Grand Canonical Monte Carlo Simulation if Water Positions in
Crystal Hydrates
Abstract:
Cavity Biased-Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (CB-GCMC) technique is
used to determine the water molecule locations in the
orthorhombic
form of the sodium hyaluronate crystal hydrate. Even though the
agreement with the experiment is good for the most part, the
prediction for one of the water molecules is quite different, and
our study reveals an alternative possible location for that water
molecule. Our results show that, if it is incorporated into
crystal
refinement studies, Grand Canonical Monte Carlo can be an
extremely
powerful supplementary method to predict the location and the
orientation of the hydrating waters.