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1 Parameterization of a reactive force field using a Monte Carlo algorithm Eldhose Iype (e.iype@tue.nl) November 19, 2015 Where innovation starts

2 Thermochemical energy storage 2/1 MgSO 4.xH 2 O+Q MgSO 4 +xh 2 O MgSO 4 +xh 2 O MgSO 4.xH 2 O +Q Energy storage density of thermochemical materials is about 10 times higher than that of water.

3 Thermochemical energy storage 2/1 Problem: Changes in the crystallinity of the material, Slow kinetics, Reusability etc. Dehydration Hydration MgSO 4.xH 2 O+Q MgSO 4 +xh 2 O MgSO 4 +xh 2 O MgSO 4.xH 2 O +Q

4 Thermochemical energy storage 2/1 Dehydration Hydration MgSO 4.xH 2 O+Q MgSO 4 +xh 2 O MgSO 4 +xh 2 O MgSO 4.xH 2 O +Q Aim: To study hydration and dehydration reactions To characterize the structural changes To understand the mechanism of water release during dehydration

5 Molecular dynamics Atoms are assumed to be point mass particles which obey Newton s laws of motion All particles interact with each other through some potential, U(r 1,r2, r N ) Force acting on any particle at any time is calculated as, F = U(r 1,r2, r N ) Positions are updated by integrating the equation of motion, F = ma Force Field Energy,E = E(r 1,r 2, r N ) 3/1 Force,F = E(r 1,r 2, r N )

6 Condensed water between two Pt slabs 4/1 Details: NVT ensemble, ρ water = kg/m 3

7 Condensed water between two Pt slabs 4/1 Details: NVT ensemble, ρ water = kg/m 3

8 Two phase water between platinum slabs 5/1 Details: NVT ensemble, ρ water = kg/m 3

9 Two phase water between platinum slabs 5/1 Details: NVT ensemble, ρ water = kg/m 3

10 ReaxFF force field 6/1 E system =E vdwaals + E Coulomb + E bond + E val + E tors Characteristics of ReaxFF + E over + E under + E H bond + E lp + E conj + E pen + E coa + E C2 + E triple Dynamic charges are calculated using EEM van Der Waal s interaction is calculated using a Morse-type potential Energy surface is made continuous Connected interactions include Bonded interaction (two body) Valence angle interaction (three body) Torsion interaction (four body) Hydrogen bond interaction

11 ReaxFF force field 6/1 E system =E vdwaals + E Coulomb + E bond + E val + E tors Characteristics of ReaxFF + E over + E under + E H bond + E lp + E conj + E pen + E coa + E C2 + E triple Dynamic charges are calculated using EEM van Der Waal s interaction is calculated using a Morse-type potential Energy surface is made continuous Connected interactions include Bonded interaction (two body) Valence angle interaction (three body) Torsion interaction (four body) Hydrogen bond interaction

12 What makes ReaxFF reactive? ReaxFF calculates bond order between every pair of atoms Bond order is a function of distance of separation Every connected interaction is made a function of this bond order Thus all the bonds become dynamic 7/1 BO ij =BO σ ij + BO π ij + BO ππ ij [ ) ] Pbo2 =exp + exp P bo1 [ P bo5 ( rij r σ o ( rij r ππ o + exp ) Pbo6 ] [ P bo3 ( rij r π o ) Pbo4 ]

13 Bond energy in Reax force field 8/1 Bond energy E system =E vdwaals + E Coulomb + E bond + E val + E tors + E over + E under + E H bond + E lp + E conj + E pen + E coa + E C2 + E triple [ E bond = D σ e BOσ ij exp P be1 (1 ( BO σ ) )] Pbe2 ij D π e BO π ij D ππ e BO ππ ij

14 E conj and E coa in ReaxFF 9/1

15 E pen for valence angle in ReaxFF 10/1

16 E C2 for valence angle in ReaxFF 11/1

17 DFT introduction First Hohenberg-Kohn Theorem 12/1 v ext (r) Ψ 0 n 0 (r) = Ψ 0 ˆn(r) Ψ 0 The theorem states that, one has a one-to-one correspondence between the external potential V ext in the Hamiltonian, the (non-degenerate) ground state Ψ 0 resulting from the Schrödinger equation and the associated ground state (electron) density n 0.

18 DFT introduction First Hohenberg-Kohn Theorem 12/1 v ext (r) Ψ 0 n 0 (r) = Ψ 0 ˆn(r) Ψ 0 The theorem states that, one has a one-to-one correspondence between the external potential V ext in the Hamiltonian, the (non-degenerate) ground state Ψ 0 resulting from the Schrödinger equation and the associated ground state (electron) density n 0.

