The changing state of porous materials

TD Bennett, FX Coudert, SL James, AI Cooper - Nature Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Porous materials contain regions of empty space into which guest molecules can be
selectively adsorbed and sometimes chemically transformed. This has made them useful in …

Generation of amorphous carbon models using liquid quench method: A reactive molecular dynamics study

R Ranganathan, S Rokkam, T Desai, P Keblinski - Carbon, 2017 - Elsevier
Using molecular dynamics simulations with a reactive force field (ReaxFF), we generate
models of amorphous carbon (aC) at a wide range of densities (from 0.5 g/cc to 3.2 g/cc) via …

Evaluating equilibrium and kinetics of CO2 and N2 adsorption into amine-functionalized metal-substituted MIL-101 frameworks using molecular simulation

M Sedighi, MR Talaie, H Sabzyan, S Aghamiri, P Chen - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The primary objective of the present research is to evaluate the equilibrium and kinetics of
CO 2 and N 2 adsorption into different varieties of MIL-101 including Cr-, Al-, and Fe-based …

Characterizing structural complexity in disordered carbons: from the slit pore to atomistic models

SK Bhatia - Langmuir, 2017 - ACS Publications
The reliable characterization of nanoporous carbons is critical to the design and optimization
of their numerous applications; however, the vast majority of carbons in industrial use are …

Effect of structural anisotropy and pore-network accessibility on fluid transport in nanoporous Ti3SiC2 carbide-derived carbon

AH Farmahini, SK Bhatia - Carbon, 2016 - Elsevier
We develop an atomistic model of disordered Ti 3 SiC 2 carbide-derived carbon (Ti 3 SiC 2-
DC) through hybrid reverse Monte Carlo simulation, and validate it against experimental …

Consideration of the effect of nanoscale porosity on mass transport phenomena in PECVD coatings

J Franke, F Zysk, S Wilski, MO Liedke… - Journal of Physics D …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Here we show a novel approach to characterize the gas transfer behavior of silicon-oxide
(SiO x) coatings and explain the underlying dynamics. For this, we investigate the coating on …

Development of chemical kinetics models from atomistic reactive molecular dynamics simulations: application to iso-octane combustion and rubber ablative …

K Sasikumar, R Ranganathan, S Rokkam… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Modeling the complex chemical phenomena resulting from multiple active species and long-
chain polymers is limited by uncertainties in the reaction rate parameters, which increase …

Molecular dynamic simulations of fibrous distillation membranes

AA Hemeda, RJA Esteves, JT McLeskey Jr… - … Communications in Heat …, 2018 - Elsevier
The rate of heat and mass transfer through distillation membranes is typically estimated
using an over-simplified, straight-cylindrical-pore approach coupled with several empirical …

Adsorption of active trace gases by ensemble of ultrafine porous particles with impermeable cores

A Fominykh, I Katra, B Krasovitov, A Levy - Process Safety and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present study, we analyze the combined influence of several factors on the rate of
atmospheric trace gas adsorption by an ensemble of porous aerosol particles. The factors …

Application of Atomistic Scale Simulations to Zirconium Hydride and Carbon-Based Materials

L Shi - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Future space and energy technologies place materials in ever more extreme conditions of
temperature, stress, pressure and chemical reactivity. Improving the performance of …