Field-Induced Transport in Sulfonated Poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) Membranes
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Data publicació2010-12-06
EditorAmerican Chemical Society (ACS)
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Abstract
Atomistic simulations have been carried to investigate electric field induced transport of hydronium ions in a sulfonated poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) membrane. In order to provide a good description of this cross-linked material, a methodology has been explicitly designed to construct a reliable model of the hydrated membrane. This model has been used to carry out molecular dynamics simulations in
presence of electric fields, which varied from 0.001 to 3.0 V3 nm-1. Results show that the electric field affects
the structure of the membrane producing both a redistribution of the unoccupied volume, which modifies the heterogeneity of the resin, and a rearrangement of the negatively charged sulfonate groups, which undergo a
systematic alignment along the electric field direction. As was expected, the mobility of hydronium ions is
enhanced with the strength of the electric field. Moreover, the electric field induces a significant rearrangement
of the sulfonate groups, which is evidenced by the alignment of theC-S bonds along the direction of the field. The membrane has been found to behave as a spring, in which the force exerted by the electric field acts
in opposite sense to the force exerted by the internal structure of the cross-linked material.
CitacióBertran, O. [et al.]. Field-Induced Transport in Sulfonated Poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) Membranes. "Macromolecules", 06 Desembre 2010, vol. 43, núm. 24, p. 10521-10527.
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Versió de l'editorhttp://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ma102500w
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