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Factors resisting protein adsorption on hydrophilic/hydrophobic self-assembled monolayers terminated with hydrophilic hydroxyl groups
Dangxin Mao, Yuan-Yan Wu, Yusong Tu
The hydroxyl-terminated self-assembled monolayer (OH-SAM), as a surface resistant to protein adsorption, exhibits substantial potential in applications such as ship navigation and…
Unexpectedly resisting protein adsorption on self-assembled monolayers terminated with two hydrophilic hydroxyl groups
Dangxin Mao, Yuan-Yan Wu, Yusong Tu
The OH-terminated self-assembled monolayers, as protein-resistant surfaces, have significant potential in biocompatible implant devices, which can avoid or reduce adverse reactions…
Ultrafast ion sieving in two dimensional graphene oxide membranes
Junfan Liu, Zonglin Gu, Mengru Duan +9
Ultrahigh water permeance, together with a high rejection rate through nanofiltration and separation membranes1,2, is crucial but still challenging for multivalent ion sieving in w…
Oxygen dissociation on the C3N monolayer: A first-principles study
Liang Zhao, Wenjin Luo, Zhijing Huang +4
The oxygen dissociation and the oxidized structure on the pristine C3N monolayer in exposure to air are the inevitably critical issues for the C3N engineering and surface functiona…
Locally Spontaneous Dynamic Oxygen Migration on Biphenylene: A DFT Study
Boyi Situ, Zihan Yan, Rubin Huo +5
The dynamic oxygen migration at the interface of carbon allotropes dominated by the periodic hexagonal rings, including graphene and carbon nanotube, has opened up a new avenue to…
Unexpectedly Spontaneous Water Dissociation on Graphene Oxide Supported by Copper Substrate
Zhijing Huang, Zihan Yan, Guangdong Zhu +5
Water dissociation is of fundamental importance in scientific fields and has drawn considerable interest in diverse technological applications. However, the high activation barrier…
Remarkably Enhanced Dynamic Oxygen Migration on Graphene Oxide Supported by Copper Substrate
Zihan Yan, Wenjie Yang, Hao Yang +5
The dynamic covalent properties of graphene oxide (GO) are of fundamental interest to a broad range of scientific areas and technological applications. It remains a challenge to ac…
Unexpected Spontaneously Dynamic Oxygen Migration on Carbon Nanotubes
Guangdong Zhu, Zhijing Huang, Liang Zhao +1
Using the density functional theory calculations, we show that the oxygen functional groups exhibit unexpected spontaneously dynamic behaviors on the interior surface of single-wal…
Unexpected Hydrophobicity on Self-Assembled Monolayers Terminated with Two Hydrophilic Hydroxyl Groups
Dangxin Mao, Xian Wang, Yuanyan Wu +3
Current major approaches to access surface hydrophobicity include directly introducing hydrophobic nonpolar groups/molecules into surface or elaborately fabricating surface roughne…
Remarkable antibacterial activity of reduced graphene oxide functionalized by copper ions
Yusong Tu, Pei Li, Jiajia Sun +7
Despite long-term efforts for exploring antibacterial agents or drugs, it remains challenging how to potentiate antibacterial activity and meanwhile minimize toxicity hazards to th…
Water-phospholipid interactions at the interface of lipid membranes: comparison of different force fields
Jianjun Jiang, Weixin Li, Liang Zhao +4
Water-phospholipid interactions at the lipid bilayer/water interfaces are of essential importance for the dynamics, stability and function of biological membrane, and are also stro…
Asymmetric Nanoparticle May Go Active at Room Temperature
Nan Sheng, YuSong Tu, Pan Guo +3
Using molecular dynamics simulations, we show that an asymmetrically shaped nanoparticle in dilute solution possesses a spontaneously curved trajectory within finite time interval,…
Spontaneous Directional Motion of Shaped Nanoparticle
Nan Sheng, YuSong Tu, Pan Guo +3
In nanoscale space and pico- to nanoseconds enormous physical, chemical and biological processes take place, while the motions of involved particles/molecules under thermal fluctua…
Inherent fluctuation-mediated equivalent force drives directional motions of nanoscale asymmetric particles -- Surf-riding of asymmetric molecules in thermal fluctuations
Yusong Tu, Nan Sheng, Rongzheng Wan +1
Using a simple theoretical model of a nanoscale asymmetric particle/molecule with asymmetric structure or/and asymmetric charge distribution, here using a charge dipole as an examp…
Asymmetrical free diffusion with orientation-dependence of molecules in finite timescales
Nan Sheng, Yusong Tu, Pan Guo +2
Using molecular dynamics simulations, we show that free diffusion of a nanoscale particle (molecule) with asymmetric structure critically depends on the orientation in a finite tim…
Galilean Invariant Fluid-Solid Interfacial Dynamics in Lattice Boltzmann Simulations
Binghai Wen, Chaoying Zhang, Yusong Tu +2
Galilean invariance is a fundamental property; however, although the lattice Boltzmann equation itself is Galilean invariant, this property is usually not taken into account in the…
Evaporation of tiny water aggregation on solid surfaces of different wetting properties
Shen Wang, Yusong Tu, Rongzheng Wan +1
The evaporation of a tiny amount of water on the solid surface with different wettability has been studied by molecular dynamics simulations. We found that, as the surface changed…