Configurational mapping significantly increases the efficiency of solid-solid phase coexistence calculations via molecular dynamics: Determining the FCC-HCP coexistence line of Lennard-Jones particles

In this study, we incorporate configuration mapping between simulation ensembles into the successive interpolation of multistate reweighting (SIMR) method in order to increase phase space overlap between neighboring simulation ensembles. This significantly increases computational efficiency over the...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of chemical physics 2019-04, Vol.150 (16), p.164112-164112
Hauptverfasser: Schieber, Natalie P., Shirts, Michael R.
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Zusammenfassung:In this study, we incorporate configuration mapping between simulation ensembles into the successive interpolation of multistate reweighting (SIMR) method in order to increase phase space overlap between neighboring simulation ensembles. This significantly increases computational efficiency over the original SIMR method in many situations. We use this approach to determine the coexistence curve of face-centered cubic–hexagonal close-packed Lennard-Jones spheres using direct molecular dynamics and SIMR. As previously noted, the coexistence curve is highly sensitive to the treatment of the van der Waals cutoff. Using a cutoff treatment, the chemical potential difference between phases is moderate and SIMR quickly finds the phase equilibrium lines with good statistical uncertainty. Using a smoothed cutoff results in nonphysical errors in the phase diagram, while the use of particle mesh Ewald for the dispersion term results in a phase equilibrium curve that is comparable with previous results. The drastically closer free energy surfaces for this case test the limits of this configuration mapping approach to phase diagram prediction.
ISSN:0021-9606
1089-7690
DOI:10.1063/1.5080431