Preliminary Program subject to change
02E15 Molecular Simulation of Adsorption II
OverviewThe session will cover a broad range of problems related to molecular simulations of equilibrium and non-equilibrium adsorption and capillary phenomena on surfaces and porous bodies, including Monte Carlo, molecular dynamics, density functional theory, and lattice techniques
Primary SponsorAdsorption and Ion Exchange (02e)

Chair

Flor R. Siperstein
Departament d'Enginyeria Química
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Av dels Paisos Catalans, 26
Tarragona,
Spain
Phone Number: 34-977-55-9680
Fax Number: 34-977-55-9680
Email: flor.siperstein@urv.net

CoChair

Alexander V. Neimark
TRI/Princeton
601 Prospect Ave
Princeton, NJ 08542
Phone Number: 609-430-4818
Fax Number: (609) 683-7149
Email: aneimark@triprinceton.org
Introductory Remarks
Design of Organically Modified Silicas for Carbon Dioxide Adsorption
Claudia Prosenjak and Nigel A. Seaton, Institute for Materials and Processes, University of Edinburgh, Kenneth Denbigh Building, The King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Simulation of Adsorption in a Modified Zeolite Y Used for Separating Chiral Compounds
Siricharn S. Jirapongphan1, Juliusz Warzywoda1, David E. Budil2 and Albert Sacco Jr.1, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave, 147 Snell Engineering Center, Boston, MA 02115, (2)Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115
Molecular Simulation of Liquid Phase Adsorption of Chain Molecules in Zeolites
Sudeep Punnathanam, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Room E136, Evanston, IL 60208 and Randall Q. Snurr, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, IL 60208
Selectivities for Binary Mixtures of Hydrogen/Methane and Hydrogen/Carbon Dioxide in Silicalite and Ets-10 by Grand Canonical Monte Carlo Techniques
Marco Gallo1, Tina M. Nenoff2 and Martha C. Mitchell1, (1)Chemical Engineering, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, MSC 3805, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001, (2)Surface and Interface Department, Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, MS 1415, Albuquerque, NM 87185-1415
Determining Contact Angles from Molecular Simulation
Eric M. Grzelak, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, 303 Furnas Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260 and Jeffrey R. Errington, University at Buffalo, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, 509 Furnas Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260
A Molecular Dynamics Investigation of the Relative Stability of Alkaline Earth Metal-Chloride Complexes in Aqueous Solutions and on Gibbsite Surfaces
James P. Larentzos, Geochemistry Department, Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, MS 0754, Albuquerque, NM 87185 and Louise J. Criscenti, Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, MS 0754, Albuquerque, NM 87185
Molecular Simulation of Water Adsorption in Silicalite: Effect of Silanol Groups and Different Cations
Ozgur Yazaydin and Robert W. Thompson, Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609
Concluding Remarks

Separations Division