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Skarmoutsos I, Mancera RL, Mossa S, Samios J. Local intermolecular structure, hydrogen bonding and related dynamics in the liquid cis/trans N-methylformamide mixture: A density functional theory based Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics study. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Skarmoutsos I, Samios J, Guardia E. Fingerprints of the Crossing of the Frenkel and Melting Line on the Properties of High-Pressure Supercritical Water. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:7636-7644. [PMID: 35952379 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Using molecular dynamics simulations in combination with the two-phase thermodynamic model, we reveal novel characteristic fingerprints of the crossing of the Frenkel and melting line on the properties of high-pressure water at a near-critical temperature (1.03Tc). The crossing of the Frenkel line at about 1.17 GPa is characterized by a crossover in the rotational and translational entropy ratio Srot/Strans, indicating a change in the coupling between translational and rotational motions which is also reflected in the shape of the rotational density of states. The observed isosbestic points in the translational and rotational density of states are also blue-shifted at density and pressure conditions higher than the ones corresponding to the Frenkel line. The first-order phase transition from a rigid liquid to a face-centered cubic plastic crystal phase at about 8.5 GPa is reflected in the discontinuous changes in the translational and rotational entropy, particularly in the significant increase of the ratio Srot/Strans. A noticeable discontinuous increase of the dielectric constant has also been revealed when crossing this melting line, which is attributed to the different arrangement of the water molecules in the plastic crystal phase. The reorientational dynamics in the plastic crystal phase is faster in comparison with the "rigid" liquid-like phase, but it remains unchanged upon a further pressure increase in the range of 8.5-11 GPa.
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- Ioannis Skarmoutsos
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis 157-71, Athens, Greece
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- Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Campus Nord-Edifici B4-B5, Jordi Girona 1-3, Barcelona E-08034, Spain
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Skarmoutsos I, Koukaras EN, Klontzas E. CF 4 Capture and Separation of CF 4-SF 6 and CF 4-N 2 Fluid Mixtures Using Selected Carbon Nanoporous Materials and Metal-Organic Frameworks: A Computational Study. ACS Omega 2022; 7:6691-6699. [PMID: 35252664 PMCID: PMC8892479 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c06167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The adsorption of pure fluid carbon tetrafluoride and the separation of CF4-SF6 and CF4-N2 fluid mixtures using representative nanoporous materials have been investigated by employing Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulation techniques. The selected materials under study were the three-dimensional carbon nanotube networks, pillared graphene using carbon nanotube pillars, and the SIFSIX-2-Cu metal-organic framework. The selection of these materials was based on their previously reported efficiency to separate fluid SF6-N2 mixtures. The pressure dependence of the thermodynamic and kinetic separation selectivity for the CF4-SF6 and CF4-N2 fluid mixtures has therefore been investigated, to provide deeper insights into the molecular scale phenomena taking place in the investigated nanoporous materials. The results obtained have revealed that under near-ambient pressure conditions, the carbon-based nanoporous materials exhibit a higher gravimetric fluid uptake and thermodynamic separation selectivity. The SIFSIX-2-Cu material exhibits a slightly higher kinetic selectivity at ambient and high pressures.
