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The relations which permit us to express equilibria utilize the Gibbs free energy, to which we will give the symbol G and which will be called simply free energy for the rest of this chapter. This thermodynamic quantity is expressed as a function of enthalpy and entropy. This is not to be confused with the Helmholtz free energy which we will note sF (L" j (j, > )... 

I.P.P.D and its relatives have become standard procedures for the characterization of the structure of both clean surfaces and those having an adsorbed layer. Somoijai and co-workers have tabulated thousands of LEED structures [75], for example. If an adsorbate is present, the substrate surface structure may be altered, or reconstructed, as illustrated in Fig. VIII-9 for the case of H atoms on a Ni(llO) surface. Beginning with the (experimentally) hypothetical case of (100) Ar surfaces. Burton and Jura [76] estimated theoretically the free energy for a surface transition from a (1 x 1) to a C(2x 1) structure as given by... 

The cleaning process proceeds by one of three primary mechanisms solubilization, emulsification, and roll-up [229]. In solubilization the oily phase partitions into surfactant micelles that desorb from the solid surface and diffuse into the bulk. As mentioned above, there is a body of theoretical work on solubilization [146, 147] and numerous experimental studies by a variety of spectroscopic techniques [143-145,230]. Emulsification involves the formation and removal of an emulsion at the oil-water interface the removal step may involve hydrodynamic as well as surface chemical forces. Emulsion formation is covered in Chapter XIV. In roll-up the surfactant reduces the contact angle of the liquid soil or the surface free energy of a solid particle aiding its detachment and subsequent removal by hydrodynamic forces. Adam and Stevenson s beautiful photographs illustrate roll-up of lanoline on wood fibers [231]. In order to achieve roll-up, one requires the surface free energies for soil detachment illustrated in Fig. XIII-14 to obey... 

Since E = - 2 iU)tn., a given spin excess value 2m. implies a given energy partition. The free energy for such a specific energy partition is... 

The interfacial free energies for infinite parallel surfaces at contact are given by the relation [134] ... 

Figure C3.2.10.(a) Dependence of electron transfer rate upon reaction free energy for ET between biphenyl radical anions and various organic acceptors. Experiments were perfonned with the donors and acceptors frozen into...

Calculation of Conformational Free Energies for a Model of a Bilobal Enzyme Protein kinases catalyze the transfer of phosphate from adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to protein substrates and are regulatory elements of most known pathways of signal transduction. 

Such a free energy is called a potential of mean force. Average values of Fs can be computed in dynamics simulations (which sample a Boltzmann distribution), and the integral can be estimated from a series of calculations at several values of s. A third method computes the free energy for perturbing the system by a finite step in s, for example, from si to S2, with... 

Molecular transformation calculations can be used for computing differ-enr.es in binding free, energy for two ligands by a well-established scheme... 

Since the net free energy change for the cycle is zero, the difference between the computable free energies for transforming L to if, when bound to protein and when dissolved in water, is equal to the difference between the measurable standard free energies of binding L and if to protein, i.e., the difference in affinity... 

The problems that occur when one tries to estimate affinity in terms of component terms do not arise when perturbation methods are used with simulations in order to compute potentials of mean force or free energies for molecular transformations simulations use a simple physical force field and thereby implicitly include all component terms discussed earlier. We have used the molecular transformation approach to compute binding affinities from these first principles [14]. The basic approach had been introduced in early work, in which we studied the affinity of xenon for myoglobin [11]. The procedure was to gradually decrease the interactions between xenon atom and protein, and compute the free energy change by standard perturbation methods, cf. (10). An (issential component is to impose a restraint on the... 

Hansson, T., Aqvist, J. Estimation of binding free energies for HIV proteinase inhibitors by molecular dynamics simulations. Prot. Eng. 8 (1995) 1137-1144... 

Hansson T and J Aqvist 1995. Estimation of Binding Free Energies for HIV Proteinase Inhibitors b Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Protein Engineering 8 1137-1144. 

The Born model is based on electrostatic interactions, dielectric permitivity, and orbital overlaps. It has the advantage of being fairly straightforward and adaptable to computational methods. The free energy for the polarization of the solute is expressed as... 

Binding and complexation data Folding processes Transition temperatures Free energies for point mutations Free energies of binding... 

In pure and stoichiometric compounds, intrinsic defects are formed for energetic reasons. Intrinsic ionic conduction, or creation of thermal vacancies by Frenkel, ie, vacancy plus interstitial lattice defects, or by Schottky, cation and anion vacancies, mechanisms can be expressed in terms of an equilibrium constant and, therefore, as a free energy for the formation of defects, If the ion is to jump into a normally occupied lattice site, a term for... 

Another variant that may mrn out to be the method of choice performs the alchemical free energy simulation with a spherical model surrounded by continuum solvent, neglecting portions of the macromolecule that lie outside the spherical region. The reaction field due to the outer continuum is easily included, because the model is spherical. Additional steps are used to change the dielectric constant of that portion of the macromolecule that lies in the outer region from its usual low value to the bulk solvent value (before the alchemical simulation) and back to its usual low value (after the alchemical simulation) the free energy for these steps can be obtained from continuum electrostatics [58]. 

W van Gunsteren, P Weiner, eds. Computation of Free Energy for Biomolecular Systems. Leiden Escom Science, 1989. 

Example. Calculate the change in Gibbs free energy for the reaction of methanol and oxygen to produce formaldehyde and water at reaction temperatures of 600, 700, 800, 900, and 1,000°K ... 

A copy (5V4 inch floppy disk) of a menu-driven computer program to calculate Gibbs free energy of formation and change in Gibbs free energy for reactions (including random access data file of compound coefficients) is available for a nominal fee. For details, contact C. L. Yaws, Dept, of Chem. Eng. Lamar University, P.O. Box 10053, Beaumont, Texas 77710, USA. 

The free-energy difference between conformers is referred to as the conformational free energy. For substituted cyclohexanes, it is conventional to specify the value of — AC ° for the equilibrium... 

Now, let us consider a model in which the association site is located at a distance slightly larger than the hard-core diameter a. The excess free energy for a hard sphere fluid is given by the Carnahan-Starling equation [113]... 

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