PMID- 24089718 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140425 LR - 20131004 IS - 1089-7690 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9606 (Linking) VI - 139 IP - 12 DP - 2013 Sep 28 TI - Fitting coarse-grained distribution functions through an iterative force-matching method. PG - 121906 LID - 10.1063/1.4811667 [doi] AB - An iterative coarse-graining method is developed for systematically converting an atomistic force field to a model at lower resolution that is able to accurately reproduce the distribution functions defined in the coarse-grained potential. The method starts from the multiscale coarse-graining (MS-CG) approach, and it iteratively refines the distribution functions using repeated applications of the MS-CG algorithm. It is justified on the basis of the force matching normal equation, which can be considered a discrete form of the Yvon-Born-Green equation in liquid state theory. Numerical results for molecular systems involving pairwise nonbonded and three-body bonded interactions are obtained, and comparison with other approaches in literature is provided. FAU - Lu, Lanyuan AU - Lu L AD - Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, and Computation Institute, University of Chicago, 5735 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. FAU - Dama, James F AU - Dama JF FAU - Voth, Gregory A AU - Voth GA LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Chem Phys JT - The Journal of chemical physics JID - 0375360 RN - 0 (Hexanes) RN - 059QF0KO0R (Water) RN - Y4S76JWI15 (Methanol) SB - IM MH - *Algorithms MH - Hexanes/*chemistry MH - Methanol/*chemistry MH - *Molecular Dynamics Simulation MH - Water/*chemistry EDAT- 2013/10/05 06:00 MHDA- 2014/04/26 06:00 CRDT- 2013/10/05 06:00 PHST- 2013/10/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/10/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/04/26 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1063/1.4811667 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Chem Phys. 2013 Sep 28;139(12):121906. doi: 10.1063/1.4811667.