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21 \begin{document}
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23 \title{Ice-{\it i}: a simulation-predicted ice polymorph which is more
24 stable than Ice $I_h$ for point-charge and point-dipole water models}
25
26 \author{Christopher J. Fennell and J. Daniel Gezelter \\
27 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry\\ University of Notre Dame\\
28 Notre Dame, Indiana 46556}
29
30 \date{\today}
31
32 \maketitle
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34
35 \begin{abstract}
36 The absolute free energies of several ice polymorphs which are stable
37 at low pressures were calculated using thermodynamic integration to a
38 reference system (the Einstein crystal). These integrations were
39 performed for most of the common water models (SPC/E, TIP3P, TIP4P,
40 TIP5P, SSD/E, SSD/RF). Ice-{\it i}, a structure we recently observed
41 crystallizing at room temperature for one of the single-point water
42 models, was determined to be the stable crystalline state (at 1 atm)
43 for {\it all} the water models investigated. Phase diagrams were
44 generated, and phase coexistence lines were determined for all of the
45 known low-pressure ice structures under all of these water models.
46 Additionally, potential truncation was shown to have an effect on the
47 calculated free energies, and can result in altered free energy
48 landscapes. Structure factor predictions for the new crystal were
49 generated and we await experimental confirmation of the existence of
50 this new polymorph.
51 \end{abstract}
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59 \section{Introduction}
60
61 Water has proven to be a challenging substance to depict in
62 simulations, and a variety of models have been developed to describe
63 its behavior under varying simulation
64 conditions.\cite{Stillinger74,Rahman75,Berendsen81,Jorgensen83,Bratko85,Berendsen87,Caldwell95,Liu96,Berendsen98,Dill00,Mahoney00,Fennell04}
65 These models have been used to investigate important physical
66 phenomena like phase transitions, transport properties, and the
67 hydrophobic effect.\cite{Yamada02,Marrink94,Gallagher03} With the
68 choice of models available, it is only natural to compare the models
69 under interesting thermodynamic conditions in an attempt to clarify
70 the limitations of each of the
71 models.\cite{Jorgensen83,Jorgensen98b,Clancy94,Mahoney01} Two
72 important properties to quantify are the Gibbs and Helmholtz free
73 energies, particularly for the solid forms of water. Difficulty in
74 these types of studies typically arises from the assortment of
75 possible crystalline polymorphs that water adopts over a wide range of
76 pressures and temperatures. There are currently 13 recognized forms
77 of ice, and it is a challenging task to investigate the entire free
78 energy landscape.\cite{Sanz04} Ideally, research is focused on the
79 phases having the lowest free energy at a given state point, because
80 these phases will dictate the relevant transition temperatures and
81 pressures for the model.
82
83 In this paper, standard reference state methods were applied to known
84 crystalline water polymorphs in the low pressure regime. This work is
85 unique in that one of the crystal lattices was arrived at through
86 crystallization of a computationally efficient water model under
87 constant pressure and temperature conditions. Crystallization events
88 are interesting in and of themselves;\cite{Matsumoto02,Yamada02}
89 however, the crystal structure obtained in this case is different from
90 any previously observed ice polymorphs in experiment or
91 simulation.\cite{Fennell04} We have named this structure Ice-{\it i}
92 to indicate its origin in computational simulation. The unit cell
93 (Fig. \ref{iceiCell}A) consists of eight water molecules that stack in
94 rows of interlocking water tetramers. Proton ordering can be
95 accomplished by orienting two of the molecules so that both of their
96 donated hydrogen bonds are internal to their tetramer
97 (Fig. \ref{protOrder}). As expected in an ice crystal constructed of
98 water tetramers, the hydrogen bonds are not as linear as those
99 observed in ice $I_h$, however the interlocking of these subunits
100 appears to provide significant stabilization to the overall
101 crystal. The arrangement of these tetramers results in surrounding
102 open octagonal cavities that are typically greater than 6.3 \AA\ in
103 diameter. This relatively open overall structure leads to crystals
104 that are 0.07 g/cm$^3$ less dense on average than ice $I_h$.
