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SOFT MATTER
卷 18, 期 28, 页码 5282-5292出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d2sm00601d
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- Department of Energy [DE-FE0031778, DE-EE0007888-10-8]
- Texas A&M Energy Institute
- Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering
- Texas A&M High Performance Research Computing facility
Recent studies have identified that solvated amphiphiles can form nanostructured self-assemblies, known as dynamic binary complexes (DBCs), in the presence of ions. This research combines small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) experiments and coarse-grained Monte Carlo (CGMC) simulations to determine the detailed three-dimensional nanostructure of DBCs, as well as explain the pH tunability of the system.
Recent studies have shown that solvated amphiphiles can form nanostructured self-assemblies called dynamic binary complexes (DBCs) in the presence of ions. Since the nanostructures of DBCs are directly related to their viscoelastic properties, it is important to understand how the nanostructures change under different solution conditions. However, it is challenging to obtain a three-dimensional molecular description of these nanostructures by utilizing conventional experimental characterization techniques or thermodynamic models. To this end, we combined the structural data from small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) experiments and thermodynamic knowledge from coarse-grained Monte Carlo (CGMC) simulations to identify the detailed three-dimensional nanostructure of DBCs. Specifically, unbiased CGMC simulations are performed with SAXS-guided initial conditions, which aids us to sample accurate nanostructures in a computationally efficient fashion. As a result, an elliptical bilayer nanostructure is obtained as the most probable nanostructure of DBCs whose dimensions are validated by scanning electron microscope (SEM) images. Then, utilizing the obtained molecular model of DBCs, we could also explain the pH tunability of the system. Overall, our results from SAXS-guided unbiased CGMC simulations highlight that using potential energy combined with SAXS data, we can distinguish otherwise degenerate nanostructures resulting from the inherent ambiguity of SAXS patterns.
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