The density functional theory(DFT)is used for the description of adsorption of methane on single walled carbon nanotubes(SWNT). Methane molecule is modeled by the Lennard-Jones potential,while the interaction between ...The density functional theory(DFT)is used for the description of adsorption of methane on single walled carbon nanotubes(SWNT). Methane molecule is modeled by the Lennard-Jones potential,while the interaction between wall- fluid molecules is represented by the potential function proposed by Tjatjopoulos et al. To verify the DFT method, a comparison of the local density profiles and adsorption isotherms from the DFT and computer simulation for the tube diameter of 4.077 nm at 300 K is presented. Furthermore, adsorption isotherms for the SWNT of diameter 1.632 , 2.04 ,3.805 and 4.077 nm at 148 K are given in this short communication as a preliminary report.展开更多
An analytical potential for cylindrical pores has been derived by introducing a variational method into the integration for the calculation of the interaction energy between the wall molecules and a test molecule, all...An analytical potential for cylindrical pores has been derived by introducing a variational method into the integration for the calculation of the interaction energy between the wall molecules and a test molecule, all of which are represented by Lennard-Jones potential. The model proposed gives good fit to the results from the cylindrical surface model and the pseudoatom model. To test the potential proposed rigorously, we have carried out grand canonical ensemble Monte Carlo(GCMC) simulation of nitrogen in the MCM-41 pore at 77 K, and compared the simulated adsorption isotherm with the experimental data reported in the literature. The simulated isotherm from our model is in almost qualitative agreement with experiment. Consequently, the model proposed provides an explicit and accurate description of cylindrical pores represented by the Lennard-Jones potential. Moreover, the model can be easily applied to a variety of cylindrical pores, ranging from cylindrical surface to finite thickness walls, in both theoretical studies and computer simulations.展开更多
Density functional theory (DFT) is used to calculate adsorption of ethane molecules in single walled carbon nanotubes. A compari-son of DFT calculations and grand canonical ensemble Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulations is m...Density functional theory (DFT) is used to calculate adsorption of ethane molecules in single walled carbon nanotubes. A compari-son of DFT calculations and grand canonical ensemble Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulations is made first and the two methods are in good agree-ment. Adsorption isotherms and structures of ethane molecules inside the tubes have been studied by DFT for the nanotubes of diameters 0.954, 2.719 and 4.077 nm at 157 K and ambient temperature, 300 K. By using the grand potential, the positions of phase transitions are exactly lo-cated, and the effect of temperature and tube diameter on phase transitions and adsorption is discussed. We found that lowering temperature and increasing the pore size of several nanometer is preferable for the ethane adsorption when temperature is in the range of 157 K—300 K and op-erating pressure reaches several MPa. Layering transitions and capillary condensations are observed at 157 K in two larger pore diameters, while these phase transitions disappear or the hysteres is loops become very narrow at 300 K.展开更多
Although many organic molecules found commonly in the atmosphere are known to be surface-active in aqueous solutions, their effects on the mechanisms underlying haze formation remain unclear. In this paper, based on a...Although many organic molecules found commonly in the atmosphere are known to be surface-active in aqueous solutions, their effects on the mechanisms underlying haze formation remain unclear. In this paper, based on a simple thermodynamic analysis, we report that the adsorption of amphiphilic organics alone not only lowers the surface tension,but also unexpectedly stabilizes nanodroplets of specific size under water vapor supersaturation. Then we determine how various factors, including relative humidity, water activity effect due to dissolution of inorganic components as well as surface tension effect due to surface adsorption of organic components, cooperatively induce the stability of nanodroplets.The nanodroplet stability behaviors not captured in the current theory would change the formation mechanism of haze droplets, from the hygroscopic growth pathway to a nonclassical two-step nucleation pathway.展开更多
The observations of long-lived surface nanobubbles in various experiments have presented a theoretical challenge, as they were supposed to be dissolved in microseconds owing to the high Laplace pressure. However, an i...The observations of long-lived surface nanobubbles in various experiments have presented a theoretical challenge, as they were supposed to be dissolved in microseconds owing to the high Laplace pressure. However, an increasing number of studies suggest that contact line pinning, together with certain levels of oversaturation, is responsible for the anomalous stability of surface nanobubbles. This mechanism can interpret most characteristics of surface nanobubbles. Here, we summarize recent theoretical and computational work to explain how the surface nanobubbles become stable with contact line pinning. Other related work devoted to understanding the unusual behaviors of pinned surface nanobubbles is also reviewed here.展开更多
Fundamental understanding of the wettability of curved substrates is crucial for the applications of microdroplets in colloidal science, microfluidics, and heat exchanger technologies. Here we report via lattice Boltz...Fundamental understanding of the wettability of curved substrates is crucial for the applications of microdroplets in colloidal science, microfluidics, and heat exchanger technologies. Here we report via lattice Boltzmann simulations and energetic analysis that microdroplets show an ability of transporting selectively to appropriate substrates solely according to substrate shape（curvature）, which is called the substrate-curvature-dependent droplet targeting because of its similarity to protein targeting by which proteins are transported to the appropriate destinations in the cell. Two dynamic pathways of droplet targeting are identified： one is the Ostwald ripening-like liquid transport between separated droplets via evaporating droplets on more curved convex（or less curved concave） surfaces and growing droplets on less curved convex（or more curved concave） surfaces, and the other is the directional motion of a droplet through contacting simultaneously substrates of different curvatures. Then we demonstrate analytically that droplet targeting is a thermodynamically driven process. The driving force for directional motion of droplets is the surface-curvature-induced modulation of the work of adhesion, while the Ostwald ripening-like transport is ascribed to the substrate-curvature-induced change of droplet curvature radius. Our findings of droplet targeting are potentially useful for a tremendous range of applications, such as microfluidics, thermal control, and microfabrication.展开更多
基金国家重点基础研究发展规划项目基金! (No .G2 0 0 0 0 480 10 )国家自然科学基金! (No .2 97760 0 4)国家高性能计算基金 !(No
文摘The density functional theory(DFT)is used for the description of adsorption of methane on single walled carbon nanotubes(SWNT). Methane molecule is modeled by the Lennard-Jones potential,while the interaction between wall- fluid molecules is represented by the potential function proposed by Tjatjopoulos et al. To verify the DFT method, a comparison of the local density profiles and adsorption isotherms from the DFT and computer simulation for the tube diameter of 4.077 nm at 300 K is presented. Furthermore, adsorption isotherms for the SWNT of diameter 1.632 , 2.04 ,3.805 and 4.077 nm at 148 K are given in this short communication as a preliminary report.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 29776004) and the National High Performance Computing Center of China for providing the Dawning 1000A computer (No. 99118).
