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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Computational Chemistry

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  • Clathrate hydrates are vital for energy storage and separation technologies.
  • Current methods struggle to resolve molecular-level interfacial and dynamical structures in hydrates.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel algorithm for precise quantification and differentiation of water states within clathrate hydrates.
  • To improve the analysis of hydrate structures at interfaces and during phase transitions.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a cavity-finder algorithm analyzing molecular rings around voids.
  • Integrated the cavity-finder with Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise (DBSCAN).
  • Utilized order parameters (F3, F4, F4t) for structural analysis.

Main Results:

  • Accurately identified coexisting water states in clathrate hydrates.
  • Successfully detected hydrate cavities by analyzing ring structures.
  • Demonstrated robustness across structure I (sI) CO2 and structure II (sII) CH4/Dioxane hydrates.
  • Captured quasi-liquid layer structures and interfacial dynamics.

Conclusions:

  • The new DBSCAN-based algorithm offers high resolution for clathrate hydrate structural analysis.
  • Enables detailed molecular-level understanding of interfacial dynamics and phase transitions.
  • Provides a robust tool for advancing hydrate-based technologies.