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Multiscale Sampling of a Heterogeneous Water/Metal Catalyst Interface using Density Functional Theory and Force-Field Molecular Dynamics
Published on: April 12, 2019
Atomistic simulation study of linear alkylbenzene sulfonates at the water/air interface
Xibing He1, Olgun Guvench, Alexander D Mackerell
1Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. xibing@sas.upenn.edu
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Molecular dynamics simulations with the CHARMM atomistic force field have been used to study monolayers of a series of linear alkylbenzene sulfonates (LAS) at the water/air interface. Both the numbers of carbon atoms in the LAS alkyl tail (1 to 11) and the position of attachment of the benzene ring on the alkyl chain have been varied. Totally 36 LAS homologues and isomers have been investigated. The surface tensions of the systems and the average tilt angles of the LAS molecules are found to be related to both the length and the degree of branching of the alkyl tails, whereas the solubility and mobility are mostly determined by the tail length.
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