• 文献标题:   Atomistic and Coarse-Grained Modeling of the Adsorption of Graphene Nanoflakes at the Oil-Water Interface
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ARDHAM VR, LEROY F
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
  • ISSN:   1520-6106 EI 1520-5207
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tech Univ Darmstadt
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b11173
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

The high interfacial tension between two immiscible liquids can provide the necessary driving force for the self-assembly of nanoparticles at the interface. Particularly, the interface between water and oily liquids (hydrocarbon chains) has been exploited to prepare networks of highly interconnected graphene sheets of only a few layers thickness, which are well suited for industrial applications. Studying such complex systems through particle-based simulations could greatly enhance the understanding of the various driving forces in action and could possibly give more control over the self-assembly process. However, the interaction potentials used in particle-based simulations are typically derived by reproducing bulk properties and are therefore not suitable for describing systems dominated by interfaces. To address this issue, we introduce a methodology to derive solid liquid interaction potentials that yield an accurate representation of the balance between interfacial interactions at atomistic and coarse-grained resolutions. Our approach is validated through its ability to lead to the adsorption of graphene nanoflakes at the interface between water and n-hexane. The development of accurate coarse-grained potentials that our approach enables will allow us to perform large-scale simulations to study the assembly of graphene nanoparticles at the interface between immiscible liquids. Our methodology is illustrated through a simulation of many graphene nanoflakes adsorbing at the interface.