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Xu N, Liu Z, Lv Y, Liu S, Yang S, Zhang W. Improved Coarse-Grained Model for Nanoparticles Based on the Martini Force Field and Its Application in Molecular Dynamics Simulation on Gel Ink. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:14172-14184. [PMID: 36367785 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
Research on the dispersion and stability of nanoparticles in liquid media is one of the key subjects for nanomaterial utilization. In consideration of the preponderance of coarse-grained (CG) molecular dynamics (MD) simulation in following and understanding the structure and dynamics on the nanoscale, an improved CG model for nanoparticles based on the Martini force field is established to facilitate the more extensive applications of this simulation method and further studies on complex nanoparticle liquid systems. Gel ink is selected as the liquid system for nanoparticles to validate the improved CG model on the one hand and introduce the CGMD simulation method into the studies of this system on the other. The calculation shows that the improved model can provide relatively precise results and has good computational stability. The effect mechanisms of the thickener and disperser on the carbon black nanoparticle are similar, namely the result of a delicate balance between the interaction of the thickener/disperser with the carbon black nanoparticle and the interaction of the thickener and disperser with each other. Furthermore, the phase assimilating effect of disperser molecules is key for separating the agglomerated carbon black nanoparticles; thereafter, the space steric hindrance effect and the electrostatic hindrance effect play main roles in maintaining the dispersion of carbon black nanoparticles.
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Affiliation(s)
- Na Xu
- College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi030024, China
- Shanxi coking coal in Yuncheng salt Refco Group Ltd., Yuncheng, Shanxi044000, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi030024, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi030024, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi030024, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi030024, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi030024, China
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Molecular dynamics simulation reveals the reliability of Brij-58 nanomicellar drug delivery systems for flurbiprofen. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119496] [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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Lavagnini E, Cook JL, Warren PB, Hunter CA. Systematic Parameterization of Ion-Surfactant Interactions in Dissipative Particle Dynamics Using Setschenow Coefficients. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:2308-2315. [PMID: 35290050 PMCID: PMC9098171 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c00101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Dissipative
particle dynamics (DPD) simulations of nonionic surfactants
with an added salt show that the Setschenow relationship is reproduced;
that is, the critical micelle concentration is log-linearly dependent
on the added salt concentration. The simulated Setschenow coefficients
depend on the DPD bead–bead repulsion amplitudes, and matching
to the experimentally determined values provides a systematic method
to parameterize the interactions between salt ion beads and surfactant
beads. The optimized ion-specific interaction parameters appear to
be transferrable and follow the same trends as the empirical Hofmeister
series.
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- Ennio Lavagnini
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
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- Unilever R&D Port Sunlight, Quarry Road East, Bebington CH63 3JW, U.K
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- Unilever R&D Port Sunlight, Quarry Road East, Bebington CH63 3JW, U.K.,STFC Hartree Centre, Sci-Tech Daresbury, Warrington WA4 4AD, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
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Xu Y, Song J, Wang T, Xu M, Zhang L, Jia H, Wang J, Song L, Jia H, Lian P. Novel insights into the self-assembly behaviors of cationic surfactant and bivalent acid: Effects of group positions in bivalent acid. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.118012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mirhosseini MM, Haddadi-Asl V, Khordad R. Molecular dynamics simulation, synthesis and characterization of polyurethane block polymers containing PTHF/PCL mixture as a soft segment. Polym Bull (Berl) 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s00289-021-03615-y] [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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Kobayashi Y, Gomyo H, Arai N. Molecular Insight into the Possible Mechanism of Drag Reduction of Surfactant Aqueous Solution in Pipe Flow. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22147573. [PMID: 34299196 PMCID: PMC8307477 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22147573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 07/03/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The phenomenon of drag reduction (known as the “Toms effect”) has many industrial and engineering applications, but a definitive molecular-level theory has not yet been constructed. This is due both to the multiscale nature of complex fluids and to the difficulty of directly observing self-assembled structures in nonequilibrium states. On the basis of a large-scale coarse-grained molecular simulation that we conducted, we propose a possible mechanism of turbulence suppression in surfactant aqueous solution. We demonstrate that maintaining sufficiently large micellar structures and a homogeneous radial distribution of surfactant molecules is necessary to obtain the drag-reduction effect. This is the first molecular-simulation evidence that a micellar structure is responsible for drag reduction in pipe flow, and should help in understanding the mechanisms underlying drag reduction by surfactant molecules under nonequilibrium conditions.
