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. 2018 Feb 5;115(8):1724–1729. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1715434115

Table 1.

Lattice energy (kilojoules per mole) for the molecular crystals under consideration in this work, computed with DMC compared with values from experimental measures of sublimation enthalpy

Crystal DMC(lc)* DMC(sc) Experiment
Ice Ih −59.3 ± 0.5 −59.2 ± 0.2 −58.8
Ice II −59.1 ± 0.6 −59.0 ± 0.3 −58.8
Ice VIII −57.3 ± 0.6 −57.4 ± 0.1 −57.4
Carbon dioxide −28.2 ± 1.3 −28.5 ± 0.4 −28.4
Ammonia −37.1 ± 0.4 −37.5 ± 0.1 −37.2
Benzene −52.1 ± 0.4 −51.2 ± 0.2 −50.6
Naphthalene −78.8 ± 0.8 −78.0 ± 0.6 −79.2
Anthracene −105.5 ± 1.7 −103.9 ± 1.0 −105.8
*

DMC using a large supercell.

DMC using a small supercell; additional values in SI Appendix.