The Journal of Chemical Physics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
161(22)
Published: Dec. 10, 2024
Water
confined
in
nanoscale
cavities
plays
a
crucial
role
everyday
phenomena
geology
and
biology,
as
well
technological
applications
at
the
water–energy
nexus.
However,
even
understanding
basic
properties
of
nano-confined
water
is
extremely
challenging
for
theory,
simulations,
experiments.
In
particular,
determining
melting
temperature
quasi-one-dimensional
ice
polymorphs
carbon
nanotubes
has
proven
to
be
an
exceptionally
difficult
task,
with
previous
experimental
classical
simulation
approaches
reporting
values
ranging
from
∼180
K
up
∼450
ambient
pressure.
this
work,
we
use
machine
learning
potential
that
delivers
first
principles
accuracy
(trained
density
functional
theory
approximation
revPBE0-D3)
study
phase
diagram
confinement
diameters
9.5
<
d
12.5
Å.
We
find
several
distinct
melt
surprisingly
narrow
range
between
∼280
∼310
K,
mechanism
depends
on
nanotube
diameter.
These
results
shed
new
light
one-dimension
have
implications
operating
conditions
carbon-based
filtration
desalination
devices.
Journal of The Electrochemical Society,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
171(9), P. 096502 - 096502
Published: Aug. 23, 2024
This
article
introduces
the
first
principles-based
grand-canonical
formalisms
of
several
representative
electronic
structure
calculation
methods
in
electrochemistry,
which
are
essential
for
elucidating
atomic-scale
mechanisms
electrochemical
reactions
and
discovering
guiding
principles
designing
advanced
materials.
While
most
applications
still
rely
on
approximate
structures
obtained
by
static
calculations
at
absolute
zero,
foundational
theories
more
rigorous
molecular
dynamics
simulations
also
developing.
I
discuss
that
combine
these
with
emerging
machine-learning
interatomic
potentials,
suggesting
this
approach
could
pave
way
to
predict
thermodynamics
kinetics
finite
temperatures
purely
from
principles.
The Journal of Chemical Physics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
161(22)
Published: Dec. 10, 2024
Water
confined
in
nanoscale
cavities
plays
a
crucial
role
everyday
phenomena
geology
and
biology,
as
well
technological
applications
at
the
water–energy
nexus.
However,
even
understanding
basic
properties
of
nano-confined
water
is
extremely
challenging
for
theory,
simulations,
experiments.
In
particular,
determining
melting
temperature
quasi-one-dimensional
ice
polymorphs
carbon
nanotubes
has
proven
to
be
an
exceptionally
difficult
task,
with
previous
experimental
classical
simulation
approaches
reporting
values
ranging
from
∼180
K
up
∼450
ambient
pressure.
this
work,
we
use
machine
learning
potential
that
delivers
first
principles
accuracy
(trained
density
functional
theory
approximation
revPBE0-D3)
study
phase
diagram
confinement
diameters
9.5
<
d
12.5
Å.
We
find
several
distinct
melt
surprisingly
narrow
range
between
∼280
∼310
K,
mechanism
depends
on
nanotube
diameter.
These
results
shed
new
light
one-dimension
have
implications
operating
conditions
carbon-based
filtration
desalination
devices.