19 DFT introduction 13/1 E[n] = Ψ[n] Ĥ Ψ[n] Thus, the many-body problem of N electrons with 3N spatial coordinates is reduced to a problem involving only 3 spatial coordinates. The second theorem states that the ground state correponds to the density which minimizes the total energy of the system. E 0 < E[n]

20 DFT introduction 13/1 E[n] = Ψ[n] Ĥ Ψ[n] Thus, the many-body problem of N electrons with 3N spatial coordinates is reduced to a problem involving only 3 spatial coordinates. The second theorem states that the ground state correponds to the density which minimizes the total energy of the system. E 0 < E[n]

21 Parameterization of ReaxFF force field Quantum Chemical (DFT) data is used to parameterize the force field A training data set is prepared which contains the following informations Atomic charges (Mulliken) Equilibrium bond lengths Equilibrium bond angles Torsion angles Energies of the DFT optimized geometries Heat of formation Error in the force field is then calculated n [ xi,qm x i,reaxff Err(p 1,p 2, p n ) = i=1 σ i ] 2 14/1

22 Parameterization of ReaxFF force field Quantum Chemical (DFT) data is used to parameterize the force field A training data set is prepared which contains the following informations Atomic charges (Mulliken) Equilibrium bond lengths Equilibrium bond angles Torsion angles Energies of the DFT optimized geometries Heat of formation Error in the force field is then calculated n [ xi,qm x i,reaxff Err(p 1,p 2, p n ) = i=1 σ i ] 2 14/1

23 Parameterization of ReaxFF force field Quantum Chemical (DFT) data is used to parameterize the force field A training data set is prepared which contains the following informations Atomic charges (Mulliken) Equilibrium bond lengths Equilibrium bond angles Torsion angles Energies of the DFT optimized geometries Heat of formation Error in the force field is then calculated n [ xi,qm x i,reaxff Err(p 1,p 2, p n ) = i=1 σ i ] 2 14/1

24 Parabolic search algorithm 15/1 Err(p 1,p 2, p n ) = n [ xi,qm x i,reaxff σ i i=1 ] Error 1178 Error in the force field Trial values for a paramter

25 Drawbacks of parabolic search algorithm Only one parameter is searched at a time The procedure has to repeated over several rounds It will only find a local minimum Needs a good starting point Shapes of typical ReaxFF Error surface 16/1 Error Error vs σ-bond radius Error Error vs EEM hardness σ-bond radius of S-atom EEM hardness for Mg-atom 1e+07 9e+06 Error vs vdw parameter Error vs r vdw 8e Error 7e+06 6e+06 5e+06 4e+06 3e+06 2e+06 1e vdw parameter for S-O interaction Error vdw radius of Mg-atom (r vdw )

26 A double well potential with a linear term 17/1 U(x) = x x x

27 Equilibrium distribution of states The distribution has a global maximum near the left well. 17/

28 Metropolis Monte Carlo (MMC) method 18/1 Calculate the error of the starting force field, Errold Make a new proposition (move) for the parameters Calculate the error of the new force field, Errnew Calculate the difference in the Error, i.e. Err = Err new Err old Accept the move with a probability given by, Repeat the algorithm P = min[1,exp( β Error)],where,β = 1 k B T

29 Error vs β for a Simulated Annealing run 19/1 7e+06 Error vs β =1/(K B T) 6e+06 5e+06 Error 4e+06 3e+06 2e+06 1e e β

30 Comparison between MMC and ParSearch 19/1 For five random starting force fields Error ratio (Error MMC /Error ParSearch ) Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Trial 4 Trial Iteration

31 Comparison of the error values 20/1 Table : Initial and final errors of the five simulations. The average < Error > and the coefficient of variation, std(sigma) <Error>, of the final errors are shown. Trial Error initial 1E 6 Error final 1E 6 ParSearch MMC < Error > std(error) <Error>

32 Energies of the hydrates of MgSO 4.xH 2 O 21/1 x ranging from 0 to DFT ReaxFF Err rms : 9.8 kcal/mol Energy (kcal/mol) Geometry number

33 Equation of state for MgSO 4 21/1 Energy (kcal/mol) DFT ReaxFF ReaxFF (100 * σ i ) Err rms ReaxFF (100 * σ i ): 4.5 kcal/mol Err rms ReaxFF: 4.8 kcal/mol Volume

34 Equation of state for MgSO 4.7H 2 O 21/1 Energy (kcal/mol) DFT ReaxFF ReaxFF (100 * σ i ) Err rms ReaxFF: 3.4 kcal/mol Err rms ReaxFF (100 * σ i ) : 7.0 kcal/mol Volume

35 Binding energy 21/1 Binding energy of one water molecule on the (100) surface of MgSO 4 Binding Energy with one water molecule MgSO 4 Energy (kcal/mol) DFT ReaxFF ReaxFF (100 * σ i ) Err rms ReaxFF: 18.0 kcal/mol Err rms ReaxFF (100 * σ i ): 10.7 kcal/mol Distance

36 Hydrogen bonds in MgSO 4 hydrates 22/1 Number of escaped water molecules mbar-noHB 19.5mbar-noHB 39mbar-noHB 9.75mbar 19.5mbar 39mbar Time (ns) The hydrogen bonds slows down the kinetics of dehydration as can be seen from the two sets of dehydration curves (one with hydrogen bonds and the other without hydrogen bonds) in the figure.

37 Dissaperance of step-edge sites 23/1 The movement of step-edge sites in Co-nanoparticles are studied using ReaxFF.

38 Conclusion Metropolis MC algorithm is used to parameterize the ReaxFF force field. The method shows good improvement over the traditional optimization scheme. The stochastic nature of the method allows one to arrive at the global minima in the parameter space. 24/1

39 Thank You!! 25/1

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