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20242026
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17 papers

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Strain-Dependent Wetting of Graphene

Darren Wayne Lim, Xavier R. Advincula, William C. Witt +3

Understanding how water wets graphene is critical for predicting and controlling its behaviour in nanofluidic, sensing, and energy applications. A key measure of wetting is the con…

physics.chem-ph2025

Breaking the Air-Water Paradigm: Ion Behavior at Hydrophobic Solid-Water Interfaces

Xavier R. Advincula, Kara D. Fong, Yongkang Wang +4

Hydrophobic solid-water interfaces underpin processes in nanofluidics, electrochemistry, and energy technologies. Microscopic insights into these systems are often inferred from ou…

physics.chem-ph2025

A foundation model for atomistic materials chemistry

Ilyes Batatia, Philipp Benner, Yuan Chiang +85

Atomistic simulations of matter, especially those that leverage first-principles (ab initio) electronic structure theory, provide a microscopic view of the world, underpinning much…

physics.comp-ph2025

Reproducibility of fixed-node diffusion Monte Carlo across diverse community codes: The case of water-methane dimer

Flaviano Della Pia, Benjamin X. Shi, Yasmine S. Al-Hamdani +30

Fixed-node diffusion quantum Monte Carlo (FN-DMC) is a widely-trusted many-body method for solving the Schrödinger equation, known for its reliable predictions of material and mol…

physics.chem-ph2025

Towards Routine Condensed Phase Simulations with Delta-Learned Coupled Cluster Accuracy: Application to Liquid Water

Niamh O'Neill, Benjamin X. Shi, William Baldwin +5

Simulating liquid water to an accuracy that matches its wealth of available experimental data requires both precise electronic structure methods and reliable sampling of nuclear (q…

physics.chem-ph2025

How reactive is water at the nanoscale and how to control it?

Xavier R. Advincula, Yair Litman, Kara D. Fong +3

Nanoconfined water plays a key role in nanofluidics, electrochemistry, and catalysis, yet its reactivity remains a matter of debate. Prior studies have reported both enhanced and s…