105
106 \begin{figure}
107 \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{unitCell.eps}
108 \caption{Unit cells for (A) Ice-{\it i} and (B) Ice-{\it i}$^\prime$,
109 the elongated variant of Ice-{\it i}. The spheres represent the
110 center-of-mass locations of the water molecules. The $a$ to $c$
111 ratios for Ice-{\it i} and Ice-{\it i}$^\prime$ are given by
112 $a:2.1214c$ and $a:1.7850c$ respectively.}
113 \label{iceiCell}
114 \end{figure}
115
116 \begin{figure}
117 \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{orderedIcei.eps}
118 \caption{Image of a proton ordered crystal of Ice-{\it i} looking
119 down the (001) crystal face. The rows of water tetramers surrounded by
120 octagonal pores leads to a crystal structure that is significantly
121 less dense than ice $I_h$.}
122 \label{protOrder}
123 \end{figure}
124
125 Results from our previous study indicated that Ice-{\it i} is the
126 minimum energy crystal structure for the single point water models we
127 had investigated (for discussions on these single point dipole models,
128 see our previous work and related
129 articles).\cite{Fennell04,Liu96,Bratko85} Those results only
130 considered energetic stabilization and neglected entropic
131 contributions to the overall free energy. To address this issue, we
132 have calculated the absolute free energy of this crystal using
133 thermodynamic integration and compared to the free energies of cubic
134 and hexagonal ice $I$ (the experimental low density ice polymorphs)
135 and ice B (a higher density, but very stable crystal structure
136 observed by B\`{a}ez and Clancy in free energy studies of
137 SPC/E).\cite{Baez95b} This work includes results for the water model
138 from which Ice-{\it i} was crystallized (SSD/E) in addition to several
139 common water models (TIP3P, TIP4P, TIP5P, and SPC/E) and a reaction
140 field parametrized single point dipole water model (SSD/RF). It should
141 be noted that a second version of Ice-{\it i} (Ice-{\it i}$^\prime$)
142 was used in calculations involving SPC/E, TIP4P, and TIP5P. The unit
143 cell of this crystal (Fig. \ref{iceiCell}B) is similar to the Ice-{\it
144 i} unit it is extended in the direction of the (001) face and
145 compressed along the other two faces. There is typically a small
146 distortion of proton ordered Ice-{\it i}$^\prime$ that converts the
147 normally square tetramer into a rhombus with alternating approximately
148 85 and 95 degree angles. The degree of this distortion is model
149 dependent and significant enough to split the tetramer diagonal
150 location peak in the radial distribution function.
151
152 \section{Methods}
153
154 Canonical ensemble (NVT) molecular dynamics calculations were
155 performed using the OOPSE molecular mechanics package.\cite{Meineke05}
156 All molecules were treated as rigid bodies, with orientational motion
157 propagated using the symplectic DLM integration method. Details about
158 the implementation of this technique can be found in a recent
159 publication.\cite{Dullweber1997}
160
161 Thermodynamic integration is an established technique for
162 determination of free energies of condensed phases of
163 materials.\cite{Frenkel84,Hermens88,Meijer90,Baez95a,Vlot99}. This
164 method, implemented in the same manner illustrated by B\`{a}ez and
165 Clancy, was utilized to calculate the free energy of several ice
166 crystals at 200 K using the TIP3P, TIP4P, TIP5P, SPC/E, SSD/RF, and
167 SSD/E water models.\cite{Baez95a} Liquid state free energies at 300
168 and 400 K for all of these water models were also determined using
169 this same technique in order to determine melting points and to
170 generate phase diagrams. All simulations were carried out at densities
171 which correspond to a pressure of approximately 1 atm at their
172 respective temperatures.
