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DynDen: Assessing convergence of molecular dynamics simulations of interfaces

Degiacomi, Matteo T.; Tian, Shansi; Greenwell, H. Chris; Erastova, Valentina

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Authors

Shansi Tian

Valentina Erastova



Abstract

Molecular dynamics is a simulation technique used to predict the physical properties of systems based on their chemical structure and evolution of their atomic constituents. For these predictions to be reliable, it is critical that the simulation has reached convergence, whereby representative sampling of the phase space has been gathered. We show that the commonly used root mean square deviation is an unsuitable convergence descriptor for systems featuring surfaces and interfaces. We then present an effective criterion, embodied in the analysis tool DynDen, based on convergence of the linear partial density of all components in the simulation. With a varierty of examples we demonstrate the usage of DynDen for the accessment of convergence, as well as for identification of slow dynamical processes, which can be easily missed with conventional analysis.

Citation

Degiacomi, M. T., Tian, S., Greenwell, H. C., & Erastova, V. (2021). DynDen: Assessing convergence of molecular dynamics simulations of interfaces. Computer Physics Communications, 269, Article 108126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2021.108126

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 22, 2021
Online Publication Date Aug 5, 2021
Publication Date 2021-12
Deposit Date Aug 5, 2021
Publicly Available Date Aug 24, 2021
Journal Computer Physics Communications
Print ISSN 0010-4655
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 269
Article Number 108126
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2021.108126

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