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  • Computational chemistry
  • Physical chemistry
  • Biophysics

Background:

  • Surface hydrophobicity is indicated by water density fluctuations.
  • Characterizing these fluctuations typically requires computationally intensive methods like umbrella sampling.
  • Existing methods limit the scale of systems and the investigation of electronic effects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a computationally efficient method for analyzing water density fluctuations.
  • To overcome the limitations of traditional methods for studying interfacial water.
  • To enable the characterization of hydrophobicity in large, heterogeneous systems.

Main Methods:

  • A novel sparse sampling method for water density fluctuations.
  • Utilizing thermodynamic integration to estimate free energy differences.
  • Employing short simulations with a carefully chosen biasing potential.

Main Results:

  • The new method is approximately 100 times more efficient than umbrella sampling.
  • Free energy differences are accurately estimated without requiring overlap between distributions.
  • Successfully characterized water density fluctuations in the entire hydration shell of ubiquitin.

Conclusions:

  • The sparse sampling method offers a significant computational advantage for studying interfacial water.
  • This approach facilitates the investigation of hydrophobicity in large and complex systems, such as proteins.
  • The method opens new avenues for understanding the role of electronic structure and polarizability in surface properties.