173
174 Thermodynamic integration involves a sequence of simulations during
175 which the system of interest is converted into a reference system for
176 which the free energy is known analytically. This transformation path
177 is then integrated in order to determine the free energy difference
178 between the two states:
179 \begin{equation}
180 \Delta A = \int_0^1\left\langle\frac{\partial V(\lambda
181 )}{\partial\lambda}\right\rangle_\lambda d\lambda,
182 \end{equation}
183 where $V$ is the interaction potential and $\lambda$ is the
184 transformation parameter that scales the overall
185 potential. Simulations are distributed strategically along this path
186 in order to sufficiently sample the regions of greatest change in the
187 potential. Typical integrations in this study consisted of $\sim$25
188 simulations ranging from 300 ps (for the unaltered system) to 75 ps
189 (near the reference state) in length.
190
191 For the thermodynamic integration of molecular crystals, the Einstein
192 crystal was chosen as the reference system. In an Einstein crystal,
193 the molecules are restrained at their ideal lattice locations and
194 orientations. Using harmonic restraints, as applied by B\`{a}ez and
195 Clancy, the total potential for this reference crystal
196 ($V_\mathrm{EC}$) is the sum of all the harmonic restraints,
197 \begin{equation}
198 V_\mathrm{EC} = \frac{K_\mathrm{v}r^2}{2} + \frac{K_\theta\theta^2}{2} +
199 \frac{K_\omega\omega^2}{2},
200 \end{equation}
201 where $K_\mathrm{v}$, $K_\mathrm{\theta}$, and $K_\mathrm{\omega}$ are
202 the spring constants restraining translational motion and deflection
203 of and rotation around the principle axis of the molecule
204 respectively. These spring constants are typically calculated from
205 the mean-square displacements of water molecules in an unrestrained
206 ice crystal at 200 K. For these studies, $K_\mathrm{r} = 4.29$ kcal
207 mol$^{-1}$, $K_\theta\ = 13.88$ kcal mol$^{-1}$, and $K_\omega\ =
208 17.75$ kcal mol$^{-1}$. It is clear from Fig. \ref{waterSpring} that
209 the values of $\theta$ range from $0$ to $\pi$, while $\omega$ ranges
210 from $-\pi$ to $\pi$. The partition function for a molecular crystal
211 restrained in this fashion can be evaluated analytically, and the
212 Helmholtz Free Energy ({\it A}) is given by
213 \begin{eqnarray}
214 A = E_m\ -\ kT\ln \left (\frac{kT}{h\nu}\right )^3&-&kT\ln \left
215 [\pi^\frac{1}{2}\left (\frac{8\pi^2I_\mathrm{A}kT}{h^2}\right
216 )^\frac{1}{2}\left (\frac{8\pi^2I_\mathrm{B}kT}{h^2}\right
217 )^\frac{1}{2}\left (\frac{8\pi^2I_\mathrm{C}kT}{h^2}\right
218 )^\frac{1}{2}\right ] \nonumber \\ &-& kT\ln \left [\frac{kT}{2(\pi
219 K_\omega K_\theta)^{\frac{1}{2}}}\exp\left
220 (-\frac{kT}{2K_\theta}\right)\int_0^{\left (\frac{kT}{2K_\theta}\right
221 )^\frac{1}{2}}\exp(t^2)\mathrm{d}t\right ],
222 \label{ecFreeEnergy}
223 \end{eqnarray}
224 where $2\pi\nu = (K_\mathrm{v}/m)^{1/2}$, and $E_m$ is the minimum
225 potential energy of the ideal crystal.\cite{Baez95a}
226
227 \begin{figure}
228 \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{rotSpring.eps}
229 \caption{Possible orientational motions for a restrained molecule.
