There are many reasons to report on silica interacting with biomolecules. The most obvious
one is that on the Earth's crust, oxygen and silicon are the most abundant atomic species …

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 …

In this work, the interaction of an aspirin (AS) molecule with the external surface of a boron
nitride fullerene-like nanocage (B 12 N 12) is studied by means of density functional theory …

Fine particles of coal and kaolinite are primary fine particles in high muddied coal slurry
water, the mechanism on the interactions between fine particles of coal and kaolinite in …

First-principle calculations, especially by the density functional theory (DFT) methods, are
becoming a power technique to study molecular structure and properties of …

The adsorption behavior of pure, B-doped, N-doped, and BN-codoped C 60 fullerenes
towards an aspirin (AS) molecule is investigated using density functional theory calculations …

One of the major challenges in environmental and atmospheric science is understanding the
effects of mineral dust's surface physiochemical properties and pre-adsorbed volatile …

Amorphous silica is widely employed in pharmaceutical formulations both as a tableting,
anticaking agent and as a drug delivery system, whereas MCM-41 mesoporous silica has …

Interactions between biomolecules and inorganic surfaces play an important role in natural
environments and in industry, including a wide variety of conditions: marine environment …

The adhesion between silica surfaces and epoxy resins was investigated via molecular
dynamics (MD) simulations with stable atomic models of silica substrates prepared by …