Open Babel: An open chemical toolbox

NM O'Boyle, M Banck, CA James, C Morley… - Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Background A frequent problem in computational modeling is the interconversion of
chemical structures between different formats. While standard interchange formats exist (for …

Nanofluids and their properties

G Puliti, S Paolucci, M Sen - Applied …, 2011 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Nanofluids belong to a new class of fluids with enhanced thermophysical properties and
heat transfer performance. A broad spectrum of applications in science and engineering …

Is the Ewald summation still necessary? Pairwise alternatives to the accepted standard for long-range electrostatics

CJ Fennell, JD Gezelter - The Journal of chemical physics, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate pairwise electrostatic interaction methods and show that there are viable
computationally efficient (O (N)) alternatives to the Ewald summation for typical modern …

Permeability of drugs and hormones through a lipid bilayer: insights from dual-resolution molecular dynamics

M Orsi, JW Essex - Soft Matter, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
The unassisted permeation process of β-blocker drugs (alprenolol, atenolol, pindolol) and
steroid hormones (progesterone, testosterone) through a lipid membrane is simulated by a …

Galvanic replacement managing direct methanol fuel cells: AgPt nanotubes as a strategy for methanol crossover effect tolerance

MC França, RM Ferreira, F dos Santos Pereira… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Springer
The methanol crossover effect severely reduces the efficiency of d irect m ethanol f uel c ells
once it affects the o xygen r eduction r eaction (ORR) that occurs in the cathode. Hence …

Simulating interfacial thermal conductance at metal-solvent interfaces: The role of chemical capping agents

S Kuang, JD Gezelter - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2011 - ACS Publications
With the non-isotropic velocity scaling (NIVS) approach to reverse non-equilibrium
molecular dynamics (RNEMD), it is possible to impose an unphysical thermal flux between …

Highly efficient low metal content Ni/CeO2 catalysts prepared by magnetron sputtering deposition for ethanol steam reforming reaction

LF Sosa, MAS Garcia, ACA Silva, BS Archanjo… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2025 - Elsevier
We explored the impact of synthesis methods on the physicochemical properties and
catalytic performance of Ni/CeO 2 catalysts for ethanol steam reforming (ESR). Sputtering …

A gentler approach to RNEMD: Nonisotropic velocity scaling for computing thermal conductivity and shear viscosity

S Kuang, JD Gezelter - The Journal of chemical physics, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
We present a new method for introducing stable nonequilibrium velocity and temperature
gradients in molecular dynamics simulations of heterogeneous systems. This method …

Interfacial thermal conductance of thiolate-protected gold nanospheres

KM Stocker, SM Neidhart, JD Gezelter - Journal of Applied Physics, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Molecular dynamics simulations of thiolate-protected and solvated gold nanoparticles were
carried out in the presence of a non-equilibrium heat flux between the solvent and the core …

Langevin dynamics for rigid bodies of arbitrary shape

X Sun, T Lin, JD Gezelter - The Journal of chemical physics, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
We present an algorithm for carrying out Langevin dynamics simulations on complex rigid
bodies by incorporating the hydrodynamic resistance tensors for arbitrary shapes into an …