activity
20242026
collaborators

6 papers

cond-mat.stat-mech2026

Structural Origin of Water Heat Capacity Anomaly from Classical and Quantum Simulations

Kam-Tung Chan, Dylan A. Folkner, Margaret L. Berrens +4

Water isobaric heat capacity is anomalously large under ambient conditions and exhibits a sharp maximum upon supercooling. Using classical and path-integral molecular dynamics with…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Stability and superstructural ordering of alkali-triel-pnictide clathrates ATPn

Frank Cerasoli, Xiaochen Jin, Genevieve Amobi +2

Clathrates are a class of inclusion compounds that offer various useful and surprising phenomena, including superconductivity, thermoelectricity, and the potential for high-density…

physics.chem-ph2025

Pseudo-grand canonical molecular dynamics via volumetrically controlled osmotic pressure

Blake I. Armstrong, Aaron D. Copeland, Davide Donadio +1

Molecular dynamics simulations are typically constrained to have a fixed number of particles, which limits our capability to simulate chemical and physical processes where the comp…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Metastability and Ostwald Step Rule in the Crystallisation of Diamond and Graphite from Molten Carbon

Davide Donadio, Margaret L. Berrens, Wanyu Zhao +2

The crystallisation of carbon from the melt under extreme conditions is highly relevant to earth and planetary science, materials manufacturing, and nuclear fusion research. The th…

physics.ed-ph2024

PLUMED Tutorials: a collaborative, community-driven learning ecosystem

Gareth A. Tribello, Massimiliano Bonomi, Giovanni Bussi +60

In computational physics, chemistry, and biology, the implementation of new techniques in a shared and open source software lowers barriers to entry and promotes rapid scientific p…

physics.chem-ph2024

Molecular Fingerprints of Ice Surfaces in Sum Frequency Generation Spectra: a First Principles Machine Learning Study

Margaret L. Berrens, Marcos F. Calegari Andrade, John T. Fourkas +2

Understanding the molecular-level structure and dynamics of ice surfaces is crucial for deciphering several chemical, physical, and atmospheric processes. Vibrational sum-frequency…