Force fields for studying the structure and dynamics of ionic liquids: a critical review of recent developments

F Dommert, K Wendler, R Berger, L Delle Site… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Classical molecular dynamics simulations are a valuable tool to study the mechanisms that
dominate the properties of ionic liquids (ILs) on the atomistic and molecular level. However …

Current status of AMOEBA–IL: A multipolar/polarizable force field for ionic liquids

EA Vázquez-Montelongo… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Computational simulations of ionic liquid solutions have become a useful tool to investigate
various physical, chemical and catalytic properties of systems involving these solvents …

A simple AIMD approach to derive atomic charges for condensed phase simulation of ionic liquids

Y Zhang, EJ Maginn - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2012 - ACS Publications
The atomic charges for two ionic liquids (ILs), 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium
hexafluorophosphate ([BMIM][PF6]) and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate …

On the origin of ionicity in ionic liquids. Ion pairing versus charge transfer

O Hollóczki, F Malberg, T Welton… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
In this paper we show by using static DFT calculations and classical molecular dynamics
simulations that the charge transfer between ionic liquid ions plays a major role in the …

Amphiphilic interactions of ionic liquids with lipid biomembranes: a molecular simulation study

B Yoo, JK Shah, Y Zhu, EJ Maginn - Soft Matter, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Current bottlenecks in the large-scale commercial use of many ionic liquids (ILs) include
their high costs, low biodegradability, and often unknown toxicities. As a proactive effort to …

New coarse-grained models of imidazolium ionic liquids for bulk and interfacial molecular simulations

C Merlet, M Salanne, B Rotenberg - The Journal of Physical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
We introduce new coarse-grained models for two imidazolium-based ionic liquids, namely, 1-
butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium tetrafluoroborate [BMI][BF4] and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium …

Quantitative prediction of physical properties of imidazolium based room temperature ionic liquids through determination of condensed phase site charges: A refined …

A Mondal, S Balasubramanian - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Quantitative prediction of physical properties of room temperature ionic liquids through
nonpolarizable force field based molecular dynamics simulations is a challenging task. The …

Ab Initio Force Fields for Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids

JG McDaniel, E Choi, CY Son… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We develop ab initio force fields for alkylimidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) that predict the
density, heats of vaporization, diffusion, and conductivity that are in semiquantitative …

Dicationic imidazolium-based dicarboxylate ionic liquids: Thermophysical properties and solubility

BL Kuhn, BF Osmari, TM Heinen, HG Bonacorso… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Dicationic ionic liquids have been attracting attention due to their high thermal storage
density, which is attributed to an increase in the number of cations. However, there is no …

Cosolvent or antisolvent? A molecular view of the interface between ionic liquids and cellulose upon addition of another molecular solvent

F Huo, Z Liu, W Wang - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2013 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids (ILs) are promising nonderivatizing solvents for the dissolution of cellulose and
lignin in biomass pretreatment processes, which are, however, retarded by sluggish …