230 $\theta$ angles correspond to displacement from the body-frame {\it
231 z}-axis, while $\omega$ angles correspond to rotation about the
232 body-frame {\it z}-axis. $K_\theta$ and $K_\omega$ are spring
233 constants for the harmonic springs restraining motion in the $\theta$
234 and $\omega$ directions.}
235 \label{waterSpring}
236 \end{figure}
237
238 In the case of molecular liquids, the ideal vapor is chosen as the
239 target reference state. There are several examples of liquid state
240 free energy calculations of water models present in the
241 literature.\cite{Hermens88,Quintana92,Mezei92,Baez95b} These methods
242 typically differ in regard to the path taken for switching off the
243 interaction potential to convert the system to an ideal gas of water
244 molecules. In this study, we applied of one of the most convenient
245 methods and integrated over the $\lambda^4$ path, where all
246 interaction parameters are scaled equally by this transformation
247 parameter. This method has been shown to be reversible and provide
248 results in excellent agreement with other established
249 methods.\cite{Baez95b}
250
251 Charge, dipole, and Lennard-Jones interactions were modified by a
252 cubic switching between 100\% and 85\% of the cutoff value (9 \AA
253 ). By applying this function, these interactions are smoothly
254 truncated, thereby avoiding the poor energy conservation which results
255 from harsher truncation schemes. The effect of a long-range correction
256 was also investigated on select model systems in a variety of
257 manners. For the SSD/RF model, a reaction field with a fixed
258 dielectric constant of 80 was applied in all
259 simulations.\cite{Onsager36} For a series of the least computationally
260 expensive models (SSD/E, SSD/RF, and TIP3P), simulations were
261 performed with longer cutoffs of 12 and 15 \AA\ to compare with the 9
262 \AA\ cutoff results. Finally, the effects of utilizing an Ewald
263 summation were estimated for TIP3P and SPC/E by performing single
264 configuration calculations with Particle-Mesh Ewald (PME) in the
265 TINKER molecular mechanics software package.\cite{Tinker} The
266 calculated energy difference in the presence and absence of PME was
267 applied to the previous results in order to predict changes to the
268 free energy landscape.
269
270 \section{Results and discussion}
271
272 The free energy of proton-ordered Ice-{\it i} was calculated and
273 compared with the free energies of proton ordered variants of the
274 experimentally observed low-density ice polymorphs, $I_h$ and $I_c$,
275 as well as the higher density ice B, observed by B\`{a}ez and Clancy
276 and thought to be the minimum free energy structure for the SPC/E
277 model at ambient conditions (Table \ref{freeEnergy}).\cite{Baez95b}
278 Ice XI, the experimentally-observed proton-ordered variant of ice
279 $I_h$, was investigated initially, but was found to be not as stable
280 as proton disordered or antiferroelectric variants of ice $I_h$. The
281 proton ordered variant of ice $I_h$ used here is a simple
282 antiferroelectric version that we devised, and it has an 8 molecule
283 unit cell similar to other predicted antiferroelectric $I_h$
284 crystals.\cite{Davidson84} The crystals contained 648 or 1728
285 molecules for ice B, 1024 or 1280 molecules for ice $I_h$, 1000
286 molecules for ice $I_c$, or 1024 molecules for Ice-{\it i}. The larger
287 crystal sizes were necessary for simulations involving larger cutoff
288 values.
289
290 \begin{table*}
291 \begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
292 \begin{center}
293
294 \caption{Calculated free energies for several ice polymorphs with a
295 variety of common water models. All calculations used a cutoff radius
296 of 9 \AA\ and were performed at 200 K and $\sim$1 atm. Units are
297 kcal/mol. Calculated error of the final digits is in parentheses.}
298
299 \begin{tabular}{lcccc}
300 \hline
301 Water Model & $I_h$ & $I_c$ & B & Ice-{\it i}\\
302 \hline
303 TIP3P & -11.41(2) & -11.23(3) & -11.82(3) & -12.30(3)\\
304 TIP4P & -11.84(3) & -12.04(2) & -12.08(3) & -12.33(3)\\
305 TIP5P & -11.85(3) & -11.86(2) & -11.96(2) & -12.29(2)\\
306 SPC/E & -12.87(2) & -13.05(2) & -13.26(3) & -13.55(2)\\
307 SSD/E & -11.27(2) & -11.19(4) & -12.09(2) & -12.54(2)\\
308 SSD/RF & -11.51(2) & -11.47(2) & -12.08(3) & -12.29(2)\\
309 \end{tabular}
310 \label{freeEnergy}
311 \end{center}
312 \end{minipage}
313 \end{table*}
314
