Effects of solvation shells and cluster size on the reaction of aluminum clusters with water

Reaction of aluminum clusters, Aln (n = 16, 17 and 18), with liquid water is investigated using quantum molecular dynamics simulations, which show rapid production of hydrogen molecules assisted by proton transfer along a chain of hydrogen bonds (H-bonds) between water molecules, i.e. Grotthuss mech...

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Main Authors: Weiwei Mou, Satoshi Ohmura, Anne Hemeryck, Fuyuki Shimojo, Rajiv K. Kalia, Aiichiro Nakano, Priya Vashishta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2011-12-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3664751