GOCIA: grand canonical Global Optimizer for Clusters, Interfaces, and Adsorbates

IF 2.9 3区化学 Q3 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Pub Date : 2024-12-09 DOI:10.1039/d4cp03801k

Zisheng Zhang, Winston Gee, Robert H Lavroff, Anastassia Alexandrova

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Abstract

Restructuring of surfaces and interfaces underlie the activation and/or deactivation of a wide spectrum of heterogeneous catalysts and functional materials. The statistical ensemble representation can provide unique atomistic insights into this fluxional and metastable realm, but constructing the ensemble is very challenging, especially for the systems with off-stoichiometric reconstruction and varying coverage of mixed adsorbates. Here we report GOCIA, a general-purpose global optimizer for exploring the chemical space of these systems. It features the grand canonical genetic algorithm (GCGA), which bases the target function on the grand potential and evolves across the compositional space, as well as many useful functionalities and implementation details. GOCIA has been applied to various systems in catalysis, from cluster to surfaces, and from thermal to electro-catalysis.

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GOCIA：用于团簇、界面和吸附剂的大规范全局优化器

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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 化学-物理：原子、分子和化学物理

CiteScore

5.50

自引率

9.10%

发文量

2675

审稿时长

2.0 months

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