--- trunk/iceiPaper/iceiPaper.tex 2004/09/14 23:03:53 1457 +++ trunk/iceiPaper/iceiPaper.tex 2004/09/15 19:06:05 1459 @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ + %\documentclass[prb,aps,twocolumn,tabularx]{revtex4} \documentclass[preprint,aps,endfloats]{revtex4} %\documentclass[11pt]{article} @@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ \begin{document} -\title{A Free Energy Study of Low Temperature and Anomolous Ice} +\title{A Free Energy Study of Low Temperature and Anomalous Ice} \author{Christopher J. Fennell and J. Daniel Gezelter{\thefootnote} \footnote[1]{Corresponding author. \ Electronic mail: gezelter@nd.edu}} @@ -34,6 +35,17 @@ Notre Dame, Indiana 46556} %\doublespacing \begin{abstract} +The free energies of several ice polymorphs in the low pressure regime +were calculated using thermodynamic integration of systems consisting +of a variety of common water models. Ice-{\it i}, a recent +computationally observed solid structure, was determined to be the +stable state with the lowest free energy for all the water models +investigated. Phase diagrams were generated, and melting and boiling +points for all the models were determined and show relatively good +agreement with experiment, although the solid phase is different +between simulation and experiment. In addition, potential truncation +was shown to have an effect on the calculated free energies, and may +result in altered free energy landscapes. \end{abstract} \maketitle @@ -47,13 +59,89 @@ Notre Dame, Indiana 46556} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \section{Introduction} + +Molecular dynamics has developed into a valuable tool for studying the +phase behavior of systems ranging from small or simple +molecules\cite{smallStuff} to complex biological +species.\cite{bigStuff} Many techniques have been developed in order +to investigate the thermodynamic properites of model substances, +providing both qualitative and quantitative comparisons between +simulations and experiment.\cite{thermMethods} Investigation of these +properties leads to the development of new and more accurate models, +leading to better understanding and depiction of physical processes +and intricate molecular systems. + +Water has proven to be a challenging substance to depict in +simulations, and has resulted in a variety of models that attempt to +describe its behavior under a varying simulation +conditions.\cite{lotsOfWaterPapers} Many of these models have been +used to investigate important physical phenomena like phase +transitions and the hydrophobic effect.\cite{evenMorePapers} With the +advent of numerous differing models, it is only natural that attention +is placed on the properties of the models themselves in an attempt to +clarify their benefits and limitations when applied to a system of +interest.\cite{modelProps} One important but challenging property to +quantify is the free energy, particularly of the solid forms of +water. Difficulty in these types of studies typically arises from the +assortment of possible crystalline polymorphs that water that water +adopts over a wide range of pressures and temperatures. There are +currently 13 recognized forms of ice, and it is a challenging task to +investigate the entire free energy landscape.\cite{Sanz04} Ideally, +research is focused on the phases having the lowest free energy, +because these phases will dictate the true transition temperatures and +pressures for their respective model. + +In this paper, standard reference state methods were applied to the +study of crystalline water polymorphs in the low pressure regime. This +work is unique in the fact that one of the crystal lattices was +arrived at through crystallization of a computationally efficient +water model under constant pressure and temperature +conditions. Crystallization events are interesting in and of +themselves\cite{nucleationStudies}; however, the crystal structure +obtained in this case was different from any previously observed ice +polymorphs, in experiment or simulation.\cite{Fennell04} This crystal +was termed Ice-{\it i} in homage to its origin in computational +simulation. The unit cell (Fig. \ref{iceiCell}A) consists of eight +water molecules that stack in rows of interlocking water +tetramers. Proton ordering can be accomplished by orienting two of the +waters so that both of their donated hydrogen bonds are internal to +their tetramer (Fig. \ref{protOrder}). As expected in an ice crystal +constructed of water tetramers, the hydrogen bonds are not as linear +as those observed in ice $I_h$, however the interlocking of these +subunits appears to provide significant stabilization to the overall +crystal. The arrangement of these tetramers results in surrounding +open octagonal cavities that are typically greater than 6.3 \AA\ in +diameter. This relatively open overall structure leads to crystals +that are 0.07 g/cm$^3$ less dense on average than