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Emelianova A, Reed A, Basharova EA, Kolesnikov AL, Gor GY. Closer Look at Adsorption of Sarin and Simulants on Metal-Organic Frameworks. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:18559-18567. [PMID: 36976256 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c02713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The development of effective protection against exposure to chemical warfare agents (CWAs), such as sarin, relies on studies of its adsorption on the capturing materials and seeking candidates capable of adsorbing large amounts of sarin gas. Many metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising materials for the effective capture and degradation of sarin and simulant substances. Among the simulants capable of mimicking thermodynamic properties of the agent, not all of them have been investigated on the ability to act similarly in the adsorption process, in particular, whether the agent and a simulant have similar mechanisms of binding to the MOF surface. Molecular simulation studies not only provide a safe way to investigate the aforementioned processes but can also help reveal the mechanisms of interactions between the adsorbents and the adsorbing compounds at the molecular level. We performed Monte Carlo simulations of the adsorption of sarin and three simulants, dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP), diisopropyl methylphosphonate (DIMP), and diisopropyl fluorophosphate (DIFP), on selected MOFs that have previously shown strong capabilities to adsorb sarin. On the basis of the calculated adsorption isotherms, enthalpy of adsorption, and radial distribution functions, we revealed common mechanisms among the particularly efficient adsorbents as well as the ability of simulants to mimic them. The findings can help in selecting a suitable simulant compound to study CWA adsorption on MOFs and guide further synthesis of efficient MOFs for the capture of organophosphorus compounds.
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- Alina Emelianova
- Otto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University Heights, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States
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- Otto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University Heights, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States
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- Institut für Nichtklassische Chemie e.V., Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Otto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University Heights, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States
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Bukowski BC, Snurr RQ. Insights and Heuristics for Predicting Diffusion Rates of Chemical Warfare Agents in Zirconium Metal-Organic Frameworks. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:55608-55615. [PMID: 36475611 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c17313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Designing nanoporous catalysts to destroy chemical warfare agents (CWAs) and environmental contaminants requires consideration of both intrinsic catalytic activity and the mass transfer of molecules in and out of the pores. Polar adsorbates such as CWAs experience a heterogeneous environment in many metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) due to the arrangement of the metal nodes and organic linkers of the MOF. However, quantitative relationships between the pore architecture and the resulting diffusion properties of polar molecules have not been established. We used molecular dynamics simulations to calculate the diffusion coefficients of the CWA simulant dimethyl methyl phosphonate (DMMP) in a diverse set of 776 MOFs with Zr6 nodes. We developed a 4-parameter machine learning model to predict DMMP diffusivities in Zr6 MOFs and found the model to be transferable to the CWA sarin. We then developed a simplified heuristic based on the machine learning model that the node-node distance and accessible surface area should be maximized to find MOFs with rapid CWA diffusion.
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- Brandon C Bukowski
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Zhu Z, Wang H, Wu XY, Luo K, Fan J. Computational Screening of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Ammonia Capture from H 2/N 2/NH 3 Mixtures. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:37640-37653. [PMID: 36312414 PMCID: PMC9607671 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c04517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The separation of ammonia from H2/N2/NH3 mixtures is an important step in ammonia decomposition for hydrogen production and ammonia synthesis from H2 and N2 based nonaqueous technologies. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are considered as potential materials for capturing ammonia. In the present work, high-throughput screening of 2932 Computation-Ready Experimental MOFs (CoRE MOFs) was carried out for ammonia capture from H2/N2/NH3 mixtures by Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulations. It was found that the high-performing MOFs are characterized by tube-like channels, moderate LCD (largest cavity diameter) (4-7.5 Å), and high Q st 0(NH3) (the isosteric heat of NH3 adsorption) (>45 kJ/mol). MOFs with high NH3 adsorption capacity often feature moderate surface area, while the surface area of MOFs with high NH3 selectivity is relatively lower, which limits the NH3 adsorption capacity. Q st 0 and the Henry's constant (K H ) are two energy descriptors describing the interactions between adsorbents and adsorbates. The former has a stronger correlation with the adsorption selectivity, while the latter has a stronger correlation with the adsorption capacity. By analyzing the molecular density distribution of adsorbates in high-performing MOFs, it was found that unsaturated coordinated metal sites provide the main functional binding sites for NH3. Most MOFs with high NH3 selectivity have multiple different metal nodes or other atoms except C, O, and H, such as N and P. Multiple metal nodes and nonmetallic atoms provide more functional binding sites. Finally, the adsorption behavior with various concentrations of gas mixtures was examined to verify the universality of the screening calculations, and the effect of framework flexibility on adsorption performance was explored.
