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Chen Y, Schultz AJ, Errington JR. Coupled Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics Simulations on Interfacial Properties of Antifouling Polymer Membranes. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:8193-8204. [PMID: 34259529 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c01966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We use molecular simulation to study the wetting behavior of antifouling polymer-tethered membranes. We obtain the interfacial properties (e.g., contact angle) of water at various temperatures for five polymer membranes, including a base polysulfone (PSF) membrane and four other PSF membranes grafted with antifouling polymers (two poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) tethers and two zwitterionic tethers). We implement a coupled Monte Carlo (MC)/molecular dynamics (MD) approach to determine the interface potentials of water on the membrane surfaces in an efficient manner. Within this method, short MC and MD simulations are performed in cycles to collect the surface excess free energy of a thin water film on polymer membrane surfaces. Simulation results show that the grafting of zwitterionic tethers provides a more significant enhancement in the hydrophilicity of the PSF membrane than that of the PEG tethers. Water completely wets the surface of zwitterionic polymer membranes.
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- Yiqi Chen
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260-4200, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260-4200, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260-4200, United States
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Heier M, Stephan S, Diewald F, Müller R, Langenbach K, Hasse H. Molecular Dynamics Study of Wetting and Adsorption of Binary Mixtures of the Lennard-Jones Truncated and Shifted Fluid on a Planar Wall. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:7405-7419. [PMID: 34097830 PMCID: PMC8280723 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The wetting of surfaces is strongly influenced by adsorbate layers. Therefore, in this work, sessile drops and their interaction with adsorbate layers on surfaces were investigated by molecular dynamics simulations. Binary fluid model mixtures were considered. The two components of the fluid mixture have the same pure component parameters, but one component has a stronger and the other a weaker affinity to the surface. Furthermore, the unlike interactions between both components were varied. All interactions were described by the Lennard-Jones truncated and shifted potential with a cutoff radius of 2.5σ. The simulations were carried out at constant temperature for mixtures of different compositions. The parameters were varied systematically and chosen such that cases with partial wetting as well as cases with total wetting were obtained and the relation between the varied molecular parameters and the phenomenological behavior was elucidated. Data on the contact angle as well as on the mole fraction and thickness of the adsorbate layer were obtained, accompanied by information on liquid and gaseous bulk phases and the corresponding phase equilibrium. Also, the influence of the adsorbate layer on the wetting was studied: for a sufficiently thick adsorbate layer, the wall's influence on the wetting vanishes, which is then only determined by the adsorbate layer.
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- Michaela Heier
- Laboratory
of Engineering Thermodynamics, Technische
Universität Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Laboratory
of Engineering Thermodynamics, Technische
Universität Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Institute
of Applied Mechanics, Technische Universität
Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Institute
of Applied Mechanics, Technische Universität
Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Laboratory
of Engineering Thermodynamics, Technische
Universität Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
- Thermal
Separation Science (Endowed Professorship of the State Tyrol), University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Laboratory
of Engineering Thermodynamics, Technische
Universität Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Gutierrez JA, Silber JJ, Falcone RD, Correa NM. Modified reverse micelle method as facile way to obtain several gold nanoparticle morphologies. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.115709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Guo W, Errington JR. Effect of Carboxylic Acid on the Wetting Properties of a Model Water-Octane-Silica System. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:6540-6549. [PMID: 31039315 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b00393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Monte Carlo simulations are employed to determine the effects of acetic acid on the wetting properties of a model water-octane-silica system. We first compute the bulk liquid-vapor saturation properties of pure acetic acid and subsequently explore the bulk liquid-liquid saturation properties of the ternary water-octane-acid system. We introduce an expanded ensemble approach to compute the coexistence properties of the ternary system. An interface potential approach is then used to capture the evolution of the wetting properties of the water-octane-silica system upon the addition of acetic acid. We track the change in the octane-water interfacial tension and the contact angle of water droplet on a silica substrate in a mother octane fluid over a range of acetic acid activities. The structure of the fluid, including the partitioning of acetic acid within the interfacial system, is also considered at several state points. We observe that acetic acid has a strong tendency to adsorb at the octane-water interface, resulting in a reduction in the octane-water interfacial tension. The response of the contact angle is more sensitive to the temperature and the hydrophilicity of the silica substrate.
