scholarly journals Synergistic adsorptions of Na2CO3 and Na2SiO3 on calcium minerals revealed by spectroscopic and ab initio molecular dynamics studies

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (43) ◽  
pp. 9928-9940 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yann Foucaud ◽  
Michaël Badawi ◽  
Lev O. Filippov ◽  
Odile Barres ◽  
Inna V. Filippova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Sodium Silicate ◽  
Sodium Carbonate ◽  
Proton Exchange ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Calcium Minerals

FTIR, XPS, and ab initio molecular dynamics studies demonstrated that sodium silicate (Na2SiO3) adsorbs on fluorite with a higher affinity when they are treated beforehand by sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) due to proton exchange(s).

scholarly journals OH− and H3O+ Diffusion in Model AEMs and PEMs at Low Hydration: Insights from Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics

Membranes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 355
Author(s):  
Tamar Zelovich ◽  
Mark E. Tuckerman
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Proton Exchange ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Anion Exchange Membranes ◽  
Diffusion Mechanisms ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

Fuel cell-based anion-exchange membranes (AEMs) and proton exchange membranes (PEMs) are considered to have great potential as cost-effective, clean energy conversion devices. However, a fundamental atomistic understanding of the hydroxide and hydronium diffusion mechanisms in the AEM and PEM environment is an ongoing challenge. In this work, we aim to identify the fundamental atomistic steps governing hydroxide and hydronium transport phenomena. The motivation of this work lies in the fact that elucidating the key design differences between the hydroxide and hydronium diffusion mechanisms will play an important role in the discovery and determination of key design principles for the synthesis of new membrane materials with high ion conductivity for use in emerging fuel cell technologies. To this end, ab initio molecular dynamics simulations are presented to explore hydroxide and hydronium ion solvation complexes and diffusion mechanisms in the model AEM and PEM systems at low hydration in confined environments. We find that hydroxide diffusion in AEMs is mostly vehicular, while hydronium diffusion in model PEMs is structural. Furthermore, we find that the region between each pair of cations in AEMs creates a bottleneck for hydroxide diffusion, leading to a suppression of diffusivity, while the anions in PEMs become active participants in the hydronium diffusion, suggesting that the presence of the anions in model PEMs could potentially promote hydronium diffusion.

Insights into the tribochemistry of sliding iron oxide surfaces lubricated by sodium silicate glasses: An ab initio molecular dynamics study

2020 ◽  
Vol 528 ◽  
pp. 147008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nam V. Tran ◽  
A. Kiet Tieu ◽  
Hongtao Zhu ◽  
Huong T.T. Ta ◽  
Pham T. Sang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Iron Oxide ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Sodium Silicate ◽  
Silicate Glasses ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Oxide Surfaces

Maleimide: a potential building block for the design of proton exchange membranes studied by ab initio molecular dynamics simulations

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (98) ◽  
pp. 80220-80227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuejiao Li ◽  
Liuming Yan ◽  
Baohua Yue
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Solid State ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Building Block ◽  
Proton Transport ◽  
Proton Exchange Membranes ◽  
Proton Exchange ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

Ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations are applied to the study of proton transport in solid state maleimide.

scholarly journals Synergistic Adsorptions of Na2CO3 and Na2SiO3 on Calcium Minerals Revealed by Spectroscopic and ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Studies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Badawi ◽  
Yann Foucaud ◽  
Lev Filippov ◽  
Odile Barres ◽  
Inna Filippova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Calcium Minerals

Combustion Driven by Fragment-based Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liqun Cao ◽  
Jinzhe Zeng ◽  
Mingyuan Xu ◽  
Chih-Hao Chin ◽  
Tong Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Methane Combustion ◽  
Combustion Method ◽  
Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Computational Time ◽  
Combustion Mechanism ◽  
Daily Lives

Combustion is a kind of important reaction that affects people's daily lives and the development of aerospace. Exploring the reaction mechanism contributes to the understanding of combustion and the more efficient use of fuels. Ab initio quantum mechanical (QM) calculation is precise but limited by its computational time for large-scale systems. In order to carry out reactive molecular dynamics (MD) simulation for combustion accurately and quickly, we develop the MFCC-combustion method in this study, which calculates the interaction between atoms using QM method at the level of MN15/6-31G(d). Each molecule in systems is treated as a fragment, and when the distance between any two atoms in different molecules is greater than 3.5 Å, a new fragment involved two molecules is produced in order to consider the two-body interaction. The deviations of MFCC-combustion from full system calculations are within a few kcal/mol, and the result clearly shows that the calculated energies of the different systems using MFCC-combustion are close to converging after the distance thresholds are larger than 3.5 Å for the two-body QM interactions. The methane combustion was studied with the MFCC-combustion method to explore the combustion mechanism of the methane-oxygen system.

scholarly journals A Review on Combination of Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics and NMR Parameters Calculations

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
pp. 4378
Author(s):  
Anna Helena Mazurek ◽  
Łukasz Szeleszczuk ◽  
Dariusz Maciej Pisklak
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Small Amplitude ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Quantum Mechanical ◽  
Time Step ◽  
Noticeable Effect ◽  
Nmr Parameters ◽  
Mechanical Methods ◽  
Simulation Time

This review focuses on a combination of ab initio molecular dynamics (aiMD) and NMR parameters calculations using quantum mechanical methods. The advantages of such an approach in comparison to the commonly applied computations for the structures optimized at 0 K are presented. This article was designed as a convenient overview of the applied parameters such as the aiMD type, DFT functional, time step, or total simulation time, as well as examples of previously studied systems. From the analysis of the published works describing the applications of such combinations, it was concluded that including fast, small-amplitude motions through aiMD has a noticeable effect on the accuracy of NMR parameters calculations.

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