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- Zhaofan Zhu
- State
Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou310027, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou310027, P. R. China
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- Department
of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University
Avenue W, Waterloo, OntarioN2L 3G1, Canada
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- State
Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou310027, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou310027, P. R. China
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Discrepancy quantification between experimental and simulated data of CO2 adsorption isotherm using hierarchical Bayesian estimation. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.121371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Yang Z, Zhang T, Ren J, Li J, Ge J, Shan H, Ji T, Xu M, Liu Q. Nano-silver functionalized spherical activated carbon with enhanced dipropyl sulfide adsorption capacity and antibacterial properties. RSC Adv 2022; 12:9933-9943. [PMID: 35424958 PMCID: PMC8965824 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra00124a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Owing to the large dynamic adsorption performance and excellent mechanical strength, spherical activated carbon (SAC) has been widely applied in the field of biochemical protection. However, the adsorbed chemical warfare agent molecules might easily escape from the pores of SAC due to the impact of ambient temperature and humidity, resulting in secondary pollution. Herein, to improve the adsorption performance of SAC, an excessive impregnation method was used to fabricate nano-silver functionalized spherical activated carbon (Ag-SAC). The surface physicochemical structure of the obtained Ag-SAC was extensively studied, and dipropyl sulfide (DPS), a simulant of sulfur mustard (HD), was employed as the adsorbate to evaluate its adsorption capability. The effects of AgNO3 impregnation concentration, reaction time, initial concentration and temperature on the adsorption performance, were investigated. The equilibrium adsorption capacity of Ag-SAC towards DPS increased by 13.41% compared with that of pristine SAC. Kinetic models, adsorption isotherm models, and adsorption thermodynamics were used to study the adsorption mechanism. The results revealed that the adsorption of DPS by Ag-SAC is a mixed synergistic process, which includes chemical adsorption and physical adsorption. Moreover, the Ag-SAC exhibited good antibacterial characteristics, with an antibacterial rate over 99.28% against Escherichia coli. We anticipate that the Ag-SAC could be a promising material for the development of high performance breathable biochemical protection clothing. A kind of functional composite was prepared by loading silver nanoparticles firmly on the surface of spherical activated carbon, which showed chemical adsorption properties for chemical warfare agents and satisfactory antibacterial activity.![]()
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- Zhilian Yang
- National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Technical Fiber Composites for Safety and Health, School of Textile and Clothing, Nantong University Nantong 226019 China
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- National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Technical Fiber Composites for Safety and Health, School of Textile and Clothing, Nantong University Nantong 226019 China
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- National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Technical Fiber Composites for Safety and Health, School of Textile and Clothing, Nantong University Nantong 226019 China
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- National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Technical Fiber Composites for Safety and Health, School of Textile and Clothing, Nantong University Nantong 226019 China
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- National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Technical Fiber Composites for Safety and Health, School of Textile and Clothing, Nantong University Nantong 226019 China
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- National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Technical Fiber Composites for Safety and Health, School of Textile and Clothing, Nantong University Nantong 226019 China
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- National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Technical Fiber Composites for Safety and Health, School of Textile and Clothing, Nantong University Nantong 226019 China
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- National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Technical Fiber Composites for Safety and Health, School of Textile and Clothing, Nantong University Nantong 226019 China