315 The free energy values computed for the studied polymorphs indicate
316 that Ice-{\it i} is the most stable state for all of the common water
317 models studied. With the calculated free energy at these state points,
318 the Gibbs-Helmholtz equation was used to project to other state points
319 and to build phase diagrams. Figures
320 \ref{tp3phasedia} and \ref{ssdrfphasedia} are example diagrams built
321 from the free energy results. All other models have similar structure,
322 although the crossing points between the phases move to slightly
323 different temperatures and pressures. It is interesting to note that
324 ice $I$ does not exist in either cubic or hexagonal form in any of the
325 phase diagrams for any of the models. For purposes of this study, ice
326 B is representative of the dense ice polymorphs. A recent study by
327 Sanz {\it et al.} goes into detail on the phase diagrams for SPC/E and
328 TIP4P at higher pressures than those studied here.\cite{Sanz04}
329
330 \begin{figure}
331 \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{tp3PhaseDia.eps}
332 \caption{Phase diagram for the TIP3P water model in the low pressure
333 regime. The displayed $T_m$ and $T_b$ values are good predictions of
334 the experimental values; however, the solid phases shown are not the
335 experimentally observed forms. Both cubic and hexagonal ice $I$ are
336 higher in energy and don't appear in the phase diagram.}
337 \label{tp3phasedia}
338 \end{figure}
339
340 \begin{figure}
341 \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{ssdrfPhaseDia.eps}
342 \caption{Phase diagram for the SSD/RF water model in the low pressure
343 regime. Calculations producing these results were done under an
344 applied reaction field. It is interesting to note that this
345 computationally efficient model (over 3 times more efficient than
346 TIP3P) exhibits phase behavior similar to the less computationally
347 conservative charge based models.}
348 \label{ssdrfphasedia}
349 \end{figure}
350
351 \begin{table*}
352 \begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
353 \begin{center}
354
355 \caption{Melting ($T_m$), boiling ($T_b$), and sublimation ($T_s$)
356 temperatures at 1 atm for several common water models compared with
357 experiment. The $T_m$ and $T_s$ values from simulation correspond to a
358 transition between Ice-{\it i} (or Ice-{\it i}$^\prime$) and the
359 liquid or gas state.}
360
361 \begin{tabular}{lccccccc}
362 \hline
363 Equilibrium Point & TIP3P & TIP4P & TIP5P & SPC/E & SSD/E & SSD/RF & Exp.\\
364 \hline
365 $T_m$ (K) & 269(4) & 266(5) & 271(4) & 296(3) & - & 278(4) & 273\\
366 $T_b$ (K) & 357(2) & 354(2) & 337(2) & 396(2) & - & 348(2) & 373\\
367 $T_s$ (K) & - & - & - & - & 355(2) & - & -\\
368 \end{tabular}
369 \label{meltandboil}
370 \end{center}
371 \end{minipage}
372 \end{table*}
373
374 Table \ref{meltandboil} lists the melting and boiling temperatures
375 calculated from this work. Surprisingly, most of these models have
376 melting points that compare quite favorably with experiment. The
377 unfortunate aspect of this result is that this phase change occurs
378 between Ice-{\it i} and the liquid state rather than ice $I_h$ and the
379 liquid state. These results are actually not contrary to previous
380 studies in the literature. Earlier free energy studies of ice $I$
381 using TIP4P predict a $T_m$ ranging from 214 to 238 K (differences
382 being attributed to choice of interaction truncation and different
383 ordered and disordered molecular
384 arrangements).\cite{Vlot99,Gao00,Sanz04} If the presence of ice B and
385 Ice-{\it i} were omitted, a $T_m$ value around 210 K would be
386 predicted from this work. However, the $T_m$ from Ice-{\it i} is
387 calculated at 265 K, significantly higher in temperature than the
388 previous studies. Also of interest in these results is that SSD/E does
389 not exhibit a melting point at 1 atm, but it shows a sublimation point
390 at 355 K. This is due to the significant stability of Ice-{\it i} over
391 all other polymorphs for this particular model under these
392 conditions. While troubling, this behavior resulted in spontaneous
393 crystallization of Ice-{\it i} and led us to investigate this
394 structure. These observations provide a warning that simulations of
395 SSD/E as a ``liquid'' near 300 K are actually metastable and run the
396 risk of spontaneous crystallization. However, this risk lessens when
397 applying a longer cutoff.
