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Hrahsheh F, Wilemski G. Effects of molecular size and orientation on the interfacial properties and wetting behavior of water/ n-alkane systems: a molecular-dynamics study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:5808-5816. [PMID: 36744733 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp05735b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Molecular dynamics simulations (MD) are performed to study the interfacial structure/tension and wetting behavior of water/n-alkane systems (water/nC5 to water/nC16 where nCx = CxH(2x + 2)). In particular, we study complete-to-partial wetting transitions by changing the n-alkane chain length (NC) at a constant temperature, T = 295 K. Simulations are carried out with a united-atom TraPPE model for n-alkanes and the TIP4P-2005 model of water. Simulation results are in excellent agreement with the initial spreading coefficients and contact angles calculated using experimental values of the surface and interfacial tensions. In addition, it has been determined that water/(nC5-nC7) and water/(nC8-nC16), respectively, exhibit complete and partial initial wetting modes. Simulations show that the interfacial structures of water/(nC5-nC7) are different from water/(nC8-nC16) systems. In the latter, water preferentially orients near the interface to increase the number of hydrogen bonds and the charge and mass densities. Moreover, the orientation of n-alkane molecules at water/(nC8-nC16) interfaces has a long-range persistence, resulting in layered structures that increase with NC. In addition, simulation results of the orientational order parameter Sz show alignment behavior of the n-alkane molecules with respect to the interfaces. Simulations predict that the central segments of n-alkane are strongly packed in the interfaces while the end segments (methyl groups) form smaller peaks in the outer edge of the layer. This observation confirms the "horseshoe" or "C-shaped" structure of n-alkane molecules in the water/n-alkane interfaces. At constant temperature, the interface widths of both water and the n-alkanes decrease with increasing n-alkane molecular length. These results suggest that increasing the n-alkane chain length affects the water/n-alkane interfacial properties in a manner similar to that of cooling.
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- Fawaz Hrahsheh
- Higher Colleges of Technology, ETS, MZWC, Abu Dhabi, 58855, United Arab Emirates.
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- Department of Physics, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USA.
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Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Crystallization Behavior of Octadecane on a Homogeneous Nucleus. CRYSTALS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst12070987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Latent heat storages have the ability to contribute to a more sustainable energy supply network. However, phase change materials (PCM) used for latent heat storages often show supercooling. This phenomenon takes place whenever the PCM begins crystallizing below the freezing point and is one of the biggest drawbacks holding back the widespread use of PCM. Nucleation agents (NA) can be used to avoid the supercooling, yet the choice of an effective NA is not straightforward. In this work, molecular dynamics (MD) simulation was tested in order to simulate the crystallization of Octadecane on a NA. The simulation results include density, phase change temperature and enthalpy as well as the crystal structure and lie in good agreement with literature values and the authors’ own experimental data. Further simulations of the crystallization process on different surfaces of homogeneous nuclei acting as a NA were performed. The results reflect the hypothesis that liquid molecules start crystallizing easier on surfaces exposing the whole chain side rather than the chain ends. With the result, that the choice of parameters for the MD simulation represent the Octadecane system reliably and further studies can be performed including heterogeneous NA.
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Majerczak K, Wadkin‐Snaith D, Magueijo V, Mulheran P, Liggat J, Johnston K. Polyhydroxybutyrate: a review of experimental and simulation studies on the effect of fillers on crystallinity and mechanical properties. POLYM INT 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/pi.6402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Katarzyna Majerczak
- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry Thomas Graham Building, 295 Cathedral Street, University of Strathclyde Glasgow G1 1XL United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical and Processing Engineering James Weir Building, 75 Montrose Street, University of Strathclyde Glasgow G1 1XJ United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical and Processing Engineering James Weir Building, 75 Montrose Street, University of Strathclyde Glasgow G1 1XJ United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical and Processing Engineering James Weir Building, 75 Montrose Street, University of Strathclyde Glasgow G1 1XJ United Kingdom
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- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry Thomas Graham Building, 295 Cathedral Street, University of Strathclyde Glasgow G1 1XL United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical and Processing Engineering James Weir Building, 75 Montrose Street, University of Strathclyde Glasgow G1 1XJ United Kingdom
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Zhou D, Fuentes-Cabrera M, Singh A, Unocic RR, Carrillo JMY, Xiao K, Li Y, Li B. Atomic Edge-Guided Polyethylene Crystallization on Monolayer Two-Dimensional Materials. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Dong Zhou
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085, United States
- Hybrid Nano-Architectures and Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085, United States
- Hybrid Nano-Architectures and Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085, United States
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Yagasaki T, Matubayasi N. Crystallization of Polyethylene Brushes and Its Effect on Interactions with Water. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Takuma Yagasaki
- Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-8531, Japan
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Heterogeneous Crystal Nucleation from the Melt in Polyethylene Oxide Droplets on Graphite: Kinetics and Microscopic Structure. CRYSTALS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst11080924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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It is well known that the crystallization of liquids often initiates at interfaces to foreign solid surfaces. In this study, using polarized light optical microscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM), and wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS), we investigate the effect of substrate–material interactions on nucleation in an ensemble of polyethylene oxide (PEO) droplets on graphite and on amorphous polystyrene (PS). The optical microscopy measurements during cooling with a constant rate explicitly evidenced that the graphite substrate enhances the nucleation kinetics, as crystallization occurred at approximately an 11 °C higher temperature than on PS due to changes in the interactions at the solid interface. This observation allowed us to conclude that graphite induces heterogeneous nucleation in PEO. By employing the classical nucleation theory for analysis of the data with reference to the amorphous PS substrate, the obtained results indicated that the crystal nuclei with contact angles in the range of 100–117° were formed at the graphite interface. Furthermore, we show that heterogeneous nucleation led to a preferred orientation of PEO crystals on graphite, whereas PEO crystals on PS had isotropic orientation. The difference in crystal orientations on the two substrates was also confirmed with AFM, which showed only edge-on lamellae in PEO droplets on graphite compared to unoriented lamellae on PS.
