Evidence in support of levitation effect as the reason for size dependence of ionic conductivity in water: A molecular dynamics simulation

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Ghorai, Pradip Kr.
Yashonath, S. [1 ]
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[1] Indian Inst Sci, Solid State & Struct Chem Unit, Bangalore 560012, Karnataka, India
[2] Indian Inst Sci, Ctr Condensed Matter Theory, Bangalore 560012, Karnataka, India
[3] Indian Inst Sci, Jawaharlal Nehru Ctr Adv Sci Res, Bangalore 560012, Karnataka, India
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10.1021/jp061511w
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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We report extensive molecular dynamics simulations of (i) model ions in water at high concentrations as a function of the size and charge of the ion as well as (ii) realistic simulation of Cl- and Br- ions at low concentrations in water at room temperature. We also analyze existing experimental data in light of the results obtained here. The halide ion simulations have been carried out using the interaction potentials of Koneshan et al. (J. Phys. Chem. B 1998, 102, 4193). We compute structural and dynamical properties of ions in water and explore their variation with size and charge of the ion. We find that ions of certain intermediate sizes exhibit a maximum in self-diffusivity in agreement with previous experimental measurements and computer simulations. We analyze molecular dynamics trajectories in light of the previous understanding of the levitation effect (LE) and the recent suggestion that ionic conductivity has its origin in LE (J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 8120). We report the distribution of void and neck radii that exist amidst water. Our analysis suggests that the ion with maximum self-diffusivity is characterized by a lower activation energy and a single-exponential decay of F-s(k,t). The behavior of these and other related quantities of the ion with maximum self-diffusivity are characteristic of the anomalous regime of the LE. The simulation results of Br- and Cl- ions in water also yield results in agreement with the predictions of LE. A plot of experimental conductivity data in the literature for alkali ions in water by Kay and Evans (J. Phys. Chem. 1966, 70, 2325) also yields a lower activation energy for the ion with maximum conductivity in excellent agreement with the LE. To the best of our knowledge, none of the existing theories predict a lower activation energy for the ion with maximum conductivity.
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