
The mean ionic activity coefficients of aqueous NaCl solutions of varying concentrations at
298.15 K and 1 bar have been obtained from molecular dynamics simulations by gradually …

Solubility of NaCl in water by molecular simulation revisited

JL Aragones, E Sanz, C Vega - The Journal of chemical physics, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, the solubility of NaCl in water is evaluated by using computer simulations for
three different force fields. The condition of chemical equilibrium (ie, equal chemical …

[HTML][HTML] Nucleation in aqueous NaCl solutions shifts from 1-step to 2-step mechanism on crossing the spinodal

H Jiang, PG Debenedetti… - The Journal of chemical …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, we use large-scale molecular dynamics simulations coupled to free energy
calculations to identify for the first time a limit of stability (spinodal) and a change in the …