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22   \begin{document}
23  
24 < \title{A Free Energy Study of Low Temperature and Anomolous Ice}
24 > \title{A Free Energy Study of Low Temperature and Anomalous Ice}
25  
26   \author{Christopher J. Fennell and J. Daniel Gezelter{\thefootnote}
27   \footnote[1]{Corresponding author. \ Electronic mail: gezelter@nd.edu}}
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36  
37   \begin{abstract}
38 + The free energies of several ice polymorphs in the low pressure regime
39 + were calculated using thermodynamic integration of systems consisting
40 + of a variety of common water models. Ice-{\it i}, a recent
41 + computationally observed solid structure, was determined to be the
42 + stable state with the lowest free energy for all the water models
43 + investigated. Phase diagrams were generated, and melting and boiling
44 + points for all the models were determined and show relatively good
45 + agreement with experiment, although the solid phase is different
46 + between simulation and experiment. In addition, potential truncation
47 + was shown to have an effect on the calculated free energies, and may
48 + result in altered free energy landscapes.
49   \end{abstract}
50  
51   \maketitle
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60  
61   \section{Introduction}
62  
63 + Molecular dynamics has developed into a valuable tool for studying the
64 + phase behavior of systems ranging from small or simple
65 + molecules\cite{smallStuff} to complex biological
66 + species.\cite{bigStuff} Many techniques have been developed in order
67 + to investigate the thermodynamic properites of model substances,
68 + providing both qualitative and quantitative comparisons between
69 + simulations and experiment.\cite{thermMethods} Investigation of these
70 + properties leads to the development of new and more accurate models,
71 + leading to better understanding and depiction of physical processes
72 + and intricate molecular systems.
73 +
74 + Water has proven to be a challenging substance to depict in
75 + simulations, and has resulted in a variety of models that attempt to
76 + describe its behavior under a varying simulation
77 + conditions.\cite{lotsOfWaterPapers} Many of these models have been
78 + used to investigate important physical phenomena like phase
79 + transitions and the hydrophobic effect.\cite{evenMorePapers} With the
80 + advent of numerous differing models, it is only natural that attention
81 + is placed on the properties of the models themselves in an attempt to
82 + clarify their benefits and limitations when applied to a system of
83 + interest.\cite{modelProps} One important but challenging property to
84 + quantify is the free energy, particularly of the solid forms of
85 + water. Difficulty in these types of studies typically arises from the
86 + assortment of possible crystalline polymorphs that water that water
87 + adopts over a wide range of pressures and temperatures. There are
88 + currently 13 recognized forms of ice, and it is a challenging task to
89 + investigate the entire free energy landscape.\cite{Sanz04} Ideally,
90 + research is focused on the phases having the lowest free energy,
91 + because these phases will dictate the true transition temperatures and
92 + pressures for their respective model.
93 +
94 + In this paper, standard reference state methods were applied to the
95 + study of crystalline water polymorphs in the low pressure regime. This
96 + work is unique in the fact that one of the crystal lattices was
97 + arrived at through crystallization of a computationally efficient
98 + water model under constant pressure and temperature
99 + conditions. Crystallization events are interesting in and of
100 + themselves\cite{nucleationStudies}; however, the crystal structure
101 + obtained in this case was different from any previously observed ice
102 + polymorphs, in experiment or simulation.\cite{Fennell04} This crystal
103 + was termed Ice-{\it i} in homage to its origin in computational
104 + simulation. The unit cell (Fig. \ref{iceiCell}A) consists of eight
105 + water molecules that stack in rows of interlocking water
106 + tetramers. Proton ordering can be accomplished by orienting two of the
107 + waters so that both of their donated hydrogen bonds are internal to
108 + their tetramer (Fig. \ref{protOrder}). As expected in an ice crystal
109 + constructed of water tetramers, the hydrogen bonds are not as linear
110 + as those observed in ice $I_h$, however the interlocking of these
111 + subunits appears to provide significant stabilization to the overall
112 + crystal. The arrangement of these tetramers results in surrounding
113 + open octagonal cavities that are typically greater than 6.3 \AA\ in
114 + diameter. This relatively open overall structure leads to crystals
115 + that are 0.07 g/cm$^3$ less dense on average than ice $I_h$.
