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Characterization and microscopic precursors of fracture in solids probed by diffusing wave spectroscopy
Auteur(s): Nagazi M. Y.
(Affiches/Poster)
Physics and Mechanics of Soft Complex Materials (Cargèse, FR), 2016
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Résumé: Characterization and microscopic precursors of fracture in solids probed by diffusing wave spectroscopy
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Low temperature mechanism of adsorption of methane: Comparison between homogenous and heterogeneous pores
Auteur(s): Dundar Ege, Rogacka J., Firlej L., Wexler Carlos, Llewellyn Philip, Boulet Pascal, Kuchta Bogdan
(Article) Publié:
Colloids And Surfaces A: Physicochemical And Engineering Aspects, vol. 496 p.86-93 (2016)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2015.11.063
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Résumé: ! abstract The mechanisms of methane adsorption in (i) homogeneous carbon slit pores of widths between 1 nm and 2 nm and (ii) heterogeneous MOF pores of similar unit cell sizes have been compared. We discuss the mechanism of layering transition in subcritical conditions, for temperatures between 80 K and 180 K. The layer formation is strongly temperature-dependent. In slit pores it varies from a sharp adsorption at low temperatures to a more continuous uptake at higher temperatures. The pore size defines the number of adsorbed layers: the 1 nm pore allows adsorption of 2 layers while the 2 nm pore allows adsorption of 5 layers of methane molecules. We compare this behavior with the mechanism of adsorption in two MOFs, IRMOF-1 and IRMOF-16, with strongly heterogeneous walls (both structurally and energetically). This comparison allows us to discuss separately the influence of wall topology and intermolecular interactions on the mechanism of layering.
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Heterogeneous melting of methane confined in nano-pores
Auteur(s): Dundar E, Boulet P., Wexler C, Firlej L., Llewellyn Ph, Kuchta B
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The Journal Of Chemical Physics, vol. 145 p.144704 (2016)
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DOI: 10.1063/1.4964650
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Résumé: The melting transition of methane adsorbed in nanopores has been studied and compared in two types of structures: carbon slits pores and SURMOF square shaped channels. We show that the nano-confinement not only modifies the temperatures of phase transformation but also induces strong space heterogeneity of the adsorbate. We emphasize the role of the structural heterogeneity on the mechanism of melting: in nanometric pores, each adsorbed layer exhibits different mechanism of structural transformations and the notion of a unique transition temperature is not well defined.
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Simulation and Characterization of Tetracosane on Graphite: Molecular Dynamics Beyond the Monolayer
Auteur(s): Roth M.W., Firlej L., Kuchta B., Connolly M. J., Maldonado E., Wexler C.
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The Journal Of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 120 p.984 - 994 (2016)
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b09677
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Résumé: We present the results of extensive fully atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of tetracosane (C24H50) bilayer and trilayer systems adsorbed onto the basal plane of graphite. At low temperature, both layers of the bilayer exist in well-defined solid phases. With increasing temperature, the system exhibits separated smectic phases that eventually lead to melting. During this process, we observed a strong interlayer translational correlation and mobility between layers; however, the upper layer presents more intra- (chain) and intermolecular disorder because of a lack of confinement and a greater distance to the graphite substrate. Simulations of the perpendicular trilayer patch show that gauche defects provide the main mechanism for spreading of the bottom and outer perimeter of the patch in the solid, leading to the ultimate collapse of the patch with increasing temperature and formation of a flat (parallel) trilayer that melts at a higher temperature than the bilayer structure. The wide variety of structural order parameters, thermodynamic functions, and probability distributions we employed provide a clear picture of the roles of gauche defects, confinement, and interlayer correlation in the phases and phase transitions exhibited by these confined organic layers.
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Methane adsorption in nanoporous carbon: the numerical estimation of optimal storage conditions
Auteur(s): Ortiz L, Kuchta B, Firlej L., Roth M W, Wexler C
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Materials Research Express, vol. 3 p. (2016)
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DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/3/5/055011
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Résumé: The efficient storage and transportation of natural gas is one of the most important enabling technologies for use in energy applications. Adsorption in porous systems, which will allow the transportation of high-density fuel under low pressure, is one of the possible solutions. We present and discuss extensive grand canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulation results of the adsorption of methane into slit-shaped graphitic pores of various widths (between 7 angstrom and 50 angstrom), and at pressures P between 0 bar and 360 bar. Our results shed light on the dependence of film structure on pore width and pressure. For large widths, we observe multi-layer adsorption at supercritical conditions, with excess amounts even at large distances from the pore walls originating from the attractive interaction exerted by a very high-density film in the first layer. We are also able to successfully model the experimental adsorption isotherms of heterogeneous activated carbon samples by means of an ensemble average of the pore widths, based exclusively on the pore-size distributions (PSD) calculated from subcritical nitrogen adsorption isotherms. Finally, we propose a new formula, based on the PSD ensemble averages, to calculate the isosteric heat of adsorption of heterogeneous systems from singlepore-width calculations. The methods proposed here will contribute to the rational design and optimization of future adsorption-based storage tanks.
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Hydrogen storage by adsorption in porous materials: Is it possible?
Auteur(s): Roszak Rafal, Firlej L., Roszak Szczepan, Pfeifer Peter, Kuchta Bogdan
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Colloids And Surfaces A: Physicochemical And Engineering Aspects, vol. 496 p.69 - 76 (2016)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2015.10.046
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Résumé: The role of fundamental characteristics of porous systems (binding energy, specific surface area and multilayer adsorption) in designing an efficient hydrogen adsorbent is discussed. We analyze why the amount of hydrogen adsorbed in all known materials is much lower than required for mobile applications and what are possible strategies to increase it. Further we report new ab initio calculations demonstrating possible ways of chemical modification of graphene fragments which can lead to the substantial increase of hydrogen binding to the graphene-based surface. Such Open Carbon Frameworks, substituted and functionalized at the fragments' edge may theoretically adsorb, at ambient temperature and relatively low pressure (60-100 bar), the amount of hydrogen necessary for mobile applications.
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