398
399 \begin{figure}
400 \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{cutoffChange.eps}
401 \caption{Free energy as a function of cutoff radius for (A) SSD/E, (B)
402 TIP3P, and (C) SSD/RF with a reaction field. Both SSD/E and TIP3P show
403 significant cutoff radius dependence of the free energy and appear to
404 converge when moving to cutoffs greater than 12 \AA. Use of a reaction
405 field with SSD/RF results in free energies that exhibit minimal cutoff
406 radius dependence.}
407 \label{incCutoff}
408 \end{figure}
409
410 Increasing the cutoff radius in simulations of the more
411 computationally efficient water models was done in order to evaluate
412 the trend in free energy values when moving to systems that do not
413 involve potential truncation. As seen in Fig. \ref{incCutoff}, the
414 free energy of all the ice polymorphs for the SSD/E and TIP3P models
415 show a substantial dependence on cutoff radius. In general, there is a
416 narrowing of the free energy differences while moving to greater
417 cutoff radii. As the free energies for the polymorphs converge, the
418 stability advantage that Ice-{\it i} exhibits is reduced; however, it
419 remains the most stable polymorph for both of these models over the
420 depicted range for both models. This narrowing trend is not
421 significant in the case of SSD/RF, indicating that the free energies
422 calculated with a reaction field present provide, at minimal
423 computational cost, a more accurate picture of the free energy
424 landscape in the absence of potential truncation. Interestingly,
425 increasing the cutoff radius a mere 1.5 \AA\ with the SSD/E model
426 destabilizes the Ice-{\it i} polymorph enough that the liquid state is
427 preferred under standard simulation conditions (298 K and 1
428 atm). Thus, it is recommended that simulations using this model choose
429 interaction truncation radii greater than 9 \AA. Considering this
430 stabilization provided by smaller cutoffs, it is not surprising that
431 crystallization into Ice-{\it i} was observed with SSD/E. The choice
432 of a 9 \AA\ cutoff in the previous simulations gives the Ice-{\it i}
433 polymorph a greater than 1 kcal/mol lower free energy than the ice
434 $I_\textrm{h}$ starting configurations.
435
436 To further study the changes resulting to the inclusion of a
437 long-range interaction correction, the effect of an Ewald summation
438 was estimated by applying the potential energy difference do to its
439 inclusion in systems in the presence and absence of the correction.
440 This was accomplished by calculation of the potential energy of
441 identical crystals both with and without PME. The free energies for
442 the investigated polymorphs using the TIP3P and SPC/E water models are
443 shown in Table \ref{pmeShift}. The same trend pointed out through
444 increase of cutoff radius is observed in these PME results. Ice-{\it
445 i} is the preferred polymorph at ambient conditions for both the TIP3P
446 and SPC/E water models; however, the narrowing of the free energy
447 differences between the various solid forms with the SPC/E model is
448 significant enough that it becomes less clear that it is the most
449 stable polymorph. The free energies of Ice-{\it i} and $I_\textrm{c}$
450 overlap within error, while ice B and $I_\textrm{h}$ are just outside
451 at t slightly higher free energy. This indicates that with SPC/E,
452 Ice-{\it i} might be metastable with all the studied polymorphs,
453 particularly ice $I_\textrm{c}$. However, these results do not
454 significantly alter the finding that the Ice-{\it i} polymorph is a
455 stable crystal structure that should be considered when studying the
456 phase behavior of water models.