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- Ioannis Skarmoutsos
- Theoretical
and Physical Chemistry Institute, National
Hellenic Research Foundation, Vas. Constantinou 48, GR-116 35 Athens, Greece
- Laboratory
of Quantum and Computational Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Laboratory
of Quantum and Computational Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Theoretical
and Physical Chemistry Institute, National
Hellenic Research Foundation, Vas. Constantinou 48, GR-116 35 Athens, Greece
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Skarmoutsos I, Henao A, Guardia E, Samios J. On the Different Faces of the Supercritical Phase of Water at a Near-Critical Temperature: Pressure-Induced Structural Transitions Ranging from a Gaslike Fluid to a Plastic Crystal Polymorph. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:10260-10272. [PMID: 34491748 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c05053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The present study reports a systematic analysis of a wide variety of structural, thermodynamic, and dynamic properties of supercritical water along the near-critical isotherm of T = 1.03Tc and up to extreme pressures, using molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations. The methodology employed provides solid evidence about the existence of a structural transition from a liquidlike fluid to a compressed, tightly packed liquid, in the density and pressure region around 3.4ρc and 1.17 GPa, introducing an alternative approach to locate the crossing of the Frenkel line. Around 8.5 GPa another transition to a face-centered-cubic plastic crystal polymorph with density 5.178ρc is also observed, further confirmed by Gibbs free energy calculations using the two-phase thermodynamic model. The isobaric heat capacity maximum, closely related to the crossing of the Widom line, has also been observed around 0.8ρc, where the local density augmentation is also maximized. Another structural transition has been observed at 0.2ρc, related to the transformation of the fluid to a dilute gas at lower densities. These findings indicate that a near-critical isotherm can be divided into different domains where supercritical water exhibits distinct behavior, ranging from a gaslike one to a plastic crystal one.
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- Ioannis Skarmoutsos
- Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Vas. Constantinou 48, GR-116 35, Athens, Greece
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- Dynamics of Condensed Matter and Center for Sustainable Systems Design, Department of Chemistry, University of Paderborn, Warburger Strasse 100, D-33098 Paderborn, Germany
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- Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Campus Nord-Edifici B4-B5, Jordi Girona 1-3, Barcelona E-08034, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis GR-157 71, Athens, Greece
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Skarmoutsos I, Petsalakis ID, Samios J. The Polar Cosolvent Effect on Caffeine Solvation in Supercritical CO 2–Ethanol Mixtures: A Molecular Modeling Approach. Ind Eng Chem Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c00956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Ioannis Skarmoutsos
- Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Vas. Constantinou 48, GR-116 35 Athens, Greece
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- Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Vas. Constantinou 48, GR-116 35 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 157-71 Athens, Greece
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Skarmoutsos I, Maurin G, Guardia E, Samios J. Hydration Structure and Dynamics of the Favipiravir Antiviral Drug: A Molecular Modelling Approach. BCSJ 2020. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20200163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Ioannis Skarmoutsos
- Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Vas. Constantinou 48, GR-116 35, Athens, Greece
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- Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Campus Nord-Edifici B4-B5, Jordi Girona 1-3, Barcelona E-08034, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis 157-71, Athens, Greece
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Skarmoutsos I, Guardia E. Solvation structure and dynamics of the dimethylammonium cation diluted in liquid water: A molecular dynamics approach. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:234501. [PMID: 32571039 DOI: 10.1063/5.0004204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Classical molecular dynamics simulation techniques were employed to investigate the local solvation structure and related dynamics of the dimethylammonium cation diluted in liquid water at ambient conditions. The translational and orientational order around the dimethylammonium cation was investigated in terms of the corresponding radial and angular distribution functions. The results obtained revealed that the first solvation shell of the dimethylammonium consists mainly of two and, less frequently, three water molecules. The two nearest water neighbors form hydrogen bonds with the ammonium hydrogen atoms of the cation, whereas the third neighbor interacts with the methyl hydrogen atoms as well. The distribution of the trigonal order parameter exhibits a bimodal behavior, signifying the existence of local orientational heterogeneities in the solvation shell of the dimethylammonium cation. The calculated continuous and intermittent residence and hydrogen bond lifetimes for the cation-water pairs have also been found to be longer in comparison with the water-water ones. The very similar self-diffusion coefficients of the dimethylammonium cation and the water molecules in the bulk dilute solution indicate that the translational motions of the cation are mainly controlled by the translational mobility of the surrounding water molecules.
