Development, applications and challenges of ReaxFF reactive force field in molecular simulations

Y Han, D Jiang, J Zhang, W Li, Z Gan, J Gu - Frontiers of Chemical …, 2016 - Springer
As an advanced and new technology in molecular simulation fields, ReaxFF reactive force
field has been developed and widely applied during the last two decades. ReaxFF bridges …

Structure, Properties, and Applications of Silica Nanoparticles: Recent Theoretical Modeling Advances, Challenges, and Future Directions

B McLean, I Yarovsky - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Silica nanoparticles (SNPs), one of the most widely researched materials in modern science,
are now commonly exploited in surface coatings, biomedicine, catalysis, and engineering of …

Development of a ReaxFF potential for carbon condensed phases and its application to the thermal fragmentation of a large fullerene

SG Srinivasan, ACT Van Duin… - The Journal of Physical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
In this article, we report the development of a ReaxFF reactive potential that can accurately
describe the chemistry and dynamics of carbon condensed phases. Density functional …

Damage-tolerant 3D-printed ceramics via conformal coating

SM Sajadi, L Vásárhelyi, R Mousavi, AH Rahmati… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Ceramic materials, despite their high strength and modulus, are limited in many structural
applications due to inherent brittleness and low toughness. Nevertheless, ceramic-based …

Multi-scale modeling of gas-phase reactions in metal-organic chemical vapor deposition growth of WSe2

Y Xuan, A Jain, S Zafar, R Lotfi, N Nayir, Y Wang… - Journal of Crystal …, 2019 - Elsevier
We present a multi-scale computational approach to model the gas-phase chemical kinetics
for Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) of WSe 2 using W (CO) 6 and H 2 …

Water Interactions with Nanoporous Silica: Comparison of ReaxFF and ab Initio based Molecular Dynamics Simulations

JM Rimsza, J Yeon, ACT Van Duin… - The Journal of Physical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Detailed understanding of the reactions and processes which govern silicate–water
interactions is critical to geological, materials, and environmental sciences. Interactions …

Semiclassical Multistate Dynamics for Six Coupled 5A′ States of O + O2

FB Akher, Y Shu, Z Varga… - Journal of Chemical Theory …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Dynamics simulations of high-energy O2–O collisions play an important role in simulating
thermal energy content and heat flux in flows around hypersonic vehicles. To carry out such …

Characterization of amorphous silica based catalysts using DFT computational methods

F Tielens, M Gierada, J Handzlik, M Calatayud - Catalysis Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Much of our current understanding of catalytic activity is derived from materials with well-
defined structures, either molecular (ie, homogeneous catalysts) or extended, ordered solids …

The effect of time step, thermostat, and strain rate on ReaxFF simulations of mechanical failure in diamond, graphene, and carbon nanotube

BD Jensen, KE Wise… - Journal of computational …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
As the sophistication of reactive force fields for molecular modeling continues to increase,
their use and applicability has also expanded, sometimes beyond the scope of their original …

Heat transfer with interface effects in high-enthalpy and high-speed flow: Modelling review and recent progress

X Yang, G Xiao, Y Du, L Liu, D Wei, Y Gui - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Aerodynamics, aerothermodynamics and thermal protection system response in high-
enthalpy and high-speed flow is heat transfer with interface effects in nature. Modelling and …