2005

Research Articles

[128] K.E. Anderson, S.L. Mielke, J.I. Siepmann, and D.G. Truhlar, 'Bond angle distribution of carbon dioxide in the gas, supercritical, and solid phases,' J. Phys. Chem. A, submitted for publication.

[127] K.A. Maerzke, G. Murdachaew, C.J. Mundy, G.K. Schenter, and J.I. Siepmann, 'Self-consistent polarization density functional theory: Application to Argon,' J. Phys. Chem. A, submitted for publication.

[126] X.S. Zhao, J.I. Siepmann, W. Xu, Y.-H. Kiang, A.R. Sheth, and S. Karaborni, 'Predicting the formation of multiple hydrates for a complex pharmaceutical compound,' J. Phys. Chem. B, submitted for publication.

[125] J.L. Rafferty, J.I. Siepmann, and M.R. Schure, 'The effects of chain length, embedded polar groups, pressure, and pore shape on structure and retention in reversed-phase liquid chromatography: Molecular-level insights from Monte Carlo simulations,' J. Chromatogr. A, submitted for publication.

[124] D. Bhatt and J.I. Siepmann, 'Melting points via pseudo-supercritical path Monte Carlo simulations: Carbon dioxide and benzene,' J. Chem. Phys., submitted for publication.

[123] B.L. Eggimann, G. Veglia, and J.I. Siepmann, 'An assessment of experimental NMR constraints as an aid to protein structure prediction,' J. Phys. Chem. B, submitted for publication.

[122] N. Rai, D. Bhatt, J.I. Siepmann, and L.E. Fried, 'Monte Carlo simulations of 1,3,5-triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene (TATB): Pressure and temperature effects for the solid phase and vapor-liquid phase equilibria,' J. Chem. Phys., in press.

[121] M.-B.H. Ketko, J.L. Rafferty, J.I. Siepmann, and J.J. Potoff, 'Development of the TraPPE-UA force field for ethylene oxide,' Fluid Phase Equil., 271, ASAP article (2008).

[120] K.E. Anderson, J.I. Siepmann, P.H. McMurry, and J. VandeVondele, 'Importance of the number of acid molecules and the strength of the base for double-ion formation in (H2SO4)m•base•(H2O)6 clusters,' J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, ASAP article (2008).

[119] K.E. Anderson, L.C. Grauvilardell, M.M. Hirschmann, and J.I. Siepmann, 'Structure and speciation in hydrous silica melts. 2. Pressure effects,' J. Phys. Chem. B, 112, ASAP article (2008).

[118] K.E. Anderson, M.M. Hirschmann, and J.I. Siepmann, 'Structure and speciation in hydrous silica melts. 1. Temperature and composition effects,' J. Phys. Chem. B, 112, ASAP article (2008).

[86] N. Lubna, G. Kamath, J.J. Potoff, N. Rai, and J.I. Siepmann, 'Transferable potentials for phase equilibria. 8. United-atom description for thiols, sulfides, disulfides, and thiophene,' J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 24100-24107 (2005).

[85] S. Wang, J.M. Stubbs, J.I. Siepmann, and S.I. Sandler, 'Effects of conformational distributions on sigma profiles in COSMO theories,' J. Phys. Chem. A 109, 11285-11294 (2005).

[84] J.M. Stubbs, D.D. Drake-Wilhelm, and J.I. Siepmann, 'Partial molar volume and solvation structure of naphthalene in supercritical carbon dioxide: A Monte Carlo study,' J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 19885-19892 (2005).

[83] C.D. Wick, J.M. Stubbs, N. Rai, and J.I. Siepmann, 'Transferable potentials for phase equilibria. 7. United-atom description for nitrogen, amines, amides, nitriles, pyridine and pyrimidine,' J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 18974-18982 (2005).

