Development of a coarse-grained model for simulations of tridecanoin liquid-solid phase transitions

作者:Brasiello Antonio*; Crescitelli Silvestro; Milano Giuseppe
来源:Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2011, 13(37): 16618-16628.
DOI:10.1039/c1cp20604d

摘要

Novel coarse-grained models for molecular dynamics of tridecanoin melts are here proposed as results of a coarse-graining step procedure. The procedure is implemented to develop three coarse-grained models of increasing number of particle types from two to four. Force fields are computed by minimization of the deviations of appropriate distribution functions of the coarse-grained models from those of a reference atomistic one. Density, diffusivity and shear viscosity are computed by numerical simulation and compared with experimental values. The ability of each model to describe liquid-solid transitions is also analyzed. In particular, the model with four types of coarse-grained beads shows a transition from a liquid to a crystal phase.

  • 出版日期2011