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- Ioannis Skarmoutsos
- Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Vass. Constantinou 48, GR-116 35 Athens, Greece
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- Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Campus Nord-Edifici B4-B5, Jordi Girona 1-3, Barcelona E 08034, Spain
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Soper AK, Skarmoutsos I, Kłos J, Samios J, Marinakis S. A study of Ar-N2 supercritical mixtures using neutron scattering, molecular dynamics simulations and quantum mechanical scattering calculations. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.111168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Skarmoutsos I, Mossa S, Guardia E. The effect of polymorphism on the structural, dynamic and dielectric properties of plastic crystal water: A molecular dynamics simulation perspective. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:124506. [PMID: 30927901 DOI: 10.1063/1.5084217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We have employed molecular dynamics simulations based on the TIP4P/2005 water model to investigate the local structural, dynamical, and dielectric properties of the two recently reported body-centered-cubic and face-centered-cubic plastic crystal phases of water. Our results reveal significant differences in the local orientational structure and rotational dynamics of water molecules for the two polymorphs. The probability distributions of trigonal and tetrahedral order parameters exhibit a multi-modal structure, implying the existence of significant local orientational heterogeneities, particularly in the face-centered-cubic phase. The calculated hydrogen bond statistics and dynamics provide further indications of the existence of a strongly heterogeneous and rapidly interconverting local orientational structural network in both polymorphs. We have observed a hindered molecular rotation, much more pronounced in the body-centered-cubic phase, which is reflected by the decay of the fourth-order Legendre reorientational correlation functions and angular Van Hove functions. Molecular rotation, however, is additionally hindered in the high-pressure liquid compared to the plastic crystal phase. The results obtained also reveal significant differences in the dielectric properties of the polymorphs due to the different dipolar orientational correlation characterizing each phase.
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- Ioannis Skarmoutsos
- Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Campus Nord-Edifici B4-B5, Jordi Girona 1-3, Barcelona E-08034, Spain
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, INAC-SyMMES, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Campus Nord-Edifici B4-B5, Jordi Girona 1-3, Barcelona E-08034, Spain
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Skarmoutsos A, Skarmoutsos I, Katafigiotis I, Tataki E, Giagini A, Alamanis C, Anastasiou I, Angelou A, Duvdevani M, Sitaras N, Constantinides C. Detecting Novel Urine Biomarkers for the Early Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer: Platelet Derived Growth Factor-BB as a Possible New Target. Curr Urol 2018; 12:13-19. [PMID: 30374275 DOI: 10.1159/000447225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Introduction Although the prostate specific antigen revolutionized the diagnosis of prostate cancer (PCa), it has its limitations. We prospectively examined the potential use of the platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB) as a urine biomarker for the early diagnosis of PCa. Materials and Methods The urine samples of 118 patients were collected after a prostatic massage and all the patients subsequently underwent ultrasound-guided transrectal biopsy. PDGF-BB was detected in the urine by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results Patients with PCa had greater levels of prostate specific antigen and PDGF-BB. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed that the optimal cut-of of PDGF-BB for the prediction of PCa was 1,504.9 with a sensitivity of 60% and a specificity of 51.3%. For a 100 unit increase in PDGF-BB, the likelihood for PCa increased about 4%. Conclusion PDGF-BB showed a significant predictive ability for PCa. Detection of PDGF-BB in urine with Elisa was easy and improved our diagnostic accuracy in the diagnosis of PCa.
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- First University Urology Clinic Laiko Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First University Urology Clinic Laiko Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.,Department of Urology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- First University Urology Clinic Laiko Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First University Urology Clinic Laiko Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First University Urology Clinic Laiko Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First University Urology Clinic Laiko Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Urology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Skarmoutsos I, Eddaoudi M, Maurin G. Peculiar Molecular Shape and Size Dependence of the Dynamics of Fluids Confined in a Small-Pore Metal-Organic Framework. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:3014-3020. [PMID: 29763318 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b00855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Force-field-based molecular dynamics simulations were deployed to systematically explore the dynamics of confined molecules of different shapes and sizes, that is, linear (CO2 and N2) and spherical (CH4) fluids, in a model small pore system, that is, the metal-organic framework SIFSIX-2-Cu-i. These computations unveil an unprecedented molecular symmetry dependence of the translational and rotational dynamics of fluids confined in channel-like nanoporous materials. In particular, this peculiar behavior is reflected by the extremely slow decay of the Legendre reorientational correlation functions of even-parity order for the linear fluids, which is associated with jump-like orientation flips, while the spherical fluid shows a very fast decay taking place on a subpicosecond time scale. Such a fundamental understanding is relevant to diverse disciplines such as in chemistry, physics, biology, and materials science, where diatomic or polyatomic molecules of different shapes/sizes diffuse through nanopores.