[82] M.J. McGrath, J.I. Siepmann, I-F.W. Kuo, C.J. Mundy, J. VandeVondele, J. Hutter, F. Mohamed, and M. Krack, 'Isobaric-isothermal Monte Carlo simulations from first principles: Applications to liquid water at ambient conditions,' ChemPhysChem 6, 1894-1901 (2005).

[81] C.D. Wick, J.I. Siepmann, and D.N. Theodorou, 'Microscopic origins for the favorable solvation of carbonate ether copolymers in carbon dioxide,' J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 12338-12342 (2005).

[80] L. Sun, C.D. Wick, J.I. Siepmann, and M.R. Schure, 'Temperature dependence of hydrogen bonding: An investigation of the retention of primary and secondary alcohols in gas-liquid chromatography,' J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 15118-15125 (2005).

[79] L. Zhang, L. Sun, J.I. Siepmann, and M.R. Schure, 'A molecular simulation study of the bonded-phase structure in reversed-phase liquid chromatography with neat aqueous solvent,' J. Chromatogr. A 1079, 127-135 (2005).

[78] J.M. Stubbs and J.I. Siepmann, 'Elucidating the vibrational spectra of hydrogen-bonded aggregates in solution: Electronic structure calculations with implicit solvent and first principles molecular dynamics simulations with explicit solvent for 1-hexanol in n-hexane,' J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 4722-4729 (2005).

[77] X.S. Zhao, B. Chen, S. Karaborni, and J.I. Siepmann, 'Vapor-liquid and vapor-solid phase equilibria for united-atom benzene models near their triple points: The importance of quadrupolar interactions,' J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 5368-5374 (2005).

[76] B. Chen, J.I. Siepmann, and M.L. Klein, 'Simulating vapor-liquid nucleation of water: A combined histogram-reweighting and aggregation-volume-bias Monte Carlo investigation for fixed-charge and polarizable models,' J. Phys. Chem. A 109, 1137-1145 (2005).

[75] L. Zhang and J.I. Siepmann, 'Pressure dependence of the vapor-liquid-liquid phase behavior of ternary mixtures consisting of n-alkanes, n-perfluoroalkanes and carbon dioxide,' J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 2911-2919 (2005).

[74] J.-S. Lee, C.D. Wick, J.M. Stubbs, and J.I. Siepmann, 'Simulating the vapour-liquid equilibria of large cyclic alkanes,' Mol. Phys. 103, 99-104 (2005).

Reviews and Conference Proceedings

[R16] M.J. McGrath, J.I. Siepmann, I-F.W. Kuo, C.J. Mundy, J. VandeVondele, M. Sprik, J. Hutter, F. Mohamed, M. Krack, and M. Parrinello, 'Toward a Monte Carlo program for simulating vapor-liquid phase equilibria from first principles,' Comput. Phys. Comm. 169, 289-294 (2005).

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2004

Research Articles

[73] J.M. Stubbs, J.J. Potoff, and J.I. Siepmann, 'Transferable potentials for phase equilibria. 6. United-atom description for ethers, glycols, ketones and aldehydes,' J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 17596-17605 (2004).

[72] I-F.W. Kuo, C.J. Mundy, M.J. McGrath, J.I. Siepmann, J. VandeVondele, M. Sprik, J. Hutter, B. Chen, M.L. Klein, F. Mohamed, M. Krack, and M. Parrinello, 'Liquid water from first principles: Investigation of different sampling approaches,' J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 12990-12998 (2004).

[71] J.M. Stubbs and J.I. Siepmann, 'Binary phase behavior and aggregation of dilute methanol in supercritical carbon dioxide: A Monte Carlo simulation study,' J. Chem. Phys. 121, 1525-1534 (2004).

[70] C.D. Wick, J.I. Siepmann, and M.R. Schure, 'Simulation studies on the effects of mobile phase modification in liquid chromatography,' Anal. Chem. 76, 2886-2892 (2004).

