Alumina graphene catalytic condenser for programmable solid acids

TM Onn, SR Gathmann, Y Wang, R Patel, S Guo… - JACS Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
Precise control of electron density at catalyst active sites enables regulation of surface
chemistry for the optimal rate and selectivity to products. Here, an ultrathin catalytic film of …

DockOnSurf: a python code for the high-throughput screening of flexible molecules adsorbed on surfaces

C Marti, S Blanck, R Staub, S Loehlé… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We present the open-source python package DockOnSurf which automates the generation
and optimization of low-energy adsorption configurations of molecules on extended surfaces …

High temperature corrosion in various grades of vegetable and waste oils used for bio-fuel production

F Andari, J Kittel, J Fernandes, N Godin… - Corrosion …, 2022 - Elsevier
Corrosion experiments were conducted at 220° C in vegetable and waste oils used to
produce biofuels. Industrial oils and model solutions with controlled concentrations of free …

[HTML][HTML] Digging into the friction reduction mechanism of organic friction modifiers on steel surfaces: Chains packing vs. molecule–metal interactions

NS Villa, L Bonoldi, G Assanelli, M Notari, A Lucotti… - Tribology …, 2024 - Elsevier
We present a study of five commercially available Organic Friction Modifiers (OFMs) that
combines micro-Infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (IRRAS), classical MD, and …

Mechanistic investigation and free energies of the reactive adsorption of ethanol at the alumina/water interface

J Rey, P Clabaut, R Réocreux… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Controlling the adsorption/desorption of molecules at the solid/water interface is central to a
wide range of fields, from catalysis to batteries. For instance, adsorbing alcohols at the …

Modelling the strength of mineral–organic binding: organic molecules on the α-Al 2 O 3 (0001) surface

A Ahmad, N Martsinovich - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic carbon (OC) is an essential component of soil. Sorption of OC to oxide mineral
surfaces is a key process in soil preservation due to its ability to protect OC from microbial …

Photocorrosion of Hematite Photoanodes in Neutral and Alkaline Electrolytes

V Benavente Llorente, KJ Jenewein… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a promising energy conversion technology
based on the harvesting of sunlight to produce green hydrogen. One of the major challenges …

Atomic-scale modelling of organic matter in soil: adsorption of organic molecules and biopolymers on the hydroxylated α-Al2O3 (0001) surface

A Ahmad, N Martsinovich - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Binding of organic molecules on oxide mineral surfaces is a key process which impacts the
fertility and stability of soils. Aluminium oxide and hydroxide minerals are known to strongly …

Surface Chemistry of Ketones and Diketones on Lewis Acidic γ-Al2O3 Probed by Infrared Spectroscopy

BJ Hare, RA Garcia Carcamo… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
To advance the understanding of surface reactions of biomass-derived oxygenates,
adsorption and conversion of ketones and diketones on Lewis acidic γ-Al2O3 are studied …

Transferable Gaussian attractive potentials for organic/oxide interfaces

J Rey, S Blanck, P Clabaut, S Loehlé… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Organic/oxide interfaces play an important role in many areas of chemistry and in particular
for lubrication and corrosion. Molecular dynamics simulations are the method of choice for …