Mesoscale properties of clay aggregates from potential of mean force representation of interactions between nanoplatelets

Face-to-face and edge-to-edge free energy interactions of Wyoming Na-montmorillonite platelets were studied by calculating potential of mean force along their center to center reaction coordinate using explicit solvent (i.e., water) molecular dynamics and free energy perturbation methods. Using a se...

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Main Authors: Ebrahimi, Davoud, Whittle, Andrew, Pellenq, Roland Jm
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Institute of Physics (AIP) 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92760
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