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1、Eur.Phys.J.SpecialTopics177,59–81(2009)THEEUROPEANcEDPSciences,Springer-Verlag2009DOI:10.1140/epjst/e2009-01168-5PHYSICALJOURNALSPECIALTOPICSRegularArticleQuantummechanicalandmolecularmechanicalsimulationapproachesbridginglengthandtimescalesforsimulationofinterfacereactionsinrealisticenviro
2、nmentsJ.M.Knaupa,b,P.T¨olle,Ch.K¨ohler,andTh.FrauenheimBremenCenterforCompuationalMaterialsScience–BCCMS,Universit¨atBremen,AmFallturm1,28359Bremen,GermanyAbstract.Computer-assisteddesignoffunctionalmaterialsrequiresmethodsthatareabletosimultaneouslydescribethesewiththenecessaryaccuracyatthe
3、rel-evanttimeandlengthscales.Onesuchpossibilityisthecombinationofclassicalinteratomicforcefieldswithdensity-functionalbasedtight-binding(DFTB),anefficientandaccuratequantummethod.Weemploythiscombinationtostudyporoussilicondioxidefunctionalizedwithimidazole,whichisusedasanadditivetopolymerelectr
4、olytemembranes(PEM)forfuelcellsapplications.Weanalyzethewaterdensityandthedynamicsofthefunctionalgroupsatdifferenttem-peraturesbymoleculardynamicssimulation,whereaswecalculateDFTBfreeenergybarriersforprotontransportreactionswithinthefunctionalizedsurfaceatdifferentwatercontents.Combiningbothre
5、sults,amacroscopicpictureoftheprotondiffusionisdrawn.Furthermore,wesimulatetheadsorptionreactionsofdifferentcomponentsofanepoxideadhesivesystemongammaalumina,usingadirectcouplingofDFTBandclassicalmodeling.Thisyieldsdirectchemicalin-sight,howwaterandexcessprotonsattheinterfaceweakentheadhesionb
6、etweenepoxypolymersandnativelyoxidizedaluminium.1IntroductionInmanyfields,chemicalprocessesatcondensedmatterinterfacesareofgreattechnologicalinterest.Twoexamplesofsuchprocessesareprotontransportinfuelcellsandtheformationofadhesive-substrateinterfaces.Inbothcases,thechemistryinvolvesthebreakin
7、gandformationofcovalentbonds.Therefore,simulationoftheseprocessesmusttaketheelectronicstructureofthereactantsintoaccount.Thisrequiresverycomputationallyinvolvedquantummechani-calmethods.Atthesametime,thesurroundingsofthereactionsitesinfluencetheindi