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American Institute of Physics, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 12(134), p. 121105

DOI: 10.1063/1.3573375

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Communication: The effect of dispersion corrections on the melting temperature of liquid water

Journal article published in 2011 by Soohaeng Yoo, Sotiris S. Xantheas ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

The melting temperature (T(m)) of liquid water with the Becke-Lee-Yang-Parr (BLYP) density functional including dispersion corrections (BLYP-D) and the Thole-type, version 3 (TTM3-F) ab-initio based flexible, polarizable classical potential is reported via constant pressure and constant enthalpy (NPH) molecular dynamics simulations of an ice I(h)-liquid coexisting system. Dispersion corrections to BLYP lower T(m) to about 360 K, a large improvement over the value of T(m) > 400 K previously obtained with the original BLYP functional under the same simulation conditions. For TTM3-F, T(m) = 248 K from classical molecular dynamics simulations.