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GenIce-core:Efficient Algorithm for Generation of Hydrogen-Disordered Ice Structures
Ice is different from ordinary crystals because it contains randomness, which means that statistical treatment based on ensemble averaging is essential. Ice structures are constrained by topological rules known as the ice rules, which give them unique anomalous properties. These properties become more apparent when the system size is large. For this reason, there is a need to produce a large number of sufficiently large crystals that are homogeneously random and satisfy the ice rules.
Novel Algorithm to Generate Hydrogen-Disordered Ice Structures
A new paper from our group has been published. There is a growing demand for computer simulations of ice, which is composed of a large number of molecules, to study the behavior of molecules dissolved in small amounts in ice and to search for new crystal structures. Unlike ordinary crystals, the water molecules in ice crystals are not oriented in the same way. In order to handle ice in computer simulations, it is necessary to generate crystal structures with randomized molecular orientations in an appropriate manner.