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From in silica to in silico: retention thermodynamics at solid-liquid interfaces

El Hage, Krystel and Bemish, Raymond J. and Meuwly, Markus. (2018) From in silica to in silico: retention thermodynamics at solid-liquid interfaces. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20 (27). pp. 18610-18622.

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Abstract

The dynamics of solvated molecules at the solid/liquid interface is essential for a molecular-level understanding for the solution thermodynamics in reversed phase liquid chromatography (RPLC). The heterogeneous nature of the systems and the competing intermolecular interactions makes solute retention in RPLC a surprisingly challenging problem which benefits greatly from modelling at atomistic resolution. However, the quality of the underlying computational model needs to be sufficiently accurate to provide a realistic description of the energetics and dynamics of systems, especially for solution-phase simulations. Here, the retention thermodynamics and the retention mechanism of a range of benzene-derivatives in C 18 stationary-phase chains in contact with water/methanol mixtures is studied using point charge (PC) and multipole (MTP) electrostatic models. The results demonstrate that free energy simulations with a faithful MTP representation of the computational model provide quantitative and molecular level insight into the thermodynamics of adsorption/desorption in chromatographic systems while a conventional PC representation fails in doing so. This provides a rational basis to develop more quantitative and validated models for the optimization of separation systems.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Chemie > Chemie > Physikalische Chemie (Meuwly)
UniBasel Contributors:Meuwly, Markus
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Royal Society of Chemistry
ISSN:1463-9076
e-ISSN:1463-9084
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Last Modified:03 Apr 2023 09:49
Deposited On:03 Apr 2023 09:05

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