116 +
117 + Results in the previous study indicated that Ice-{\it i} is the
118 + minimum energy crystal structure for the single point water models
119 + being studied (for discussions on these single point dipole models,
120 + see the previous work and related
121 + articles\cite{Fennell04,Ichiye96,Bratko85}). Those results only
122 + consider energetic stabilization and neglect entropic contributions to
123 + the overall free energy. To address this issue, the absolute free
124 + energy of this crystal was calculated using thermodynamic integration
125 + and compared to the free energies of cubic and hexagonal ice $I$ (the
126 + experimental low density ice polymorphs) and ice B (a higher density,
127 + but very stable crystal structure observed by B\`{a}ez and Clancy in
128 + free energy studies of SPC/E).\cite{Baez95b} This work includes
129 + results for the water model from which Ice-{\it i} was crystallized
130 + (soft sticky dipole extended, SSD/E) in addition to several common
131 + water models (TIP3P, TIP4P, TIP5P, and SPC/E) and a reaction field
132 + parametrized single point dipole water model (soft sticky dipole
133 + reaction field, SSD/RF). In should be noted that a second version of
134 + Ice-{\it i} (Ice-2{\it i}) was used in calculations involving SPC/E,
135 + TIP4P, and TIP5P. The unit cell of this crystal (Fig. \ref{iceiCell}B)
136 + is similar to the Ice-{\it i} unit it is extended in the direction of
137 + the (001) face and compressed along the other two faces.
138 +
139   \section{Methods}
140  
141 + Canonical ensemble (NVT) molecular dynamics calculations were
142 + performed using the OOPSE (Object-Oriented Parallel Simulation Engine)
143 + molecular mechanics package. All molecules were treated as rigid
144 + bodies, with orientational motion propagated using the symplectic DLM
145 + integration method. Details about the implementation of these
146 + techniques can be found in a recent publication.\cite{Meineke05}
147 +
148 + Thermodynamic integration was utilized to calculate the free energy of
149 + several ice crystals at 200 K using the TIP3P, TIP4P, TIP5P, SPC/E,
150 + SSD/RF, and SSD/E water models. Liquid state free energies at 300 and
151 + 400 K for all of these water models were also determined using this
152 + same technique, in order to determine melting points and generate
153 + phase diagrams. All simulations were carried out at densities
154 + resulting in a pressure of approximately 1 atm at their respective
155 + temperatures.
156 +
157 + A single thermodynamic integration involves a sequence of simulations
158 + over which the system of interest is converted into a reference system
159 + for which the free energy is known. This transformation path is then
160 + integrated in order to determine the free energy difference between
161 + the two states:
162 + \begin{equation}
163 + \Delta A = \int_0^1\left\langle\frac{\partial V(\lambda
164 + )}{\partial\lambda}\right\rangle_\lambda d\lambda,
165 + \end{equation}
166 + where $V$ is the interaction potential and $\lambda$ is the
167 + transformation parameter that scales the overall
168 + potential. Simulations are distributed unevenly along this path in
169 + order to sufficiently sample the regions of greatest change in the
170 + potential. Typical integrations in this study consisted of $\sim$25
171 + simulations ranging from 300 ps (for the unaltered system) to 75 ps
172 + (near the reference state) in length.
