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11 HUMMER ET AL. (1996)<br />

12 HÜNENBERGER, MCCAMMON (1999)<br />

<strong>Free</strong>-<strong>energy</strong> perturbation <strong>calculations</strong> One simple application of perturbation theory<br />

System–size effects can be greatly reduced by properly<br />

correcting for the self–interaction term, which is due to<br />

interactions between the charge and its images and the<br />

neutralizing background. 11<br />

This is true for both Ewald lattice summation and generalized<br />

reaction field treatments of finite–size effects. 12<br />

In general, free <strong>energy</strong> <strong>calculations</strong>, in which the system<br />

is transformed such that its electrical charge changes,<br />

should include system–size corrections.<br />

Chris Chipot <strong>Free</strong>-<strong>energy</strong> <strong>calculations</strong>

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