Thermal behavior of kaolinite-urea intercalation complex and molecular dynamics simulation for urea molecule orientation

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 189-196

  Liu, Qinfu ^a   Zhang, Shuai ^a   Cheng, Hongfei ^a   Wang, Ding ^a   Li, Xiaoguang ^a   Hou, Xinjuan ^b   Frost, Ray L ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intercalation; Kaolinite; Molecular dynamics simulation; Thermal behavior; Urea

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIPOLE MOMENT; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERCALATION; KAOLINITE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; UREA; VECTORS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS; ENDOTHERMIC PEAKS; INTERCALATION COMPLEXES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULE ORIENTATION; SCANNING CALORIMETRY; SILICA TETRAHEDRA; THERMAL BEHAVIORS;

METABOLISM;

EID: 84904459389     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-014-3646-1     Document Type: Article

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