Learning Coarse-Grained Potentials for Binary Fluids
- BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)
Even though atomistic and CG models have been used to simulate liquid nanodroplets in vapor, very few rigorous studies of the liquid-liquid interface structure are available, and most of them are limited to planar interfaces. In this work, we evaluate several existing force fields (FF)s, including two atomistic and three CG FFs, with respect to modeling the interface structure and thermodynamic properties of the water-hexane interface. Both atomistic FFs are able to quantitatively reproduce the interfacial tension and the coexisting densities of the experimentally-observed planar interface. We use the atomistic FFs to model water droplets in hexane and use these simulations to test the CG FFs. We found that the tested CG FFs cannot reproduce the interfacial tensions of planar and/or curved interfaces. Finally, we propose a new approach for learning coarse-grained (CG) potentials within the CG SDK (Shinoda-DeVane- Klein) FF framework from atomistic simulation data. We demonstrate that the new potential significantly improves the prediction of both the interfacial tension and structure of water-hexane planar and curved interfaces.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 1668289
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-143761
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, Journal Name: Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 60
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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