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Title: Energetics of water expulsion from intervening space between two particles during aggregation

Journal Article · · Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Solvent expulsion away from an intervening region between two approaching particles plays important roles in particle aggregation yet remains poorly understood. Here, in this work, we use metadynamics molecular simulations to study the free energy landscape of removing water molecules from gibbsite and pyrophyllite slit pores representing the confined spaces between two approaching particles. For gibbsite, removing water from the intervening region is both entropically and enthalpically unfavorable. The closer the particles approach each other, the harder it is to expel water molecules. For pyrophyllite, water expulsion is spontaneous, which is different from the gibbsite system. A smaller pore makes the water removal more favorable. When water is being drained from the intervening region, single chains of water molecules are observed in gibbsite pore, while in pyrophyllite pore water cluster is usually observed. Water-gibbsite hydrogen bonds help stabilize water chains, while water forms clusters in pyrophyllite pore to maximize the number of hydrogen bonds among themselves. This work provides the first assessment into the energetics and structure of water being drained from the intervening region between two approaching particles during oriented attachment and aggregation.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division (CSGB)
Grant/Contract Number:
NA0003525
OSTI ID:
2361190
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 2368969
Report Number(s):
SAND--2024-06427J; {"Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9797",""}
Journal Information:
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Journal Name: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science Vol. 666; ISSN 0021-9797
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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