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Weiand E, Rodriguez-Ropero F, Roiter Y, Koenig PH, Angioletti-Uberti S, Dini D, Ewen JP. Effects of surfactant adsorption on the wettability and friction of biomimetic surfaces. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:21916-21934. [PMID: 37581271 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp02546b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/16/2023]
Abstract
The properties of solid-liquid interfaces can be markedly altered by surfactant adsorption. Here, we use molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to study the adsorption of ionic surfactants at the interface between water and heterogeneous solid surfaces with randomly arranged hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions, which mimic the surface properties of human hair. We use the coarse-grained MARTINI model to describe both the hair surfaces and surfactant solutions. We consider negatively-charged virgin and bleached hair surface models with different grafting densities of neutral octadecyl and anionic sulfonate groups. The adsorption of cationic cetrimonium bromide (CTAB) and anionic sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) surfactants from water are studied above the critical micelle concentration. The simulated adsorption isotherms suggest that cationic surfactants adsorb to the surfaces via a two-stage process, initially forming monolayers and then bilayers at high concentrations, which is consistent with previous experiments. Anionic surfactants weakly adsorb via hydrophobic interactions, forming only monolayers on both virgin and medium bleached hair surfaces. We also conduct non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations, which show that applying cationic surfactant solutions to bleached hair successfully restores the low friction seen with virgin hair. Friction is controlled by the combined surface coverage of the grafted lipids and the adsorbed CTAB molecules. Treated surfaces containing monolayers and bilayers both show similar friction, since the latter are easily removed by compression and shear. Further wetting MD simulations show that bleached hair treated with CTAB increases the hydrophobicity to similar levels seen for virgin hair. Treated surfaces containing CTAB monolayers with the tailgroups pointing predominantly away from the surface are more hydrophobic than bilayers due to the electrostatic interactions between water molecules and the exposed cationic headgroups.
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- Erik Weiand
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ London, UK.
- Institute of Molecular Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ London, UK
- Thomas Young Centre for the Theory and Simulation of Materials, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ London, UK
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- Corporate Functions Analytical and Data & Modeling Sciences, Mason Business Center, The Procter and Gamble Company, Mason, 45040 Ohio, USA
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- Corporate Functions Analytical and Data & Modeling Sciences, Mason Business Center, The Procter and Gamble Company, Mason, 45040 Ohio, USA
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- Corporate Functions Analytical and Data & Modeling Sciences, Mason Business Center, The Procter and Gamble Company, Mason, 45040 Ohio, USA
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- Institute of Molecular Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ London, UK
- Thomas Young Centre for the Theory and Simulation of Materials, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ London, UK
- Department of Materials, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ London, UK
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ London, UK.
- Institute of Molecular Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ London, UK
- Thomas Young Centre for the Theory and Simulation of Materials, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ London, UK
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ London, UK.
- Institute of Molecular Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ London, UK
- Thomas Young Centre for the Theory and Simulation of Materials, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ London, UK
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Xue Y, Ma X, Feng X, Roberts S, Zhu G, Huang Y, Fan X, Fan J, Chen X. Temperature-Derived Purification of Gold Nano-Bipyramids for Colorimetric Detection of Tannic Acid. ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS 2023; 6:11572-11580. [PMID: 37469507 PMCID: PMC10353004 DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.3c01593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
Abstract
Gold nanostructures have attracted broad attention. Among various nanostructures, gold nanobipyramids have shown great potential in sensing, biomedicine, environmental protection, chemical catalysis, and optics due to their unique physical and optical properties and ease of chemical functionalization. Compared with other plasmonic nanostructures, gold nanobipyramids possess narrow optical resonances, stronger plasmonic local field enhancement, and size- and shape-dependent surface plasmon resonance. However, the synthesis and purification of homogeneous gold nanobipyramids are very challenging. The gold nanobipyramids synthesized via the commonly used seed-mediated growth method have low yields and are often coproduced with spherical nanoparticles. In this study, we reported a temperature-derived purification method for the isolation of gold bipyramids. In the presence of salt, by altering the temperature of the solution, large gold bipyramids can be separated from small spherical nanoparticles. As a result, a yield of as high as 97% gold nanobipyramids can be achieved through a single round of purification, and correspondingly, the ratio between the longitudinal surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) and transverse SPR intensity significantly increases to as high as 6.7. The purified gold nanobipyramids can be used as a colorimetric probe in the detection of tannic acid with a detection limit of 0.86 μM and a linear detection range from 1.25 to 37.5 μM.
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- Yuxiang Xue
- School
of Engineering, Institute for Bioengineering, University of Edinburgh, The King’s Buildings, EH9 3JL Edinburgh, U.K.
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, City
University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Ave, 00000 Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, SAR, P. R. China
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- School
of Engineering, Institute for Bioengineering, University of Edinburgh, The King’s Buildings, EH9 3JL Edinburgh, U.K.
