Abstract
We use molecular dynamics simulations over microsecond time scales to study the structure and dynamics of coarse-grained models for nanoparticle-based ionic liquids. The systems of interest consist of particles with charged surface groups and linear or three-arm counterions, which also act as the solvent. A comparable uncharged model of nanoparticles with tethered chains is also studied. The pair correlation functions display a rich structure resulting from the packing of cores and chains, as well as electrostatic effects. Even though electrostatic interactions between oppositely charged ions at contact are much greater than the thermal energy, we find that chain dynamics at intermediate time scales are dominated by chain hopping between core particles. The uncharged core particles with tethered chains diffuse faster than the ionic core particles. © 2012 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 29-40 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Faraday Discuss. |
| Volume | 154 |
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| State | Published - 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): KUS-C1-018-02
Acknowledgements: This paper is based on work supported by Award KUS-C1-018-02 made by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and by grants DE-SC-0002128 from the US Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences and CBET-1033155 from NSF. Simulations were performed on the Della cluster of PICScIE, a facility supported by Princeton University. The authors would like to thank Prof. Fernando Escobedo for suggesting the NOHMs model, and Prof. Emmanuel Giannelis and Lynden Archer for many helpful discussions.
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.