Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Octacosane for Phase Diagrams and Properties via United Atom Scheme

We used united atom scheme to build three types of crystalline structures for octacosane (C28H58) and carried out molecular dynamic simulations to investigate their properties. By gradual heating the three polymorphs, we successfully reproduced the sequence of experimentally reported crystalline phase, intermediate rotator phase and liquid phase. The obtained structural properties of the phases, such as molecule chain morphology, density, chain tilt angle, cell anisotropy. We revealed three mechanisms which well described the kinetic deformation and expansion during the annealing process. Furthermore, our model successfully predicted the melting temperature and the heat of fusion. We also reproduced characteristics of the rotator phases and the liquid phase, indicating the transferability of the united atom scheme among different condensed phases of octacosane. Our methodology represents an effective and efficient means of numerical study for octacosane and may have implication for other members of the n-alkane family.

Thermal phase behavior and ion hopping in a 1,2,4-triazolium perfluorobutanesulfonate protic organic ionic plastic crystal

Rotator phase and ion hopping in a 1,2,4-triazolium perfluorobutanesulfonate POIPC.

Effect of the liquid crystal solute on the rotator phase transitions of n-alkanes

Recent experimental studies have shown that the liquid crystal substance plays an important role in determining the structures and the phase transitions of the different rotator phases in binary mixtures of n-alkane and liquid crystals.