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Hall KW, Percec S, Shinoda W, Klein ML. Chain-End Modification: A Starting Point for Controlling Polymer Crystal Nucleation. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Kyle Wm. Hall
- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
- Institute for Computational Molecular Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
- Institute for Computational Molecular Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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Hall KW, Percec S, Shinoda W, Klein ML. Property Decoupling across the Embryonic Nucleus-Melt Interface during Polymer Crystal Nucleation. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:4793-4804. [PMID: 32413263 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c01972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Spatial distributions are presented that quantitatively capture how polymer properties (e.g., segment alignment, density, and potential energy) vary with distance from nascent polymer crystals (nuclei) in prototypical polyethylene melts. It is revealed that the spatial extent of nuclei and their interfaces is metric-dependent as is the extent to which nucleus interiors are solid-like. As distance from a nucleus increases, some properties, such as density, decay to melt-like behavior more rapidly than polymer segment alignment, indicating that a polymer nucleus resides in a nematic-like droplet. This nematic-like droplet region coincides with enhanced formation of ordered polymer segments that are not part of the nucleus. It is more favorable to find nonconstituent ordered polymer segments near a nucleus than in the surrounding metastable melt, pointing to the possibility of one nucleus inducing the formation of other nuclei. In this vein, there is also a second region of enhanced ordering that lies along the nematic director of a nucleus, but beyond its nematic droplet and fold regions. These results indicate that crystal stacking, a key characteristic of lamellae in semicrystalline polymeric materials, begins to emerge during the earliest stages of polymer crystallization (i.e., crystal nucleation). More generally, the findings of this study provide a conceptual bridge between polymer crystal nucleation under nonflow and flow conditions and are used to rationalize previous results.
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- Kyle Wm Hall
- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States.,Institute for Computational Molecular Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States.,Institute for Computational Molecular Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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Hall KW, Sirk TW, Percec S, Klein ML, Shinoda W. Monodisperse Polymer Melts Crystallize via Structurally Polydisperse Nanoscale Clusters: Insights from Polyethylene. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:E447. [PMID: 32074962 PMCID: PMC7077701 DOI: 10.3390/polym12020447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Revised: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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This study demonstrates that monodisperse entangled polymer melts crystallize via the formation of nanoscale nascent polymer crystals (i.e., nuclei) that exhibit substantial variability in terms of their constituent crystalline polymer chain segments (stems). More specifically, large-scale coarse-grain molecular simulations are used to quantify the evolution of stem length distributions and their properties during the formation of polymer nuclei in supercooled prototypical polyethylene melts. Stems can adopt a range of lengths within an individual nucleus (e.g., ∼1-10 nm) while two nuclei of comparable size can have markedly different stem distributions. As such, the attainment of chemically monodisperse polymer specimens is not sufficient to achieve physical uniformity and consistency. Furthermore, stem length distributions and their evolution indicate that polymer crystal nucleation (i.e., the initial emergence of a nascent crystal) is phenomenologically distinct from crystal growth. These results highlight that the tailoring of polymeric materials requires strategies for controlling polymer crystal nucleation and growth at the nanoscale.
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- Kyle Wm. Hall
- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA; (S.P.); (M.L.K.)
- Institute for Computational Molecular Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
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- U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005, USA;
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- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA; (S.P.); (M.L.K.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA; (S.P.); (M.L.K.)