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- Ioannis Skarmoutsos
- Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier , UMR 5253 CNRS, Université de Montpellier , Place E. Bataillon , 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05 , France
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- Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering , King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) , P.O. Box 4700, Thuwal 23955-6900 , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier , UMR 5253 CNRS, Université de Montpellier , Place E. Bataillon , 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05 , France
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Skarmoutsos I, Guardia E, Samios J. Local structural fluctuations, hydrogen bonding and structural transitions in supercritical water. J Supercrit Fluids 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2017.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Anastasiou I, Skoufias S, Katafigiotis I, Skarmoutsos I, Constantinides CA. B-lymphocytic infiltration of the prostate to a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. A case report. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 89:83-84. [PMID: 28403603 DOI: 10.4081/aiua.2017.1.83] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2016] [Accepted: 01/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Involvement of the prostate gland, as an early extra-nodal manifestation of a hematologic disease, or as a secondary infiltration is rare. Even rarer is the acute urinary retention due to infiltration by lymphocytes and simultaneously enlarged prostate. We present a case of a 61 years old male patient with a history of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, who was under oncological follow-up with no active treatment and had typical lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia and was receiving 5-alpha reductase inhibitor. After an acute urinary retention episode which was managed with a suprapubic catheter due to urethral catheter insertion failure, the patient was submitted to a transurethral prostatectomy. Histological examination revealed lymphocytic infiltration of the prostatic parenchyma by mostly small B cells. B-lymphocytic infiltration of the prostate gland, causes symptoms similar to benign prostatic hyperplasia. Acute urinary retention due to B-lymphocytic infiltration of the prostate is rare and the diagnosis is always histological and an oncological re-evaluation is necessary. The prognosis of these patients is related to the generalized disease rather than to the prostatic involvement.
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Elpidoforou N, Skarmoutsos I, Kainourgiakis E, Raptis V, Samios J. Local structure and translational dynamics of NMF (N-methylformamide)–DMF (N,N-dimethylformamide) mixtures, via molecular dynamics simulation. J Mol Liq 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2016.09.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Molecular dynamics simulation studies were performed to investigate the structural and dynamic properties of liquid carbon disulfide (CS2) from ambient to elevated pressure conditions. The results obtained have revealed structural changes at high pressures, which are related to the more dense packing of the molecules inside the first solvation shell. The calculated neutron and X-ray structure factors have been compared with available experimental diffraction data, also revealing the pressure effects on the short-range structure of the liquid. The pressure effects on the translational, reorientational, and residence dynamics are very strong, revealing a significant slowing down when going from ambient pressure to 1.2 GPa. The translational dynamics of the linear CS2 molecules have been found to be more anisotropic at elevated pressures, where cage effects and librational motions are reflected on the shape of the calculated time correlation functions and their corresponding spectral densities.
