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A more practical approach for larger systems is molecular dynamics. In this method, the properties of bonds are determined through a combination of quantum-mechanical simulation and physical experiments, and stored in a database called a (semi-empirical) force field. Then a classical (non-quantum) simulation is done where bonds are modeled as spring-like interactions. Molecular... 

The applicability of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation for complex molecular systems is basic to all classical simulation methods. It enables the formulation of an effective potential field for nuclei on the basis of the SchrdJdinger equation. In practice this is not simple, since the number of electrons is usually large and the extent of configuration space is too vast to allow accurate initio determination of the effective fields. One has to resort to simplifications and semi-empirical or empirical adjustments of potential fields, thus introducing interdependence of parameters that tend to obscure the pure significance of each term. This applies in... 

It has already been mentioned that zeolites are shape selective with respect to molecular adsorption. This property relates to their micropores stmcture. The zeolite framework shows a limited flexibility, which is essential. For instance, Yashonath et al. have shown in their classical dynamic simulations study of molecular diffusion within zeolite micropore that the zeolite framework flexibility affects significantly diffusion when the molecules have a size comparable with the micropore size. To get an idea of the order of magnitude of this flexibility, one can consider the hybrid semi-empirical DFT periodic study of chabazite zeolite of Ugliengo et al. V They introduced in the unit cell of chabazite Br0nsted acidic sites which are known to induce an increase of the volume of around 10 This increase of the volume relates with the difference of volume between a Si04 tetraheron and a... 

The success of any molecular simulation method relies on the potential energy function for the system of interest, also known as force fields [27]. In case of proteins, several (semi)empirical atomistic force fields have been developed over the years, of which ENCAD [28,29], AMBER [30], CHARMM [31], GRO-MOS [32], and OPLSAA [33] are the most well known. In principle, the force field should include the electronic structure, but for most except the smallest systems the calculation of the electronic structure is prohibitively expensive, even when using approximations such as density functional theory. Instead, most potential energy functions are (semi)empirical classical approximations of the Born-Oppenheimer energy surface. 

On the theoretical front, the use of molecular dynamics simulations in combination with first principle, semi empirical, or classical fields have also emerged as viable tools to access the short time scale for chemical events of dense fluids at high-temperature. These methods not only complement experimental work, but also predict the early... 

Here the bracketed term represents the ensemble average of the mean-sqnare displacement [91Loml]. Clearly the accuracy of the adatom potential energy surface (PES) (Fig. 5) governs the qnality of MD simulations. Both classical (empirical) and semi-empirical PES s can be employed in MD simnlations. 

Fig. 6. Comparison of computational effort of classical interatomic potentials, semi-empirical TB approximation and ab initio calculations]. In all cases order-of magnitude estimates are given. The code size corresponds to the part that calculates the energy and forces in each approach, excluding the part that performs MD, which should be common to all approaches. For CPU time estimates, a system of 250 Si atoms is assumed to be simulated on a modem workstation with a rating of 100 Mflops [96Kax2].

We will always need to employ methods that can account for the electronic structure of our chosen model in some sense - either (1) totally explicitly by ab initio (Hartree-Fock (HF), MpUer-Plesset perturbation theory (MPx), coupled-cluster (CC), etc.) or by density functional theory (DFT) methods with a vast range, and continuously expanding number, of different functionals (B3LYP, M06, etc.), (2) partly explicitly like in semi-empirical (SE) methods (MNDO, AMI, PMx, etc.), or (3) we can even resort to a parameterization such as in classical MD simulations (being a much less prominent method though). All these are of course standard computational methods with generality across any elements and chemistry (for classical MD only if a proper parameter set exists). There is also ab initio MD (AIMD) emerging as a tool in the field. 

Several studies have focused on extensive MD simulations of Pt nanoparticles adsorbed on carbon in the presence or absence of ionomers [109-113]. Lamas and Balbuena performed classical molecular dynamics simulations on a simple model for the interface between graphite-supported Pt nanoparticles and hydrated Nation [113]. In MD studies of CLs, the equilibrium shape and structure of Pt clusters are usually simulated using the embedded atom method (EAM). Semi-empirical potentials such as the many-body Sutton-Chen potential (SC) [114] are popular choices for the close-packed metal clusters. Such potential models include the effect of the local electron density to account for many-body terms. The SC potential for Pt-Pt and Pt-C interactions provides a reasonable description of the properties of small Pt clusters. The potential energy in the SC potential is expressed by... 

The half-way house between the accuracy of quantum mechanical methods and the speed of classical simulations belongs to semi-empirical calculations. These are more correctly classified as approximate quantum mechanical methods, meaning that while we still seek solutions to Schrodinger s equation, a wide series of approximations and parameterization schemes (often derived from experimental data)... 

Modem first principles computational methodologies, such as those based on Density Functional Theory (DFT) and its Time Dependent extension (TDDFT), provide the theoretical/computational framework to describe most of the desired properties of the individual dye/semiconductor/electrolyte systems and of their relevant interfaces. The information extracted from these calculations constitutes the basis for the explicit simulation of photo-induced electron transfer by means of quantum or non-adiabatic dynamics. The dynamics introduces a further degree of complexity in the simulation, due to the simultaneous description of the coupled nuclear/electronic problem. Various combinations of electronic stmcture/ excited states and nuclear dynamics descriptions have been applied to dye-sensitized interfaces [54—57]. In most cases these approaches rely either on semi-empirical Hamiltonians [58, 59] or on the time-dependent propagation of single particle DFT orbitals [60, 61], with the nuclear dynamics being described within mixed quantum-classical [54, 55, 59, 60] or fuUy quantum mechanical approaches [61]. Real time propagation of the TDDFT excited states [62] has... 

Geerke, D. P, Thiel, S., Thiel, W, 8c van Gus-teren, W. F. (2008). QM-MM interactions in simulations of liquid water using combined semi-empirical/classical Hamiltonians. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 10, 297. 

Doron D, Major DT, Kohen A, Thiel W, Wu X (2011) Hybrid quantum and classical simulations of the dihydrofolate reductase catalyzed hydride transfer reaction on an accurate semi-empirical potential energy surface. J Chem Theory Comput 7(10) 3420-3437 Field M (2007) A practical introduction to the simulation of molecular systems, 2nd edn. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge... 

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