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Bikerman [179] has argued that the Kelvin equation should not apply to crystals, that is, in terms of increased vapor pressure or solubility of small crystals. The reasoning is that perfect crystals of whatever size will consist of plane facets whose radius of curvature is therefore infinite. On a molecular scale, it is argued that local condensation-evaporation equilibrium on a crystal plane should not be affected by the extent of the plane, that is, the crystal size, since molecular forces are short range. This conclusion is contrary to that in Section VII-2C. Discuss the situation. The derivation of the Kelvin equation in Ref. 180 is helpful. 

London F 1937 The general theory of molecular forces Trans. Faraday Soc. 33 8... 

Yu Z W, Calvert T L and Leckband D 1998 Molecular forces between membranes displaying neutral glycosphingolipids evidence for carbohydrate attraction Biochemistry 37 1540-50... 

Inadequate availability of experimental data can considerably inhibit the development of improved energy functions for more accurate simulations of energetic, structural, and spectroscopic properties. This has led to the development of class II force fields such as CFF and the Merck Molecular Force Field (MMFF), which are both based primarily on quantum mechanical calculations of the energy surface. The purpose of MMFF, which has been developed by Thomas Halgren at Merck and Co., is to be able to handle all functional groups of interest in pharmaceutical design. 

Many of the molecular modelling force fields in use today for molecular systems can be interpreted in terms of a relatively simple four-component picture of the intra- and inter-molecular forces within the system. Energetic penalties are associated with the deviation of bonds and angles away from their reference or equilibrium values, there is a function... 

Dykstra C E 1993. Electrostatic Interaction Potentials in Molecular Force Fields. Chemical Review 93 2339-2353. 

Halgren T A 1996a. Merck Molecular Force Field I. Basis, Form, Scope, Parameterisation and Performance of MMFF94. Journal of Computational Chemistry 17 490-519. 

Halgren T A 1996b. Merck Molecular Force Field II MMEF94 van der Waals and Electrostatic Parameters for Intermolecular Interactions. Journal of Computational Chemistry 17 520-552. 

The Merck molecular force field (MMFF) is one of the more recently published force fields in the literature. It is a general-purpose method, particularly popular for organic molecules. MMFF94 was originally intended for molecular dynamics simulations, but has also seen much use for geometry optimization. It uses five valence terms, one of which is an electrostatic term, and one cross tenn. 

In order for this to work, the force field must be designed to describe inter-molecular forces and vibrations away from equilibrium. If the purpose of the simulation is to search conformation space, a force field designed for geometry optimization is often used. For simulating bulk systems, it is more common to use a force field that has been designed for this purpose, such as the GROMOS or OPLS force fields. 

A different approach is followed by Kadlec and Dubinin who calculate the theoretical tensile strength from a 6-12 relation for molecular forces (cf. Section 1.3) as... 

Microwave studies also provide Important Information regarding molecular force fields, particularly with reference to low frequency vibrational modes in cyclic structures (74PMH(6)53). 

Adsorption of pollutant gases occurs when certain gases are selectively retained on the surface or in the pores or interstices of prepared solids. The process may be strictly a surface phenomenon with otily molecular forces involved, or it may be combined with a chemical reaction occurring... 

The molecules of liquids are separated by relatively small distances so the attractive forces between molecules tend to hold firm within a definite volume at fixed temperature. Molecular forces also result in tlie phenomenon of interfacial tension. The repulsive forces between molecules exert a sufficiently powerful influence that volume changes caused by pressure changes can be neglected i.e. liquids are incompressible. 

It is seen that all the points lie on the same straight line, irrespective of the operating temperature and, thus, the enthalpy term is close to zero and the solutes are not retained by differential molecular forces. Thus, the curve shows the effect of... 

The distribution coefficient is an equilibrium constant and, therefore, is subject to the usual thermodynamic treatment of equilibrium systems. By expressing the distribution coefficient in terms of the standard free energy of solute exchange between the phases, the nature of the distribution can be understood and the influence of temperature on the coefficient revealed. However, the distribution of a solute between two phases can also be considered at the molecular level. It is clear that if a solute is distributed more extensively in one phase than the other, then the interactive forces that occur between the solute molecules and the molecules of that phase will be greater than the complementary forces between the solute molecules and those of the other phase. Thus, distribution can be considered to be as a result of differential molecular forces and the magnitude and nature of those intermolecular forces will determine the magnitude of the respective distribution coefficients. Both these explanations of solute distribution will be considered in this chapter, but the classical thermodynamic explanation of distribution will be treated first. 

Molecular interactions are the result of intermolecular forces which are all electrical in nature. It is possible that other forces may be present, such as gravitational and magnetic forces, but these are many orders of magnitude weaker than the electrical forces and play little or no part in solute retention. It must be emphasized that there are three, and only three, different basic types of intermolecular forces, dispersion forces, polar forces and ionic forces. All molecular interactions must be composites of these three basic molecular forces although, individually, they can vary widely in strength. In some instances, different terms have been introduced to describe one particular force which is based not on the type of force but on the strength of the force. Fundamentally, however, there are only three basic types of molecular force. 

There are two ways a solute can interact with a stationary phase surface. The solute molecule can interact with the adsorbed solvent layer and rest on the top of it. This is called sorption interaction and occurs when the molecular forces between the solute and the stationary phase are relatively weak compared with the forces between the solvent molecules and the stationary phase. The second type is where the solute molecules displace the solvent molecules from the surface and interact directly with the stationary phase itself. This is called displacement interaction and occurs when the interactive forces between the solute molecules and the stationary phase surface are much stronger than those between the solvent molecules and the stationary phase surface. An example of sorption interaction is shown in Figure 9. 

One of the most remarkable results from the molecular simulation studies of aqueous electrolyte solutions was that no additional molecular forces needed to be introduced to prevent the much smaller ions (Na has a molecular diameter of less than 0.2 nm) from permeating the membrane, while permitting the larger water molecules (about 0.3 nm in diameter) to permeate the membrane. This appeared to be due to the large ionic clusters formed. The ions were surrounded by water molecules, thus increasing their effective size quite considerably to almost 1 nm. A typical cluster formed due to the interaction between the ions and a polar solvent is shown in Fig. 7. These clusters were found to be quite stable, with a fairly high energy of desolvation. The inability of the ions to permeate the membrane is also shown... 

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The energy 7i(S) of a given configuration of N spins is made up of two parts (1) a contribution that arises solely from the inter-spin molecular forces (= Hst s), and (2) a contribution that is due to the interaction between the spins and any external magnetic fields (= Since 5, is effectively the magnetic moment... 

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