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Masella M, Léonforté F. The multi-scale polarizable pseudo-particle solvent coarse-grained approach: From NaCl salt solutions to polyelectrolyte hydration. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:204902. [PMID: 38780384 DOI: 10.1063/5.0194968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024] Open
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We discuss key parameters that affect the reliability of hybrid simulations in the aqueous phase based on an efficient multi-scale coarse-grained polarizable pseudo-particle approach, denoted as pppl, to model the solvent water, whereas solutes are modeled using an all atom polarizable force field. Among those parameters, the extension of the solvent domain (SD) at the solute vicinity (domain in which each solvent particle corresponds to a single water molecule) and the magnitude of solute/solvent short range polarization damping effects are shown to be pivotal to model NaCl salty aqueous solutions and the hydration of charged systems, such as the hydrophobic polyelectrolyte polymer that we have recently investigated [Masella et al., J. Chem. Phys. 155, 114903 (2021)]. Strong short range damping is pivotal to simulate aqueous salt NaCl solutions at moderate concentration (up to 1.0M). The SD extension (as well as short range damping) has a weak effect on the polymer conformation; however, it plays a pivotal role in computing accurate polymer/solvent interaction energies. As the pppl approach is up to two orders of magnitude computationally more efficient than all atom polarizable force field methods, our results show it to be an efficient alternative route to investigate the equilibrium properties of complex charged molecular systems in extended chemical environments.
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Affiliation(s)
- Michel Masella
- Laboratoire de Biologie Structurale et Radiobiologie, Service de Bioénergétique, Biologie Structurale et Mécanismes, Institut de Biologie et de Technologies de Saclay, CEA Saclay, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
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- L'Oréal Group, Research and Innovation, Aulnay-Sous-Bois, France
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Masella M, Léonforté F. Chitosan Polysaccharides from a Polarizable Multiscale Approach. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:35592-35607. [PMID: 37810703 PMCID: PMC10551911 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c01584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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We report simulations of chitosan polysaccharides in the aqueous phase, at infinite dilute conditions and zero ionic strength. Those simulations are performed by means of a polarizable multiscale modeling scheme that relies on a polarizable all atom force field to model solutes and on a polarizable solvent coarse grained approach. Force field parameters are assigned only from quantum chemistry ab initio data. We simulate chitosan monomer units, dimers and 50-long chains. Regarding the 50-long chains we simulate three sets of ten randomly built chain replica at three different pH conditions (corresponding to different chain protonation states, the chain degree of deacetylation is 85%). Our simulations show the persistence length of 50-long chitosan chains at strong acidic conditions (pH <5) to be 24 ± 2 nm (at weak/negligible ionic strength conditions), and to be 1 order of magnitude shorter at usual pH conditions. Our simulation data support the most recent simulation and experimental studies devoted to chitosan polysaccharides in the aqueous phase.
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Affiliation(s)
- Michel Masella
- Laboratoire
de Biologie Bioénergétique, Métalloprotéines et Stress, Service de Bioénergétique,
Biologie Structurale et Mécanismes, Institut Joliot, CEA Saclay, Gif sur Yvette Cedex F-91191, France
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- L’Oréal
Group, Research & Innovation, Aulnay-Sous-Bois 93600, France
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Masella M, Crudu A, Léonforté F. Hybrid polarizable simulations of a conventional hydrophobic polyelectrolyte. Toward a theoretical tool for green science innovation. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:114903. [PMID: 34551548 DOI: 10.1063/5.0056508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Hybrid modeling approaches based on all-atom force fields to handle a solute and coarse-grained models to account for the solvent are promising numerical tools that can be used to understand the properties of large and multi-components solutions and thus to speed up the development of new industrial products that obey the standard of green and sustainable chemistry. Here, we discuss the ability of a full polarizable hybrid approach coupled to a standard molecular dynamics scheme to model the behavior in the aqueous phase and at infinite dilution conditions of a standard hydrophobic polyelectrolyte polymer whose charge is neutralized by explicit counterions. Beyond the standard picture of a polyelectrolyte behavior governed by an interplay between opposite intra-polyelectrolyte and inter-polyelectrolyte/counterion Coulombic effects, our simulations show the key role played by both intra-solute polarization effects and long range solute/solvent electrostatics to stabilize compact globular conformations of that polyelectrolyte. Our full polarizable hybrid modeling approach is thus a new theoretical tool well suited to be used in digital strategies for accelerating innovation for green science, for instance.