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- Wenjing Guo
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , University at Buffalo , Buffalo , New York 14260-4200 , United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , University at Buffalo , Buffalo , New York 14260-4200 , United States
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Chakraborti T, Adhikari J. Vapor–Liquid Equilibria of Mixtures of Molecular Fluids Using the Activity Fraction Expanded Ensemble Simulation Method. Ind Eng Chem Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b02067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Tamaghna Chakraborti
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai−400076, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai−400076, India
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Guo W, Bali P, Errington JR. Calculation of the Saturation Properties of a Model Octane–Water System Using Monte Carlo Simulation. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:6260-6271. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b01411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Wenjing Guo
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo 14260-4200, New York, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo 14260-4200, New York, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo 14260-4200, New York, United States
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Li SS, Zhou WY, Li YX, Jiang M, Guo Z, Liu JH, Huang XJ. Noble-Metal-Free Co0.6Fe2.4O4 Nanocubes Self-Assembly Monolayer for Highly Sensitive Electrochemical Detection of As(III) Based on Surface Defects. Anal Chem 2017; 90:1263-1272. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b04025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Shan-Shan Li
- Key Laboratory
of Environmental Optics and Technology, and Institute of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory
of Environmental Optics and Technology, and Institute of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory
of Environmental Optics and Technology, and Institute of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory
of Environmental Optics and Technology, and Institute of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory
of Environmental Optics and Technology, and Institute of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory
of Environmental Optics and Technology, and Institute of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory
of Environmental Optics and Technology, and Institute of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
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Brumby PE, Wensink HH, Haslam AJ, Jackson G. Structure and Interfacial Tension of a Hard-Rod Fluid in Planar Confinement. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:11754-11770. [PMID: 28885848 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The structural properties and interfacial tension of a fluid of rodlike hard-spherocylinder particles in contact with hard structureless flat walls are studied by means of Monte Carlo simulation. The calculated surface tension between the rod fluid and the substrate is characterized by a nonmonotonic trend as a function of the bulk concentration (density) over the range of isotropic bulk concentrations. As suggested by earlier theoretical studies, a surface-ordering scenario is confirmed by our simulations: the local orientational order close to the wall changes from uniaxial to biaxial nematic when the bulk concentration reaches about 85% of the value at the onset of the isotropic-nematic phase transition. The surface ordering coincides with a wetting transition whereby the hard wall is wetted by a nematic film. Accurate values of the fluid-solid surface tension, the adsorption, and the average particle-wall contact distance are reported (over a broad range of densities into the dense nematic region for the first time), which can serve as a useful benchmark for future theoretical and experimental studies on confined rod fluids. The simulation data are supplemented with predictions from second-virial density functional theory, which are in good qualitative agreement with the simulation results.
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- Paul E Brumby
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Keio University , 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris Sud & CNRS , 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Qatar Carbonates and Carbon Storage Research Centre, Imperial College London , South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Qatar Carbonates and Carbon Storage Research Centre, Imperial College London , South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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Guo Z, Kindt JT. Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo with solvent repacking: phase coexistence of size–asymmetrical binary Lennard-Jones mixtures. MOLECULAR SIMULATION 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2017.1373192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Ziwei Guo
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Chakraborti T, Adhikari J. Phase Equilibria and Critical Point Predictions of Mixtures of Molecular Fluids Using Grand Canonical Transition Matrix Monte Carlo. Ind Eng Chem Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b01114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- Tamaghna Chakraborti
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400476, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400476, India
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Wei J, Li SS, Guo Z, Chen X, Liu JH, Huang XJ. Adsorbent Assisted in Situ Electrocatalysis: An Ultra-Sensitive Detection of As(III) in Water at Fe3O4 Nanosphere Densely Decorated with Au Nanoparticles. Anal Chem 2015; 88:1154-61. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b02947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Juan Wei
- Nanomaterials
and Environmental Detection Laboratory, Institute of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
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- Nanomaterials
and Environmental Detection Laboratory, Institute of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
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- Nanomaterials
and Environmental Detection Laboratory, Institute of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China
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- Nanomaterials
and Environmental Detection Laboratory, Institute of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China
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- Nanomaterials
and Environmental Detection Laboratory, Institute of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China
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- Nanomaterials
and Environmental Detection Laboratory, Institute of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
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Nieto-Draghi C, Fayet G, Creton B, Rozanska X, Rotureau P, de Hemptinne JC, Ungerer P, Rousseau B, Adamo C. A General Guidebook for the Theoretical Prediction of Physicochemical Properties of Chemicals for Regulatory Purposes. Chem Rev 2015; 115:13093-164. [PMID: 26624238 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Carlos Nieto-Draghi
- IFP Energies nouvelles , 1 et 4 avenue de Bois-Préau, 92852 Rueil-Malmaison, France
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- INERIS, Parc Technologique Alata, BP2 , 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- IFP Energies nouvelles , 1 et 4 avenue de Bois-Préau, 92852 Rueil-Malmaison, France
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- Materials Design S.A.R.L. , 18, rue de Saisset, 92120 Montrouge, France
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- INERIS, Parc Technologique Alata, BP2 , 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Materials Design S.A.R.L. , 18, rue de Saisset, 92120 Montrouge, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie-Physique, Université Paris Sud , UMR 8000 CNRS, Bât. 349, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institut de Recherche Chimie Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Chimie Paristech , 11 rue P. et M. Curie, F-75005 Paris, France.,Institut Universitaire de France , 103 Boulevard Saint Michel, F-75005 Paris, France
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Razbani MA. Modeling Interfacial Tension of n-Alkane/Water-Salt System Using Artificial Neural Networks. J DISPER SCI TECHNOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/01932691.2014.991444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Factorovich MH, Molinero V, Scherlis DA. A simple grand canonical approach to compute the vapor pressure of bulk and finite size systems. J Chem Phys 2014; 140:064111. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4865137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Kumar V, Errington JR. Understanding wetting of immiscible liquids near a solid surface using molecular simulation. J Chem Phys 2013; 139:064110. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4817535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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