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- Ioannis Skarmoutsos
- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 157-71 Athens, Greece
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- INAC-SYMMES, CEA-Grenoble, 17 Rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 157-71 Athens, Greece
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Jiang B, Ponnuchamy V, Shen Y, Yang X, Yuan K, Vetere V, Mossa S, Skarmoutsos I, Zhang Y, Zheng J. The Anion Effect on Li(+) Ion Coordination Structure in Ethylene Carbonate Solutions. J Phys Chem Lett 2016; 7:3554-3559. [PMID: 27560477 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Rechargeable lithium ion batteries are an attractive alternative power source for a wide variety of applications. To optimize their performances, a complete description of the solvation properties of the ion in the electrolyte is crucial. A comprehensive understanding at the nanoscale of the solvation structure of lithium ions in nonaqueous carbonate electrolytes is, however, still unclear. We have measured by femtosecond vibrational spectroscopy the orientational correlation time of the CO stretching mode of Li(+)-bound and Li(+)-unbound ethylene carbonate molecules, in LiBF4, LiPF6, and LiClO4 ethylene carbonate solutions with different concentrations. Surprisingly, we have found that the coordination number of ethylene carbonate in the first solvation shell of Li(+) is only two, in all solutions with concentrations higher than 0.5 M. Density functional theory calculations indicate that the presence of anions in the first coordination shell modifies the generally accepted tetrahedral structure of the complex, allowing only two EC molecules to coordinate to Li(+) directly. Our results demonstrate for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, the anion influence on the overall structure of the first solvation shell of the Li(+) ion. The formation of such a cation/solvent/anion complex provides a rational explanation for the ionic conductivity drop of lithium/carbonate electrolyte solutions at high concentrations.
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- Bo Jiang
- State key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University , Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, INAC-SYMMES; CNRS, INAC-SYMMES; and CEA, INAC-SYMMES, F-38000 Grenoble, France
- Universite Grenoble Alpes, LITEN-DEHT; and CEA, LITEN-DEHT, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- State key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
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- State key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
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- State key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
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- Universite Grenoble Alpes, LITEN-DEHT; and CEA, LITEN-DEHT, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, INAC-SYMMES; CNRS, INAC-SYMMES; and CEA, INAC-SYMMES, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, INAC-SYMMES; CNRS, INAC-SYMMES; and CEA, INAC-SYMMES, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University , Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- State key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University , Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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Skarmoutsos I, Tamiolakis G, Froudakis GE. Highly selective separation and adsorption-induced phase transition of SF 6 -N 2 fluid mixtures in three-dimensional carbon nanotube networks. J Supercrit Fluids 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2016.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Anastasiou I, Deligiannis D, Katafigiotis I, Skarmoutsos I, Karaolanis G, Palla VV, Nonni A, Mitropoulos D, Constantinides CA. Synchronous Bilateral Testicular Tumors with Different Histopathology. Case Rep Urol 2015; 2015:492183. [PMID: 26060594 PMCID: PMC4427818 DOI: 10.1155/2015/492183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2014] [Revised: 04/09/2015] [Accepted: 04/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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A 40-year-old male presented to our outpatient department with the chief complaint of a painless mass on his right testis with gradual size increase over the past two months. Physical examination and ultrasound revealed a firm and nontender mass both on the right and on the left testis. The only elevated biomarker was b-hcG (24,7 mIU/mL) and computer tomography (CT) did not reveal any pathology. Bilateral high orchiectomies were performed, without previous frozen storage of the sperm. Histology proved typical seminoma of the left testis and embryonal carcinoma of the right testis. He received two cycles of adjuvant combination chemotherapy with bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin. Six months after the operation no residual tumor or recurrence was observed.
