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Atomic insights into melting behaviours of phase change material confined in nanospace. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Abbaspour M, Akbarzadeh H, Namayandeh Jorabchi M, Salemi S, Ahmadi N. Investigation of doped carbon nanotubes on desalination process using molecular dynamics simulations. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.118040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Azamat J, Ghasemi F, Jahanbin Sardroodi J, Jahanshahi D. Molecular dynamics simulation of separation of water/methanol and water/ethanol mixture using boron nitride nanotubes. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.115774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Template-free fabrication strategies for 3D nanoporous Graphene in desalination applications. ARAB J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2021.103088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Carbon nanotube membranes – Strategies and challenges towards scalable manufacturing and practical separation applications. Sep Purif Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Functionalized boron nitride nanosheet as a membrane for removal of Pb2+ and Cd2+ ions from aqueous solution. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Bayat G, Saghatchi R, Azamat J, Khataee A. Separation of methane from different gas mixtures using modified silicon carbide nanosheet: Micro and macro scale numerical studies. Chin J Chem Eng 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2019.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Rassoulinejad-Mousavi SM, Azamat J, Khataee A, Zhang Y. Molecular dynamics simulation of water purification using zeolite MFI nanosheets. Sep Purif Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2019.116080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Jafarzadeh R, Azamat J, Erfan-Niya H. Water desalination across functionalized silicon carbide nanosheet membranes: insights from molecular simulations. Struct Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s11224-019-01405-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Chen L, Razavi R, Najafi M, Rajabiyoun N, Tahvili A. Examination of properties of nanocages (B18N18 and B18P18) as anode electrodes in metal-ion batteries. Chem Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2019.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Chen Z, Shao Z, Siddiqui MK, Nazeer W, Najafi M. Potential of Carbon, Silicon, Boron Nitride and Aluminum Phosphide Nanocages as Anodes of Lithium, Sodium and Potassium Ion Batteries: A DFT Study. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s1990793119010184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Sahu P, Musharaf Ali S, Shenoy KT, Mohan S. Nanoscopic insights of saline water in carbon nanotube appended filters using molecular dynamics simulations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:8529-8542. [PMID: 30957831 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp00648f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Nanotube appended membranes are shown to be very promising due to their ultrafast water transport and very high salt rejection ability. Using classical molecular dynamics, the present study reports the nanoscopic assessment of various molecular events for nanotube-based desalination, which might be useful for nanoscale devices during process operation at the macroscopic scale. The characteristics of water and ion flow are discussed with varied strength of pressure gradient and salt concentration for different scales of confinement. The results revealed that the membranes comprising nanotubes of 1.0-1.1 nm diameter can be optimized for efficient water desalination with more than >95% salt rejection. Furthermore, the anomalies in water flux through nanotubes are linked with the hydration characteristics of ions inside CNTs. The results show the maximum hydration of confined ions inside the nanotubes, which indicated the minimum permeability of water due to freezing effects. Furthermore, the MD results revealed that akin to bulk phases, the mass transport through nanotubes can be linked with the component diffusivity in the medium. It has been demonstrated that not only the diffusivities of water and ions, but even the gradient of water to ion diffusivity might be utilized to predict and explore the experimental observations, which might be helpful in optimizing the operational regime in nanotube-based filtrations. Moreover, the thermodynamic characteristics of the flow are discussed in terms of the entropy of water and ions using the robust two-phase thermodynamic (2PT) method. The results reflect that the entropy of water is linked to the distortion of the hydrogen bond network inside the nanotube confinement, at the nanotube-water interface and at the bulk solution, whereas the entropy of ions seems to be majorly dominated by their oscillation. Also, the interconnection of hydration structure, mass flux and the diffusivity of water and ions along with their thermodynamic origin are discussed.
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- Pooja Sahu
- Chemical Engineering Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400085, India.
