Cluster (or island) statistics and topological statistical mechanics based properties were employed in the analyses of hydrogen bond (H-bond) networks of t-butanol, n-butanol and ammonia aqueous solutions. These networks were generated from equilibrated Monte Carlo simulations at mixture compositions covering the entire range of miscibility and a fine grid of points around the topological transitions. We found that these H-bond networks changed from a percolation regime in water rich mixtures to a non-percolating behavior at non-aqueous component rich compositions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStatistical mechanics based topological analysis and island (or cluster) statistics were used to study the hydrogen bond (H-bond) networks in the water-methanol mixtures with the following methanol mole fractions (x(m)): 0.00, 0.10, 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMetropolis Monte Carlo simulations of hydrogen-bonded liquids (water and methanol) were performed with the well tested effective pair potentials TIP5P and OPLS. The Coulomb contribution for the interaction potential was damped by a factor η varied from 1 to 0.49 for water and 1 to 0.
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