Bridging the accuracy-speed divide in reactive molecular dynamics with QuantaMind MD
Simulating chemical reactivity remains a central challenge in molecular dynamics, historically constrained by the trade-off between ab initio accuracy and classical efficiency. We present QuantaMind, a machine learning force field (MLFF) framework that attains density functional theory (DFT)-level accuracy, enabling fully reactive simulations of complex molecular systems. QuantaMind achieves exceptional numerical stability over tens-of-nanosecond trajectories, maintaining accuracy throughout long-time reactive dynamics. It reproduces spontaneous bond formation and cleavage in key chemical processes-including proton transfer, acid-base neutralization, and phosphate buffering-and captures biologically essential phenomena such as histidine titration under constant pH. As a demonstration of the framework's applicability to enzyme catalysis, QuantaMind recapitulates the complete catalytic cycle of the PETase-catalyzed hydrolysis reaction. By uniting quantum-level accuracy with computational efficiency comparable to state-of-the-art MLFFs, QuantaMind establishes a paradigm for long-timescale, fully reactive molecular simulation, opening avenues for rational catalyst design, reactive materials discovery, and predictive modeling of biochemical function.
Authors
- Song Xia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6077-1718)
- Jinbo Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7111-4839)
- Deqiang Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5482-5786)
- Shang Xu
Institutions
- Renmin University of China (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Science Advances
- Published
- 2026-09-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aeg3595
- Primary Topic
- Machine Learning in Materials Science
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00