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2003

Research Articles

[69] B. Chen, J.I. Siepmann, S. Karaborni, and M.L. Klein, 'Vapor-liquid and vapor-solid equilibria of fullerenes: The role of the potential shape on the triple point,' J. Phys. Chem. B 107, 12320-12323 (2003).

[68] C.D. Wick, J.I. Siepmann, and M.R. Schure, 'Temperature dependence of transfer properties: Importance of heat capacity effects,' J. Phys. Chem. B 107, 10623-10627 (2003).

[67] B. Chen, J.I. Siepmann, and M.L. Klein, 'Simulating the nucleation of water/ethanol and water/n-nonane mixtures: Mutual enhancement and two-pathway mechanism,' J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 3113-3118 (2003).

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2002

Research Articles

[66] B. Chen, J.I. Siepmann, and M.L. Klein, 'Vapor-liquid interfacial properties of mutually saturated water/1-butanol solutions,' J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124, 12232-12237 (2002).

[65] N.D. Zhuravlev, M.G. Martin, and J.I. Siepmann, 'Vapor-liquid phase equilibria of triacontane isomers: deviations from the principle of corresponding states,' Fluid Phase Equil. 202, 307-324 (2002).

[64] J.J. Potoff and J.I. Siepmann, 'Vapor-liquid equilibria for linear and branched alkane monolayers physisorbed on Au(111),' Langmuir 18, 6088-6095 (2002).

[63] C.D. Wick, J.I. Siepmann, and M.R. Schure, 'Molecular simulation of concurrent gas-liquid interfacial adsorption and partitioning in gas-liquid chromatography,' Anal. Chem. 74, 3518-3524 (2002).

[62] C.D. Wick, J.I. Siepmann, W.L. Klotz, and M.R. Schure, 'Temperature effects on the retention of n-alkanes and arenes in helium-squalane gas-liquid chromatography: Experiment and molecular simulation,' J. Chromatogr. A 954, 181-190 (2002).

[61] J.M. Stubbs and J.I. Siepmann, 'Aggregation in dilute solutions of 1-hexanol in n-hexane: A Monte Carlo simulation study,' J. Phys. Chem. B 106, 3968-3978 (2002).

[60] B. Chen, J.I. Siepmann, K.J. Oh, and M.L. Klein, 'Simulating vapor-liquid nucleation of n-alkanes,' J. Chem. Phys. 116, 4317-4329 (2002).

[59] C.D. Wick, J.I. Siepmann, and M.R. Schure, 'Influence of analyte overloading on retention in gas-liquid chromatography: A molecular simulation study,' Anal. Chem. 74, 37-44 (2002).

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2001

Research Articles

[58] B. Chen, J.I. Siepmann, K.J. Oh, and M.L. Klein, 'Aggregation-volume-bias Monte Carlo simulations of vapor-liquid nucleation barriers for Lennard-Jonesium,' J. Chem. Phys. 115, 10903-10913 (2001).

[57] B. Chen and J.I. Siepmann, 'Improving the efficiency of the aggregation-volume-bias Monte Carlo algorithm,' J. Phys. Chem. B 105, 11275-11282 (2001).

[56] C.D. Wick, J.I. Siepmann, and M.R. Schure, 'Simulation studies of retention in isotropic and oriented liquid n-octadecane,' J. Phys. Chem. B 105, 10961-10966 (2001).

[55] B. Chen, J.I. Siepmann, and M.L. Klein, 'Direct Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo simulations for solid-vapor phase equilibria: Applications to Lennard-Jonesium and carbon dioxide,' J. Phys. Chem. B 105, 9840-9848 (2001).

[54] N.D. Zhuravlev, J.I. Siepmann, and M.R. Schure, 'Surface coverages of bonded-phase ligands on silica: A computational study,' Anal. Chem. 73, 4006-4011 (2001).

[53] B. Chen, J.J. Potoff, and J.I. Siepmann, 'Monte Carlo calculations for alcohols and their mixtures with alkanes. Transferable potentials for phase equilibria. 5. United-atom description of primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols,' J. Phys. Chem. B 105, 3093-3104 (2001).

