Computing chemical potentials of adsorbed or confined fluids

The chemical potential of adsorbed or confined fluids provides insight into their unique thermodynamic properties and determines adsorption isotherms. However, it is often difficult to compute this quantity from atomistic simulations using existing statistical mechanical methods. We introduce a computational framework that utilizes static structure factors, thermodynamic integration, and free energy perturbation for calculating the absolute chemical potential of fluids. For demonstration, we apply the method to compute the adsorption isotherms of carbon dioxide in a metal-organic framework and water in carbon nanotubes.

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This study introduces a computational framework for calculating the chemical potential of fluids, and applies it to calculate the adsorption isotherms of carbon dioxide in a metal-organic framework and water in carbon nanotubes.