Effects of pore connectivity and tortuosity on the dynamics of fluids confined in sub-nanometer pores
Abstract
Dynamical behavior of fluids under nano-pore confinement is studied extensively as it has important implications for several industrial as well as geological processes. Pore network in many porous materials exhibits a varied degree of inter connections. The extent of this pore connectivity may affect the structural and dynamical behavior of the confined fluid. However, studies of fluid confinement addressing these effects systematically are lacking. In this paper we report molecular dynamics simulation studies addressing the effects of pore connectivity on the dynamics of two representative fluids – CO2 and ethane in silicalite by systematically varying the degree of pore connectivity through selectively blocking some pore space with immobile methane molecules. By selectively turning off the pore spaces in the shape of straight, or tortuous zigzag channels, we also probe the effects of pore tortuosity. In general, pore connectivity is found to facilitate both the translational as well as rotational dynamics of both fluids, while the intermolecular modes of vibration in both fluids remain largely unaffected. The effects of providing connections between a set of straight or zigzag channel-like pores are however more nuanced. Pore tortuosity facilitates the rotational motion, but suppresses the translational motion of CO2, while its effects onmore »
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- The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (United States)
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- The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division (CSGB); USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1978764
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- OSTI ID: 1866655
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- SC0006878
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- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. PCCP
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 24; Journal Issue: 19; Journal ID: ISSN 1463-9076
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- Royal Society of Chemistry
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- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Citation Formats
Gautam, Siddharth, and Cole, David R. Effects of pore connectivity and tortuosity on the dynamics of fluids confined in sub-nanometer pores. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1039/d1cp04955k.
Gautam, Siddharth, & Cole, David R. Effects of pore connectivity and tortuosity on the dynamics of fluids confined in sub-nanometer pores. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cp04955k
Gautam, Siddharth, and Cole, David R. Wed .
"Effects of pore connectivity and tortuosity on the dynamics of fluids confined in sub-nanometer pores". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cp04955k. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1978764.
@article{osti_1978764,
title = {Effects of pore connectivity and tortuosity on the dynamics of fluids confined in sub-nanometer pores},
author = {Gautam, Siddharth and Cole, David R.},
abstractNote = {Dynamical behavior of fluids under nano-pore confinement is studied extensively as it has important implications for several industrial as well as geological processes. Pore network in many porous materials exhibits a varied degree of inter connections. The extent of this pore connectivity may affect the structural and dynamical behavior of the confined fluid. However, studies of fluid confinement addressing these effects systematically are lacking. In this paper we report molecular dynamics simulation studies addressing the effects of pore connectivity on the dynamics of two representative fluids – CO2 and ethane in silicalite by systematically varying the degree of pore connectivity through selectively blocking some pore space with immobile methane molecules. By selectively turning off the pore spaces in the shape of straight, or tortuous zigzag channels, we also probe the effects of pore tortuosity. In general, pore connectivity is found to facilitate both the translational as well as rotational dynamics of both fluids, while the intermolecular modes of vibration in both fluids remain largely unaffected. The effects of providing connections between a set of straight or zigzag channel-like pores are however more nuanced. Pore tortuosity facilitates the rotational motion, but suppresses the translational motion of CO2, while its effects on the rotational and translational motion of ethane are less pronounced. The intermolecular vibrational modes of both fluids shift to higher energies with an increase in the number of tortuous pores. The results reported here provide a detailed molecular level understanding of the effects of pore connectivity on the dynamics of fluids and thus have implications for applications like fluid separation.},
doi = {10.1039/d1cp04955k},
journal = {Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. PCCP},
number = 19,
volume = 24,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Wed Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}
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