cemff: A force field database for cementitious materials including validations, applications and opportunities

RK Mishra, AK Mohamed, D Geissbühler… - Cement and Concrete …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper reviews atomistic force field parameterizations for molecular simulations of
cementitious minerals, such as tricalcium silicate (C 3 S), portlandite (CH), tobermorites …

Advances in clayff molecular simulation of layered and nanoporous materials and their aqueous interfaces

RT Cygan, JA Greathouse… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
As a general-purpose force field for molecular simulations of layered materials and their fluid
interfaces, Clayff continues to see broad usage in atomistic computational modeling for …

IR spectra of clay minerals

J Madejová, WP Gates, S Petit - Developments in clay science, 2017 - Elsevier
This chapter presents typical mid-IR (MIR) and near-IR (NIR) spectra of different clay mineral
families and discusses how basic information on crystal chemistry can be derived. MIR …

Clay mineral–water interactions

CT Johnston - Developments in clay science, 2018 - Elsevier
The interaction of water with clay minerals is central to a wide range of disciplines that span
from fundamental particles used in materials science and engineering to applied aspects in …

Atomistic simulations of ettringite and its aqueous interfaces: Structure and properties revisited with the modified ClayFF force field

EV Tararushkin, VV Pisarev, AG Kalinichev - Cement and Concrete …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Ettringite,(Ca 6 [Al (OH) 6] 2 [SO 4] 3· nH 2 O, n= 24–27), is one of the common
phases of cement and plays an important role in cement chemistry as the primary cause of …

Understanding shale gas: Recent progress and remaining challenges

A Striolo, DR Cole - Energy & Fuels, 2017 - ACS Publications
Because of a number of technological advancements, unconventional hydrocarbons, and in
particular shale gas, have transformed the US economy. Much is being learned, as …

Swelling of montmorillonite from molecular simulations: Hydration diagram and confined water properties

L Brochard - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021 - ACS Publications
Swelling clays are known to exhibit crystalline swelling at the layer scale (∼ nm): X-ray
diffraction (XRD) identifies discrete jumps in interlayer spacing upon a change in relative …

Transport properties of shale gas in relation to kerogen porosity

M Vasileiadis, LD Peristeras… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Kerogen is a microporous amorphous solid, which is the major component of the organic
matter scattered in the potentially lucrative shale formations hosting shale gas. A deeper …

Intrinsic hydrophobicity of smectite basal surfaces quantitatively probed by molecular dynamics simulations

M Szczerba, AG Kalinichev, M Kowalik - Applied Clay Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The siloxane surface of uncharged clays is known to be hydrophobic, which is supported by
strong experimental and theoretical evidence. For the siloxane surface of charged clays, like …

Methods for determination of the layer charge of smectites: a critical assessment of existing approaches

GE Christidis, GD Chryssikos, A Derkowski… - Clays and Clay …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Layer charge is an important property of 2: 1 phyllosilicates originating from isomorphic
substitutions in the structure, from vacancies in the octahedral sheet and from unsatisfied …