scholarly journals A combined molecular dynamics simulation and experimental method to study the compatibility between elastomers and resins

RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (26) ◽  
pp. 14401-14413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yishuo Guo ◽  
Jun Liu ◽  
Yonglai Lu ◽  
Dong Dong ◽  
Wenfang Wang ◽  
...  

Chain/unit level non-bond energy can predict chain/chain level compatibility through MD simulation.

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (89) ◽  
pp. 85994-86005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiuying Zhao ◽  
Geng Zhang ◽  
Feng Lu ◽  
Liqun Zhang ◽  
Sizhu Wu

The damping properties of AO-70/NBR composites get a noteworthy increase with the introduction of AO-70—max tan δincreased by 66.9%.


CrystEngComm ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (48) ◽  
pp. 7507-7518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soroush Ahmadi ◽  
Yuanyi Wu ◽  
Sohrab Rohani

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation is used to investigate the mechanism of crystal nucleation of potassium chloride (KCl) in a supersaturated aqueous solution at 293 K and 1 atm.


Soft Matter ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (43) ◽  
pp. 8827-8839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shengpeng Zhan ◽  
Haiping Xu ◽  
Haitao Duan ◽  
Lin Pan ◽  
Dan Jia ◽  
...  

Determining the nature of microscopic mechanism of friction and wear by experimental method is a challenge. Molecular simulation technology is an effective method for exploring microscopic friction mechanisms of polymers.


2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 819 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Rehman ◽  
Mohamed AlAjmi ◽  
Afzal Hussain ◽  
Gulam Rather ◽  
Meraj Khan

The bacteria expressing New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) can hydrolyze all β-lactam antibiotics including carbapenems, causing multi-drug resistance. The worldwide emergence and dissemination of gene blaNDM-1 (produces NDM-1) in hospital and community settings, rising problems for public health. Indeed, there is an urgent need for NDM-1 inhibitors to manage antibiotic resistance. Here, we have identified novel non-β-lactam ring-containing inhibitors of NDM-1 by applying a high-throughput virtual screening of lead-like subset of ZINC database. The screened compounds were followed for the molecular docking, the molecular dynamics simulation, and then enzyme kinetics assessment. The adopted screening procedure funnels out five novel inhibitors of NDM-1 including ZINC10936382, ZINC30479078, ZINC41493045, ZINC7424911, and ZINC84525623. The molecular mechanics-generalized born surface area and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation showed that ZINC84525623 formed the most stable complex with NDM-1. Furthermore, analyses of the binding pose after MD simulation revealed that ZINC84525623 formed two hydrogen bonds (electrostatic and hydrophobic interaction) with key amino acid residues of the NDM-1 active site. The docking binding free energy and docking binding constant for the ZINC84525623 and NDM-1 interaction were estimated to be −11.234 kcal/mol, and 1.74 × 108 M−1 respectively. Steady-state enzyme kinetics in the presence of ZINC84525623 show the decreased catalytic efficiency (i.e., kcat/Km) of NDM-1 on various antibiotics. The findings of this study would be helpful in identifying novel inhibitors against other β-lactamases from a pool of large databases. Furthermore, the identified inhibitor (ZINC84525623) could be developed as efficient drug candidates.


Author(s):  
Rapeepan Promyoo ◽  
Hazim El-Mounayri ◽  
Kody Varahramyan

In this paper, a developed three-dimensional model for AFM-based nanomachining is applied to study mechanical scratching at the nanoscale. The correlation between the scratching conditions, including applied force, scratching depth, and distant between any two scratched grooves, and the defect mechanism in the substrate/workpiece is investigated. The simulations of nanoscratching process are performed on different crystal orientations of single-crystal gold substrate, Au(100), Au(110), and Au(111). The material deformation and groove geometry are extracted from the final locations of atoms, which are displaced by the rigid indenter. The simulation also allows for the prediction of normal and friction forces at the interface between the indenter and substrate. An AFM is used to conduct actual scratching at the nanoscale, and provide measurements to which the MD simulation predictions are compared. The predicted forces obtained from MD simulation compares qualitatively with the experimental results.


RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (72) ◽  
pp. 67619-67629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamed Akbarzadeh ◽  
Mohsen Abbaspour ◽  
Esmat Mehrjouei

In this work, we have investigated the heating and cooling processes for ternary metallic nanoclusters with different Au mole fractions using molecular dynamics simulation.


2016 ◽  
Vol 683 ◽  
pp. 626-631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Konovalenko ◽  
Igor S. Konovalenko ◽  
Andrey Dmitriev ◽  
Serguey Psakhie ◽  
Evgeny A. Kolubaev

Mass transfer has been studied at atomic scale by molecular dynamics simulation of friction stir welding and vibration-assisted friction stir welding using the modified embedded atom potential. It was shown that increasing the velocity movement and decreasing the angle velocity of the tool reduce the penetration depth of atoms into the opposite crystallite in the connected pair of metals. It was shown also that increasing the amplitude of vibrations applied to the friction stir welding tool results in increasing the interpenetration of atoms belonging to the crystallites joined


2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (45) ◽  
pp. 30822-30833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Tarique Moin ◽  
Thomas S. Hofer

The ab initio quantum mechanical charge field molecular dynamics (QMCF-MD) simulation approach was successfully applied to Fe2+–P and Fe3+–P in water to evaluate their structural, dynamical and energetic properties.


1987 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isao Okada

Molecular dynamics simulation (MD) has been done for a molten (Li, K)Cl mixture of the eutectic composition at about 700 K, 950 K and 1100 K and, for comparison, also for pure LiCl and KCl at about 950 K and 1100 K The atomic masses of half the Li+ and K+ ions have been set at 6.941 and 39.098, respectively. Self-exchange velocities (SEV’s) of these cations have been calculated. The Chemla effect is reflected by the SEV’s. The isotope effects of the SEV’s in the mixture increase slightly with temperature. The motions of the cations with respect to the adjacent CI- are classified into four modes: (1) an oscillating motion, (2) a leaving motion, (3) a wandering motion and (4) a coming-back motion. It is found that the velocity of the leaving motion is dependent only on the masses and the temperature, and independent of the kind of cations and the composition.


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