ice $I_h$. + +Results in the previous study indicated that Ice-{\it i} is the +minimum energy crystal structure for the single point water models +being studied (for discussions on these single point dipole models, +see the previous work and related +articles\cite{Fennell04,Ichiye96,Bratko85}). Those results only +consider energetic stabilization and neglect entropic contributions to +the overall free energy. To address this issue, the absolute free +energy of this crystal was calculated using thermodynamic integration +and compared to the free energies of cubic and hexagonal ice $I$ (the +experimental low density ice polymorphs) and ice B (a higher density, +but very stable crystal structure observed by B\`{a}ez and Clancy in +free energy studies of SPC/E).\cite{Baez95b} This work includes +results for the water model from which Ice-{\it i} was crystallized +(soft sticky dipole extended, SSD/E) in addition to several common +water models (TIP3P, TIP4P, TIP5P, and SPC/E) and a reaction field +parametrized single point dipole water model (soft sticky dipole +reaction field, SSD/RF). In should be noted that a second version of +Ice-{\it i} (Ice-2{\it i}) was used in calculations involving SPC/E, +TIP4P, and TIP5P. The unit cell of this crystal (Fig. \ref{iceiCell}B) +is similar to the Ice-{\it i} unit it is extended in the direction of +the (001) face and compressed along the other two faces. \section{Methods} Canonical ensemble (NVT) molecular dynamics calculations were performed using the OOPSE (Object-Oriented Parallel Simulation Engine) molecular mechanics package. All molecules were treated as rigid -bodies, with orientational motion propogated using the symplectic DLM +bodies, with orientational motion propagated using the symplectic DLM integration method. Details about the implementation of these techniques can be found in a recent publication.\cite{Meineke05} @@ -66,6 +154,23 @@ For the thermodynamic integration of molecular crystal resulting in a pressure of approximately 1 atm at their respective temperatures. +A single thermodynamic integration involves a sequence of simulations +over which the system of interest is converted into a reference system +for which the free energy is known. This transformation path is then +integrated in order to determine the free energy difference between +the two states: +\begin{equation} +\Delta A = \int_0^1\left\langle\frac{\partial V(\lambda +)}{\partial\lambda}\right\rangle_\lambda d\lambda, +\end{equation} +where $V$ is the interaction potential and $\lambda$ is the +transformation parameter that scales the overall +potential. Simulations are distributed unevenly along this path in +order to sufficiently sample the regions of greatest change in the +potential. Typical integrations in this study consisted of $\sim$25 +simulations ranging from 300 ps (for the unaltered system) to 75 ps +(near the reference state) in length. + For the thermodynamic integration of molecular crystals, the Einstein Crystal is chosen as the reference state that the system is converted to over the course of the simulation. In an Einstein Crystal, the @@ -117,7 +222,7 @@ propogate the motion of rigid-bodies, and provides the of an Ewald summation were estimated for TIP3P and SPC/E by performing calculations with Particle-Mesh Ewald (PME) in the TINKER molecular mechanics software package. TINKER was chosen because it can also -propogate the motion of rigid-bodies, and provides the most direct +propagate the motion of rigid-bodies, and provides the most direct comparison to the results from OOPSE. The calculated energy difference in the presence and absence of PME was applied to the previous results in order to predict changes in the free energy landscape. @@ -235,23 +340,37 @@ advantagious in that it facilitated the spontaneous cr at 355 K. This is due to the significant stability of Ice-{\it i} over all other polymorphs for this particular model under these conditions. While troubling, this behavior turned out to be -advantagious in that it facilitated the spontaneous crystallization of +advantageous in that it facilitated the spontaneous crystallization of Ice-{\it i}. These observations provide a warning that simulations of SSD/E as a ``liquid'' near 300 K are actually metastable and run the risk of spontaneous crystallization. However, this risk changes when applying a longer cutoff. +\begin{figure} +\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{cutoffChange.eps} +\caption{Free energy as a function of cutoff radius for (A) SSD/E, (B) +TIP3P, and (C) SSD/RF. Data points omitted include SSD/E: $I_c$ 12 +\AA\, TIP3P: $I_c$ 12 \AA\ and B 12 \AA\, and SSD/RF: $I_c$ 9 +\AA\. These crystals are unstable at 200 K and rapidly convert into a +liquid. The connecting lines are qualitative visual aid.