Modelling the assembly of nanoporous silica materials

SM Auerbach, W Fan, PA Monson - International Reviews in …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
We present a perspective on the molecular modelling of nanoporous silica material
synthesis. We focus on two classes of materials: microporous zeolite materials in their all …

Computationally guided synthesis of carbon coated mesoporous silica materials

N Dasgupta, Q Mao, ACT van Duin - Carbon, 2024 - Elsevier
Mesoporous silica materials (MSMs) are well-suited for biomedical applications due to their
unique features, including a large surface area and tunable pore size. To enhance their …

Modelling the self-assembly of silica-based mesoporous materials

M Jorge, AW Milne, ON Sobek, A Centi… - Molecular …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Periodic Mesoporous Silicas (PMS) are one of the prime examples of templated
porous materials–there is a clear connection between the porous network structure and the …

Molecular simulations of the synthesis of periodic mesoporous silica phases at high surfactant concentrations

SC Chien, G Pérez-Sánchez, JRB Gomes… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Molecular dynamics simulations of a coarse-grained model are used to study the formation
mechanism of periodic mesoporous silica over a wide range of cationic surfactant …

Modeling self-assembly of silica/surfactant mesostructures in the templated synthesis of nanoporous solids

G Pérez-Sánchez, JRB Gomes, M Jorge - Langmuir, 2013 - ACS Publications
A novel coarse-grained (CG) model to study the self-assembly of silica/surfactant
mesostructures during the synthesis of periodic mesoporous silica is reported. Molecular …

Molecular dynamics simulation of the early stages of the synthesis of periodic mesoporous silica

M Jorge, JRB Gomes, MNDS Cordeiro… - The Journal of …, 2009 - ACS Publications
We present results of detailed atomistic modeling of the early stages of the synthesis of
periodic mesoporous silica using molecular dynamics. Our simulations lead to the proposal …

Transferable coarse-grained MARTINI model for methacrylate-based copolymers

G Campos-Villalobos, FR Siperstein… - Molecular Systems Design …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
A versatile and transferable coarse-grained (CG) model was developed to investigate the
self-assembly of two ubiquitous methacrylate-based copolymers: poly (ethylene oxide-b …

Solvent-induced morphological transitions in methacrylate-based block-copolymer aggregates

G Campos-Villalobos, FR Siperstein, A Charles… - Journal of colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (ethylene oxide)-b-poly (butylmethacrylate)(PEO-b-PBMA) copolymers have
recently been identified as excellent building blocks for the synthesis of hierarchical …

Simulating the formation of surfactant-templated mesoporous silica materials: a model with both surfactant self-assembly and silica polymerization

L Jin, SM Auerbach, PA Monson - Langmuir, 2013 - ACS Publications
We have used Monte Carlo simulations to study the formation of the MCM-41 mesoporous
silica material, with a new lattice model featuring explicit representations of both silicic acid …

Phase evolution during one-pot synthesis of amine modified mesoporous silica materials: Preparation, properties, carbon dioxide adsorption

V Zeleňák, M Skřínska, FR Siperstein, A Patti - Applied Surface Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Amino-functionalized mesoporous MCM-41 materials were synthesised by co-condensation
of amino-organosiloxane precursors, namely 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysiloxane (APS), 3 …