New insights into perfluorinated sulfonic-acid ionomers

A Kusoglu, AZ Weber - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
In this comprehensive review, recent progress and developments on perfluorinated sulfonic-
acid (PFSA) membranes have been summarized on many key topics. Although quite well …

MCCCS Towhee: a tool for Monte Carlo molecular simulation

MG Martin - Molecular Simulation, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The history of the Monte Carlo for complex chemical systems Towhee open source Monte
Carlo molecular simulation tool is discussed. A proof is given that the Widom insertion …

A review of molecular-level mechanism of membrane degradation in the polymer electrolyte fuel cell

T Ishimoto, M Koyama - Membranes, 2012 - mdpi.com
Chemical degradation of perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) membrane is one of the most serious
problems for stable and long-term operations of the polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC). The …

All-Atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Poly (ethylene glycol) Networks in Water for Evaluating Negative Energetic Elasticity

K Hagita, S Nagahara, T Murashima, T Sakai… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We performed all-atom molecular dynamics simulations on poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG)
hydrogels to microscopically confirm the recently discovered “negative energetic …

Nucleation and growth of cavities in hydrated Nafion membranes under tensile strain: a molecular dynamics study

W Gonçalves, T Mabuchi… - The Journal of Physical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Molecular dynamics simulations are performed to investigate the nucleation and growth of
cavities in a hydrated Nafion membrane under mechanical deformation. The simulation …

Molecular dynamics simulations of water sorption in a perfluorosulfonic acid membrane

KB Daly, JB Benziger, PG Debenedetti… - The Journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Atomistic molecular dynamics simulations are reported over a wide range of water contents
and temperatures to obtain a better understanding of the structural and transport aspects of …

Parameterization of a coarse-grained model with short-ranged interactions for modeling fuel cell membranes with controlled water uptake

J Lu, C Miller, V Molinero - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The design of polymer electrolyte membranes with controlled water uptake is of high
importance for high-performance fuel cells, because the water content of the membranes …

Molecular dynamics modeling of the conductivity of lithiated nafion containing nonaqueous solvents

S Burlatsky, RM Darling, D Novikov… - Journal of The …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We use molecular dynamics to predict the ionic conductivities of lithiated Nafion
perfluorinated ionomeric membranes swelled in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and acetonitrile …

Massively parallel chemical potential calculation on graphics processing units

KB Daly, JB Benziger, PG Debenedetti… - Computer Physics …, 2012 - Elsevier
One-and two-stage free energy methods are common approaches for calculating the
chemical potential from a molecular dynamics or Monte Carlo molecular simulation …

Molecular dynamic study of water-cluster structure in PFSA and PFIA ionomers

VV Atrazhev, TY Astakhova, VI Sultanov… - Journal of The …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Molecular-dynamics simulations were used to study the structure of water clusters in
different perfluorinated ionomers. The ionomers included in this work were Perfluorosulfonic …