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- School
of Engineering, Institute for Bioengineering, University of Edinburgh, The King’s Buildings, EH9 3JL Edinburgh, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Ave, 00000 Kowloon Tong, Hong
Kong, SAR, P. R. China
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- School
of Engineering, Institute for Materials Processing, University of Edinburgh, The King’s Buildings, EH9 3JL Edinburgh, U.K.
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- School
of Engineering, Institute for Materials Processing, University of Edinburgh, The King’s Buildings, EH9 3JL Edinburgh, U.K.
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, City
University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Ave, 00000 Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, SAR, P. R. China
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- School
of Engineering, Institute for Bioengineering, University of Edinburgh, The King’s Buildings, EH9 3JL Edinburgh, U.K.
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Synergistic visible light plasmonic photocatalysis of bi-metallic Gold-Palladium nanoparticles supported on graphene. RESULTS IN CHEMISTRY 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rechem.2023.100774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Prada A, González RI, Camarada MB, Allende S, Torres A, Sepúlveda J, Rojas-Nunez J, Baltazar SE. Nanoparticle Shape Influence over Poly(lactic acid) Barrier Properties by Molecular Dynamics Simulations. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:2583-2590. [PMID: 35252636 PMCID: PMC8890032 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c04589] [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: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Climate change is leading us to search for new materials that allow a more sustainable environmental situation in the long term. Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) has been proposed as a substitute for traditional plastics due to its high biodegradability. Various components have been added to improve their mechanical, thermal, and barrier properties. The modification of the PLA barrier properties by introducing nanoparticles with different shapes is an important aspect to control the molecular diffusion of oxygen and other gas compounds. In this work, we have described changes in oxygen diffusion by introducing nanoparticles of different shapes through molecular dynamics simulations. Our model illustrates that the existence of curved surfaces and the deposition of PLA around them by short chains generate small holes where oxygen accumulates, forming clusters and reducing their mobility. From the several considered shapes, the sphere is the most suitable structure to improve the barrier properties of the PLA.
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- Alejandro Prada
- Departamento de Computación e
Ingenierías, Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Universidad
Católica del Maule, Talca 3480112, Chile
- Center for the Development of Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA), Santiago 9170124,
Chile
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- Center for the Development of Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA), Santiago 9170124,
Chile
- Centro de Nanotecnología Aplicada,
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Mayor, Santiago 9170124,
Chile
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- Facultad de Química y Farmacia, Departamento de
Química Inorgánica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de
Chile, Santiago 9170124, Chile
- Centro Investigación en Nanotecnología y
Materiales Avanzados, CIEN-UC, Pontificia Universidad Católica de
Chile, Santiago 9170124, Chile
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- Center for the Development of Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA), Santiago 9170124,
Chile
- Departamento de Física, Universidad de
Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago 9170124,
Chile
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- Center for the Development of Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA), Santiago 9170124,
Chile
- Packaging Innovation Center (LABEN), Food Science and
Technology Department, Technology Faculty, University of Santiago de
Chile, Santiago 9170124, Chile
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- Center for the Development of Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA), Santiago 9170124,
Chile
- Packaging Innovation Center (LABEN), Food Science and
Technology Department, Technology Faculty, University of Santiago de
Chile, Santiago 9170124, Chile
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- Center for the Development of Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA), Santiago 9170124,
Chile
- Departamento de Física, Universidad de
Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago 9170124,
Chile
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- Center for the Development of Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA), Santiago 9170124,
Chile
- Departamento de Física, Universidad de
Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago 9170124,
Chile
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Shen H, Zou X, Yang H, Zhong W, Wang Y, Wang S, Deng M. Adsorption of Organic Molecules and Surfactants on Graphene: A Coarse-Grained Study. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:700-711. [PMID: 33432811 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c11111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
The research studies on the adsorption of surfactants on graphene help us to know how to use surfactants to exfoliate graphene from graphite or functionalize the graphene surface. Among them, molecular dynamics (MD) simulation has been widely used to investigate the adsorption of organic molecules and surfactants on graphene. In particular, coarse-grained (CG) MD simulation greatly improves the computational efficiency by simplifying the complexity of the studied systems, allowing us to explore the structure and dynamics of complex systems on larger spatial scales and longer time scales. However, an accurate prediction of the adsorption of surfactants on graphene is required by optimizing the interaction between surfactants and graphene, which is often overlooked by some CG models. In this work, we found that an accurate prediction of the adsorption enthalpies of organic molecules on graphene can be achieved by optimizing the interactions between organic molecules and benzene. Meanwhile, we simulated the adsorption of a surfactant on single-layer and double-layer graphene nanosheets, respectively. Our results revealed that increasing the temperature would favor the interactions between hydrophilic groups of surfactants. In addition, we discovered that the surfactant prefers to be adsorbed on the inner surfaces of double-layer graphene compared with the outer surfaces, and this is owing to the dehydration in the middle of double-layer graphene, which is beneficial to the hydrophilic interactions between surfactant molecules inside the double-layer graphene.
