Molecular-dynamics study of the velocity-autocorrelation function and the self-diffusion coefficient in multicomponent mixtures

1992 ◽  
Vol 45 (12) ◽  
pp. 8559-8565 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. M. Schaink ◽  
C. Hoheisel
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-156
Author(s):  
Yuri I. Naberukhin ◽  
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Alexey V. Anikeenko ◽  
Vladimir P. Voloshin ◽  
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Autocorrelation function of the particle velocity Z(t) is calculated using the molecular dynamics method in the models of liquid argon and water. The large size of the models (more than a hundred thousand particles) allowed us to trace these functions up to 50 picoseconds in argon and up to 10 picoseconds in water, and to achieve a calculation accuracy sufficient for analytical analysis of their shape. The difference in the determination of the self-diffusion coefficient using Einstein's law and the integral of Z(t) (Green-Kubo integral) is analyzed and it is shown to be 3% at best when t is of the order of several picoseconds. The asymptote of the function Z(t) in argon is close to the power law αt–3/2 predicted by hydrodynamics, but with an amplitude that depends on the time interval under consideration. In water, the asymptote of Z(t) has nothing in common with that in argon: it has α < 0 and the exponent is close to -5/2, and not to -3/2.


2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Niraj Kumar ◽  
Narayan Prasad Adhikari

Molecular Dynamics simulation was performed using 2 xenon atoms as solute and 300 water molecules as solvent. We have studied the structural properties as well as transport property. As structural properties, we have determined the radial distribution function (RDF) of xenon-xenon, xenon-water, and water-water interactions. Study of RDF of xenon-xenon and oxygen-oxygen interactions of water shows that there is hydrophobic behavior of xenon in the presence of water. We have studied the self diffusion coefficient of xenon, water, and mutual diffusion coefficients of xenon in water. The self diffusion coefficient of xenon was estimated using both mean-squared displacement (MSD) and velocity autocorrelation function (VACF), while only MSD was used for water. The temperature dependence of the diffusion coefficient of xenon and water were found to follow the Arrhenius behavior. The activation energies obtained are 12.156 KJ/mole with MSD and 14.617 KJ/mole with VACF in the temperature range taken in this study.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Best ◽  
Jake B. Wasley ◽  
Carla de Tomas ◽  
Alireza Aghajamali ◽  
Irene Suarez-Martinez ◽  
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Amorphous carbons are disordered carbons with densities of circa 1.9–3.1 g/cc and a mixture of sp2 and sp3 hybridization. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we simulate diffusion in amorphous carbons at different densities and temperatures to investigate the transition between amorphous carbon and the liquid state. Arrhenius plots of the self-diffusion coefficient clearly demonstrate that there is a glass transition rather than a melting point. We consider five common carbon potentials (Tersoff, REBO-II, AIREBO, ReaxFF and EDIP) and all exhibit a glass transition. Although the glass-transition temperature (Tg) is not significantly affected by density, the choice of potential can vary Tg by up to 40%. Our results suggest that amorphous carbon should be interpreted as a glass rather than a solid.


2009 ◽  
Vol 289-292 ◽  
pp. 609-614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Meyer ◽  
Jürgen Horbach ◽  
O. Heinen ◽  
Dirk Holland-Moritz ◽  
T. Unruh

Self diffusion in liquid titanium was measured at 2000K by quasielastic neutron scattering (QNS) in combination with container less processing via electromagnetic levitation. At small wavenumbers q the quasielastic signal is dominated by incoherent scattering. Up to about 1.2 °A−1 the width of the quasielastic line exhibits a q2 dependence as expected for long range atomic transport, thus allowing to measure the self diffusion coefficient DTi. As a result the value DTi = (5.3± 0.2)× 10−9 m2s−1 was obtained.With a molecular dynamics (MD) computer simulation using an embedded atom model (EAM) for Ti, the self diffusion coefficient is determined from the mean square displacement as well as from the decay of the incoherent intermediate scattering function at different q. By comparing both methods, we show that the hydrodynamic prediction of a q2 dependence indeed extends up to about 1.2 °A−1. Since this result does not depend significantly on the details of the interatomic potential, our findings show that accurate values of self diffusion coefficients in liquid metals can be measured by QNS on an absolute scale.


2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 1650064 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dipendra Bhandari ◽  
N. P. Adhikari

Molecular dynamics study of diffusion of two krypton atoms in 300 SPC/E water molecules at temperatures 293, 303, 313, 323 and 333 K has been carried out. Self-diffusion coefficient of krypton and water along with their mutual diffusion coefficients are estimated. Self-diffusion coefficient for krypton is calculated by using Mean Square Displacement (MSD) method and Velocity Autocorrelation (VACF) method, while that for water is calculated by using MSD method only. The mutual diffusion coefficient is estimated by using the Darken’s relation. The diffusion coefficients are found to follow the Arrhenius behavior. The structural properties of the system have been estimated by the study of solute–solute, solvent–solvent, and solute–solvent Radial Distribution Function (RDF).


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