173 +
174 + For the thermodynamic integration of molecular crystals, the Einstein
175 + Crystal is chosen as the reference state that the system is converted
176 + to over the course of the simulation. In an Einstein Crystal, the
177 + molecules are harmonically restrained at their ideal lattice locations
178 + and orientations. The partition function for a molecular crystal
179 + restrained in this fashion has been evaluated, and the Helmholtz Free
180 + Energy ({\it A}) is given by
181 + \begin{eqnarray}
182 + A = E_m\ -\ kT\ln \left (\frac{kT}{h\nu}\right )^3&-&kT\ln \left
183 + [\pi^\frac{1}{2}\left (\frac{8\pi^2I_\mathrm{A}kT}{h^2}\right
184 + )^\frac{1}{2}\left (\frac{8\pi^2I_\mathrm{B}kT}{h^2}\right
185 + )^\frac{1}{2}\left (\frac{8\pi^2I_\mathrm{C}kT}{h^2}\right
186 + )^\frac{1}{2}\right ] \nonumber \\ &-& kT\ln \left [\frac{kT}{2(\pi
187 + K_\omega K_\theta)^{\frac{1}{2}}}\exp\left
188 + (-\frac{kT}{2K_\theta}\right)\int_0^{\left (\frac{kT}{2K_\theta}\right
189 + )^\frac{1}{2}}\exp(t^2)\mathrm{d}t\right ],
190 + \label{ecFreeEnergy}
191 + \end{eqnarray}
192 + where $2\pi\nu = (K_\mathrm{v}/m)^{1/2}$.\cite{Baez95a} In equation
193 + \ref{ecFreeEnergy}, $K_\mathrm{v}$, $K_\mathrm{\theta}$, and
194 + $K_\mathrm{\omega}$ are the spring constants restraining translational
195 + motion and deflection of and rotation around the principle axis of the
196 + molecule respectively (Fig. \ref{waterSpring}), and $E_m$ is the
197 + minimum potential energy of the ideal crystal. In the case of
198 + molecular liquids, the ideal vapor is chosen as the target reference
199 + state.
200 + \begin{figure}
201 + \includegraphics[scale=1.0]{rotSpring.eps}
202 + \caption{Possible orientational motions for a restrained molecule.
203 + $\theta$ angles correspond to displacement from the body-frame {\it
204 + z}-axis, while $\omega$ angles correspond to rotation about the
205 + body-frame {\it z}-axis. $K_\theta$ and $K_\omega$ are spring
206 + constants for the harmonic springs restraining motion in the $\theta$
207 + and $\omega$ directions.}
208 + \label{waterSpring}
209 + \end{figure}
210 +
211 + Charge, dipole, and Lennard-Jones interactions were modified by a
212 + cubic switching between 100\% and 85\% of the cutoff value (9 \AA ). By
213 + applying this function, these interactions are smoothly truncated,
214 + thereby avoiding poor energy conserving dynamics resulting from
215 + harsher truncation schemes. The effect of a long-range correction was
216 + also investigated on select model systems in a variety of manners. For
217 + the SSD/RF model, a reaction field with a fixed dielectric constant of
218 + 80 was applied in all simulations.\cite{Onsager36} For a series of the
219 + least computationally expensive models (SSD/E, SSD/RF, and TIP3P),
220 + simulations were performed with longer cutoffs of 12 and 15 \AA\ to
221 + compare with the 9 \AA\ cutoff results. Finally, results from the use
222 + of an Ewald summation were estimated for TIP3P and SPC/E by performing
223 + calculations with Particle-Mesh Ewald (PME) in the TINKER molecular
224 + mechanics software package. TINKER was chosen because it can also
225 + propagate the motion of rigid-bodies, and provides the most direct
226 + comparison to the results from OOPSE. The calculated energy difference
227 + in the presence and absence of PME was applied to the previous results
228 + in order to predict changes in the free energy landscape.
229 +
230   \section{Results and discussion}
231  
232 + The free energy of proton ordered Ice-{\it i} was calculated and
233 + compared with the free energies of proton ordered variants of the
234 + experimentally observed low-density ice polymorphs, $I_h$ and $I_c$,
235 + as well as the higher density ice B, observed by B\`{a}ez and Clancy
236 + and thought to be the minimum free energy structure for the SPC/E
237 + model at ambient conditions (Table \ref{freeEnergy}).\cite{Baez95b}
238 + Ice XI, the experimentally observed proton ordered variant of ice
239 + $I_h$, was investigated initially, but it was found not to be as
240 + stable as antiferroelectric variants of proton ordered or even proton
241 + disordered ice$I_h$.\cite{Davidson84} The proton ordered variant of
242 + ice $I_h$ used here is a simple antiferroelectric version that has an
243 + 8 molecule unit cell. The crystals contained 648 or 1728 molecules for
244 + ice B, 1024 or 1280 molecules for ice $I_h$, 1000 molecules for ice
245 + $I_c$, or 1024 molecules for Ice-{\it i}. The larger crystal sizes
246 + were necessary for simulations involving larger cutoff values.
