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ArticleJournal of chemical theory and computation2025

Density-Functionalized QM/MM Delivers Chemical Accuracy For Solvated Systems.

Xin Chen, Jessica A Martinez B, Xuecheng Shao, Marc Riera Riambau, Oliviero Andreussi, Francesco Paesani, Michele Pavanello

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Xin ChenDepartment of Physics, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5227-1334
Jessica A Martinez BDepartment of Physics, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9577-3449
Xuecheng ShaoDepartment of Physics, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2215-0926
Marc Riera RiambauDepartment of Chemistry, University of California-San Diego, San Diego, California 92093, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7939-5030
Oliviero AndreussiDepartment of Chemistry, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho 83725, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1869-5678
Francesco PaesaniDepartment of Chemistry, University of California-San Diego, San Diego, California 92093, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4451-1203
Michele PavanelloDepartment of Physics, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8294-7481

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We present a reformulation of QM/MM as a fully quantum mechanical theory of interacting subsystems, all treated at the level of density functional theory (DFT). For the MM subsystem, which lacks orbitals, we assign an ad hoc electron density and apply orbital-free DFT functionals to describe its quantum properties. The interaction between the QM and MM subsystems is also treated using orbital-free density functionals, accounting for Coulomb interactions, exchange, correlation, and Pauli repulsion. Consistency across QM and MM subsystems is ensured by employing data-driven, many-body MM force fields that faithfully represent DFT functionals. Applications to water-solvated systems demonstrate that this approach achieves unprecedented, very rapid convergence to chemical accuracy as the size of the QM subsystem increases. We validate the method with several pilot studies, including water bulk, water clusters (prism hexamer and pentamers), solvated glucose, a palladium aqua ion, and a wet monolayer of MoS

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