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Overview

Carlos Vega is affiliated with the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain. Their research focuses primarily on physics and astronomy, with a significant emphasis on atomic and molecular physics, materials chemistry, and atmospheric science. They have also contributed to fields such as biomedical engineering and filtration and separation.

Their research encompasses a variety of specialized topics, including:

  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
  • Material Dynamics and Properties
  • Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics
  • Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Thermodynamic properties of mixtures

Carlos Vega has an extensive publication record with frequent contributions to several scientific venues. These include:

  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Molecular Physics
  • Journal of Molecular Liquids
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Among their recent papers are:

  • "The Madrid-2019 force field for electrolytes in water using TIP4P/2005 and scaled charges: Extension to the ions F−, Br−, I−, Rb+, and Cs+" (2022, The Journal of Chemical Physics)
  • "Scaled charges for ions: An improvement but not the final word for modeling electrolytes in water" (2023, The Journal of Chemical Physics)
  • "The Young-Laplace equation for a solid-liquid interface" (2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics)
  • "Solubility of Methane in Water: Some Useful Results for Hydrate Nucleation" (2022, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B)
  • "Freezing point depression of salt aqueous solutions using the Madrid-2019 model" (2022, The Journal of Chemical Physics)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • S. Blazquez
  • Eduardo Sanz
  • Jorge R. Espinosa
  • Pablo Montero de Hijes
  • M. M. Conde

Best Publications

  • A general purpose model for the condensed phases of water: TIP4P/2005

    J. L. F. Abascal;C. Vega

  • A potential model for the study of ices and amorphous water: TIP4P/Ice.

    J. L. F. Abascal;E. Sanz;R. García Fernández;C. Vega

  • Simulating water with rigid non-polarizable models: a general perspective

    Carlos Vega;Jose L. F. Abascal

  • Surface tension of the most popular models of water by using the test-area simulation method.

    C. Vega;E. de Miguel

  • Water: A Tale of Two Liquids

    Paola Gallo;Katrin Amann-Winkel;Charles Austen Angell;Mikhail Alexeevich Anisimov

  • The melting point of ice Ih for common water models calculated from direct coexistence of the solid-liquid interface.

    Ramón García Fernández;José L. F. Abascal;Carlos Vega

  • What ice can teach us about water interactions: a critical comparison of the performance of different water models.

    C. Vega;J. L. F. Abascal;M. M. Conde;J. L. Aragones

  • The melting temperature of the most common models of water

    C. Vega;E. Sanz;J. L. F. Abascal

  • Phase Diagram of Water from Computer Simulation

    E. Sanz;C. Vega;J. L. F. Abascal;L. G. MacDowell

  • Widom line and the liquid-liquid critical point for the TIP4P/2005 water model.

    José L. F. Abascal;Carlos Vega

  • Homogeneous ice nucleation at moderate supercooling from molecular simulation.

    E. Sanz;C. Vega;J. R. Espinosa;R. Caballero-Bernal

  • A force field of Li+, Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Cl−, and SO42− in aqueous solution based on the TIP4P/2005 water model and scaled charges for the ions

    I M Zeron;J L F Abascal;C Vega

  • Determination of phase diagrams via computer simulation: methodology and applications to water, electrolytes and proteins

    C Vega;E Sanz;J L F Abascal;E G Noya

  • Vapor-liquid equilibria from the triple point up to the critical point for the new generation of TIP4P-like models: TIP4P/Ew, TIP4P/2005, and TIP4P/ice.

    C. Vega;J. L. F. Abascal;I. Nezbeda

  • Determining the three-phase coexistence line in methane hydrates using computer simulations

    M. M. Conde;C. Vega

  • Seeding approach to crystal nucleation

    Jorge R. Espinosa;Carlos Vega;Chantal Valeriani;Eduardo Sanz

  • A potential model for methane in water describing correctly the solubility of the gas and the properties of the methane hydrate

    H. Docherty;A. Galindo;C. Vega;E. Sanz

  • Revisiting the Frenkel-Ladd method to compute the free energy of solids: The Einstein molecule approach

    Carlos Vega;Eva G. Noya

  • Dynamic Defrosting on Nanostructured Superhydrophobic Surfaces

    Jonathan B. Boreyko;Bernadeta R. Srijanto;Trung Dac Nguyen;Carlos Vega

  • Anomalies in water as obtained from computer simulations of the TIP4P/2005 model: density maxima, and density, isothermal compressibility and heat capacity minima

    Helena L. Pi;Juan L. Aragones;Carlos Vega;Eva G. Noya

Frequent Co-Authors

Eduardo Sanz
Eduardo Sanz Complutense University of Madrid
Manuel M. Piñeiro
Manuel M. Piñeiro Universidade de Vigo
Amparo Galindo
Amparo Galindo Imperial College London
Daan Frenkel
Daan Frenkel University of Cambridge
Fernando Bresme
Fernando Bresme Imperial College London
Peter A. Monson
Peter A. Monson University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jonathan P. K. Doye
Jonathan P. K. Doye University of Oxford
Pablo G. Debenedetti
Pablo G. Debenedetti Princeton University
Sofia Calero
Sofia Calero Eindhoven University of Technology
Ard A. Louis
Ard A. Louis University of Oxford

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