A Transferable Model of Molecular Exchange-Repulsion Interaction from Anisotropic Valence Density Overlap
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| author | Wing, Dahvyd Tkatchenko, Alexandre |
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| contents | Pauli exchange-repulsion is the dominant short-range intermolecular interaction and it is an essential component of molecular force fields. Current approaches to modeling Pauli repulsion in molecular force fields often rely on over 20 atom types to achieve chemical accuracy. The number of parameters in these approaches hampers the development of force fields with quantum-chemical accuracy that are transferable across many chemical systems. We present the anisotropic valence density overlap (AVDO) model for exchange-repulsion. The model produces sub-kcal/mol accuracy for dimers of organic molecules and contains two universal parameters, which we demonstrate are transferable for molecules composed of H, C, N, O, F, P, S, Cl, and Br. The model is tested on 1,872 unique molecular pairs selected from a set of 135 molecules, and samples dissociation curves and configurations from condensed-phase molecular dynamics trajectories. Given recent progress in machine learning of the electronic density, this model offers a promising path toward high-accuracy, next-generation machine-learned force fields. |
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| spellingShingle | A Transferable Model of Molecular Exchange-Repulsion Interaction from Anisotropic Valence Density Overlap Wing, Dahvyd Tkatchenko, Alexandre Chemical Physics Pauli exchange-repulsion is the dominant short-range intermolecular interaction and it is an essential component of molecular force fields. Current approaches to modeling Pauli repulsion in molecular force fields often rely on over 20 atom types to achieve chemical accuracy. The number of parameters in these approaches hampers the development of force fields with quantum-chemical accuracy that are transferable across many chemical systems. We present the anisotropic valence density overlap (AVDO) model for exchange-repulsion. The model produces sub-kcal/mol accuracy for dimers of organic molecules and contains two universal parameters, which we demonstrate are transferable for molecules composed of H, C, N, O, F, P, S, Cl, and Br. The model is tested on 1,872 unique molecular pairs selected from a set of 135 molecules, and samples dissociation curves and configurations from condensed-phase molecular dynamics trajectories. Given recent progress in machine learning of the electronic density, this model offers a promising path toward high-accuracy, next-generation machine-learned force fields. |
| title | A Transferable Model of Molecular Exchange-Repulsion Interaction from Anisotropic Valence Density Overlap |
| topic | Chemical Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.25629 |