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ArticleChemical physics letters2021

Improved Indicator Algorithms for Tracking a Hydrated Proton as A Local Structural Defect in Grotthuss Diffusion in Aqueous Solutions.

Sahitya Talachutla, Shamik Bhat, Adam W Duster, Hai Lin

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Article in Chemical physics letters, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Sahitya TalachutlaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, 80217, USA.
Shamik BhatDepartment of Chemistry, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, 80217, USA.
Adam W DusterDepartment of Chemistry, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, 80217, USA.
Hai LinDepartment of Chemistry, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, 80217, USA.

Funding

Operation Mechanism of CLCF Fluoride/Proton AntiporterR15GM141728 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI LIN, HAI · 2021 to 2021
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NIGMS NIH HHS R15 GM141728
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Keeping track of a hydrated proton in dynamics simulations is important and nontrivial. Here, we report two revised algorithms for the proton indicator, a pseudo-atom whose position approximates the location of an excess proton diffusing via the Grotthuss mechanism in aqueous solution. The new methods describe the delocalized proton as a structural defect. Encouragingly, in test simulations of a hydrated proton in bulk water, the new algorithms substantially outperform the original scheme by significantly reducing large displacements in the indicator positions upon donor switch, yielding smoother trajectories that effectively track the movement of the solvated proton.

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Adaptive QM/MMExcess ProtonGrotthuss MechanismMolecular DynamicsSolvation

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PMID34707321
PMCPMC8545273

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