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Affiliation(s)
- Michel Masella
- Laboratoire de Biologie Structurale et Radiobiologie, Service de Bioénergétique, Biologie Structurale et Mécanismes, Institut Joliot, CEA Saclay, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
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- L'Oréal Research and Innovation, Aulnay-Sous-Bois, France
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Lopez CG, Linders J, Mayer C, Richtering W. Diffusion and Viscosity of Unentangled Polyelectrolytes. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Carlos G. Lopez
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 2, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Physical Chemistry and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CeNIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, 45117 Essen, Germany
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- Physical Chemistry and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CeNIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen, 45117 Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 2, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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Wu C, Li K, Ning X, Zhang L. An Enhanced Scheme for Multiscale Modeling of Thermomechanical Properties of Polymer Bulks. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:8612-8626. [PMID: 34291641 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c02663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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While multiscale modeling significantly enhances the capability of molecular simulations of polymer systems, it is well realized that the systematically derived coarse-grained (CG) models generally underestimate the thermomechanical properties. In this work, a charge-based mapping scheme has been adopted to include explicit electrostatic interactions and benchmarked against two typical polymers, atactic poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and polystyrene (PS). The CG potentials are parameterized against the oligomer bulks of nine monomers per chain to match the essential structural features and the two basic pressure-volume-temperature (PVT) properties, which are obtained from the all-atomistic (AA) molecular dynamics (MD) simulations at a single elevated temperature. The so-parameterized CG potentials are extended with the MD method to simulate the two polymer bulks of one hundred monomers per chain over a wide temperature range. Without any scaling, all the simulated results, including mass densities and bulk moduli at room temperature, thermal expansion coefficients at rubbery and glassy states, and glass transition temperatures (Tg), compare well with the corresponding experimental data. The proposed scheme not only contributes to realistically simulating various thermomechanical properties of both apolar and polar polymers but also allows for directly simulating their electrical properties.
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- Chaofu Wu
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Fine Ceramics and Powder Materials, School of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology, Loudi, Hunan 417000, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Fine Ceramics and Powder Materials, School of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology, Loudi, Hunan 417000, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Fine Ceramics and Powder Materials, School of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology, Loudi, Hunan 417000, P. R. China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Fine Ceramics and Powder Materials, School of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology, Loudi, Hunan 417000, P. R. China
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Kunche L, Natarajan U. Structure and dynamics of an aqueous solution containing poly-(acrylic acid) and non-ionic surfactant octaethylene glycol n-decyl ether (C 10E 8) aggregates and their complexes investigated by molecular dynamics simulations. SOFT MATTER 2021; 17:670-687. [PMID: 33215624 DOI: 10.1039/d0sm01322f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A detailed molecular dynamics simulation study of the self-assembly, intermolecular structure and thermodynamic behavior of an aqueous solution of non-ionic surfactant octa ethylene glycol n-decyl ether (C10E8) in the presence of a non-ionic polar polymer poly(acrylic acid) PAA is presented. The aggregation number Nagg and concentration of surfactant Cs in the simulation systems were varied in the range 0.01-0.32 M and 5 < Nagg < 101 (dilute to concentrated) with a dilute polymer concentration (Cp = 0.01 M). Lamellar aggregates of non-ionic surfactant in bulk aqueous solution are shown by molecular level computations for the first time. Spherical micellar aggregates and lamellar aggregates are formed at low and high Nagg, respectively. The transition from the spherical micelle phase to the lamellar phase in a binary solution is captured for the first time. A conformational transition from coiled to extended PAA chains adsorbed on the surfactant aggregate occurs at a particular value of Nagg, commensurate with the transition from spherical micelle aggregates to anisotropic lamellar aggregates. Formation of the surfactant aggregate in binary and ternary solutions and the polymer-surfactant complex in a ternary solution is enthalpically favored. Adsorption of PAA on the surfactant aggregate surface is driven by hydrogen bonds (HBs) between carboxylic acid groups of PAA and ethylene oxide groups of C10E8. A significant number of HBs occur between polar oxygens of C10E8 and hydroxyl oxygens of PAA. The results are in agreement with the limited available experimental data on this system.
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- Lakshmikumar Kunche
- Macromolecular Modeling and Simulation Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai 600036, India.
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- Macromolecular Modeling and Simulation Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai 600036, India.
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Kumar Y, Gupta AK, Natarajan U. Conformational and intermolecular structure of stereoregular isomers of poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) and Na+-poly(acrylate) polyelectrolyte (Na+-PAA) in dilute aqueous solution: a molecular dynamics simulation study. MOLECULAR SIMULATION 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2020.1846036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Yogendra Kumar
- Macromolecular Modeling and Simulation Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai, India
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- Macromolecular Modeling and Simulation Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai, India
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- Macromolecular Modeling and Simulation Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai, India
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