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- Hujun Shen
- Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Nano-Material Science, Guizhou Synergetic Innovation Center of Scientific Big Data for Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Guizhou Education University, No. 115, Gaoxin Road, Guiyang, Guizhou 550018, P. R. China
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- Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Nano-Material Science, Guizhou Synergetic Innovation Center of Scientific Big Data for Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Guizhou Education University, No. 115, Gaoxin Road, Guiyang, Guizhou 550018, P. R. China
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- Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Nano-Material Science, Guizhou Synergetic Innovation Center of Scientific Big Data for Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Guizhou Education University, No. 115, Gaoxin Road, Guiyang, Guizhou 550018, P. R. China
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- Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Nano-Material Science, Guizhou Synergetic Innovation Center of Scientific Big Data for Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Guizhou Education University, No. 115, Gaoxin Road, Guiyang, Guizhou 550018, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Sciences, Guizhou Education University, No. 115, Gaoxin Road, Guiyang, Guizhou 550018, P. R. China
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- Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Nano-Material Science, Guizhou Synergetic Innovation Center of Scientific Big Data for Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Guizhou Education University, No. 115, Gaoxin Road, Guiyang, Guizhou 550018, P. R. China
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- Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Nano-Material Science, Guizhou Synergetic Innovation Center of Scientific Big Data for Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Guizhou Education University, No. 115, Gaoxin Road, Guiyang, Guizhou 550018, P. R. China
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Wang X, Santo KP, Neimark AV. Modeling Gas-Liquid Interfaces by Dissipative Particle Dynamics: Adsorption and Surface Tension of Cetyl Trimethyl Ammonium Bromide at the Air-Water Interface. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:14686-14698. [PMID: 33216560 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Adsorption of surfactants at gas-liquid interfaces that causes reduction in the surface tension is a classical problem in colloid and interface science with multiple practical applications in oil and gas recovery, separations, cosmetics, personal care, and biomedicine. Here, we develop an original coarse-grained model of the liquid-gas interface within the conventional dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) framework with the goal of quantitatively predicting the surface tension in the presence of surfactants. As a practical case-study example, we explore the adsorption of the cationic surfactant cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) on the air-water interface. The gas phase is modeled as a DPD fluid composed of fictitious hard-core "gas" beads with exponentially decaying repulsive potentials to prevent penetration of the liquid phase components. A rigorous parametrization scheme is proposed based on matching the bulk and interfacial properties of water and octane taken as the reference compounds. Quantitative agreement between the simulated and experimental surface tension of CTAB solutions is found for a wide range of bulk surfactant concentrations (∼10-3 to ∼1 mmol/L) with the reduction of the surface tension from ∼72 mN/m (pure water) to the limiting value of ∼37.5 mN/m at the critical micelle concentration. The gas phase DPD model with the proposed parametrization scheme can be extended and applied to modeling various gas-liquid interfaces with surfactant and lipid monolayers, such as bubble suspensions, foams, froths, etc.
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- Xinyang Wang
- Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
- School of Resources and Civil Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110819, China
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- Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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Self-assembly of the surfactant mixtures on graphene in the presence of electrolyte: a molecular simulation study. ADSORPTION 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10450-020-00264-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Sarkar S, Maitra A, Banerjee S, Thoi VS, Dawlaty JM. Electric Fields at Metal-Surfactant Interfaces: A Combined Vibrational Spectroscopy and Capacitance Study. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:1311-1321. [PMID: 31985221 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c00560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Surfactants modulate interfacial processes. In electrochemical CO2 reduction, cationic surfactants promote carbon product formation and suppress hydrogen evolution. The interfacial field produced by the surfactants affects the energetics of electrochemical intermediates, mandating their detailed understanding. We have used two complementary tools-vibrational Stark shift spectroscopy which probes interfacial fields at molecular length scales and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) which probes the entire double layer-to study the electric fields at metal-surfactant interfaces. Using a nitrile as a probe, we found that at open-circuit potentials, cationic surfactants produce larger effective interfacial fields (∼-1.25 V/nm) when compared to anionic surfactants (∼0.4 V/nm). At a high bulk surfactant concentration, the surface field reaches a terminal value, suggesting the formation of a full layer, which is also supported by EIS. We propose an electrostatic model that explains these observations. Our results help in designing tailored surfactants for influencing electrochemical reactions via the interfacial field effect.
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- Sohini Sarkar
- Department of Chemistry , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California 90007 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California 90007 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , Maryland 21218 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , Maryland 21218 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California 90007 , United States
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Poorsargol M, Sohrabi B, Dehestani M. Study of the Gemini Surfactants’ Self-Assembly on Graphene Nanosheets: Insights from Molecular Dynamic Simulation. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:3873-3885. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b12646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- M. Poorsargol
- Department of Chemistry, Surface Chemistry Research Laboratory, Iran University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 16846-13114, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Surface Chemistry Research Laboratory, Iran University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 16846-13114, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
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Shang JJ, Yang QS, Liu X. New Coarse-Grained Model and Its Implementation in Simulations of Graphene Assemblies. J Chem Theory Comput 2017; 13:3706-3714. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Jun-Jun Shang
- Department of Engineering
Mechanics, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Department of Engineering
Mechanics, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Department of Engineering
Mechanics, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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