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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 150, Issue 21, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.5099056
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- NSF through the Center for Dynamics and Control of Materials: an NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) [DMR-1720595]
- Welch Foundation [F-1599, F-1696]
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We develop a simple model to probe the ion transport and mechanical properties of low volume fraction colloidal nanoparticle gels. Specifically, we study the influence of the morphology of gels on ion diffusion and the corresponding roles of affinity to and enhanced ion transport along nanoparticle surfaces. We employ kinetic Monte Carlo simulations to simulate ion transport in the colloidal gels, and we perform nonequilibrium molecular dynamics to study their viscoelastic behavior. Our results indicate that in the presence of enhanced diffusion pathways for ions along the particle surface, morphology has a significant influence on the diffusivity of ions. We demonstrate that some gel morphologies can exhibit simultaneously enhanced ion transport and mechanical properties, thus illustrating a strategy to decouple ion transport and mechanical strength in electrolytes.
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