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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

Estimating Binding Energies of π-Stacked Aromatic Dimers Using Force Field-Driven Molecular Dynamics.

Daniel Doveiko, Karina Kubiak-Ossowska, Yu Chen

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors.

Daniel DoveikoPhotophysics Group, Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, Glasgow G4 0NG, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0516-689X
Karina Kubiak-OssowskaDepartment of Physics/ARCHIE-WeSt, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2357-2111
Yu ChenPhotophysics Group, Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, Glasgow G4 0NG, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2427-3559

Funding

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/T517938/1PQ Corporation EP/T517938/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

π-π stacking are omnipresent interactions, crucial in many areas of chemistry, and often studied using quantum chemical methods. Here, we report a simple and computationally efficient method of estimating the binding energies of stacked polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons based on steered molecular dynamics. This method leverages the force field parameters for accurate calculation. The presented results show good agreement with those obtained through DFT at the ωB97X-D3/cc-pVQZ level of theory. It is demonstrated that this force field-driven SMD method can be applied to other aromatic molecules, allowing insight into the complexity of the stacking interactions and, more importantly, reporting π-π stacking energy values with reasonable precision.

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationPolycyclic Aromatic HydrocarbonsDimerizationQuantum TheoryThermodynamicsPolycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbonsdensity functional theoryDFTMDmolecular dynamicsPAHpolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonsSMDsteered molecular dynamicsπ–π stacking

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PMID38891971
PMCPMC11171666

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