247 +
248 + \begin{table*}
249 + \begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
250 + \renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\thempfootnote}
251 + \begin{center}
252 + \caption{Calculated free energies for several ice polymorphs with a
253 + variety of common water models. All calculations used a cutoff radius
254 + of 9 \AA\ and were performed at 200 K and $\sim$1 atm. Units are
255 + kcal/mol. *Ice $I_c$ is unstable at 200 K using SSD/RF.}
256 + \begin{tabular}{ l  c  c  c  c }
257 + \hline \\[-7mm]
258 + \ \quad \ Water Model\ \ & \ \quad \ \ \ \ $I_h$ \ \ & \ \quad \ \ \ \ $I_c$ \ \  & \ \quad \ \ \ \ B \ \  & \ \quad \ \ \ Ice-{\it i} \ \quad \ \\
259 + \hline \\[-3mm]
260 + \ \quad \ TIP3P  & \ \quad \ -11.41 & \ \quad \ -11.23 & \ \quad \ -11.82 & \quad -12.30\\
261 + \ \quad \ TIP4P  & \ \quad \ -11.84 & \ \quad \ -12.04 & \ \quad \ -12.08 & \quad -12.33\\
262 + \ \quad \ TIP5P  & \ \quad \ -11.85 & \ \quad \ -11.86 & \ \quad \ -11.96 & \quad -12.29\\
263 + \ \quad \ SPC/E  & \ \quad \ -12.67 & \ \quad \ -12.96 & \ \quad \ -13.25 & \quad -13.55\\
264 + \ \quad \ SSD/E  & \ \quad \ -11.27 & \ \quad \ -11.19 & \ \quad \ -12.09 & \quad -12.54\\
265 + \ \quad \ SSD/RF & \ \quad \ -11.51 & \ \quad \ NA* & \ \quad \ -12.08 & \quad -12.29\\
266 + \end{tabular}
267 + \label{freeEnergy}
268 + \end{center}
269 + \end{minipage}
270 + \end{table*}
271 +
272 + The free energy values computed for the studied polymorphs indicate
273 + that Ice-{\it i} is the most stable state for all of the common water
274 + models studied. With the free energy at these state points, the
275 + temperature and pressure dependence of the free energy was used to
276 + project to other state points and build phase diagrams. Figures
277 + \ref{tp3phasedia} and \ref{ssdrfphasedia} are example diagrams built
278 + from the free energy results. All other models have similar structure,
279 + only the crossing points between these phases exist at different
280 + temperatures and pressures. It is interesting to note that ice $I$
281 + does not exist in either cubic or hexagonal form in any of the phase
282 + diagrams for any of the models. For purposes of this study, ice B is
283 + representative of the dense ice polymorphs. A recent study by Sanz
284 + {\it et al.} goes into detail on the phase diagrams for SPC/E and
285 + TIP4P in the high pressure regime.\cite{Sanz04}
286 + \begin{figure}
287 + \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{tp3PhaseDia.eps}
288 + \caption{Phase diagram for the TIP3P water model in the low pressure
289 + regime. The displayed $T_m$ and $T_b$ values are good predictions of
290 + the experimental values; however, the solid phases shown are not the
291 + experimentally observed forms. Both cubic and hexagonal ice $I$ are
292 + higher in energy and don't appear in the phase diagram.}
293 + \label{tp3phasedia}
294 + \end{figure}
295 + \begin{figure}
296 + \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{ssdrfPhaseDia.eps}
297 + \caption{Phase diagram for the SSD/RF water model in the low pressure
298 + regime. Calculations producing these results were done under an
299 + applied reaction field. It is interesting to note that this
300 + computationally efficient model (over 3 times more efficient than
301 + TIP3P) exhibits phase behavior similar to the less computationally
302 + conservative charge based models.}
303 + \label{ssdrfphasedia}
304 + \end{figure}
305 +
306 + \begin{table*}
307 + \begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
308 + \renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\thempfootnote}
309 + \begin{center}
310 + \caption{Melting ($T_m$), boiling ($T_b$), and sublimation ($T_s$)
311 + temperatures of several common water models compared with experiment.}
312 + \begin{tabular}{ l  c  c  c  c  c  c  c }
