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  • Materials Science
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Surface Science

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  • Accurate simulation of surfactant behavior on iron oxide surfaces is crucial for industrial processes.
  • Existing force fields (FF) struggle to precisely describe these molecule-surface interactions, limiting molecular dynamics (MD) simulations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a classical force field for MD simulations of amide surfactants on iron oxide surfaces.
  • To improve the accuracy of modeling molecule-surface interactions compared to prior methods.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized density functional theory (DFT) + U calculations with van der Waals functionals to derive interaction energies.
  • Parameterized a classical FF using DFT data, incorporating Morse potentials, modified Lennard-Jones parameters, and adjusted partial charges.
  • Compared original and optimized FFs using nonequilibrium MD simulations of amide molecules between iron oxide surfaces.

Main Results:

  • The original FF underestimated adsorption energy and overestimated adsorption distance.
  • The optimized FF demonstrated excellent agreement with DFT interaction energies across various coverages and conformations on α-Fe2O3(0001).
  • MD simulations with the optimized FF showed amide molecules closer to the surface with headgroup orientations matching DFT.

Conclusions:

  • The developed classical FF accurately represents anhydrous amide-iron oxide interface interactions.
  • This optimized FF significantly enhances the reliability of MD simulations for these systems.
  • Enables more precise modeling for applications involving amide surfactants and iron oxide materials.