Scientific Calendar Event



Description
A new molecular-dynamics algorithm for sampling the canonical distribution will be presented [1].
In this approach the velocities of all the particles are rescaled by a properly chosen random factor.
Its properties will be illustrated for Lennard-Jones and water in the solid and liquid phases.
Next, a method for determining the free-energy dependence on a selected number of order parameters using an adaptive bias will be introduced [2]. This method has metadynamics and canonical sampling as limiting cases and allows for easy and rigorous error control.
Finally, a new technique based on a combination of metadynamics and parallel-tempering will be discussed [3].
This scheme will be shown to be an affordable method for the computation of free-energy landscapes in biomolecules.  The folding of the beta-hairpin in explicit water will then be used to illustrate the power of this technique.
[1] G. Bussi, D. Donadio and M. Parrinello, J. Chem. Phys. 126, 014101 (2007)
[2] A. Barducci, G. Bussi and M. Parrinello, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100,  020603 (2008).
[3] G. Bussi, F. L. Gervasio, A. Laio and M. Parrinello, J. Am. Chem.  Soc. 128, 13435 (2006).

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