313 + \hline \\[-7mm]
314 + \ \ Equilibria Point\ \ & \ \ \ \ \ TIP3P \ \ & \ \ \ \ \ TIP4P \ \ & \ \quad \ \ \ \ TIP5P \ \ & \ \ \ \ \ SPC/E \ \ & \ \ \ \ \ SSD/E \ \ & \ \ \ \ \ SSD/RF \ \ & \ \ \ \ \ Exp. \ \ \\
315 + \hline \\[-3mm]
316 + \ \ $T_m$ (K)  & \ \ 269 & \ \ 265 & \ \ 271 &  297 & \ \ - & \ \ 278 & \ \ 273\\
317 + \ \ $T_b$ (K)  & \ \ 357 & \ \ 354 & \ \ 337 &  396 & \ \ - & \ \ 349 & \ \ 373\\
318 + \ \ $T_s$ (K)  & \ \ - & \ \ - & \ \ - &  - & \ \ 355 & \ \ - & \ \ -\\
319 + \end{tabular}
320 + \label{meltandboil}
321 + \end{center}
322 + \end{minipage}
323 + \end{table*}
324 +
325 + Table \ref{meltandboil} lists the melting and boiling temperatures
326 + calculated from this work. Surprisingly, most of these models have
327 + melting points that compare quite favorably with experiment. The
328 + unfortunate aspect of this result is that this phase change occurs
329 + between Ice-{\it i} and the liquid state rather than ice $I_h$ and the
330 + liquid state. These results are actually not contrary to previous
331 + studies in the literature. Earlier free energy studies of ice $I$
332 + using TIP4P predict a $T_m$ ranging from 214 to 238 K (differences
333 + being attributed to choice of interaction truncation and different
334 + ordered and disordered molecular arrangements). If the presence of ice
335 + B and Ice-{\it i} were omitted, a $T_m$ value around 210 K would be
336 + predicted from this work. However, the $T_m$ from Ice-{\it i} is
337 + calculated at 265 K, significantly higher in temperature than the
338 + previous studies. Also of interest in these results is that SSD/E does
339 + not exhibit a melting point at 1 atm, but it shows a sublimation point
340 + at 355 K. This is due to the significant stability of Ice-{\it i} over
341 + all other polymorphs for this particular model under these
342 + conditions. While troubling, this behavior turned out to be
343 + advantageous in that it facilitated the spontaneous crystallization of
344 + Ice-{\it i}. These observations provide a warning that simulations of
345 + SSD/E as a ``liquid'' near 300 K are actually metastable and run the
346 + risk of spontaneous crystallization. However, this risk changes when
347 + applying a longer cutoff.
348 +
349 + \begin{figure}
350 + \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{cutoffChange.eps}
351 + \caption{Free energy as a function of cutoff radius for (A) SSD/E, (B)
352 + TIP3P, and (C) SSD/RF. Data points omitted include SSD/E: $I_c$ 12
353 + \AA\, TIP3P: $I_c$ 12 \AA\ and B 12 \AA\, and SSD/RF: $I_c$ 9
354 + \AA\. These crystals are unstable at 200 K and rapidly convert into a
355 + liquid. The connecting lines are qualitative visual aid.}
356 + \label{incCutoff}
357 + \end{figure}
358 +
359 + Increasing the cutoff radius in simulations of the more
360 + computationally efficient water models was done in order to evaluate
361 + the trend in free energy values when moving to systems that do not
362 + involve potential truncation. As seen in Fig. \ref{incCutoff}, the
363 + free energy of all the ice polymorphs show a substantial dependence on
364 + cutoff radius. In general, there is a narrowing of the free energy
365 + differences while moving to greater cutoff radius. Interestingly, by
366 + increasing the cutoff radius, the free energy gap was narrowed enough
367 + in the SSD/E model that the liquid state is preferred under standard
368 + simulation conditions (298 K and 1 atm). Thus, it is recommended that
369 + simulations using this model choose interaction truncation radii
370 + greater than 9 \AA\. This narrowing trend is much more subtle in the
371 + case of SSD/RF, indicating that the free energies calculated with a
372 + reaction field present provide a more accurate picture of the free
373 + energy landscape in the absence of potential truncation.
