Molecular Hyperdynamics Coupled with the Nonorthogonal Tight-Binding Approach: Implementation and Validation

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
K P KatinM M Maslov

Abstract

We present the molecular hyperdynamics algorithm and its implementation to the nonorthogonal tight-binding model NTBM and the corresponding software. Due to its multiscale structure, the proposed approach provides the long time scale simulations (more than 1 s), unavailable for conventional molecular dynamics. No preliminary information about the system's potential landscape is needed for the use of this technique. The optimal interatomic potential modification is automatically derived from the previous simulation steps. The average time between adjusted potential energy fluctuations provides an accurate evaluation of physical time during the hyperdynamics simulation. The main application of the presented hyperdynamics method is the study of thermal-induced defects arising in the middle-sized or relatively large atomic systems at low temperatures. To validate the presented method, we apply it to the C60 cage and its derivative C60NH2. Hyperdynamics leads to the same results as a conventional molecular dynamics, but the former possesses much higher performance and accuracy due to the wider temperature region. The coefficient of acceleration achieves 107 and more.

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