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Area of Science:

  • Computational chemistry
  • Materials science
  • Chemical physics

Background:

  • Reactive force fields enable cost-effective simulations of chemical reactions.
  • Optimization of these force fields is typically challenging and labor-intensive.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a high-performance implementation for global force-field parameter optimization.
  • To reduce the effort and time required for optimizing reactive force fields.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a high-performance computational approach for global force-field parameter optimization.
  • Implemented and tested the method targeting the ReaxFF force field.
  • Demonstrated parallel scaling capabilities of the implementation.

Main Results:

  • Achieved parameter sets of high quality with significantly reduced effort and time.
  • The new method shows excellent parallel scaling performance.
  • Successful application examples targeting the ReaxFF force field were demonstrated.

Conclusions:

  • The presented high-performance implementation greatly accelerates and simplifies the optimization of reactive force fields.
  • This advancement makes accurate simulations of chemical reactions more accessible.
  • The method is efficient and scalable for various chemical systems.