Abstract
We present an entirely ab initio methodology, based on symmetry adapted perturbation theory (SAPT), for constructing force-fields to study CO2 adsorption in nanoporous zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs). Our approach utilizes the SAPT energy decomposition to generate physically motivated force fields for the CO2-ZIF interaction, with explicit terms representing exchange, electrostatic, induction and dispersion interactions. Each of these terms is fit to the corresponding term in the SAPT energy decomposition, yielding a force field entirely free of empirical parameters. This approach was utilized to construct force fields describing the CO2 interaction with both ZIF-8 and ZIF-71. In conjunction with our existing CO2–CO2 force field, parametrized in a consistent manner, we validate our force fields using grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations and obtain good agreement with the corresponding experimental CO2 adsorption isotherms. Furthermore, the explicit correspondence between force field terms and fu...
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