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 …

Simulations of activities, solubilities, transport properties, and nucleation rates for aqueous electrolyte solutions

AZ Panagiotopoulos - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
This article reviews recent molecular simulation studies of “collective” properties of aqueous
electrolyte solutions, specifically free energies and activity coefficients, solubilities …

The Madrid-2019 force field for electrolytes in water using TIP4P/2005 and scaled charges: Extension to the ions F−, Br−, I−, Rb+, and Cs+

S Blazquez, MM Conde, JLF Abascal… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, an extension of the Madrid-2019 force field is presented. We have added the
cations Rb+ and Cs+ and the anions F−, Br−, and I−. These ions were the remaining alkaline …

Scaled charges for ions: An improvement but not the final word for modeling electrolytes in water

S Blazquez, MM Conde, C Vega - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, we discuss the use of scaled charges when develo** force fields for NaCl in
water. We shall develop force fields for Na+ and Cl− using the following values for the …

Ions speciation at the water–air interface

T Seki, CC Yu, KY Chiang, A Greco, X Yu… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In typical aqueous systems, including naturally occurring sweet and salt water and tap water,
multiple ion species are co-solvated. At the water–air interface, these ions are known to …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Freezing point depression of salt aqueous solutions using the Madrid-2019 model

CP Lamas, C Vega, EG Noya - The Journal of chemical physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Salt aqueous solutions are relevant in many fields, ranging from biological systems to
seawater. Thus, the availability of a force-field that is able to reproduce the thermodynamic …

Further extension of the Madrid-2019 force field: Parametrization of nitrate (NO3−) and ammonium (NH4+) ions

VM Trejos, M de Lucas, C Vega, S Blazquez… - The Journal of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The importance of nitrate and ammonium salts both in the environment and in biological
processes cannot be questioned. In this work, using the TIP4P/2005 water model, aqueous …

Accelerating QM/MM simulations of electrochemical interfaces through machine learning of electronic charge densities

A Grisafi, M Salanne - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
A crucial aspect in the simulation of electrochemical interfaces consists in treating the
distribution of electronic charge of electrode materials that are put in contact with an …

Towards atomistic modelling of solid Pb-O formation and dissolution in liquid lead coolant: Interatomic potential development

GV Khnkoian, VS Nikolaev, VV Stegailov - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Microscopic description of solid Pb-O formation and dissolution in liquid lead coolant is
important for the modelling of fast neutron reactors. For this purpose, in this work we develop …