Investigating the Polymorphism in PR179: a Combined Crystal Structure Prediction and Metadynamics Study

The polymorphism of an industrial important pigment (PR179) was studied with a combination of standard crystal structure prediction and metadynamics. The former provided a starting set of candidate polymorphs whose structural and thermal stability were then probed by metadynamics. Moreover, metadyna...

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Main Authors: Zykova-Timan, T., Raiteri, Paolo, Parrinello, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Chemical Society 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7682
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author Zykova-Timan, T.
Raiteri, Paolo
Parrinello, M.
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description The polymorphism of an industrial important pigment (PR179) was studied with a combination of standard crystal structure prediction and metadynamics. The former provided a starting set of candidate polymorphs whose structural and thermal stability were then probed by metadynamics. Moreover, metadynamics allowed for exploring the free energy surface to look for other possible polymorphs that were not included in the original set. Our calculations indicate that two structures have a high structural stability and are therefore good candidates to be found in experiments. The lower energy phase of the two indeed corresponds to the known polymorph, and we suggest that the other might be a metastable polymorph not yet experimentally discovered.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-76822017-09-13T16:02:56Z Investigating the Polymorphism in PR179: a Combined Crystal Structure Prediction and Metadynamics Study Zykova-Timan, T. Raiteri, Paolo Parrinello, M. The polymorphism of an industrial important pigment (PR179) was studied with a combination of standard crystal structure prediction and metadynamics. The former provided a starting set of candidate polymorphs whose structural and thermal stability were then probed by metadynamics. Moreover, metadynamics allowed for exploring the free energy surface to look for other possible polymorphs that were not included in the original set. Our calculations indicate that two structures have a high structural stability and are therefore good candidates to be found in experiments. The lower energy phase of the two indeed corresponds to the known polymorph, and we suggest that the other might be a metastable polymorph not yet experimentally discovered. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7682 10.1021/jp802977t American Chemical Society restricted
spellingShingle Zykova-Timan, T.
Raiteri, Paolo
Parrinello, M.
Investigating the Polymorphism in PR179: a Combined Crystal Structure Prediction and Metadynamics Study
title Investigating the Polymorphism in PR179: a Combined Crystal Structure Prediction and Metadynamics Study
title_full Investigating the Polymorphism in PR179: a Combined Crystal Structure Prediction and Metadynamics Study
title_fullStr Investigating the Polymorphism in PR179: a Combined Crystal Structure Prediction and Metadynamics Study
title_full_unstemmed Investigating the Polymorphism in PR179: a Combined Crystal Structure Prediction and Metadynamics Study
title_short Investigating the Polymorphism in PR179: a Combined Crystal Structure Prediction and Metadynamics Study
title_sort investigating the polymorphism in pr179: a combined crystal structure prediction and metadynamics study
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7682