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QM/MM: what have we learned, where are we, and where do we go from here?
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This paper briefly reviews the current status of the most popular methods for combined quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM) calculations, including their advantages and disadvantages. There is a special emphasis on very general link-atom methods and various ways to treat the charge near the boundary. Mechanical and electric embedding are contrasted. We consider methods applicable to gas-phase organic chemistry, liquid-phase organic and organometallic chemistry, biochemistry, and solid-state chemistry. Then we review some recent tests of QM/MM methods and summarize what we learn about QM/MM from these studies. We also discuss some available software. Finally, we present a few comments about future directions of research in this exciting area, where we focus on more intimate blends of QM with MM.
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- Authors
- Lin, H., & Truhlar, D. G.
- Venue
- Theoretical Chemistry Accounts
- Published
- 2006-07-08
- Volume
- 117
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 1432-2234 (ISSN-L)
- 1432-881X
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- W1986025575
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- 30.28
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- Language
- en
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- hybrid
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