- Institute for Computational Molecular Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan;
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Carmeli E, Wang B, Moretti P, Tranchida D, Cavallo D. Estimating the Nucleation Ability of Various Surfaces Towards Isotactic Polypropylene via Light Intensity Induction Time Measurements. ENTROPY 2019. [PMCID: PMC7514372 DOI: 10.3390/e21111068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Crystallization of isotactic polypropylene (iPP) at the interface with crystalline films of two commercially employed nucleating agents (sodium benzoate (NaBz) and sodium 2,2’-methylene bis-(4,6-di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphate (NA-11)) and with a glass fiber (GF) was investigated using a polarized optical microscope. The analysis of the light intensity evolution during the crystallization process enabled the successful estimation of the time at which the crystal growth began, i.e., the induction time (ti), at various crystallization temperatures. Meaningful differences in the ti values were observed between the investigated systems. Moreover, the ti data have been analyzed according to different nucleation models proposed in the literature, which consider either the time to form the first crystalline layer in contact with the substrate or the time required to grow a cluster of critical size. It has been found that the two models are applicable in different temperature ranges depending on the efficiency of the given substrate. Therefore, in order to obtain the value of the surface free energy difference function, Δσ, which is directly related to the nucleation energy barrier and useful for the definition of a universal nucleating efficiency scale, a model that considers both the above-mentioned times was fitted to the overall data. The values of Δσ for the nucleation of iPP on the surface of the different substrates are thus obtained and discussed in the framework of the literature results.
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- Enrico Carmeli
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università degli studi di Genova, via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genova, Italy; (E.C.); (B.W.); (P.M.)
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università degli studi di Genova, via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genova, Italy; (E.C.); (B.W.); (P.M.)
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università degli studi di Genova, via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genova, Italy; (E.C.); (B.W.); (P.M.)
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- Borealis Polyolefine GmbH, Innovation Headquarters, St. Peterstrasse 25, 4021 Linz, Austria;
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università degli studi di Genova, via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genova, Italy; (E.C.); (B.W.); (P.M.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-010-3538721
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Hall KW, Sirk TW, Percec S, Klein ML, Shinoda W. Divining the shape of nascent polymer crystal nuclei. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:144901. [PMID: 31615257 DOI: 10.1063/1.5123983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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We demonstrate that nascent polymer crystals (i.e., nuclei) are anisotropic entities with neither spherical nor cylindrical geometry, in contrast to previous assumptions. In fact, cylindrical, spherical, and other high symmetry geometries are thermodynamically unfavorable. Moreover, postcritical transitions are necessary to achieve the lamellae that ultimately arise during the crystallization of semicrystalline polymers. We also highlight how inaccurate treatments of polymer nucleation can lead to substantial errors (e.g., orders of magnitude discrepancies in predicted nucleation rates). These insights are based on quantitative analysis of over four million crystal clusters from the crystallization of prototypical entangled polyethylene melts. New comprehensive bottom-up models are needed to capture polymer nucleation.
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- Kyle Wm Hall
- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Maryland 21005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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Bourque AJ, Rutledge GC. Empirical potential for molecular simulation of graphene nanoplatelets. J Chem Phys 2018; 148:144709. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5023117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Alexander J. Bourque
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Fitzner M, Sosso GC, Pietrucci F, Pipolo S, Michaelides A. Pre-critical fluctuations and what they disclose about heterogeneous crystal nucleation. Nat Commun 2017; 8:2257. [PMID: 29273707 PMCID: PMC5741629 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02300-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Heterogeneous crystal nucleation is ubiquitous in nature and at the heart of many industrial applications. At the molecular scale, however, major gaps in understanding this phenomenon persist. Here we investigate through molecular dynamics simulations how the formation of precritical crystalline clusters is connected to the kinetics of nucleation. Considering heterogeneous water freezing as a prototypical scenario of practical relevance, we find that precritical fluctuations connote which crystalline polymorph will form. The emergence of metastable phases can thus be promoted by templating crystal faces characteristic of specific polymorphs. As a consequence, heterogeneous classical nucleation theory cannot describe our simulation results, because the different substrates lead to the formation of different ice polytypes. We discuss how the issue of polymorphism needs to be incorporated into analysis and comparison of heterogeneous and homogeneous nucleation. Our results will help to interpret and analyze the growing number of experiments and simulations dealing with crystal polymorph selection.
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- Martin Fitzner
- Thomas Young Centre, London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Scientific Computing, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie, CNRS UMR 7590, IRD UMR 206, MNHN, Sorbonne Universités-Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, F-75005, Paris, France
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- Université de Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ENSCL, Université d' Artois UMR 8181- UCCS Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide, F-59000, Lille, France
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- Thomas Young Centre, London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Fitzner M, Joly L, Ma M, Sosso GC, Zen A, Michaelides A. Communication: Truncated non-bonded potentials can yield unphysical behavior in molecular dynamics simulations of interfaces. J Chem Phys 2017; 147:121102. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4997698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Martin Fitzner
- Thomas Young Centre, London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Univ. Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622 Villeurbanne,
France
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Tribology and Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Scientific Computing, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL,
United Kingdom
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- Thomas Young Centre, London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Thomas Young Centre, London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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Strength of Alkane–Fluid Attraction Determines the Interfacial Orientation of Liquid Alkanes and Their Crystallization through Heterogeneous or Homogeneous Mechanisms. CRYSTALS 2017. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst7030086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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