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most citedCommon Cations are not Polarizable: Effects of Dispersion Correction on Hydration Structures from Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics

29 citations · 46 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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physics.chem-ph2025

Bayesian learning for accurate and robust biomolecular force fields

Vojtech Kostal, Brennon L. Shanks, Pavel Jungwirth +1

Molecular dynamics is a valuable tool to probe biological processes at the atomistic level - a resolution often elusive to experiments. However, the credibility of molecular models…

physics.chem-ph2023

Non-Aqueous Ion Pairing Exemplifies the Case for Including Electronic Polarization in Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Vojtech Kostal, Pavel Jungwirth, Hector Martinez-Seara

The inclusion of electronic polarization is of crucial importance in molecular simulations of systems containing charged moieties. When neglected, as often done in force field simu…

physics.chem-ph2023★ 29 cited

Common Cations are not Polarizable: Effects of Dispersion Correction on Hydration Structures from Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics

Vojtech Kostal, Philip E. Mason, Hector Martinez-Seara +1

We employed density functional theory-based ab initio molecular dynamics simulations to examine the hydration structure of several common alkali and alkali earth metal cations. We…

physics.chem-ph2022★ 7 cited

Bridging Electrochemistry and Photoelectron Spectroscopy in the Context of Birch Reduction: Detachment Energies and Redox Potentials of Electron, Dielectron, and Benzene Radical Anion in Liquid Ammonia

Tatiana Nemirovich, Vojtech Kostal, Jakub Copko +5

Birch reduction is a time-proven way to hydrogenate aromatic hydrocarbons (such as benzene), which relies on the reducing power of electrons released from alkali metals into liquid…

physics.chem-ph2021★ 5 cited

Benzene Radical Anion Microsolvated in Ammonia Clusters: Modelling the Transition from an Unbound Resonance to a Bound Species

Vojtech Kostal, Krystof Brezina, Ondrej Marsalek +1

The benzene radical anion, well-known in organic chemistry as the first intermediate in the Birch reduction of benzene in liquid ammonia, exhibits intriguing properties from the po…

physics.chem-ph2021★ 5 cited

Electronic Structure of the Solvated Benzene Radical Anion

Krystof Brezina, Vojtech Kostal, Pavel Jungwirth +1

The benzene radical anion is a molecular ion pertinent to several organic reactions, including the Birch reduction of benzene in liquid ammonia. The species exhibits a dynamic Jahn…