Biochemistry & Pharmacology: Open Access
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ISSN: 2167-0501
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ISSN: 2167-0501
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Gholizadeh Atani Kazem
University of Mazandaran, Iran
Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Biochem Pharmacol (Los Angel)
In this study, we applied classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to understand the structure, dynamics and transport properties of the room-temperature 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium family with tris(perfluoroalkyl)trifluorophosphate ionic liquids, abbreviated as [Cnmim][eFAP]. Calculated densities of ionic liquids agree well with experimental data. Local structures were characterized by studying the centerof- mass (COM) and partial site-site RDFs, combined distribution functions (CDFs) and dihedral angles distribution of n-alkyl side chains in the imidazolium cations. The hydrogen bonding between Fluor atoms of anions and hydrogen atoms of imidazolium ring of cations were studied by contour maps of CDFs. Also, dynamical properties of these ILs such as mean-square displacement (MSDs) for center-of-mass of ions, ionic diffusion coefficients and the cationic transference numbers are calculated by simulation in the NVT ensemble. Results show that the length of alkyl-side chain of cation is the major factor to affect these properties. Importance of Research: Calculated densities of ionic liquids agree well with experimental data. Calculated densities of four [Cnmim][eFAP] ionic liquids by isotherm – isobar (NPT) ensemble simulations at 298.15 K and 1 atm Radial Distribution Function (RDF) depicts the averaged local structure around a point or atom of interest where it characterizes the local microstructure of a liquid. We calculated the RDFs in this simualtion to better understand of hydrogen bonding in these ILs. Partial site-site RDFs between HR-F, HR-F2C and HR-F3C atoms were calculated and shown in Figure 1. It is evident that the F atoms are well organized around HR atoms, however F2C and F3C show smaller and broad peaks at larger distances. This observation can be explained in terms of the more negative charge of F atoms and also the steric hindrance around F2C and F3C atoms. The hydrogen bonding in different H atoms connected to the imidazolium ring was confirmed by many studies both theoretically and experimentally.
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Gholizadeh Atani Kazem have graduated with Ph.D. degree from university of Mazandaran and currently teach the chemistry in Tehran’ high schools and institutes. I already have professional and academic experience in the molecular dynamics simulation field of bulk and confined ionic liquids and their gas uptake. I worked on the structural and dynamic properties of mentioned systems. I have sufficient proficiency in many general and professional simulation software’s such as LAMMPS, DL_POLY and GAUSSIAN as well as different software and program to analyse the simulation results such as origin. Areas of expertise include MD simulation of bulk ILs, confined ILs in different nanotubes, gas uptake by bulk and confined ILs, Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulations and quantum simulation by GAUSSIAN. In the MSc. and Ph.D. courses, with cooperation of our team and my professors, I have published 2 articles in the peer-reviewed journals and at present, we are ready to prepare the new article about the structural and dynamic properties of confined ILs. Also, I have a most motivation and interesting to study the mentioned systems, drug-polymer interaction and various models by quantum simulations.