Phase transitions and electrochemical properties of ionic liquids and ionic liquid—Solvent mixtures

C Cruz, A Ciach - Molecules, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Recent advances in studies of ionic liquids (IL) and ionic liquid–solvent mixtures are
reviewed. Selected experimental, simulation, and theoretical results for electrochemical …

Sorption in CSH at the molecular level: Disjoining pressures, effective interactions, hysteresis, and cavitation

F Masara, T Honorio, F Benboudjema - Cement and Concrete Research, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Sorption processes are critical for drying and durability of cement-based materials. By
means of molecular simulations, we study the behavior of CSH upon sorption according to …

What is shape? Characterizing particle morphology with genetic algorithms and deep generative models

RB Macedo, S Monfared, K Karapiperis, JE Andrade - Granular Matter, 2023‏ - Springer
Engineered granular materials have gained considerable interest in recent years. For this
substance, the primary design variable is grain shape. Optimizing grain form to achieve a …

Replica exchange molecular dynamics simulation of organic matter evolution: From lignin to overmature type iii kerogen

JM Leyssale, PL Valdenaire, K Potier… - Energy & Fuels, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Much more than any other form of carbon, kerogen undergoes considerable chemical and
structural evolution during natural maturation. Some properties, such as gas adsorption and …

Measuring Terzaghi's effective stress by decoding force transmission in fluid-saturated granular media

JE Andrade, Z Gu, S Monfared, KA Mac Donald… - Journal of the …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Force transmission between solid and fluid phases in fluid-saturated granular systems is yet
to be fully resolved. This is rooted in our inability to measure inter-particle forces in opaque …

Active do** controls the mode of failure in dense colloidal gels

T Zhou, JF Brady - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024‏ - pnas.org
Mechanical properties of disordered materials are governed by their underlying free energy
landscape. In contrast to external fields, embedding a small fraction of active particles within …

A poroelasticity theory for soil incorporating adsorption and capillarity

C Zhang, S Hu, Z Qiu, N Lu - Géotechnique, 2022‏ - icevirtuallibrary.com
Adsorption and capillarity, in the order of high free energy to low, are the two soil–water
interaction mechanisms controlling the hydro-mechanical behaviour of soils. Yet most of the …

Ultrananoporous supercapacitor with ionic liquid comprised of two-site cation: an Ising model study (II)

S Zhou, R Zhou - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2022‏ - iopscience.iop.org
A four-state one-dimension discrete spin model with the nearest neighbor and partial next
nearest neighbor lattice interactions is proposed for describing electrical double layer …

Influence of ion structure and solvent electric dipole on ultrananoporous supercapacitor: a lattice model study

S Zhou, R Zhou - Physica Scripta, 2022‏ - iopscience.iop.org
A five-state modified BEG model is proposed for describing electrolyte in polar solvent in
cylindrical electrode pore in which only one row of particles can be stationed. Two properties …

Image charge effects under metal and dielectric boundary conditions

T Zhou, D Bruch, ZG Wang - Physical Review E, 2024‏ - APS
The image charge (IC) effect is a fundamental problem in electrostatics. However, proper
treatment at the continuum level for many-ion systems, such as electrolyte solutions or ionic …