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A reversible minimum-to-minimum mapping method for the calculation of free-energy differences.

Doros N Theodorou1

  • 1School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Heroon Polytechniou Street, Zografou Campus, 157 80 Athens, Greece. doros@central.ntua.gr

The Journal of Chemical Physics
|January 28, 2006
PubMed
Summary

A new method calculates free-energy differences by mapping system configurations. This approach accurately determines excess chemical potential in Lennard-Jones fluids with reduced statistical uncertainty.

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Area of Science:

  • Computational chemistry and physics
  • Statistical mechanics
  • Thermodynamics

Background:

  • Calculating free-energy differences between systems is crucial in molecular simulations.
  • Traditional methods for chemical potential calculation face challenges, particularly at high densities.
  • Existing methods struggle with the insertion problem due to excluded volume interactions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a general, objective mapping method for calculating free-energy differences between two systems.
  • To apply this method for computing the excess chemical potential (μex) in a Lennard-Jones (LJ) fluid.
  • To overcome limitations of existing methods in high-density fluid simulations.

Main Methods:

  • Establishes objective mappings between disjoint subsets of configuration spaces of two systems (0 and 1).

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  • Averages a function of configurational integral ratios using system probability densities.
  • Employs a three-step algorithm (quenching, mutation, excitation) for sampling mapped configuration subsets.

    • Main Results:

    • Successfully calculated excess chemical potential (μex) in an LJ fluid at two state points.
    • Demonstrated that the new method yields correct μex values across various active domain radii.
    • Achieved statistical uncertainty an order of magnitude lower than Widom insertions at high densities.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed mapping method provides an accurate and efficient approach for free-energy calculations.
    • The algorithm effectively alleviates the insertion problem, improving simulations at high densities.
    • Optimal algorithm settings and relevant quantity distributions were explored for practical application.