Our contributions

OpenMM

One of our PhD students has contributed to the open-source software OpenMM with a Monte Carlo pressure control algorithm that allows for fully anisotropic unit cell fluctuations.

[Website OpenMM] https://openmm.org

[Website algorithm]  http://docs.openmm.org/latest/api-python/generated/openmm.openmm.MonteCarloFlexibleBarostat.html#openmm.openmm.MonteCarloFlexibleBarostat

[Publication] https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2021.718920

ParAMS

ParAMS in the Amsterdam Modeling Suite (AMS) was developed by two CMM PhD students in collaboration with the company SCM.

[Website] https://www.scm.com/product/params

[Publication] https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jcim.1c00333

CP2K

Several CMM members have contributed to the CP2K source code (EPR spectroscopy, force-field engine FIST, ...)

[Website] https://www.cp2k.org

ReaxFF

We have contributed with bug fixes and the ACKS2 charge model to ReaxFF, in the original source of van Duin and in the implementation of SCM.

[Website ReaxFF] https://www.engr.psu.edu/adri

[Website SCM] https://www.scm.com

Several open-source projects

We also make small contributions, e.g. bug fixes, to a broad spectrum of open-source projects.

NumPy: https://github.com/numpy/numpy

SymPy: https://github.com/sympy/sympy

Psi4: https://github.com/psi4/psi4