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Ionic hydration-induced evolution of decane-water interfacial tension. / Wen, Boyao; Sun, Chengzhen; Bai, Bofeng et al.
In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 19, No. 22, 14.06.2017, p. 14606-14614.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Ionic hydration-induced evolution of decane-water interfacial tension
AU - Wen, Boyao
AU - Sun, Chengzhen
AU - Bai, Bofeng
AU - Gatapova, Elizaveta Ya
AU - Kabov, Oleg A.
PY - 2017/6/14
Y1 - 2017/6/14
N2 - Building a connection between the variations in interfacial tension and the microstructure of the oil-water interface is still very challenging. Here, we employ a molecular dynamics method to study the effect of monovalent ions on the decane-water interfacial tension and reveal the relationship between ionic hydration and the variation of interfacial tension. Our results indicate that interfacial tension presents a non-monotonic dependence on the ionic concentrations owing to the distinctive adsorption characteristics of ions. At low ionic concentrations, the hydration of the discrete ions at the interface causes an enhancement in the virial term of the interfacial tension, resulting in an increase of the interfacial tension with increasing ionic concentrations. At high ionic concentrations, the ion pairs at the interface weaken the ionic hydration, thus the virial term of the interfacial tension decreases and the interfacial tension decreases slightly. In addition, the kinetic energy term of interfacial tension increases only with increasing temperature, while the virial term decreases with an increase in either temperature or pressure on account of the weakening ionic hydration; therefore, the increase of temperature and pressure induces different degrees of the decrease in the interfacial tension owing to the major contribution of the virial term, particularly at high ionic concentrations.
AB - Building a connection between the variations in interfacial tension and the microstructure of the oil-water interface is still very challenging. Here, we employ a molecular dynamics method to study the effect of monovalent ions on the decane-water interfacial tension and reveal the relationship between ionic hydration and the variation of interfacial tension. Our results indicate that interfacial tension presents a non-monotonic dependence on the ionic concentrations owing to the distinctive adsorption characteristics of ions. At low ionic concentrations, the hydration of the discrete ions at the interface causes an enhancement in the virial term of the interfacial tension, resulting in an increase of the interfacial tension with increasing ionic concentrations. At high ionic concentrations, the ion pairs at the interface weaken the ionic hydration, thus the virial term of the interfacial tension decreases and the interfacial tension decreases slightly. In addition, the kinetic energy term of interfacial tension increases only with increasing temperature, while the virial term decreases with an increase in either temperature or pressure on account of the weakening ionic hydration; therefore, the increase of temperature and pressure induces different degrees of the decrease in the interfacial tension owing to the major contribution of the virial term, particularly at high ionic concentrations.
KW - MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS
KW - CRUDE-OIL
KW - LIQUID/LIQUID INTERFACES
KW - LOW-SALINITY
KW - X-RAY
KW - SURFACTANT
KW - NANOPARTICLES
KW - TEMPERATURE
KW - TRANSPORT
KW - SYSTEMS
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85024132240&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1039/c7cp01826f
DO - 10.1039/c7cp01826f
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85024132240
VL - 19
SP - 14606
EP - 14614
JO - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
JF - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
SN - 1463-9076
IS - 22
ER -
ID: 10092476