Molecular dynamics simulations of the properties of water-methanol mixtures. Effects of force fields

• Дата: 2019
• Автори: Cruz Sanchez, M, Dominguez, H., Pizio, O.
• Формат: Стаття
• Мова: English
• Опубліковано: Інститут фізики конденсованих систем НАН України 2019
• Назва видання: Condensed Matter Physics
• Онлайн доступ: http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/157476
• Назва журналу: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Цитувати: Molecular dynamics simulations of the properties of water-methanol mixtures. Effects of force fields / M. Cruz Sanchez, H. Dominguez, O. Pizio // Condensed Matter Physics. — 2019. — Т. 22, № 1. — С. 13602: 1–14. — Бібліогр.: 52 назв. — англ.

Isothermal-isobaric molecular dynamics simulations are used to examine the microscopic structure and some properties of water-methanol liquid mixture. The TIP4P/2005 and SPC/E water models are combined with the united atom TraPPE and the all-atom force field model for methanol. Our principal focus is to evaluate the quality of predictions of different combinations of model force fields concerning the composition dependence of basic properties of this system. Specifically, we explored the composition effects on density, excess molar volume and excess entropy, as well as on the surface tension and static dielectric constant. In addition, the structural properties are described in terms of the coordination numbers and the average number of hydrogen bonds between molecules of constituent species. Finally, the composition dependence of self-diffusion coefficients of the species is evaluated. All theoretical predictions are tested with respect to experimental data.