activity
20242026
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5 papers

physics.chem-ph2026

Can DFT-trained neural network potentials reproduce structure, solvation, and water-exchange properties in aqueous magnesium solutions?

Sebastian Falkner, Pablo Montero de Hijes, Christoph Dellago +1

Magnesium ions play an essential role in many biological processes but remain challenging to model in biomolecular simulations. Despite considerable scientific effort, classical fo…

cond-mat.soft2026

Dynamical properties of ab initio water from machine-learning potentials

P. Montero de Hijes, L. Neubeck, G. Kresse +1

We assess the dynamical properties of liquid water predicted by several density functionals using machine-learning interatomic potentials. MACE models were trained for SCAN, RPBE-D…

cond-mat.soft2025

Comparing the Mechanical and Thermodynamic Definitions of Pressure in Ice Nucleation

Pablo Montero de Hijes, Kaihang Shi, Carlos Vega +1

Crystal nucleation studies using hard-sphere and Lennard-Jones models have shown that the pressure within the nucleus is lower than that in the surrounding liquid. Here, we use the…

cond-mat.soft2024

Solid-liquid interfacial free energy from computer simulations: Challenges and recent advances

Nicodemo Di Pasquale, Jesus Algaba, Pablo Montero de Hijes +12

The theory of interfacial properties in liquid-liquid or liquid-vapour systems is nearly 200 years old. The advent of computational tools has greatly advanced the field, mainly thr…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Structure of the water/magnetite interface from sum frequency generation experiments and neural network based molecular dynamics simulations

Salvatore Romano, Harsharan Kaur, Moritz Zelenka +5

Magnetite, a naturally abundant mineral, frequently interacts with water in both natural settings and various technical applications, making the study of its surface chemistry high…