} +\label{incCutoff} +\end{figure} + Increasing the cutoff radius in simulations of the more computationally efficient water models was done in order to evaluate the trend in free energy values when moving to systems that do not involve potential truncation. As seen in Fig. \ref{incCutoff}, the free energy of all the ice polymorphs show a substantial dependence on cutoff radius. In general, there is a narrowing of the free energy -differences while moving to greater cutoff radius. This trend is much -more subtle in the case of SSD/RF, indicating that the free energies -calculated with a reaction field present provide a more accurate -picture of the free energy landscape in the absence of potential -truncation. +differences while moving to greater cutoff radius. Interestingly, by +increasing the cutoff radius, the free energy gap was narrowed enough +in the SSD/E model that the liquid state is preferred under standard +simulation conditions (298 K and 1 atm). Thus, it is recommended that +simulations using this model choose interaction truncation radii +greater than 9 \AA\. This narrowing trend is much more subtle in the +case of SSD/RF, indicating that the free energies calculated with a +reaction field present provide a more accurate picture of the free +energy landscape in the absence of potential truncation. To further study the changes resulting to the inclusion of a long-range interaction correction, the effect of an Ewald summation @@ -263,7 +382,7 @@ cutoff radius is observed in these results. Ice-{\it i SPC/E water models are shown in Table \ref{pmeShift}. TIP4P and TIP5P are not fully supported in TINKER, so the results for these models could not be estimated. The same trend pointed out through increase of -cutoff radius is observed in these results. Ice-{\it i} is the +cutoff radius is observed in these PME results. Ice-{\it i} is the preferred polymorph at ambient conditions for both the TIP3P and SPC/E water models; however, there is a narrowing of the free energy differences between the various solid forms. In the case of SPC/E this @@ -278,7 +397,9 @@ the phase behavior of water models. \begin{minipage}{\linewidth} \renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\thempfootnote} \begin{center} -\caption{The free energy of the studied ice polymorphs after applying the energy difference attributed to the inclusion of the PME long-range interaction correction. Units are kcal/mol.} +\caption{The free energy of the studied ice polymorphs after applying +the energy difference attributed to the inclusion of the PME +long-range interaction correction. Units are kcal/mol.} \begin{tabular}{ l c c c c } \hline \\[-7mm] \ \ Water Model \ \ & \ \ \ \ \ $I_h$ \ \ & \ \ \ \ \ $I_c$ \ \ & \ \quad \ \ \ \ B \ \ & \ \ \ \ \ Ice-{\it i} \ \ \\ @@ -293,11 +414,40 @@ the phase behavior of water models. \section{Conclusions} +The free energy for proton ordered variants of hexagonal and cubic ice +$I$, ice B, and recently discovered Ice-{\it i} where calculated under +standard conditions for several common water models via thermodynamic +integration. All the water models studied show Ice-{\it i} to be the +minimum free energy crystal structure in the with a 9 \AA\ switching +function cutoff. Calculated melting and boiling points show +surprisingly good agreement with the experimental values; however, the +solid phase at 1 atm is Ice-{\it i}, not ice $I_h$. The effect of +interaction truncation was investigated through variation of the +cutoff radius, use of a reaction field parameterized model, and +estimation of the results in the presence of the Ewald summation +correction. Interaction truncation has a significant effect on the +computed free energy values, and may significantly alter the free +energy landscape for the more complex multipoint water models. Despite +these effects, these results show Ice-{\it i} to be an important ice +polymorph that should be considered in simulation studies. + +Due to this relative stability of Ice-{\it i} in all manner of +investigated simulation examples, the question arises as to possible +experimental observation of this polymorph. The rather extensive past +and current experimental investigation of water in the low pressure +regime leads the authors to be hesitant in ascribing relevance outside +of computational models, hence the descriptive name presented. That +being said, there are certain experimental conditions that would +provide the most ideal situation for possible observation. These +include the negative pressure or stretched solid regime, small +clusters in vacuum deposition environments, and in clathrate +structures involving small non-polar molecules. + \section{Acknowledgments} Support for this project was provided by the National Science Foundation under grant CHE-0134881. Computation time was provided by -the Notre Dame Bunch-of-Boxes (B.o.B) computer cluster under NSF grant -DMR-0079647. +the Notre Dame High Performance Computing Cluster and the Notre Dame +Bunch-of-Boxes (B.o.B) computer cluster (NSF grant DMR-0079647). \newpage