Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Atmospheric Molecular Clusters Boosted by Neural Networks

01 July 2024, Version 1
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Abstract

The computational cost of accurate quantum chemistry (QC) calculations of large molecular systems can often be unbearably high. Machine learning offers a lower computational cost compared to QC methods while maintaining their accuracy. In this study, we employ the polarizable atom interaction neural network (PaiNN) architecture to train and model the potential energy surface of molecular clusters relevant to atmospheric new particle formation, such as sulfuric acid–ammonia clusters. We compare the differences between the neural network and previous kernel ridge regression modeling for the Clusteromics I–V data sets. We showcase three models capable of predicting electronic binding energies and interatomic forces with mean absolute errors of <0.3 kcal/mol and <0.2 kcal/mol/ ̊A, respectively. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the error of the modeled properties remains below the chemical accuracy of 1 kcal/mol even for clusters vastly larger than those in the training database (up to (H2SO4)15(NH3)15 clusters, containing 30 molecules). Consequently, we emphasize the potential applications of these models for faster and more thorough configurational sampling and for boosting molecular dynamics studies of large atmospheric molecular clusters.

Keywords

atmospheric molecular clusters
computational quantum chemistry
neural network
machine learning
molecular dynamics simulation

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