Department of Physical Chemistry
Computer Simulation Group
GROUP MEMBERS
- Prof. Elena N. Brodskaya (Leading Researcher)
- Dr. Alexander A. Vanin (Associate Professor)
- Dr. Igor Yu. Gotlib (Associate Professor)
- Ilia V. Kopanichuk (Assistant Lecturer)
- Dr. Vladimir V. Sizov (Associate Professor)
- Dr. Anastasiya A. Sizova (Assistant Lecturer)
RESEARCH
- computational studies of adsorption and diffusion in porous systems using Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations
- molecular simulation of micellar systems and surfactant solutions
- structure and stability of gas hydrates
- simulation of ionic diffusion in solid ionic conductors
- quantum chemical calculations for complexes of d- and f-elements
CURRENT PROJECTS
- Separation of gas mixtures by membranes based on carbonaceous mesoporous materials (supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, grant no. 19-03-01051-a)
- Molecular simulation of multi-component gas hydrates (supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, grant no. 18-03-00654-a)
- Simulation of molecular mobility of petroleum-like systems in porous media in the presence of water and surfactants (supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, grant no. 18-03-01238-a)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- I.V.Kopanichuk, E.A.Vedenchuk, A.S.Koneva, A.A.Vanin. Structural properties of Span 80/Tween 80 reverse micelles by molecular dynamics simulations. J.Phys.Chem.B, 2018, Vol. 122(33), 8047-8055.
- I.V.Kopanichuk, A.A.Vanin, E.N.Brodskaya. Disjoining pressure and structure of a fluid confined between nanoscale surfaces. Colloids & Surfaces A, 2017, Vol. 527, 42-48.
- A.A.Sizova, V.V.Sizov, E.N.Brodskaya. Diffusion of CO2/CH4 mixture in wet SBA-15 and CMK-5. Colloids & Surfaces A, 2017, Vol. 524, 87-95.
- A.A.Vanin, E.N.Brodskaya. Simulation study of influence of component polarizability on the properties of the electric double layer of an ionic micelle. Colloids & Surfaces A, 2017, Vol. 522, 58-65.
- I.Yu.Gotlib, I.K.Malov, A.I.Victorov, M.A.Voznesenskiy. "Association equilibrium for cross-associating chains in a good solvent: crowding and other nonideality effects". J.Phys.Chem.B, 2016, Vol. 120(29), 7234-7243.
- E.N.Brodskaya, A.A.Vanin. Effect of water on the local electric potential of simulated ionic micelles. J.Chem.Phys., 2015, Vol. 143, 044707.
- A.A.Sizova, V.V.Sizov, E.N.Brodskaya. Adsorption of CO2/CH4 and CO2/N2 mixtures in SBA-15 and CMK-5 in the presence of water: A computer simulation study. Colloids & Surfaces A, 2015, Vol. 474, 76-84.