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ArticleEntropy (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Information-Theoretic Analysis of Selected Water Force Fields: From Molecular Clusters to Bulk Properties.

Rodolfo O Esquivel, Hazel Vázquez-Hernández, Alexander Pérez de La Luz

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Article in Entropy (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Rodolfo O EsquivelDepartamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City 09340, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-8953-2537
Hazel Vázquez-HernándezDepartamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City 09340, Mexico.ORCID 0009-0006-7507-7899
Alexander Pérez de La LuzDepartamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City 09340, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-0952-0304

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Abstract

We present a comprehensive information-theoretic evaluation of three widely used rigid water models (TIP3P, SPC, and SPC/ε) through systematic analysis of water clusters ranging from single molecules to 11-molecule aggregates. Five fundamental descriptors-Shannon entropy, Fisher information, disequilibrium, LMC complexity, and Fisher-Shannon complexity-were calculated in both position and momentum spaces to quantify electronic delocalizability, localization, uniformity, and structural sophistication. Clusters containing 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 molecules (denoted 1 M, 3 M, 5 M, 7 M, 9 M, and 11 M) were selected to balance computational tractability with representative scaling behavior. Molecular dynamics simulations validated the force fields against experimental bulk properties (density, dielectric constant, self-diffusion coefficient), while statistical analysis using Shapiro-Wilk normality tests and Student's

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bulk propertiescluster analysiscomplexity measuresFisher informationforce fieldsinformation theorymolecular dynamicsShannon entropywater models

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PMID41149031
PMCPMC12563123

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