TY - GEN
T1 - Ab initio investigation of ionic hydration with the polarizable continuum model
AU - Karampinos, Dimitrios C.
AU - Georgiadis, John G.
AU - Martinez, Todd J.
PY - 2005/12/1
Y1 - 2005/12/1
N2 - The formulation of an ab initio method for the quantification of the energetics of ionic hydration is reviewed from the viewpoint of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. The numerical approach, termed as the Polarizable Continuum Model, solves the exact quantum mechanical problem for the solute coupled with the electrostatic problem of the solvent, the latter being described as an effective continuous medium. The results show that the method can reproduce the experimental values of solvation energy for 3 cations and 3 anions by using only one adjustable parameter (scaled ionic radius) and can therefore be used in the furthter study of energetics and structure of hydrated ions.
AB - The formulation of an ab initio method for the quantification of the energetics of ionic hydration is reviewed from the viewpoint of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. The numerical approach, termed as the Polarizable Continuum Model, solves the exact quantum mechanical problem for the solute coupled with the electrostatic problem of the solvent, the latter being described as an effective continuous medium. The results show that the method can reproduce the experimental values of solvation energy for 3 cations and 3 anions by using only one adjustable parameter (scaled ionic radius) and can therefore be used in the furthter study of energetics and structure of hydrated ions.
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U2 - 10.1115/HT2005-72670
DO - 10.1115/HT2005-72670
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 0791847314
SN - 9780791847312
VL - 1
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference
SP - 473
EP - 480
BT - Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT 2005
T2 - 2005 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, HT 2005
Y2 - 17 July 2005 through 22 July 2005
ER -