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- National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Technical Fiber Composites for Safety and Health, School of Textile and Clothing, Nantong University Nantong 226019 China
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Abebe MW, Kim H. Methylcellulose/tannic acid complex particles coated on alginate hydrogel scaffold via Pickering for removal of methylene blue from aqueous and quinoline from non-aqueous media. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 286:131597. [PMID: 34293568 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Adsorbents reported for liquid phase decontamination under both aqueous and non-aqueous media are all dispersed phase sorbents that further require a tedious separation step post adsorption. Herein, a monolith, highly porous, and mechanically robust scaffold was synthesized for the adsorption of pollutants from both aqueous and non-aqueous media with facile separation and regeneration. Methylcellulose-tannic acid complex particles were prepared and systematically decorated on the surface of interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) scaffold via Pickering emulsion. Due to the surface coating of the particles, plausible amphiphilic adsorption of quinoline (QUI) and methylene blue (MB) was achieved from fuel and water, respectively. The hydroxyl (OH-) and carboxyl (COOH-) groups of tannic acid, alginate, and polyacrylic acid created hydrogen bonding, electrostatic interaction, acid-base interaction, and π-π stacking. Maximum adsorption capacity of 791.17 mg/g MB and 460.92 mg/g QUI was recorded with facile separation, excellent adsorbent regeneration, and reusability. Although both followed the pseudo-second-order adsorption kinetic model, a different mechanism was identified to govern the adsorption under aqueous and non-aqueous environment i.e. only the surface particles were active for QUI adsorption while the scaffold was also involved for MB adsorption.
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- Medhen W Abebe
- Department of Energy Science and Technology, Environmental Waste Recycle Institute, Myongji University, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do 17058, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Science and Technology, Environmental Waste Recycle Institute, Myongji University, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do 17058, Republic of Korea.
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Karmakar A, Velasco E, Li J. OUP accepted manuscript. Natl Sci Rev 2022; 9:nwac091. [PMID: 35832779 PMCID: PMC9273335 DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwac091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Revised: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Avishek Karmakar
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Corresponding author. E-mail:
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Yu Z, Anstine DM, Boulfelfel SE, Gu C, Colina CM, Sholl DS. Incorporating Flexibility Effects into Metal-Organic Framework Adsorption Simulations Using Different Models. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:61305-61315. [PMID: 34927436 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c20583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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High-throughput calculations based on molecular simulations to predict the adsorption of molecules inside metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have become a useful complement to experimental efforts to identify promising adsorbents for chemical separations and storage. For computational convenience, all existing efforts of this kind have relied on simulations in which the MOF is approximated as rigid. In this paper, we use extensive adsorption-relaxation simulations that fully include MOF flexibility effects to explore the validity of the rigid framework approximation. We also examine the accuracy of several approximate methods to incorporate framework flexibility that are more computationally efficient than adsorption-relaxation calculations. We first benchmark various models of MOF flexibility for four MOFs with well-established CO2 experimental consensus isotherms. We then consider a range of adsorption properties, including Henry's constants, nondilute loadings, and adsorption selectivity, for seven adsorbates in 15 MOFs randomly selected from the CoRE MOF database. Our results indicate that in many MOFs adsorption-relaxation simulations are necessary to make quantitative predictions of adsorption, particularly for adsorption at dilute concentrations, although more standard calculations based on rigid structures can provide useful information. Finally, we investigate whether a correlation exists between the elastic properties of empty MOFs and the importance of including framework flexibility in making accurate predictions of molecular adsorption. Our results did not identify a simple correlation of this type.
