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CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 551, Issue -, Pages 115-120Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2012.09.025
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- US Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences
- Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Geothermal Technologies Program
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Molecular dynamics simulations were carried out to systematically study solvation and nanoparticle-particle interactions in n-hexane, water and methanol solvents. The dynamics of the n-hexane molecules was significantly influenced by the solvated nanoparticles. Water and methanol show significant structural signatures binding to the metal coordination sites of the nanoparticles while liquid hexane does not. The computed free energy profiles illustrate that the associations between nanoparticles in solution are stable and depend on the relative orientation of them. Also, these profiles indicate a low interaction potential between nanoparticles in methanol, confirming experimental observations of inherent nanofluid stability without need for added surfactant. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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