Combustion chemistry of aromatic hydrocarbons

H **, W Yuan, W Li, J Yang, Z Zhou, L Zhao… - Progress in Energy and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Aromatic hydrocarbons are important components of petroleum-based transportation fuels,
biomass, coal, and solid waste, etc. The reaction kinetics of aromatic hydrocarbons largely …

Enhancing important fluctuations: Rare events and metadynamics from a conceptual viewpoint

O Valsson, P Tiwary, M Parrinello - Annual review of physical …, 2016‏ - annualreviews.org
Atomistic simulations play a central role in many fields of science. However, their usefulness
is often limited by the fact that many systems are characterized by several metastable states …

Resonance-stabilized hydrocarbon-radical chain reactions may explain soot inception and growth

KO Johansson, MP Head-Gordon, PE Schrader… - Science, 2018‏ - science.org
Mystery surrounds the transition from gas-phase hydrocarbon precursors to terrestrial soot
and interstellar dust, which are carbonaceous particles formed under similar conditions …

Automated discovery of elementary chemical reaction steps using freezing string and Berny optimization methods

YV Suleimanov, WH Green - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
We present a simple protocol which allows fully automated discovery of elementary
chemical reaction steps using in cooperation double-and single-ended transition-state …

Comprehensive Kinetics on the C7H7 Potential Energy Surface under Combustion Conditions

C Martí, HA Michelsen, HN Najm… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
The automated kinetics workflow code, KinBot, was used to explore and characterize the
regions of the C7H7 potential energy surface that are relevant to combustion environments …

The Identity and Chemistry of C7H7 Radicals Observed during Soot Formation

JA Rundel, C Martí, J Zádor, PE Schrader… - The Journal of …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
We used aerosol mass spectrometry coupled with tunable synchrotron photoionization to
measure radical and closed-shell species associated with particle formation in premixed …

Integration of theory, simulation, artificial intelligence and virtual reality: a four-pillar approach for reconciling accuracy and interpretability in computational …

V Barone, C Puzzarini, G Mancini - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The established pillars of computational spectroscopy are theory and computer based
simulations. Recently, artificial intelligence and virtual reality are becoming the third and …

Influences of propylene/propyne addition on toluene pyrolysis in a single-pulse shock tube

W Sun, A Hamadi, S Abid, N Chaumeix… - Combustion and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
To explore the potential interactions between toluene/benzyl and the common C 3
combustion intermediates, toluene-propylene and toluene-propyne co-pyrolysis is studied in …

Reconstructing reactivity in dynamic host–guest systems at atomistic resolution: amide hydrolysis under confinement in the cavity of a coordination cage

M Delle Piane, L Pesce, M Cioni, GM Pavan - Chemical Science, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Spatial confinement is widely employed by nature to attain unique efficiency in controlling
chemical reactions. Notable examples are enzymes, which selectively bind reactants and …

Mechanism of heterolytic hydrogen splitting by frustrated Lewis pairs: Comparison of static and dynamic models

J Daru, I Bako, A Stirling, I Papai - ACS Catalysis, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
Free energy surfaces generated via ab initio molecular dynamics simulations for H2
activation reactions with intramolecular frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) point to a concerted …