<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hello!<br>I'm trying to compute hydration free energy of Na+ using AIMD & TI & force mixing. The classical computation with SPC water has been successful (400 kJ/mol against ~414 reference), but the QM one (PADE functional & DZVP basis set) has resulted in a as twice as large value 800 kJ/mol. Initial cells (water and Na+ in water) were pre-equilibrated (MM and 20 ps QM). Productive runs were 1-5 ps before I aborted them. The difference seems to be too large to attribute it to short duration only. Please explain, is it really so (and I should continue) or
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it a mistake in input? Maybe I should apply some corrections to QM results? Also what the "DERIVATIVE TOTAL FREE ENERGY" output values mean (I used "DERIVATIVE OF TOTAL ENERGY [ PARAMETER (k) ]" values)?<br><div>Input and output files for k=0.5 and dU/dk plots are attached. Gray points are extrapolated ones.</div></div></div>