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- Ioannis Anastasiou
- 1st University Urology Clinic, Laiko Hospital, University of Athens, 17 Agiou Thoma Street, Attiki, 11527 Athens, Greece
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- 1st University Urology Clinic, Laiko Hospital, University of Athens, 17 Agiou Thoma Street, Attiki, 11527 Athens, Greece
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- 1st University Urology Clinic, Laiko Hospital, University of Athens, 17 Agiou Thoma Street, Attiki, 11527 Athens, Greece
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- 1st University Urology Clinic, Laiko Hospital, University of Athens, 17 Agiou Thoma Street, Attiki, 11527 Athens, Greece
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- 2nd Department of Surgery, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School of Athens, 17 Agiou Thoma Street, Attiki, 11527 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, G. Gennimatas General Hospital, Mesogeion Avenue 154, Attiki, 11527 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Pathology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 17 Agiou Thoma Street, Attiki, 11527 Athens, Greece
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- 1st University Urology Clinic, Laiko Hospital, University of Athens, 17 Agiou Thoma Street, Attiki, 11527 Athens, Greece
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- 1st University Urology Clinic, Laiko Hospital, University of Athens, 17 Agiou Thoma Street, Attiki, 11527 Athens, Greece
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Guardia E, Skarmoutsos I, Masia M. Hydrogen Bonding and Related Properties in Liquid Water: A Car–Parrinello Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study. J Phys Chem B 2014; 119:8926-38. [DOI: 10.1021/jp507196q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Elvira Guardia
- Departament
de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Campus Nord B4−B5, Barcelona 08034, Spain
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- Departament
de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Campus Nord B4−B5, Barcelona 08034, Spain
- INAC/SPrAM (UMR 5819 UJF, CNRS, CEA), CEA-Grenoble, 17 Rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble, France
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica e Farmacia, Universita degli Studi di Sassari, Istituto Officina dei Materiali del
CNR, UOS SLACS, Via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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Skarmoutsos I, Welton T, Hunt PA. The importance of timescale for hydrogen bonding in imidazolium chloride ionic liquids. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:3675-85. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cp54551b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Skarmoutsos I, Tamiolakis G, Froudakis GE. Separation of CO2–N2mixtures in 3D carbon-based porous nanotube networks: a molecular dynamics investigation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:876-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cp54587c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Skarmoutsos I, Dellis D, Matthews RP, Welton T, Hunt PA. Hydrogen Bonding in 1-Butyl- and 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride Ionic Liquids. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:4921-33. [DOI: 10.1021/jp209485y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Ioannis Skarmoutsos
- Chemistry Department, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Accelerating Systems and Applications, Panepistimiopolis Zografou,
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- Chemistry Department, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Chemistry Department, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Chemistry Department, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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Dellis D, Skarmoutsos I, Samios J. Solvation Structure and Dynamics of cis- and trans-1,2 Dichloroethene Isomers in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide. A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study. J Phys Chem B 2011; 115:12098-107. [DOI: 10.1021/jp204202p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Dimitris Dellis
- University of Athens, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Panepistimiopolis 157-71, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- University of Athens, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Panepistimiopolis 157-71, Athens, Greece
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Skarmoutsos I, Hunt PA. Structural and Dynamic Properties of the New Alternative Refrigerant 2,3,3,3-Tetrafluoro-1-propene (HFO-1234yf) in the Liquid State. J Phys Chem B 2010; 114:17120-7. [DOI: 10.1021/jp108647p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Ioannis Skarmoutsos
- Chemistry Department, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Chemistry Department, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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Skarmoutsos I, Guardia E, Samios J. Hydrogen bond, electron donor-acceptor dimer, and residence dynamics in supercritical CO(2)-ethanol mixtures and the effect of hydrogen bonding on single reorientational and translational dynamics: A molecular dynamics simulation study. J Chem Phys 2010; 133:014504. [PMID: 20614973 DOI: 10.1063/1.3449142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The hydrogen bonding and dynamics in a supercritical mixture of carbon dioxide with ethanol as a cosolvent (X(ethanol) approximately 0.1) were investigated using molecular dynamics simulation techniques. The results obtained reveal that the hydrogen bonds formed between ethanol molecules are significantly more in comparison with those between ethanol-CO(2) molecules and also exhibit much larger lifetimes. Furthermore, the residence dynamics in the solvation shells of ethanol and CO(2) have been calculated, revealing much larger residence times for ethanol molecules in the ethanol solvation shell. These results support strongly the ethanol aggregation effects and the slow local environment reorganization inside the ethanol solvation shell, reported in a previous publication of the authors [Skarmoutsos et al., J. Chem. Phys. 126, 224503 (2007)]. The formation of electron donor-acceptor dimers between the ethanol and CO(2) molecules has been also investigated and the calculated lifetimes of these complexes have been found to be similar to those corresponding to ethanol-CO(2) hydrogen bonds, exhibiting a slightly higher intermittent lifetime. However, the average number of these dimers is larger than the number of ethanol-CO(2) hydrogen bonds in the system. Finally, the effect of the hydrogen bonds formed between the individual ethanol molecules on their reorientational and translational dynamics has been carefully explored showing that the characteristic hydrogen bonding microstructure obtained exhibits sufficiently strong influence upon the behavior of them.
