Effects of functionalization of carbon nanotubes on their dispersion in an ethylene glycol–water binary mixture – a molecular dynamics and ONIOM investigation
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Kanagasabai Balamurugan, Prathab Baskar, Ravva Mahesh Kumar, Sumitesh Das, Venkatesan Subramanian
The present work utilizes classical molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the covalent functionalization of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and their interaction with ethylene glycol (EG) and water molecules. The MD simulation reveals the dispersion of functionalized carbon nanotubes and the prevention of aggregation in aqueous medium. Further, residue-wise radial distribution function (RRDF) and atomic radial distribution function (ARDF) calculations illustrate the extent of interaction of –OH and –COOH functionalized CNTs with water molecules and the non-functionalized CNT surface with EG. As the presence of the number of functionalized nanotubes increases, enhancement in the propensity for the interaction with water molecules can be observed. However, the same trend decreases for the interaction of EG molecules. In addition, the ONIOM (M06-2X/6-31+G**:AM1) calculations have also been carried out on model systems to quantitatively determine the interaction energy (IE). It is found from these calculations that the relative enhancement in the interaction of water molecules with functionalized CNTs is highly favorable when compared to the interaction of EG.
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