Issue 26, 2022

Benchmarking various types of partial atomic charges for classical all-atom simulations of metal–organic frameworks

Abstract

The density derived electrostatic and chemical (DDEC) approach for calculating the charges of atoms in a metal–organic framework (MOF) is considered to be the most accurate (yet computationally costly) one among many charge-assignment methods. Here, we conducted a comparative study on five different types of atomic partial charges (namely CM5, Mulliken, Qeq, EQeq and PACMOF) prepared for a subset of MOFs with affordable computational costs and benchmarked them with respect to the DDEC charges, which is particularly relevant because currently most databases lack MOFs with pre-calculated DDEC charges. To find a suitable charge type alternative to the DDEC approach, we statistically ranked the five charge types based on two metrics, the relative standard deviation of charges and relative dipole moment difference, based on which we provide general guidance as well as suggestions for specific MOFs according to bond polarity analyses. Finally, we recommend a possible and more accurate parametrization scheme for future studies.

Graphical abstract: Benchmarking various types of partial atomic charges for classical all-atom simulations of metal–organic frameworks

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Jan 2022
Accepted
01 Jun 2022
First published
01 Jun 2022

Nanoscale, 2022,14, 9466-9473

Benchmarking various types of partial atomic charges for classical all-atom simulations of metal–organic frameworks

S. Liu and B. Luan, Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 9466 DOI: 10.1039/D2NR00354F

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