[52] J.J. Potoff and J.I. Siepmann, 'Vapor-liquid equilibria of mixtures containing alkanes, carbon dioxide and nitrogen,' AIChE J. 47, 1676-1682 (2001).

[51] A.R. Altenberger, J.I. Siepmann, and J.S. Dahler, 'Functional self similarity, scaling and a renormalization group calculation of the partition function for a non-ideal chain,' Physica A 289, 107-136 (2001).

Reviews and Conference Proceedings

[R15] J.I. Siepmann, 'Challenges in the development of transferable force fields for phase equilibria calculations,' in "Forum 2000: Fluid Properties for New Technologoies, Connecting Virtual Design with Physical Reality," NIST Special Publications 975, pp. 110-112, eds. J.C. Rainwater, D.G. Friend, H.H.J.M. Hanley, A.H. Harvey, C.D. Holcomb, A. Laesecke, J. Magee, and C. Muzny (NIST, Boulder, 2001).

[R14] C.D. Wick, M.G. Martin, J.I. Siepmann, and M.R. Schure, 'Simulating retention in gas-liquid chromatography: Benzene, toluene, and xylene solutes,' Intl. J. Thermophys. 22, 111-122 (2001).

[R13] J.M. Stubbs, B. Chen, J.J. Potoff, and J.I. Siepmann, 'Monte Carlo calculations for the phase equilibria of alkanes, alcohols, water, and their mixtures,' Fluid Phase Equil. 183/184, 301-309 (2001).

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2000

Research Articles

[50] J.J. Potoff and J.I. Siepmann, 'Effect of branching on the fluid phase behavior of alkane monolayers,' Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 3460-3463 (2000).

[49] B. Chen and J.I. Siepmann, 'A novel Monte Carlo algorithm for simulating strongly associating fluids: Applications to water, hydrogen fluoride, and acetic acid,' J. Phys. Chem. B 104, 8725-8734 (2000).

[48] C.D. Wick and J.I. Siepmann, 'Self-adapting fixed-endpoint configurational-bias Monte Carlo method for the regrowth of interior segments of chain molecules with strong intramolecular interactions,' Macromolecules 33, 7207-7218 (2000).

[47] C.D. Wick, M.G. Martin, and J.I. Siepmann, 'Transferable potentials for phase equilibria. 4. United-atom description of linear and branched alkenes and of alkylbenzenes,' J. Phys. Chem. B 104, 8008-8016 (2000).

[46] B. Chen and J.I. Siepmann, 'Partitioning of alkane and alcohol solutes between water and (dry or wet) 1-octanol,' J. Am. Chem. Soc. 122, 6464-6467 (2000).

[45] M.G. Martin, B. Chen, and J.I. Siepmann, 'Molecular structure and phase diagram of the binary mixture of n-heptane and supercritical ethane: A Gibbs-ensemble Monte Carlo study,' J. Phys. Chem. B 104, 2415-2423 (2000).

[44] B. Chen, J. Xing, and J.I. Siepmann, 'Development of polarizable water force fields for phase equilibrium calculations,' J. Phys. Chem. B 104, 2391-2401 (2000).

[43] B. Chen, J.J. Potoff, and J.I. Siepmann, 'Adiabatic nuclear and electronic sampling Monte Carlo simulations in the Gibbs ensemble: Application to polarizable force fields for water,' J. Phys. Chem. B 104, 2378-2390 (2000).

Reviews and Conference Proceedings

[R12] M.G. Martin, J.I. Siepmann, and M.R. Schure, 'Exploring multicomponent phase equilibria by Monte Carlo simulations: Towards a description of gas-liquid chromatography,' in "Unified Chromatography," ACS Symposium Series, Vol. 748, pp. 82-95, eds. J.F. Parcher and T.L. Chester (ACS Books, Washington, 2000).

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