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site, as well as a point dipole. A tetrahedral potential is added to |
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correct for hydrogen bonding. The following equation describes the |
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interaction between two water molecules: |
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\[ |
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\begin{equation} |
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V_{SSD} = V_{LJ} (r_{ij} ) + V_{dp} (r_{ij} ,\Omega _i ,\Omega _j ) |
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+ V_{sticky} (r_{ij} ,\Omega _i ,\Omega _j ) |
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\] |
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where $r_{ij}$ is the vector between molecule $i$ and molecule $j$, |
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\label{lipidSection:ssdEquation} |
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\end{equation} |
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where$r_{ij}$ is the vector between molecule $i$ and molecule $j$, |
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$\Omega _i$ and $\Omega _j$ are the orientational degrees of freedom |
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for molecule $i$ and molecule $j$ respectively. |
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\begin{eqnarray*} |
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for molecule $i$ and molecule $j$ respectively. The potential terms |
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in Eq.~\ref{lipidSection:ssdEquation} are given by : |
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\begin{eqnarray} |
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V_{LJ} (r_{ij} ) &= &4\varepsilon _{ij} \left[ {\left( |
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{\frac{{\sigma _{ij} }}{{r_{ij} }}} \right)^{12} - \left( |
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{\frac{{\sigma _{ij} |
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(\hat{u}_j \cdot \hat{\mathbf{r}}_{ij}) \biggr],\\ |
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V_{sticky} (r_{ij} ,\Omega _i ,\Omega _j ) &=& v_0 [s(r_{ij} |
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)w(r_{ij} ,\Omega _i ,\Omega _j ) + s'(r_{ij} )w'(r_{ij} ,\Omega _i |
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,\Omega _j )].\\ |
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\end{eqnarray*} |
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,\Omega _j )] |
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\end{eqnarray} |
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where $v_0$ is a strength parameter, $s$ and $s'$ are cubic |
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switching functions, while $w$ and $w'$ are responsible for the |
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tetrahedral potential and the short-range correction to the dipolar |
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interaction respectively. |
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\[ |
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\begin{array}{l} |
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w(r_{ij} ,\Omega _i ,\Omega _j ) = \sin \theta _{ij} \sin 2\theta _{ij} \cos 2\phi _{ij} \\ |
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w'(r_{ij} ,\Omega _i ,\Omega _j ) = (\cos \theta _{ij} - 0.6)^2 (\cos \theta _{ij} + 0.8)^2 - w_0 \\ |
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\end{array} |
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\] |
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Although the dipole-dipole and sticky interactions are more |
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interaction respectively: |
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\begin{eqnarray} |
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w(r_{ij} ,\Omega _i ,\Omega _j )& = &\sin \theta _{ij} \sin 2\theta _{ij} \cos 2\phi _{ij}, \\ |
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w'(r_{ij} ,\Omega _i ,\Omega _j )& = &(\cos \theta _{ij} - 0.6)^2 (\cos \theta _{ij} + 0.8)^2 - |
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w_0. |
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\end{eqnarray} |
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Here $\theta _{ij}$ and $\phi _{ij}$ are the spherical polar angles |
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representing relative orientations between molecule $i$ and molecule |
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$j$. Although the dipole-dipole and sticky interactions are more |
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mathematically complicated than Coulomb interactions, the number of |
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pair interactions is reduced dramatically both because the model |
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only contains a single-point as well as "short range" nature of the |