457
458 \begin{table*}
459 \begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
460 \begin{center}
461
462 \caption{The free energy of the studied ice polymorphs after applying
463 the energy difference attributed to the inclusion of the PME
464 long-range interaction correction. Units are kcal/mol.}
465
466 \begin{tabular}{ccccc}
467 \hline
468 Water Model & $I_h$ & $I_c$ & B & Ice-{\it i} \\
469 \hline
470 TIP3P & -11.53(2) & -11.24(3) & -11.51(3) & -11.67(3) \\
471 SPC/E & -12.97(2) & -13.00(2) & -12.96(3) & -13.02(2) \\
472 \end{tabular}
473 \label{pmeShift}
474 \end{center}
475 \end{minipage}
476 \end{table*}
477
478 \section{Conclusions}
479
480 The free energy for proton ordered variants of hexagonal and cubic ice
481 $I$, ice B, and our recently discovered Ice-{\it i} structure were
482 calculated under standard conditions for several common water models
483 via thermodynamic integration. All the water models studied show
484 Ice-{\it i} to be the minimum free energy crystal structure with a 9
485 \AA\ switching function cutoff. Calculated melting and boiling points
486 show surprisingly good agreement with the experimental values;
487 however, the solid phase at 1 atm is Ice-{\it i}, not ice $I_h$. The
488 effect of interaction truncation was investigated through variation of
489 the cutoff radius, use of a reaction field parameterized model, and
490 estimation of the results in the presence of the Ewald
491 summation. Interaction truncation has a significant effect on the
492 computed free energy values, and may significantly alter the free
493 energy landscape for the more complex multipoint water models. Despite
494 these effects, these results show Ice-{\it i} to be an important ice
495 polymorph that should be considered in simulation studies.
496
497 Due to this relative stability of Ice-{\it i} in all of the
498 investigated simulation conditions, the question arises as to possible
499 experimental observation of this polymorph. The rather extensive past
500 and current experimental investigation of water in the low pressure
501 regime makes us hesitant to ascribe any relevance of this work outside
502 of the simulation community. It is for this reason that we chose a
503 name for this polymorph which involves an imaginary quantity. That
504 said, there are certain experimental conditions that would provide the
505 most ideal situation for possible observation. These include the
506 negative pressure or stretched solid regime, small clusters in vacuum
507 deposition environments, and in clathrate structures involving small
508 non-polar molecules. Figs. \ref{fig:gofr} and \ref{fig:sofq} contain
509 our predictions for both the pair distribution function ($g_{OO}(r)$)
510 and the structure factor ($S(\vec{q})$ for ice $I_h$, $I_c$, and for
511 ice-{\it i} at a temperature of 77K. In studies of the high and low
512 density forms of amorphous ice, ``spurious'' diffraction peaks have
513 been observed experimentally.\cite{Bizid87} It is possible that a
514 variant of Ice-{\it i} could explain some of this behavior; however,
515 we will leave it to our experimental colleagues to make the final
516 determination on whether this ice polymorph is named appropriately
517 (i.e. with an imaginary number) or if it can be promoted to Ice-0.
518
519 \begin{figure}
520 \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{iceGofr.eps}
521 \caption{Radial distribution functions of ice $I_h$, $I_c$,
522 Ice-{\it i}, and Ice-{\it i}$^\prime$ calculated from from simulations
523 of the SSD/RF water model at 77 K.}
524 \label{fig:gofr}
525 \end{figure}
526
527 \begin{figure}
528 \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{sofq.eps}
529 \caption{Predicted structure factors for ice $I_h$, $I_c$, Ice-{\it i},
530 and Ice-{\it i}$^\prime$ at 77 K. The raw structure factors have
531 been convoluted with a gaussian instrument function (0.075 \AA$^{-1}$
532 width) to compensate for the trunction effects in our finite size
533 simulations.}
534 \label{fig:sofq}
535 \end{figure}
536
537 \section{Acknowledgments}
538 Support for this project was provided by the National Science
539 Foundation under grant CHE-0134881. Computation time was provided by
540 the Notre Dame High Performance Computing Cluster and the Notre Dame
541 Bunch-of-Boxes (B.o.B) computer cluster (NSF grant DMR-0079647).
542
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