{"title":"Computer Simulation of a Biphasic Catalytic Process in the Presence of Polymer Microgels","authors":"R. A. Gumerov, M. V. Anakhov, I. I. Potemkin","doi":"10.1134/S0012501623600225","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>The reaction of a biphasic catalysis with microgels bearing catalytic groups adsorbed at liquid interface was simulated for the first time using dissipative particle dynamics. It was shown that the rate of the catalytic process increases with the degree of deformation of the polymer network, which depends on the fraction of the crosslinker and the solubility of the polymer in both phases. It was found that the highest reaction rate was observed when the microgel was soluble in both phases due to an increase in its porosity (in comparison with amphiphilic microgels) and in the water–microgel–oil contact area with a simultaneous decrease in the time for the reagents to reach the catalytic groups due to the flattening of the microgel. The results obtained can be useful for increasing the efficiency of a wide range of catalytic reactions of the type considered through the use of network-like macromolecules.</p>","PeriodicalId":532,"journal":{"name":"Doklady Physical Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2023-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Doklady Physical Chemistry","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0012501623600225","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The reaction of a biphasic catalysis with microgels bearing catalytic groups adsorbed at liquid interface was simulated for the first time using dissipative particle dynamics. It was shown that the rate of the catalytic process increases with the degree of deformation of the polymer network, which depends on the fraction of the crosslinker and the solubility of the polymer in both phases. It was found that the highest reaction rate was observed when the microgel was soluble in both phases due to an increase in its porosity (in comparison with amphiphilic microgels) and in the water–microgel–oil contact area with a simultaneous decrease in the time for the reagents to reach the catalytic groups due to the flattening of the microgel. The results obtained can be useful for increasing the efficiency of a wide range of catalytic reactions of the type considered through the use of network-like macromolecules.
期刊介绍:
Doklady Physical Chemistry is a monthly journal containing English translations of current Russian research in physical chemistry from the Physical Chemistry sections of the Doklady Akademii Nauk (Proceedings of the Russian Academy of Sciences). The journal publishes the most significant new research in physical chemistry being done in Russia, thus ensuring its scientific priority. Doklady Physical Chemistry presents short preliminary accounts of the application of the state-of-the-art physical chemistry ideas and methods to the study of organic and inorganic compounds and macromolecules; polymeric, inorganic and composite materials as well as corresponding processes. The journal is intended for scientists in all fields of chemistry and in interdisciplinary sciences.