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Chen P, Chang H, Peng T, Tang Y, Liu Y, Xiang C. Synthesis and performance evaluation of a new drag reducer based on acrylamide/12‐allyloxydodecyl acid sodium. J Appl Polym Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/app.50314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Pengfei Chen
- Research Institute of Natural Gas Technology PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gas Field Company Chengdu China
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- Research Institute of Natural Gas Technology PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gas Field Company Chengdu China
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- Research Institute of Natural Gas Technology PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gas Field Company Chengdu China
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- Research Institute of Natural Gas Technology PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gas Field Company Chengdu China
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- Research Institute of Natural Gas Technology PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gas Field Company Chengdu China
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- Research Institute of Natural Gas Technology PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gas Field Company Chengdu China
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Wang H, Lin M, Dong Z, Xu C, Xue R, Yang Z. Study on the association behavior of synthesized hydrophobically associating polymer microspheres. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.124829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Liu D, Li Y, Liu F, Zhou W, Sun A, Liu X, Chen F, Xu BB, Wei J. Interfacial Interaction Enhanced Rheological Behavior in PAM/CTAC/Salt Aqueous Solution-A Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Study. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:polym12020265. [PMID: 31991789 PMCID: PMC7077399 DOI: 10.3390/polym12020265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2019] [Revised: 01/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Interfacial interactions within a multi-phase polymer solution play critical roles in processing control and mass transportation in chemical engineering. However, the understandings of these roles remain unexplored due to the complexity of the system. In this study, we used an efficient analytical method-a nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) simulation-to unveil the molecular interactions and rheology of a multiphase solution containing cetyltrimethyl ammonium chloride (CTAC), polyacrylamide (PAM), and sodium salicylate (NaSal). The associated macroscopic rheological characteristics and shear viscosity of the polymer/surfactant solution were investigated, where the computational results agreed well with the experimental data. The relation between the characteristic time and shear rate was consistent with the power law. By simulating the shear viscosity of the polymer/surfactant solution, we found that the phase transition of micelles within the mixture led to a non-monotonic increase in the viscosity of the mixed solution with the increase in concentration of CTAC or PAM. We expect this optimized molecular dynamic approach to advance the current understanding on chemical-physical interactions within polymer/surfactant mixtures at the molecular level and enable emerging engineering solutions.
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- Dongjie Liu
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China; (D.L.); (W.Z.)
- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China;
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- Drilling and Production Engineering Research Institute, Chuanqing Drilling and Exploration Engineering Company Ltd., CNPC, Xi’an 710018, China;
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China;
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China; (D.L.); (W.Z.)
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- Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK; (A.S.); (X.L.)
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- Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK; (A.S.); (X.L.)
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China; (D.L.); (W.Z.)
- Correspondence: (F.C.); (B.B.X.); (J.W.); Tel.: +86-029-82664375 (J.W.)
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- Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK; (A.S.); (X.L.)
- Correspondence: (F.C.); (B.B.X.); (J.W.); Tel.: +86-029-82664375 (J.W.)
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China; (D.L.); (W.Z.)
- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China;
- Correspondence: (F.C.); (B.B.X.); (J.W.); Tel.: +86-029-82664375 (J.W.)
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Study on rheological behavior and salt-thickening mechanism of a synthesized twin-tailed hydrophobically modified polyacrylamide. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.111619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Crowet JM, Sinnaeve D, Fehér K, Laurin Y, Deleu M, Martins JC, Lins L. Molecular Model for the Self-Assembly of the Cyclic Lipodepsipeptide Pseudodesmin A. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:8916-8922. [PMID: 31558021 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b08035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Self-assembly of peptides into supramolecular structures represents an active field of research with potential applications ranging from material science to medicine. Their study typically involves the application of a large toolbox of spectroscopic and imaging techniques. However, quite often, the structural aspects remain underexposed. Besides, molecular modeling of the self-assembly process is usually difficult to handle, since a vast conformational space has to be sampled. Here, we have used an approach that combines short molecular dynamics simulations for peptide dimerization and NMR restraints to build a model of the supramolecular structure from the dimeric units. Experimental NMR data notably provide crucial information about the conformation of the monomeric units, the supramolecular assembly dimensions, and the orientation of the individual peptides within the assembly. This in silico/in vitro mixed approach enables us to define accurate atomistic models of supramolecular structures of the bacterial cyclic lipodepsipeptide pseudodesmin A.
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- Jean-Marc Crowet
- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics at Interfaces, TERRA Research Center, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech , University of Liège , Passage des déportés 2 , B-5030 Gembloux , Belgium
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- CNRS-Unité de Glycobiologie structurale et fonctionnelle (UGSF) UMR 8576 , 50, Avenue de Halley, Campus CNRS de la Haute Borne , 59658 Villeneuve d'Ascq , France
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- Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies , Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 35 , 69118 Heidelberg , Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics at Interfaces, TERRA Research Center, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech , University of Liège , Passage des déportés 2 , B-5030 Gembloux , Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics at Interfaces, TERRA Research Center, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech , University of Liège , Passage des déportés 2 , B-5030 Gembloux , Belgium
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- NMR and Structure Analysis Unit, Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry , Ghent University , Krijgslaan 281 S4 , B-9000 Gent , Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics at Interfaces, TERRA Research Center, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech , University of Liège , Passage des déportés 2 , B-5030 Gembloux , Belgium
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Mechanistic study of drag reduction in turbulent pipeline flow over anionic polymer and surfactant mixtures. Colloid Polym Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s00396-019-04525-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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