I am a theoretical chemist and computational material scientist with expertise in predicting the first-principles-level behaviour of complex bulk and nanoconfined systems. I develop accurate and efficient approaches integrating classical and path-integral statistical methods, machine learning potential, and correlated electronic structure. Traditionally, these approaches require high computational effort or are computationally prohibitive for many systems. My work, therefore, develops predictive yet computationally affordable techniques for crystal structure predictionquantum vibrational spectra, and phase-diagram calculation. I am currently applying these techniques to compute phase diagrams of nanoconfined water in close collaboration with  Angelos Michaelides's group. I am also a developer of the scientific i-PI code that combines forcefield and first-principles software, path-integral simulations, enhanced sampling and other generic algorithms that govern nuclear motion. 

 

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Publications

Accurate Description of Nuclear Quantum Effects with High-Order Perturbed Path Integrals (HOPPI).
I Poltavsky, V Kapil, M Ceriotti, KS Kim, A Tkatchenko
Journal of chemical theory and computation
(2020)
16
Barely porous organic cages for hydrogen isotope separation
M Liu, L Zhang, MA Little, V Kapil, M Ceriotti, S Yang, L Ding, DL Holden, R Balderas-Xicohténcatl, D He, R Clowes, SY Chong, G Schütz, L Chen, M Hirscher, AI Cooper
Science
(2019)
366
Thermal Engineering of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Adsorption Applications: A Molecular Simulation Perspective
J Wieme, S Vandenbrande, A Lamaire, V Kapil, L Vanduyfhuys, V Van Speybroeck
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
(2019)
11
Assessment of Approximate Methods for Anharmonic Free Energies.
V Kapil, E Engel, M Rossi, M Ceriotti
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
(2019)
15
Modeling the Structural and Thermal Properties of Loaded Metal–Organic Frameworks. An Interplay of Quantum and Anharmonic Fluctuations
V Kapil, J Wieme, S Vandenbrande, A Lamaire, V Van Speybroeck, M Ceriotti
Journal of chemical theory and computation
(2019)
15
i-PI 2.0: A universal force engine for advanced molecular simulations
V Kapil, M Rossi, O Marsalek, R Petraglia, Y Litman, T Spura, B Cheng, A Cuzzocrea, RH Meißner, DM Wilkins, BA Helfrecht, P Juda, SP Bienvenue, W Fang, J Kessler, I Poltavsky, S Vandenbrande, J Wieme, C Corminboeuf, TD Kühne, DE Manolopoulos, TE Markland, JO Richardson, A Tkatchenko, GA Tribello, V Van Speybroeck, M Ceriotti
Computer Physics Communications
(2019)
236
Fine tuning classical and quantum molecular dynamics using a generalized Langevin equation
M Rossi, V Kapil, M Ceriotti
Journal of Chemical Physics
(2017)
148
High order path integrals made easy
V Kapil, J Behler, M Ceriotti
The Journal of Chemical Physics
(2016)
145
Sampling free energy surfaces as slices by combining umbrella sampling and metadynamics.
S Awasthi, V Kapil, NN Nair
Journal of Computational Chemistry
(2016)
37
Accurate molecular dynamics and nuclear quantum effects at low cost by multiple steps in real and imaginary time: Using density functional theory to accelerate wavefunction methods.
V Kapil, J VandeVondele, M Ceriotti
Journal of Chemical Physics
(2016)
144

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