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NANOMATERIALS
卷 11, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano11020306
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quantum simulations; carbon nanotube; graphene; functionalization; confinement
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- Agence Nationale de la Recherche [ANR-18-CE09-0011-01]
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [ANR-18-CE09-0011] Funding Source: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
Using a combination of density functional theory and molecular dynamics simulations on different systems, a study showed that carbon atoms have high affinity to hydrogen ions in all situations, while the affinity for hydroxyl ions is less. In the presence of an aqueous medium, the functionalization of the carbon surface is activated by protonation.
In recent years and with the achievement of nanotechnologies, the development of experiments based on carbon nanotubes has allowed to increase the ionic permeability and/or selectivity in nanodevices. However, this new technology opens the way to many questionable observations, to which theoretical work can answer using several approximations. One of them concerns the appearance of a negative charge on the carbon surface, when the latter is apparently neutral. Using first-principles density functional theory combined with molecular dynamics, we develop here several simulations on different systems in order to understand the reactivity of the carbon surface in low or ultra-high confinement. According to our calculations, there is high affinity of the carbon atom to the hydrogen ion in every situation, and to a lesser extent for the hydroxyl ion. The latter can only occur when the first hydrogen attack has been achieved. As a consequence, the functionalization of the carbon surface in the presence of an aqueous medium is activated by its protonation, then allowing the reactivity of the anion.
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