334e Simulating Fluid Phase Equilibria and Aggregation from First Principles

J. Ilja Siepmann1, Matthew J. McGrath1, I.-F. Will Kuo2, and Christopher J. Mundy2. (1) University of Minnesota, Department of Chemistry, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0431, (2) CMS, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550

This presentation will describe recent developments of a Monte Carlo program for first principles simulations based on Kohn-Sham density functional theory. Particular attention will be given to (i) reducing the frequency of electronic structure calculations due to pre-sampling with approximate potentials, (ii) the convergence with respect to basis set and charge density cut-off, and (iii) the exploration of different exchange and correlation functionals. Applications to the vapor-liquid coexistence curves of water and methanol and to the aggregation of hydrogen fluoride in its superheated vapor phase will be presented.