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Molecular Orbitals and Isosurfaces

Molecular Orbitals and Isosurfaces

visualizing molecular orbitals and isosurfaces and spin densities; bond orders, charges, and multipole moments; a recent podcast appearance
Dec 6, 2024 · Ari Wagen, Corin Wagen, and Jonathon Vandezande
Making Rowan Easier To Use

Making Rowan Easier To Use

collaboration in organizations; predicting slow jobs; myriad ui/ux improvements; faster conformer searching; new AIMNet2; vDZP preprint
Nov 26, 2024 · Ari Wagen, Corin Wagen, Spencer Schneider, and Jonathon Vandezande
Redox Potentials, Education, and Documentation

Redox Potentials, Education, and Documentation

more efficient + accurate ways to compute redox potentials; using Rowan in the classroom; improving our documentation
Nov 14, 2024 · Corin Wagen, Ari Wagen, and Jonathon Vandezande
Rowan Goes Periodic

Rowan Goes Periodic

periodic vs molecular; why periodic matters; tblite; open materials 2024 on GPU; more in the future
Oct 25, 2024 · Corin Wagen, Ari Wagen, Jonathon Vandezande, and Spencer Schneider
DiffLinker, MMFF94, and Common DFT Errors

DiffLinker, MMFF94, and Common DFT Errors

iteration cycles in chemistry; generative AI for linker design; forcefield optimizations; handling common DFT errors
Oct 16, 2024 · Ari Wagen and Corin Wagen
Descriptors & PCA

Descriptors & PCA

empirical vs physics-based modeling; molecular representations; our descriptors workflow; PCA for visualizing chemical space; metal-organic complex spin states; input structures with PubChem; AI Grant
Oct 10, 2024 · Ari Wagen, Corin Wagen, and Jonathon Vandezande
You Can Now Subscribe to Rowan (And Why You Should)

You Can Now Subscribe to Rowan (And Why You Should)

our vision for Rowan; new pricing model; academic plans; bond-dissociation-energy workflow; improvements to our API
Sep 18, 2024 · Corin Wagen, Ari Wagen, and Jonathon Vandezande
Predicting ADMET On Rowan

Predicting ADMET On Rowan

pros and cons of global ADME/toxicity prediction; some case studies
Aug 29, 2024 · Corin Wagen and Ari Wagen
Spin States & Multistage Optimizations

Spin States & Multistage Optimizations

why it matters; our approach; some case studies
Aug 22, 2024 · Corin Wagen, Jonathon Vandezande, and Ari Wagen
Summer Speed Optimizations

Summer Speed Optimizations

making rowan faster: approximate guess Hessians; new compute backends, &c
Aug 14, 2024 · Corin Wagen
Summer Updates To Rowan

Summer Updates To Rowan

Psi4 now available; new structure editor features; conformer search supports metals
Jul 9, 2024 · Ari Wagen, Corin Wagen, and Jonathon Vandezande
Fukui Indices & Global Electrophilicity

Fukui Indices & Global Electrophilicity

predicting regioselectivity + reactivity; applications to synthesis & metabolism; updates to our team
Jun 18, 2024 · Corin Wagen, Jonathon Vandezande, and Ari Wagen
Predicting Redox Potentials With Rowan

Predicting Redox Potentials With Rowan

why it matters; insensitivity to theoretical precision; our workflow; applications
May 29, 2024 · Corin Wagen
Spring Updates To Rowan

Spring Updates To Rowan

new ui/ux; little calculations are now free; updates to our team
May 17, 2024 · Corin Wagen and Ari Wagen
Tautomer and Conformer Workflows Now Available

Tautomer and Conformer Workflows Now Available

importance of tautomers and conformers; how it works; benchmarks
Mar 28, 2024 · Corin Wagen
TeraChem Now Available On Rowan

TeraChem Now Available On Rowan

GPU fundamentals; adapting quantum chemistry to GPUs; how to run TeraChem
Mar 22, 2024 · Corin Wagen and Ari Wagen
Taking Security Seriously

Taking Security Seriously

external vs internal security; what we've done wrong; API changes and AMI listing; where we hope to go
Mar 15, 2024 · Corin Wagen and Ari Wagen
Rowan pKa: Fast and Accurate Prediction of pKa Values with Minimal Empiricism

Rowan pKa: Fast and Accurate Prediction of pKa Values with Minimal Empiricism

why we chose this problem; how Rowan pKa works; benchmarking on real systems; the future of ML + quantum chemistry
Mar 8, 2024 · Corin Wagen and Ari Wagen
AIMNet2 Now Available on Rowan

AIMNet2 Now Available on Rowan

two orders of magnitude faster than conventional DFT; glimpsing the future of computational chemistry
Jan 19, 2024 · Corin Wagen and Ari Wagen
Studying Atropisomers with Rowan

Studying Atropisomers with Rowan

When trying to explain what Rowan is, I often find that other scientists struggle to understand what quantum chemistry is or how it can be useful.
Jan 8, 2024 · Corin Wagen
Rowan's Beta Launch

Rowan's Beta Launch

Five months later, here we are.
Dec 12, 2023 · Corin Wagen and Ari Wagen
Quantum Chemistry in Drug Discovery

Quantum Chemistry in Drug Discovery

How it's used at present, and opportunities for the future.
Oct 12, 2023 · Corin Wagen
Why We're Building Rowan

Why We're Building Rowan

Here's an unfortunate truth: when it comes to software, science is decades behind other fields.
Aug 24, 2023 · Ari Wagen and Corin Wagen