Unraveling the Dynamics of Aminopolymer/Silica Composites

Carrillo, Jan-Michael Y.; Sakwa-Novak, Miles A.; Holewinski, Adam; Potter, Matthew E.; Rother, Gernot; Jones, Christopher W.; Sumpter, Bobby G.

doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b04299

Title: Unraveling the Dynamics of Aminopolymer/Silica Composites

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Branched poly(ethylenimine) (PEI) encapsulated within mesoporous silica (SBA-15), has proven to be an eective sorbent for developing carbon capture technologies. However, the structure-property correlations which govern their adsorptive properties is not well understood. By combining coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations and neutron scattering experiments we are able to construct, and validate, a detailed model of the dynamics and morphology of the conned polymer within the mesoporous support. By varying the simulation properties we are able to probe, for the rst time, the direct relationship between the structure of the polymer and the non-monotonic dynamics of the polymer as a function of monomer concentration within an adsorbing cylindrical pore. Overall the simulation results are in good agreement with quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS) studies, suggesting an approach that can be a useful guide for understanding how to tune porous polymer composites for enhancing desired dynamical and structural behavior targeting enhanced carbon dioxide adsorption.

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Carrillo, Jan-Michael Y. ^[1]; Sakwa-Novak, Miles A. ^[2]; Holewinski, Adam ^[3]; Potter, Matthew E. ^[2]; Rother, Gernot ^[4]; Jones, Christopher W. ^[2]; Sumpter, Bobby G. ^[1]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Science (CNMS); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Computer Science and Mathematics Division
Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Chemical Sciences Division

Publication Date:: Thu Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2016

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Spallation Neutron Source (SNS); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Understanding and Control of Acid Gas-induced Evolution of Materials for Energy (UNCAGE-ME)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1257895

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; SC0012577; DMR-1508249

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Langmuir

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 32; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 0743-7463

Publisher:: American Chemical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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                    Carrillo, Jan-Michael Y., Sakwa-Novak, Miles A., Holewinski, Adam, Potter, Matthew E., Rother, Gernot, Jones, Christopher W., and Sumpter, Bobby G. Unraveling the Dynamics of Aminopolymer/Silica Composites.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Carrillo, Jan-Michael Y., Sakwa-Novak, Miles A., Holewinski, Adam, Potter, Matthew E., Rother, Gernot, Jones, Christopher W., & Sumpter, Bobby G. Unraveling the Dynamics of Aminopolymer/Silica Composites.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b04299

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                    Carrillo, Jan-Michael Y., Sakwa-Novak, Miles A., Holewinski, Adam, Potter, Matthew E., Rother, Gernot, Jones, Christopher W., and Sumpter, Bobby G. Thu .  
"Unraveling the Dynamics of Aminopolymer/Silica Composites".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b04299.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1257895.

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  title        = {Unraveling the Dynamics of Aminopolymer/Silica Composites},

  author       = {Carrillo, Jan-Michael Y. and Sakwa-Novak, Miles A. and Holewinski, Adam and Potter, Matthew E. and Rother, Gernot and Jones, Christopher W. and Sumpter, Bobby G.},

  abstractNote = {Branched poly(ethylenimine) (PEI) encapsulated within mesoporous silica (SBA-15), has proven to be an eective sorbent for developing carbon capture technologies. However, the structure-property correlations which govern their adsorptive properties is not well understood. By combining coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations and neutron scattering experiments we are able to construct, and validate, a detailed model of the dynamics and morphology of the conned polymer within the mesoporous support. By varying the simulation properties we are able to probe, for the rst time, the direct relationship between the structure of the polymer and the non-monotonic dynamics of the polymer as a function of monomer concentration within an adsorbing cylindrical pore. Overall the simulation results are in good agreement with quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS) studies, suggesting an approach that can be a useful guide for understanding how to tune porous polymer composites for enhancing desired dynamical and structural behavior targeting enhanced carbon dioxide adsorption.},

  doi          = {10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b04299},

  journal      = {Langmuir},

  number       = 11,

  volume       = 32,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2016},

  month        = {Thu Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2016}

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