Classical hybrid Monte-Carlo simulations of the interconversion of hexabromocyclododecane
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- In this paper, we investigate the interconversion processes of the major flame retardant -- 1,2,5,6,9,10-hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) -- by the means of statistical thermodynamics based on classical force-fields. Three ideas will be presented. First, the application of classical hybrid Monte-Carlo simulations for quantum mechanical processes will be justified. Second, the problem of insufficient convergence properties of hybrid Monte-Carlo methods for the generation of low temperature canonical ensembles will be solved by an interpolation approach. Furthermore, it will be shown how free energy differences can be used for a rate matrix computation. The results of our numerical simulations will be compared to experimental results.
Author: | Marcus Weber, Roland Becker, Robert Köppen, Vedat Durmaz |
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Document Type: | ZIB-Report |
Tag: | Markov process; molecular dynamics; rate matrix |
MSC-Classification: | 80-XX CLASSICAL THERMODYNAMICS, HEAT TRANSFER (For thermodynamics of solids, see 74A15) / 80Axx Thermodynamics and heat transfer / 80A17 Thermodynamics of continua [See also 74A15] |
82-XX STATISTICAL MECHANICS, STRUCTURE OF MATTER / 82-08 Computational methods | |
Creating Corporation: | Zuse-Institut Berlin |
Date of first Publication: | 2007/11/07 |
Series (Serial Number): | ZIB-Report (07-31) |
ISSN: | 1438-0064 |
ZIB-Reportnumber: | 07-31 |
Published in: | A substantially revised version appeared under the title "Classical hybrid Monte-Carlo simulation of the interconversion of hexabromocyclododecane stereoisomers" in: Journal of Molecular Simulation, 34(7):727 - 736, June 2008 |