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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Radiation Physics

Background:

  • Radiation damage in reactive materials can degrade properties through complex reaction cascades.
  • Extracting chemical insights from atomistic simulations is challenging and often requires significant prior knowledge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a general, automated graph-based method for analyzing chemical structures from quantum-based molecular dynamics (QMD) simulations.
  • To apply this method to predict primary radiation damage in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS).

Main Methods:

  • Utilized quantum-based molecular dynamics (QMD) simulations to model radiation damage cascades.
  • Developed a postprocessing protocol using graph theory to identify polymer backbone structures and distinct damaged configurations.
  • Applied a scheme for extracting and updating a library of isomorphically distinct structures for chemical interpretation.

Main Results:

  • Revealed a higher combinatorial complexity of radiation-induced structural changes in PDMS than previously inferred.
  • Quantified probabilities of various network alterations, including bond scissions, branching, cyclization, and carbon incorporation.
  • Identified specific radiation-induced transformations in the PDMS Si-O backbone network.

Conclusions:

  • The automated graph-based framework provides a powerful tool for interpreting complex QMD simulation data.
  • This approach enhances understanding of radiation damage mechanisms in polymers and molecular materials.
  • The methodology lays the groundwork for quantum-informed multiscale modeling of material degradation.