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- Ioannis Skarmoutsos
- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
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Dellis D, Skarmoutsos I, Samios J. Molecular simulations of benzene and hexafluorobenzene using new optimized effective potential models: Investigation of the liquid, vapor–liquid coexistence and supercritical fluid phases. J Mol Liq 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2009.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Skarmoutsos I, Guardia E. Effect of the local hydrogen bonding network on the reorientational and translational dynamics in supercritical water. J Chem Phys 2010; 132:074502. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3305326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Skarmoutsos I, Guardia E. Local Structural Effects and Related Dynamics in Supercritical Ethanol. 2. Hydrogen-Bonding Network and Its Effect on Single Reorientational Dynamics. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:8898-910. [DOI: 10.1021/jp901489c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Ioannis Skarmoutsos
- Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, B4−B5 Campus Nord UPC, 08034 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, B4−B5 Campus Nord UPC, 08034 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Elvira Guàrdia
- Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Campus Nord B4-B5, Barcelona 08034, Spain
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- Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Campus Nord B4-B5, Barcelona 08034, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sardinian Laboratory for Computational Materials Science SLACS (INFM-CNR) and INSTM, Via Vienna 2, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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Skarmoutsos I, Guardia E. Local Structural Effects and Related Dynamics in Supercritical Ethanol. 1. Mechanisms of Local Density Reorganization and Residence Dynamics. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:8887-97. [DOI: 10.1021/jp901020x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Ioannis Skarmoutsos
- Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, B4−B5 Campus Nord UPC, 08034 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, B4−B5 Campus Nord UPC, 08034 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Skarmoutsos I, Dellis D, Samios J. The Effect of Intermolecular Interactions on Local Density Inhomogeneities and Related Dynamics in Pure Supercritical Fluids. A Comparative Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:2783-93. [DOI: 10.1021/jp809271n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Ioannis Skarmoutsos
- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis 157-71, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis 157-71, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis 157-71, Athens, Greece
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Skarmoutsos I, Dellis D, Samios J. Investigation of the local composition enhancement and related dynamics in supercritical CO2-cosolvent mixtures via computer simulation: The case of ethanol in CO2. J Chem Phys 2007; 126:224503. [PMID: 17581059 DOI: 10.1063/1.2738476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The supercritical mixture ethanol-carbon dioxide (EtOH-CO2) with mole fraction of ethanol X(EtOH) congruent with 0.1 was investigated at 348 K, by employing the molecular dynamics simulation technique in the canonical ensemble. The local intermolecular structure of the fluid was studied in terms of the calculated appropriate pair radial distribution functions. The estimated average local coordination numbers and mole fractions around the species in the mixture reveal the existence of local composition enhancement of ethanol around the ethanol molecules. This finding indicates the nonideal mixing behavior of the mixture due to the existence of aggregation between the ethanol molecules. Furthermore, the local environment redistribution dynamics have been explored by analyzing the time correlation functions (TCFs) of the total local coordination number (solvent, cosolvent) around the cosolvent molecules in appropriate parts. The analysis of these total TCFs in the auto-(solvent-solvent, cosolvent-cosolvent) and cross-(solvent-cosolvent, cosolvent-solvent) TCFs has shown that the time dependent redistribution process of the first solvation shell of ethanol is mainly determined by the redistribution of the CO2 solvent molecules. These results might be explained on the basis of the CO2-CO2 and EtOH-CO2 intermolecular forces, which are sufficiently weaker in comparison to the EtOH-EtOH hydrogen bonding interactions, creating in this way a significantly faster redistribution of the CO2 molecules in comparison with EtOH. Finally, the self-diffusion coefficients and the single reorientational dynamics of both the cosolvent and solvent species in the mixture have been predicted and discussed in relationship with the local environment around the species, which in the case of the EtOH molecules seem to be strongly affected.