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- Zhenzi Yu
- School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30318, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
- George and Josephine Butler Polymer Research Laboratory, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30318, United States
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- School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30318, United States
- State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
- School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
- George and Josephine Butler Polymer Research Laboratory, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32603, United States
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- School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30318, United States
- Transformational Decarbonization Initiative, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, United States
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Quantifying diffusion of organic liquids in a MOF component of MOF/Polymer mixed-matrix membranes by high field NMR. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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DeWitt SJA, Awati R, Octavio Rubiera Landa H, Park J, Kawajiri Y, Sholl DS, Realff MJ, Lively RP. Analysis of energetics and economics of sub‐ambient hybrid
post‐combustion carbon dioxide
capture. AIChE J 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.17403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Stephen J. A. DeWitt
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta Georgia USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta Georgia USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta Georgia USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta Georgia USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta Georgia USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta Georgia USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta Georgia USA
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Gonzalez-Nelson A, Mula S, Šimėnas M, Balčiu Nas S, Altenhof AR, Vojvodin CS, Canossa S, Banys JR, Schurko RW, Coudert FX, van der Veen MA. Emergence of Coupled Rotor Dynamics in Metal-Organic Frameworks via Tuned Steric Interactions. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:12053-12062. [PMID: 34324323 PMCID: PMC8361432 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c03630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
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The organic components
in metal–organic frameworks (MOFs)
are unique: they are embedded in a crystalline lattice, yet, as they
are separated from each other by tunable free space, a large variety
of dynamic behavior can emerge. These rotational dynamics of the organic
linkers are especially important due to their influence over properties
such as gas adsorption and kinetics of guest release. To fully exploit
linker rotation, such as in the form of molecular machines, it is
necessary to engineer correlated linker dynamics to achieve their
cooperative functional motion. Here, we show that for MIL-53, a topology
with closely spaced rotors, the phenylene functionalization allows
researchers to tune the rotors’ steric environment, shifting
linker rotation from completely static to rapid motions at frequencies
above 100 MHz. For steric interactions that start to inhibit independent
rotor motion, we identify for the first time the emergence of coupled
rotation modes in linker dynamics. These findings pave the way for
function-specific engineering of gear-like cooperative motion in MOFs.
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- Adrian Gonzalez-Nelson
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands.,DPI, P.O.Box 92, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University, LT-10222 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States.,National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States.,National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- EMAT, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University, LT-10222 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States.,National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- Chimie ParisTech, PSL University, CNRS, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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Emelianova A, Basharova EA, Kolesnikov AL, Arribas EV, Ivanova EV, Gor GY. Force Fields for Molecular Modeling of Sarin and its Simulants: DMMP and DIMP. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:4086-4098. [PMID: 33872511 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c10505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Even three decades after signing the Chemical Weapons Convention, organophosphorus chemical warfare agents (CWAs), such as sarin, remain a threat. The development of novel methods for the detection of CWAs, protection from CWAs, and CWA decontamination motivates research on their physicochemical properties. Due to the extreme toxicity of sarin, most of the experimental studies are carried out using less toxic simulant compounds. In addition to experimental studies of sarin simulants, both sarin and simulants can be studied using in silico experiments-molecular simulations. The results of classical molecular modeling of the compounds and their agreement with experimental data rely on the force field used to describe the system. In recent years, there have been several force fields proposed for sarin and its most common simulant dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP). However, other simulants frequently used in experiments received less attention from the molecular simulation perspective, for example, to date, there is no force field and no simulation data for diisopropyl methylphosphonate (DIMP). Here, we compare the literature force fields for sarin and DMMP, focusing specifically on the vapor-liquid equilibrium for the pure species. We carried out Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations using the existing literature force fields from which we predicted the liquid densities and vapor pressures developing the entire binodal curves. We compared the predictions to the experimental data and showed that the TraPPE-UA force field outperformed the other force fields. Thus, we extended TraPPE-UA for DIMP, utilized this force field in molecular simulations, and predicted the liquid densities and vapor pressures for a range of temperatures (binodal curve), which agreed well with the published experimental data. From the binodal, we calculated the critical properties of DIMP and demonstrated that these parameters can be used in the Peng-Robinson equation of state for this compound.
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- Alina Emelianova
- Otto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University Heights, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Leipzig, Brüderstr. 15, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institut für Nichtklassische Chemie e.V., Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Otto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University Heights, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States
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- Otto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University Heights, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States
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- Otto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University Heights, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States
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