Abstract Carbon Dots (CDs) in the recent years have been found to exhibit exceptional thermal stability. The superior nature CDs demonstrate their physical, chemical, optical and conductive properties together with low cytotoxicity make them a true contender conventional inorganic counterparts. In this study traditional thermodynamic that support high stability of investigated. has relationship...

Recent studies show the Earth’s core may contain more magnesium (Mg) than previously thought, with perhaps up to 6 wt% in the early core and ∼1wt% still existing now. The Mg partitioning between liquid and solid iron (Fe) under the relevant conditions is needed, therefore, in order to establish whether the presence of magnesium will have an effect on core properties, particularly those of the i...

In drug discovery, protonation states and tautomerization are easily overlooked. Through a Merck-Rutgers collaboration, this paper re-examined the initial settings and preparations for the Thermodynamic Integration (TI) calculation in AMBER Free-Energy Workflows, demonstrating the value of careful consideration of ligand protonation and tautomer state. Finally, promising results comparing AMBER...

Bayesian inference is intractable for many interesting models, making deterministic algorithms for approximate inference highly desirable. Unlike stochastic methods, which are exact in the limit, the accuracy of these approaches cannot be reasonably judged. In this paper we show how low order perturbation corrections to an expectation-consistent (EC) approximation can provide the necessary tool...

We study the transfer of two-dimensional Lennard-Jones solutes into the two-dimensional Lennard-Jones solvent. Thermodynamic quantities associated with this process are calculated. For this purpose the Monte Carlo method in two different ensembles, reflecting different thermodynamic restrictions, is utilized. The excess free enthalpy, excess enthalpy (p,T), and excess free energy and excess int...

Smart surfaces of biobased materials: IV. Dynamic surface effects in films of F-containing cellulose esters Ulrike Becker and Wolfgang Glasser Biobased Materials/Recycling Center, and Department of Wood Science and Forest Products Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Abstract: Dynamic surface phenomena were examined in films of fluorine (F)-containing cellulose derivatives. The derivatives were either...

We determine the relative thermodynamic stability of competing homogeneously and inhomogeneously ordered ferroelectric phases of PbTiO3 using its free-energy landscape, obtained from constrained-polarization moleculardynamics simulations with a first-principles effective Hamiltonian and thermodynamic integration. While we find that the tetragonal structure is thermodynamically most stable at te...

The ability to determine the free energy of solvation for a number of small organic molecules with varying sizes and properties from the coordinate trajectory of a single simulation of a given reference state was investigated. The relative free energies were estimated from a single step perturbation using the perturbation formula. The reference state consisted of a cavity surrounded by solvent....