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Sarofim, Adel F.; Pugmire, Ronald J. | 13C NMR analysis of soot produced from model compounds and a coal | Soot samples, including the associated organics, produced from an Illinois No. 6 coal (five samples) and two model compounds, biphenyl (three samples) and pyrene (two samples), have been studied by 13C NMR methods. The coal soot data served as a guide to selection of the temperature range that would... | 13C NMR; Biphenyl; Aromatic cluster size | 2001 |
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Smith, Grant D.; Borodin, Oleg; Bedrov, Dmitro | 13C NMR spin-lattice relaxation and conformational dynamics in a 1,4-polybutadiene melt | We have performed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of a melt of 1,4-polybutadiene (PBD, 1622 Da) over the temperature range 400?273 K. 13C NMR spin?lattice relaxation times (T1) and nuclear Overhauser enhancement (NOE) values have been measured from 357 to 272 K for 12 different resonances. The T... | Polybutadiene melt; 13C NMR; Spin-lattice relaxation; Conformational dynamics; Molecular dynamics simulation | 2001 |
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Bedrov, Dmitro; Borodin, Oleg; Smith, Grant D. | Comment on "On the accuracy of force fields for predicting the physical properties of dimethylnitramine" | Zheng and Thompson have recently reported a comparison of three atomistic force fields for prediction of physical properties of dimethylnitramine (DMNA) from molecular dynamics (MD) simulations.1 Specifically, they compared the rigid molecule force field by Sorescu, Rice, and Thompson (SRT);2 the ge... | | 2007 |
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Smith, Grant D. | Conformational properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride). A quantum chemistry study of model compounds | The molecular geometries and conformational energies of model molecules of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) have been determined from high-level quantum chemistry calculations and have been used in parametrization of a six-state rotational isomeric state (RIS) model for PVDF. The model molecules inv... | Poly(vinylidene fluoride); PVDF; Conformational properties | 1999 |
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Pugmire, Ronald J. | Investigation of the structural conformation of biphenyl by solid state 13C NMR and quantum chemical NMR shift calculations | The principal values of the 13C chemical-shift tensor (CST) for biphenyl have been determined with the FIREMAT experiment. The internal dihedral angle between the benzene rings in biphenyl is estimated to fall between 10 and 20° on the basis of quantum mechanical calculations of the CST principal v... | Carbon-13; Chemical-shift tensor; biphenyl; FIREMAT | 2001 |
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Eddings, Eric G.; Sarofim, Adel F. | Journey from n-heptane to liquid transportation fuels. 1. The role of the allylic radicals and its related species in aromatic precursor chemistry | The Utah normal heptane mechanism compiled from submechanisms in the literature was extended into a detailed normal decane combustion mechanism, which is a subset of the Utah surrogate mechanisms. Few species have greater impact on the concentrations of other species than the allyl radical CH2CHCH2.... | Utah Surrogate Mechanisms; Heptane mechanism; Decane combustion mechanism; Allyl radical; Aromatic precursors | 2008 |
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Sarofim, Adel F.; Truong, Thanh | Kinetics of hydrogen abstraction reactions from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by H atoms | An application of the Reaction Class Transition State Theory/Linear Energy Relationship (RC-TST/LER) is presented for the evaluation of the thermal rate constants of hydrogen abstraction reactions by H atoms from Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH). Two classes of reactions have been considered, ... | Reaction Class Transition State Theory; Linear Energy Relationship; Hydrogen abstraction reactions | 2004 |
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Eddings, Eric G.; Sarofim, Adel F. | Mechanism reduction and generation using analysis of major fuel consumption pathways for n-heptane in premixed and diffusion flames | Reaction pathway analyses were conducted for three mechanisms (designated as the Pitsch, Utah, and Lawrence Livermore National Lab) for a normal heptane premixed flame (? = 1.9) and a normal heptane opposed diffusion flame, in order to identify the relative importance of the major fuel consumption p... | Pitsch mechanism; Utah mechanism; Lawrence Livermore National Lab mechanism; Mechanism reduction; Heptane premixed flame | 2007 |
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Smith, Grant D. | Molecular dynamics of a 1,4-polybutadiene melt. Comparison of experiment and simulation | We have made detailed comparison of the local and chain dynamics of a melt of 1,4-polybutadiene (PBD) as determined from experiment and molecular dynamics simulation at 353 K. The PBD was found to have a random microstructure consisting of 40% cis, 50% trans, and 10% 1,2-vinyl units with a number-av... | Polybutadiene melt; Molecular dynamics | 1999 |
