• 文献标题:   Molecular dynamics simulation of the folding of single alkane chains with different lengths on single-walled carbon nanotubes and graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LIU YF, YANG H, ZHANG H
  • 作者关键词:   molecular dynamics simulation, singlewalled carbon nanotube, graphene, alkane, chain folding
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MODELING
  • ISSN:   1610-2940 EI 0948-5023
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tianjin Normal Univ
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1007/s00894-018-3675-y
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Chain folding is an important step during polymer crystallization. In order to study the effects of the surface on chain folding, molecular dynamics simulations of the folding of different alkane chains on three kinds of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and graphene were performed. The folding behaviors of the single alkane chains on these surfaces were found to be different from their folding behaviors in vacuum. The end-to-end distances of the chains were calculated to explore the chain folding. An increasing tendency to fold into two or more stems with increasing alkane chain length was observed. This result indicates that the occurrence and the stability of chain folding are related to the surface curvature, the diameter of the SWCNT, and surface texture. In addition, the angle between the direction of the alkane chain segment and the direction of the surface texture was measured on different surfaces.