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# Line 856 | Line 856 | C_{l}(t) = \langle P_l[\hat{\mathbf{u}}_j(0)\cdot\hat{
856   by:
857   \begin{equation}
858   C_{l}(t) = \langle P_l[\hat{\mathbf{u}}_j(0)\cdot\hat{\mathbf{u}}_j(t)]\rangle,
859 + \label{eq:reorientCorr}
860   \end{equation}
861   where $P_l$ are Legendre polynomials of order $l$ and
862   $\hat{\mathbf{u}}_j$ is the unit vector pointing along the molecular
# Line 950 | Line 951 | nature of contour plotting.
951   the visual contours in the figure. This highlights the qualitative
952   nature of contour plotting.
953  
954 < \section{Tetrahedrally Restructured Elongated Dipole (TRED) Water Model}
954 > \section{Tetrahedrally Restructured Elongated Dipole (TRED) Water Model}\label{sec:tredWater}
955  
956   The SSD/RF model works well with damped electrostatics, but because of
957   its point multipole character, there is no charge neutralization
# Line 1016 | Line 1017 | and $\omega^\circ$ unaltered. Finally, the strength of
1017   to the tenths place. We also unified the sticky parameters for the
1018   switching functions on the repulsive and attractive interactions in
1019   the interest of simplicity, and we left the quadrupole moment elements
1020 < and $\omega^\circ$ unaltered. Finally, the strength of the sticky
1020 > and $\omega^\circ$ unaltered. It should be noted that additional logic
1021 > needs to be included into the electrostatic code when using TRED to
1022 > insure that the charges of each water do not interact with the other
1023 > water's quadrupole moment. Finally, the strength of the sticky
1024   interaction ($v_0$) was modified to improve the shape of the first
1025   peaks in $g_\textrm{OO}(r)$ and $g_\textrm{OH}(r)$, while the $\sigma$
1026   and $\epsilon$ values were varied to adjust the location of the first
# Line 1079 | Line 1083 | the first minimum value of the experimental $g_\textrm
1083   \ref{fig:tredGofR}), $n_C$ and $n_H$ counts increase because of the
1084   further first minimum distance locations. This results in the
1085   integration extending over a larger water volume. If we integrate to
1086 < the first minimum value of the experimental $g_\textrm{OO}(r)$ (3.42
1087 < \AA ) in both the SSD/RF and TRED plots, the $n_C$ values for both are
1088 < much closer to experiment (4.7 for SSD/RF and 4.9 for TRED).
1086 > the first minimum value of the experimental $g_\textrm{OO}(r)$
1087 > (3.42~\AA ) in both the SSD/RF and TRED plots, the $n_C$ values for
1088 > both are much closer to experiment (4.7 for SSD/RF and 4.9 for TRED).
1089  
1090   \begin{figure}
1091   \centering
# Line 1097 | Line 1101 | interaction strength, and identical applied damping co
1101   bottom of table \ref{tab:tredProperties}. The static dielectric
1102   constant results for SSD/RF and TRED are identical within error. This
1103   is not surprising given the similar dipole moment, similar sticky
1104 < interaction strength, and identical applied damping constant. Comparing the static dielectric constant contour map (figure \ref{fig:tredDielectric}) with the dielectric map for SSD/RF
1104 > interaction strength, and identical applied damping
1105 > constant. Comparing the static dielectric constant contour map (figure
1106 > \ref{fig:tredDielectric}) with the dielectric map for SSD/RF (figure
1107 > \ref{fig:dielectricMap}D) highlights the similarities in how these
1108 > models respond to dielectric damping and how the dipolar and monopolar
1109 > electrostatic damping act in an equivalent fashion. Both these
1110 > dielectric maps span a larger range than the 3, 4, and 5 point-charge
1111 > water models; however, the SSD/RF range is greater than TRED,
1112 > indicating that multipoles are a little more sensitive to damping than
1113 > monopoles.
1114  
1115 + The final dielectric comparison comes through the Debye relaxation
1116 + time ($\tau_D$) or the collective dipolar relaxation time when
1117 + assuming a Debye treatment for the dielectric
1118 + relaxation.\cite{Chandra99,Kindt96} This value is calculated through
1119 + equation (\ref{eq:reorientCorr}) applied to the total system dipole
1120 + moment. The values for both of the models are a slower than the
1121 + experimental relaxation; however, they compare compare very well to
1122 + experiment considering the Debye relaxation times calculated for the
1123 + original SSD (11.95~ps) and the SPC/E (6.95~ps) and TIP3P (6.1~ps)
1124 + values. The $\tau_D$ for TRED is about 1.5~ps slower than the $\tau_D$
1125 + for SSD/RF, most likely due to the slower decay of the charge-charge
1126 + interaction, even when screened by the same damping constant.
1127 +
1128   \section{Conclusions}
1129  
1130   In the above sections, the density maximum and temperature dependence
# Line 1120 | Line 1146 | The simple water models investigated here are excellen
1146   when changing the method of calculating long-range electrostatic
1147   interactions.  
1148  
1149 + We also showed that SSD/RF performs well under the alternative damped
1150 + electrostatic conditions, validating the multipolar damping work in
1151 + the previous chapter. To improve the modeling of water when {\sc sf},
1152 + the TRED water model was developed. This model maintains improves upon
1153 + the thermodynamic properties of SSD/RF using damped electrostatics
1154 + while maintaining the exceptional depiction of water dynamics.
1155 +
1156   The simple water models investigated here are excellent choices for
1157   representing explicit water in large scale simulations of biochemical
1158   systems. They are more computationally efficient than the common
1159   charge based water models, and, in many cases, exhibit more realistic
1160   bulk phase fluid properties. These models are one of the few cases in
1161   which maximizing efficiency does not result in a loss in realistic
1162 < representation.
1162 > liquid water representation.

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