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- Ioannis Skarmoutsos
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis 157-71, Athens, Greece
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Skarmoutsos I, Samios J. Local density augmentation and dynamic properties of hydrogen-and non-hydrogen-bonded supercritical fluids: A molecular dynamics study. J Chem Phys 2007; 126:044503. [PMID: 17286483 DOI: 10.1063/1.2431370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The local density inhomogeneities in neat supercritical fluids were investigated via canonical molecular dynamics simulations. The selected systems under investigation were the polar and hydrogen-bonded fluid methanol as well as the quadrupolar non-hydrogen-bonded carbon dioxide one. Effective local densities, local density augmentation, and enhancement factors were calculated at state points along an isotherm close to the critical temperature of each system (T(r)=1.03). The results obtained reveal strong influence of the polarity and hydrogen bonding upon the intensity of the local density augmentation. It is found that this effect is sufficiently larger in the case of the polar and associated methanol in comparison to those predicted for carbon dioxide. For both fluids the local density augmentation values are maximized in the bulk density region near 0.7rho(c), a result that is in agreement with experiment. In addition, the local density dynamics of each fluid were investigated in terms of the appropriate time correlation functions. The behavior of these functions reveals that the bulk density dependence of the local density reorganization times is very sensitive to the specific intermolecular interactions and to the size of the local region. Also, the estimated local density reorganization time as a function of bulk density of each fluid was further analyzed and successfully related to two different time-scale relaxation mechanisms. Finally, the results obtained indicate a possible relationship between the single-molecule reorientational dynamics and the local density reorganization ones.
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- Ioannis Skarmoutsos
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis 157-71, Athens, Greece
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Skarmoutsos I, Samios J. Local Density Inhomogeneities and Dynamics in Supercritical Water: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Approach. J Phys Chem B 2006; 110:21931-7. [PMID: 17064161 DOI: 10.1021/jp060955p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Molecular dynamics atomistic simulations in the canonical ensemble (NVT-MD) have been used to investigate the "Local Density Inhomogeneities and their Dynamics" in pure supercritical water. The simulations were carried out along a near-critical isotherm (Tr = T/Tc = 1.03) and for a wide range of densities below and above the critical one (0.2 rho(c) - 2.0 rho(c)). The results obtained reveal the existence of significant local density augmentation effects, which are found to be sufficiently larger in comparison to those reported for nonassociated fluids. The time evolution of the local density distribution around each molecule was studied in terms of the appropriate time correlation functions C(Delta)rhol(t). It is found that the shape of these functions changes significantly by increasing the density of the fluid. Finally, the local density reorganization times for the first and second coordination shell derived from these correlations exhibit a decreasing behavior by increasing the density of the system, signifying the density effect upon the dynamics of the local environment around each molecule.
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- Ioannis Skarmoutsos
- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis 157-71, Athens, Greece
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Skarmoutsos I, Samios J. Local intermolecular structure and dynamics in binary supercritical solutions. A molecular dynamics simulation study of methane in carbon dioxide. J Mol Liq 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2005.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Skarmoutsos I, Kampanakis LI, Samios J. Investigation of the vapor–liquid equilibrium and supercritical phase of pure methane via computer simulations. J Mol Liq 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2004.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Skarmoutsos I, Samios J. Molecular dynamics of cis/transN-methylformamide liquid mixture using a new optimized all atom rigid force field. Chem Phys Lett 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2003.11.096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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