文摘An analytical potential for cylindrical pores has been derived by introducing a variational method into the integration for the calculation of the interaction energy between the wall molecules and a test molecule, all of which are represented by Lennard-Jones potential. The model proposed gives good fit to the results from the cylindrical surface model and the pseudoatom model. To test the potential proposed rigorously, we have carried out grand canonical ensemble Monte Carlo(GCMC) simulation of nitrogen in the MCM-41 pore at 77 K, and compared the simulated adsorption isotherm with the experimental data reported in the literature. The simulated isotherm from our model is in almost qualitative agreement with experiment. Consequently, the model proposed provides an explicit and accurate description of cylindrical pores represented by the Lennard-Jones potential. Moreover, the model can be easily applied to a variety of cylindrical pores, ranging from cylindrical surface to finite thickness walls, in both theoretical studies and computer simulations.
基金Supported by the State Key Fundamental Research Plan of China (No.G2000048010) and the Post Doctor Science Foundation of China.
文摘Density functional theory (DFT) is used to calculate adsorption of ethane molecules in single walled carbon nanotubes. A compari-son of DFT calculations and grand canonical ensemble Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulations is made first and the two methods are in good agree-ment. Adsorption isotherms and structures of ethane molecules inside the tubes have been studied by DFT for the nanotubes of diameters 0.954, 2.719 and 4.077 nm at 157 K and ambient temperature, 300 K. By using the grand potential, the positions of phase transitions are exactly lo-cated, and the effect of temperature and tube diameter on phase transitions and adsorption is discussed. We found that lowering temperature and increasing the pore size of several nanometer is preferable for the ethane adsorption when temperature is in the range of 157 K—300 K and op-erating pressure reaches several MPa. Layering transitions and capillary condensations are observed at 157 K in two larger pore diameters, while these phase transitions disappear or the hysteres is loops become very narrow at 300 K.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.21978007)。
文摘Although many organic molecules found commonly in the atmosphere are known to be surface-active in aqueous solutions, their effects on the mechanisms underlying haze formation remain unclear. In this paper, based on a simple thermodynamic analysis, we report that the adsorption of amphiphilic organics alone not only lowers the surface tension,but also unexpectedly stabilizes nanodroplets of specific size under water vapor supersaturation. Then we determine how various factors, including relative humidity, water activity effect due to dissolution of inorganic components as well as surface tension effect due to surface adsorption of organic components, cooperatively induce the stability of nanodroplets.The nanodroplet stability behaviors not captured in the current theory would change the formation mechanism of haze droplets, from the hygroscopic growth pathway to a nonclassical two-step nucleation pathway.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.91434204)
文摘The observations of long-lived surface nanobubbles in various experiments have presented a theoretical challenge, as they were supposed to be dissolved in microseconds owing to the high Laplace pressure. However, an increasing number of studies suggest that contact line pinning, together with certain levels of oversaturation, is responsible for the anomalous stability of surface nanobubbles. This mechanism can interpret most characteristics of surface nanobubbles. Here, we summarize recent theoretical and computational work to explain how the surface nanobubbles become stable with contact line pinning. Other related work devoted to understanding the unusual behaviors of pinned surface nanobubbles is also reviewed here.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.91434204)
文摘Fundamental understanding of the wettability of curved substrates is crucial for the applications of microdroplets in colloidal science, microfluidics, and heat exchanger technologies. Here we report via lattice Boltzmann simulations and energetic analysis that microdroplets show an ability of transporting selectively to appropriate substrates solely according to substrate shape（curvature）, which is called the substrate-curvature-dependent droplet targeting because of its similarity to protein targeting by which proteins are transported to the appropriate destinations in the cell. Two dynamic pathways of droplet targeting are identified： one is the Ostwald ripening-like liquid transport between separated droplets via evaporating droplets on more curved convex（or less curved concave） surfaces and growing droplets on less curved convex（or more curved concave） surfaces, and the other is the directional motion of a droplet through contacting simultaneously substrates of different curvatures. Then we demonstrate analytically that droplet targeting is a thermodynamically driven process. The driving force for directional motion of droplets is the surface-curvature-induced modulation of the work of adhesion, while the Ostwald ripening-like transport is ascribed to the substrate-curvature-induced change of droplet curvature radius. Our findings of droplet targeting are potentially useful for a tremendous range of applications, such as microfluidics, thermal control, and microfabrication.
