Abstract
Abstract To understand and calculate the interactions of a solute with a solvent, a good method of computing the molecular surface is needed. Three kinds of surfaces may be used: the van der Waals Surface, the Accessible Surface, and the Molecular Surface. The latter is redefined in this article as the Solvent‐Excluding Surface. The new algorithm for computing the Solvent‐Excluding Surface included in the GEPOL93 program is described. GEPOL93 follows the same concept as former versions of GEPOL but with a full new algorithm. Thus, it computes the Solvent‐Excluding Surface by filling the spaces not accessible to the solvent with a set of new spheres. The computation is controlled by three parameters: the number of triangles per sphere, controlled by NDIV; the maximum overlap among the new spheres (OFAC); and the size of the smallest sphere that can be created (RMIN). The changes introduced for the computation of the ESURF make GEPOL93 not just a new version but a new program. An estimation is made of the error in the area and volume obtained in the function of the parameters. © 1994 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Surface (topology)ComputationSolventAccessible surface areaSPHERESvan der Waals forceSet (abstract data type)AlgorithmHard spheresComputer scienceMathematicsComputational chemistryChemistryPhysicsGeometryMoleculeQuantum mechanicsOrganic chemistry
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Juan-Luis Pascual-Ahuir,
Estanislao Silla,
Iñaki Tuñón
(1994).
GEPOL: An improved description of molecular surfaces. III. A new algorithm for the computation of a solvent‐excluding surface.
Journal of Computational Chemistry
, 15
(10)
, 1127-1138.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jcc.540151009
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- 10.1002/jcc.540151009