On 2011-01-10 15.40, Adam Bin Idu Jion wrote:
Hi!
How do you calculate the lattice energies for molecular crystals?
For example, I have a system of alpha-glycine crystals (for example, a
slab of 420 crystalline molecules).
Each unit cell has 4 glycine molecules.
How do I calculate its lattice energy (i.e. the energy to bring the
molecules from infinity into the lattice)?
Should I include the LJ(SR) and Coulomb(SR) terms?
Regards,
Adam
Same as vaporization enthalpy from a liquid
DH = kT + Epot(g) - Epot(crystal)
so you have to compute the energy in the gas phase as well. You want to
compute this using a SD integrator to avoid the flying ice cube effect
while still allowing intramolecular conformational changes.
Good luck.
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