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Molecular dynamics simulation of electric field driven water and heavy metals transport through fluorinated carbon nanotubes. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.01.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Potential of Si14Ge14 and B14P14 nanocages as electrodes of metal-ion batteries: a theoretical investigation. J Solid State Electrochem 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10008-018-04176-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Surendar A, Munir Ahmed, Shepelyuk OL, Robbi Rahim, Meysam Najafi. F, Cl, Br Doped Ge44 and Al22P22 Nanocages As Anode Electrode Materials of Li, Na, and K ion Batteries. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A 2018. [DOI: 10.1134/s0036024418110262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Can the C32 and B16N16 nanocages be suitable anode with high performance for Li, Na and K ion batteries? INORG CHEM COMMUN 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2018.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A theoretical investigation on the adsorption of platinol drug on a ZnO nanocluster: Solvent and density functional effect. J Mol Liq 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2018.02.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Razavi R, Abrishamifar SM, Toupkanloo HA, Lariche MJ, Najafi M. DFT Investigation of the Potential of B21N21 and Al21P21 Nanocages as Anode Electrodes in Metal Ion Batteries. J CLUST SCI 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10876-018-1356-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Theoretical investigation of the use of nanocages with an adsorbed halogen atom as anode materials in metal-ion batteries. J Mol Model 2018; 24:64. [PMID: 29468439 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-018-3604-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 01/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The applicability of C44, B22N22, Ge44, and Al22P22 nanocages, as well as variants of those nanocages with an adsorbed halogen atom, as high-performance anode materials in Li-ion, Na-ion, and K-ion batteries was investigated theoretically via density functional theory. The results obtained indicate that, among the nanocages with no adsorbed halogen atom, Al22P22 would be the best candidate for a novel anode material for use in metal-ion batteries. Calculations also suggest that K-ion batteries which utilize these nanocages as anode materials would give better performance and would yield higher cell voltages than the corresponding Li-ion and Na-ion batteries with nanocage-based anodes. Also, the results for the nanocages with an adsorbed halogen atom imply that employing them as anode materials would lead to higher cell voltages and better metal-ion battery performance than if the nanocages with no adsorbed halogen atom were to be used as anode materials instead. Results further implied that nanocages with an adsorbed F atom would give higher cell voltages and better battery performance than nanocages with an adsorbed Cl or Br atom. We were ultimately able to conclude that a K-ion battery that utilized Al21P22 with an adsorbed F atom as its anode material would afford the best metal-ion battery performance; we therefore propose this as a novel highly efficient metal-ion battery. Graphical abstract The results of a theoretical investigation indicated that Al22P22 is a better candidate for a high-performance anode material in metal-ion batteries than Ge44 is. Calculations also showed that K-ion batteries with nanocage-based anodes would produce higher cell voltages and perform better than the equivalent Li-ion and Na-ion batteries with nanocage-based anodes, and that anodes based on nanocages with an adsorbed F atom would perform better than anodes based on nanocages with an adsorbed Cl or Br atom.
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A computational study on the cisplatin drug interaction with boron nitride nanocluster. J Mol Graph Model 2018; 79:223-229. [PMID: 29258019 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2017.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Revised: 12/07/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Nejati K, Hosseinian A, Bekhradnia A, Vessally E, Edjlali L. Na-ion batteries based on the inorganic BN nanocluster anodes: DFT studies. J Mol Graph Model 2017; 74:1-7. [PMID: 28324756 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2017.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Revised: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 03/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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It has been recently indicated that the Li-ion batteries may be replaced by Na-ion batteries because of their low safety, high cost, and low-temperature performance, and lack of the Li mineral reserves. Here, using density functional theory calculations, we studied the potential application of B12N12 nanoclusters as anode in Na-ion batteries. Our calculations indicate that the adsorption energy of Na+ and Na are about -23.4 and -1.4kcal/mol, respectively, and the pristine BN cage to improve suffers from a low cell voltage (∼0.92V) as an anode in Na-ion batteries. We presented a strategy to increase the cell voltage and performance of Na-ion batteries. We showed that encapsulation of different halides (X=F-, Cl-, or Br-) into BN cage significantly increases the cell voltage. By increasing the atomic number of X, the Gibbs free energy change of cell becomes more negative and the cell voltage is increased up to 3.93V. The results are discussed based on the structural, energetic, frontier molecular orbital, charge transfer and electronic properties and compared with the performance of other nanostructured anodes.
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- K Nejati
- Department of Chemistry, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Engineering Science, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 11365-4563, Tehran, Iran
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
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