Modeling Diffusion of Linear Hydrocarbons in Silica Zeolite LTA Using Transition Path Sampling

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 27, 2015, Pages 15643-15653

  Boulfelfel, Salah Eddine ^a   Ravikovitch, Peter I ^b   Sholl, David S ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRSHIPS; HYDROCARBONS; METHANE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SILICA;

DIFFUSION PROCESS; FRAMEWORK FLEXIBILITY; INFINITE DILUTION; PURE SILICA ZEOLITES; REACTIVE TRAJECTORIES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION PATH SAMPLING; TRANSITION STATE;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 84936855180     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b01633     Document Type: Article

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