Abstract:We perform isothermal-isobaric molecular dynamics simulations of aqueous solutions of potassium and chloride ions with varying tube diameter. An equilibrium state is attained within 1 ns, but the relaxation time to equilibrium is dependent on the initial arrangement of ions. When the tube diameter is larger than 1 nm, ions exchange their axial positions in few tens of picosecond to be the most stable configuration in which counterions are lined up alternately. However, ions in a tube narrower than 1 nm cannot … Show more
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