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Adsorption behavior of acetone solvent at the HMX crystal faces: A molecular dynamics study
Yingzhe Liu1, Tao Yu1, Weipeng Lai1
1State Key Laboratory of Fluorine & Nitrogen Chemicals, Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Xi'an 710065, China.
Abstract:
Molecular dynamics simulations have been performed to understand the adsorption behavior of acetone (AC) solvent at the three surfaces of 1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetraazacyclooctan (HMX) crystal, i.e. (011), (110), and (020) faces. The simulation results show that the structural features and electrostatic potentials of crystal faces are determined by the HMX molecular packing, inducing distinct mass density distribution, dipole orientation, and diffusion of solvent molecules in the interfacial regions. The solvent adsorption is mainly governed by the van der Waals forces, and the crystal-solvent interaction energies among three systems are ranked as (020)≈(110)>(011). The adsorption sites for solvent incorporation at the crystal surface were found and visualized with the aid of occupancy analysis. A uniform arrangement of adsorption sites is observed at the rough (020) surface as a result of ordered adsorption motif.
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