Fundamentals of freeze desalination: Critical review of ion inclusion and rejection studies from molecular dynamics perspective

A Rasmussen, M Jannat, H Wang - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
As water needs and shortages increase, so has focus on freeze desalination as a potential
solution to lower cost and more efficient desalination systems. At the molecular level, freeze …

Computation of electrical conductivities of aqueous electrolyte solutions: Two surfaces, one property

S Blazquez, JLF Abascal, J Lagerweij… - Journal of chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this work, we computed electrical conductivities under ambient conditions of aqueous
NaCl and KCl solutions by using the Einstein–Helfand equation. Common force fields …

Accuracy limit of non-polarizable four-point water models: TIP4P/2005 vs OPC. Should water models reproduce the experimental dielectric constant?

LF Sedano, S Blazquez, C Vega - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The last generation of four center non-polarizable models of water can be divided into two
groups: those reproducing the dielectric constant of water, as OPC, and those significantly …

[HTML][HTML] Three phase equilibria of the methane hydrate in NaCl solutions: A simulation study

S Blazquez, C Vega, MM Conde - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics simulations have been performed to determine the three-phase
coexistence temperature for a methane hydrate system in equilibrium with a NaCl solution …

[HTML][HTML] Atomistic origin of montmorillonite clay subjected to freeze-thaw hysteresis

P Wei, ZY Yin, C Yao, Z Ren, YY Zheng… - Journal of Rock Mechanics …, 2024 - Elsevier
The freeze-thaw cycles of frozen soil could significantly affect its thermo-hydro-mechanical-
chemical (THMC) properties, causing the frost heaving and thawing settlement. The …

Growth rate of CO2 and CH4 hydrates by means of molecular dynamics simulations

S Blazquez, MM Conde, C Vega… - The Journal of chemical …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
CO 2 and CH 4 hydrates are of great importance both from an energetic and from an
environmental point of view. It is therefore highly relevant to quantify and understand the rate …

Interfacing q-AQUA with a polarizable force field: The best of both worlds

C Qu, Q Yu, PL Houston, R Conte… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polarizable force fields are pervasive in the fields of computational chemistry and
biochemistry; however, their empirical or semiempirical nature gives them both weaknesses …

Three-phase equilibria of hydrates from computer simulation. I. Finite-size effects in the methane hydrate

S Blazquez, J Algaba, JM Míguez, C Vega… - The Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Clathrate hydrates are vital in energy research and environmental applications.
Understanding their stability is crucial for harnessing their potential. In this work, we employ …

Stability and Metastability of Liquid water in a Machine-learned Coarse-grained Model with Short-range Interactions

D Dhabal, SKRS Sankaranarayanan… - The Journal of Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Coarse-grained water models are∼ 100 times more efficient than all-atom models, enabling
simulations of supercooled water and crystallization. The machine-learned monatomic …

Self-diffusion and shear viscosity for the TIP4P/Ice water model

Ł Baran, W Rżysko, LG MacDowell - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
With an ever-increasing interest in water properties, many intermolecular force fields have
been proposed to describe the behavior of water. Unfortunately, good models for liquid …