374 +
375 + To further study the changes resulting to the inclusion of a
376 + long-range interaction correction, the effect of an Ewald summation
377 + was estimated by applying the potential energy difference do to its
378 + inclusion in systems in the presence and absence of the
379 + correction. This was accomplished by calculation of the potential
380 + energy of identical crystals with and without PME using TINKER. The
381 + free energies for the investigated polymorphs using the TIP3P and
382 + SPC/E water models are shown in Table \ref{pmeShift}. TIP4P and TIP5P
383 + are not fully supported in TINKER, so the results for these models
384 + could not be estimated. The same trend pointed out through increase of
385 + cutoff radius is observed in these PME results. Ice-{\it i} is the
386 + preferred polymorph at ambient conditions for both the TIP3P and SPC/E
387 + water models; however, there is a narrowing of the free energy
388 + differences between the various solid forms. In the case of SPC/E this
389 + narrowing is significant enough that it becomes less clear cut that
390 + Ice-{\it i} is the most stable polymorph, and is possibly metastable
391 + with respect to ice B and possibly ice $I_c$. However, these results
392 + do not significantly alter the finding that the Ice-{\it i} polymorph
393 + is a stable crystal structure that should be considered when studying
394 + the phase behavior of water models.
395 +
396 + \begin{table*}
397 + \begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
398 + \renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\thempfootnote}
399 + \begin{center}
400 + \caption{The free energy of the studied ice polymorphs after applying
401 + the energy difference attributed to the inclusion of the PME
402 + long-range interaction correction. Units are kcal/mol.}
403 + \begin{tabular}{ l  c  c  c  c }
404 + \hline \\[-7mm]
405 + \ \ Water Model \ \ & \ \ \ \ \ $I_h$ \ \ & \ \ \ \ \ $I_c$ \ \ & \ \quad \ \ \ \ B \ \ & \ \ \ \ \ Ice-{\it i} \ \ \\
406 + \hline \\[-3mm]
407 + \ \ TIP3P  & \ \ -11.53 & \ \ -11.24 & \ \ -11.51 & \ \ -11.67\\
408 + \ \ SPC/E  & \ \ -12.77 & \ \ -12.92 & \ \ -12.96 & \ \ -13.02\\
409 + \end{tabular}
410 + \label{pmeShift}
411 + \end{center}
412 + \end{minipage}
413 + \end{table*}
414 +
415   \section{Conclusions}
416  
417 + The free energy for proton ordered variants of hexagonal and cubic ice
418 + $I$, ice B, and recently discovered Ice-{\it i} where calculated under
419 + standard conditions for several common water models via thermodynamic
420 + integration. All the water models studied show Ice-{\it i} to be the
421 + minimum free energy crystal structure in the with a 9 \AA\ switching
422 + function cutoff. Calculated melting and boiling points show
423 + surprisingly good agreement with the experimental values; however, the
424 + solid phase at 1 atm is Ice-{\it i}, not ice $I_h$. The effect of
425 + interaction truncation was investigated through variation of the
426 + cutoff radius, use of a reaction field parameterized model, and
427 + estimation of the results in the presence of the Ewald summation
428 + correction. Interaction truncation has a significant effect on the
429 + computed free energy values, and may significantly alter the free
430 + energy landscape for the more complex multipoint water models. Despite
431 + these effects, these results show Ice-{\it i} to be an important ice
432 + polymorph that should be considered in simulation studies.
433 +
434 + Due to this relative stability of Ice-{\it i} in all manner of
435 + investigated simulation examples, the question arises as to possible
436 + experimental observation of this polymorph. The rather extensive past
437 + and current experimental investigation of water in the low pressure
438 + regime leads the authors to be hesitant in ascribing relevance outside
439 + of computational models, hence the descriptive name presented. That
440 + being said, there are certain experimental conditions that would
441 + provide the most ideal situation for possible observation. These
442 + include the negative pressure or stretched solid regime, small
443 + clusters in vacuum deposition environments, and in clathrate
444 + structures involving small non-polar molecules.
445 +
446   \section{Acknowledgments}
447   Support for this project was provided by the National Science
448   Foundation under grant CHE-0134881. Computation time was provided by
449 < the Notre Dame Bunch-of-Boxes (B.o.B) computer cluster under NSF grant
450 < DMR-0079647.
449 > the Notre Dame High Performance Computing Cluster and the Notre Dame
450 > Bunch-of-Boxes (B.o.B) computer cluster (NSF grant DMR-0079647).
451  
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