Atomic and molecular data for spacecraft re-entry plasmas

R Celiberto, I Armenise, M Cacciatore… - Plasma Sources …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The modeling of atmospheric gas, interacting with the space vehicles in re-entry conditions
in planetary exploration missions, requires a large set of scattering data for all those …

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 …

Oxygen interactions with silica surfaces: Coupled cluster and density functional investigation and the development of a new ReaxFF potential

AD Kulkarni, DG Truhlar… - The Journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We consider oxygen interactions with realistic silica surfaces, including both experimentally
observed nondefective surface reconstructions and experimentally observed surface …

Interaction of dissociated air with the surface of β-cristobalite material

AA Kroupnov, MJ Pogosbekian - Acta Astronautica, 2023 - Elsevier
A closed kinetic model of the interaction of dissociated air with the surface of heat-shielding
material SiO 2 (β-cristobalite) has been developed. To describe heterogeneous processes …

Deterministic and Monte Carlo methods for simulation of plasma‐surface interactions

D Marinov, C Teixeira, V Guerra - Plasma Processes and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Two approaches to the modeling of surface kinetics in reactive plasmas are discussed.
Coarse‐grained deterministic models incorporate rate balance equations for coverages of …

Adsorption and reactivity of nitrogen atoms on silica surface under plasma exposure

D Marinov, O Guaitella, T De Los Arcos… - Journal of Physics D …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The kinetics of adsorption, desorption and recombination of nitrogen atoms on a silica
surface is investigated. Stable nitrogen atoms are grafted to the inner surface of a fused …

Uncover Chemical Processes for Silica Surfaces Exposed to Atomic Oxygen Using ReaxFF Reactive Molecular Dynamics

X Ye, S Hu, G Zhang, Y Yan, Q Sun… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The considerable level of uncertainty in the measured and calculated catalytic
recombination coefficients of atomic oxygen (O) on silica (SiO2) surfaces has posed a great …

Interstitial O2 distribution in amorphous SiO2 nanoparticles determined by Raman and photoluminescence spectroscopy

S Agnello, D Di Francesca, A Alessi, G Iovino… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
The O 2 content and emission properties in silica nanoparticles after thermal treatments in
oxygen rich atmosphere have been investigated by Raman and photoluminescence …

The structure of silica surfaces exposed to atomic oxygen

P Norman, TE Schwartzentruber… - The Journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
In this work we use molecular dynamics (MD) simulations with the ReaxFFSiOGSI potential
to model the structure of quartz and amorphous silica surfaces exposed to atomic oxygen …

Hydrogen scattering from a cesiated surface model

M Rutigliano, A Palma, N Sanna - Surface Science, 2017 - Elsevier
A cesiated surface model was considered to study the dynamics of hydrogen atom scattering
using a semiclassical collisional method. Using dipole correction method, the work function …