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Smith, Grant D.; Bedrov, Dmitro | NMR experiments and molecular dynamics simulations of the segmental dynamics of polystyrene | We have performed NMR spin?lattice relaxation experiments and molecular dynamics (MD) computer simulations on atactic polystyrene (a-PS). The segmental correlation times of three different molecular weight a-PS (Mn = 1600, 2100, 10 900 g/mol) were extracted from NMR by measuring the 2H spin?lattice ... | | 2004 |
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Eddings, Eric G.; Sarofim, Adel F. | Olefin chemistry in a premixed n-heptane flame | Three different n-heptane mechanisms were used to simulate a fuel-rich normal heptane premixed flame in order to identify major reaction pathways for olefin formation and consumption and areas of uncertainties of these reactions. Olefins are formed mainly via ?-scission and hydrogen abstraction, and... | Heptane mechanism; N-heptane; Olefin formation; Olefin consumption; Alkyl radicals | 2007 |
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Borodin, Oleg; Smith, Grant D.; Bedrov, Dmitro | Polarizable and nonpolarizable force fields for alkyl nitrates | Quantum-chemistry-based many-body polarizable and two-body nonpolarizable atomic force fields were developed for alkyl nitrate liquids and pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) crystal. Bonding, bending, and torsional parameters, partial charges, and atomic polarizabilities for the polarizable force f... | Alkyl nitrate; Pentaerythritol tetranitrate; PETN; Polarizable atomic force fields; Nonpolarizable atomic force fields | 2007 |
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Eddings, Eric G.; Sarofim, Adel F. | Pollutant emissions from gasoline combustion. 1. Dependence on fuel structural functionalities | To study the formation of air pollutants and soot precursors (e.g., acetylene, 1,3-butadiene, benzene, and higher aromatics) from aliphatic and aromatic fractions of gasoline fuels, the Utah Surrogate Mechanisms is extended to include submechanisms of gasoline surrogate compounds using a set of mech... | Pollutant emissions; Soot precursors; Gasoline surrogate compounds; Utah Surrogate Mechanisms | 2008 |
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Smith, Grant D. | Prediction of the linear viscoelastic shear modulus of an entangled polybutadiene melt from simulation and theory | While accurate quantum chemistry based potentials,1 improved simulation algorithms, and faster computers have made accurate calculation of chain dynamics in unentangled polymer melts from molecular dynamics simulations possible,2-5 direct calculation of the viscoelastic properties of entangled polym... | Polybutadiene melt; Viscoelastic shear; Chain dynamics; Entangled polymers | 2000 |
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Smith, Grant D. | Quantum chemistry based force field for simulations of HMX | The molecular geometries and conformational energies of octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine (HMX) and 1,3-dimethyl-1,3-dinitro methyldiamine (DDMD) and have been determined from high-level quantum chemistry calculations and have been used in parametrizing a classical potential function ... | HMX simulations; Molecular geometries; Conformational energies; DDMD | 1999 |
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Smith, Grant D. | Quantum chemistry based force field for simulations of poly(vinylidene fluoride) | A classical potential function for simulations of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) based upon quantum chemistry calculations on PVDF oligomers has been developed. Quantum chemistry analysis of the geometries and conformational energies of 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane (PFB), 1,1,1,3,3,5,5,5-octofluoro... | Poly(vinylidene fluoride) simulations; PVDF | 2000 |
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Smith, Grant D.; Bedrov, Dmitro | Quantum-chemistry-based force field for simulations of dimethylnitramine | The molecular geometries and conformational energies of nitramide and dimethylnitramine (DMNA), determined from high-level quantum chemistry calculations, have been used in parametrization of a classical potential function suitable for simulations of DMNA. A thorough investigation of basis set size ... | Dimethylnitramine simulations; DMNA; Nitramide; Force field; Molecular dynamics simulations | 1999 |
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Smith, Grant D.; Bedrov, Dmitro; Borodin, Oleg | Quantum-chemistry-based potential for poly(ester urethane) | We have carried out extensive high-level quantum chemistry studies of the geometry, charge distribution, conformational energies, and hydrogen-bonding energies of model compounds for a family of Estane thermoplastic urethanes (TPUs). Upon the basis of these studies, we have parametrized a classical ... | Estane thermoplastic urethanes; TPU; Charge distribution; Confromational energy | 2003 |
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Smith, Grant D. | Viscoelastic properties of polybutadiene in the glassy regime from molecular dynamic simulations | A thorough understanding of the dynamic?mechanical properties of polymer melts and glasses is key to many, if not most, applications of polymers as well as to the processing of polymers. | Polymer melts; Polymer glasses; Molecular dynamic simulations | 2002 |