Molecular dynamics simulation of nanocolloidal amorphous silica particles: Part I

Details Molecular dynamics simulation of nanocolloidal amorphous silica particles: Part I Molecular dynamics simulation of nanocolloidal amorphous silica particles: Part I

2007-08-19

arxiv.org/abs/0708.2529v3

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Chemical Physics

v1. 37 pages, 9 figures (screen-quality PDF), submitted to J. Chem. Phys v2. 13 pages, 3 tables, 9 figures. Content and author

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.2803897

Explicit molecular dynamics simulations were applied to a pair of amorphous silica nanoparticles in aqueous solution, of diameter 4.4 nm with four different background electrolyte concentrations, to extract the mean force acting between the pair of silica nanoparticles. Dependences of the interparticle forces with separation and the background electrolyte concentration were demonstrated. The nature of the interaction of the counter-ions with charged silica surface sites (deprotonated silanols) was investigated. A 'patchy' double layer of adsorbed sodium counter-ions. was observed. Dependences of the interparticle potential of mean force with separation and the background electrolyte concentration were demonstrated. Direct evidence of the solvation forces is presented in terms of changes of the water ordering at the surfaces of the isolated and double nanoparticles. The nature of the interaction of the counter-ions with charged silica surface sites (deprotonated silanols) was investigated in terms of quantifying the effects of the number of water molecules separately inside each of the pair of nanoparticles by defining an impermeability measure. A direct correlation was found between impermeability (related to the silica surface 'hairiness') and the disruption of water ordering. Differences in the impermeability between the two nanoparticles are attributed to differences in the calculated electric dipole moment.

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