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Adsorption and inhibition mechanisms of chitosan derivatives on carbon steel surface: a combined DFT and MD study

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Density functional theory (DFT) was employed in conjunction with molecular dynamics (MD) simulation to investigate the adsorption and inhibition mechanisms of two chitosan derivatives (i.e., vanillin-chitosan and 3NiSA-chitosan) on carbon steel (Fe) surface. Quantum chemical descriptors and MD simulation parameters were calculated and discussed. Our study shows that 3NiSA-chitosan has higher adsorption efficiency on carbon steel surface than vanillin-chitosan. Next, MD simulation was adopted again to evaluate the inhibition performance of 3NiSA-chitosan at multiple inhibitor concentrations. The adsorption configuration and inhibition performance were studied. The inhibitor molecules can form different adsorption configurations on Fe surface by physical and chemical adsorption: near-flat, partial chemisorption, and physisorption. Concentration plays a key role in the formation of adsorption film. Further analyses demonstrated that the inhibition mechanism can be explained to a certain extent by the following two parameters: change in solvent concentration near Fe surface, and diffusion property of the constrained water molecules in the inhibitor film.

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The authors acknowledge the Supercomputing Center of Dalian University of Technology for providing computing resources.

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This study was financially supported by Qingdao people’s Livelihood Science and Technology Project (Grant No. 19–6-1–93-nsh), and a postgraduate innovation program of Qingdao Agricultural University (Grant No. QNYCX21022, QNYCX22050).

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  2. Faculty of Infrastructure Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, 116024, Liaoning, Dalian, People’s Republic of China

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Meng, D., Fan, Q., Meng, X. et al. Adsorption and inhibition mechanisms of chitosan derivatives on carbon steel surface: a combined DFT and MD study. J Nanopart Res 24, 198 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-022-05581-6

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