M. M. Piñeiro

Non-monotonic confinement effects on methane hydrate nucleation in silica slit pores

Methane hydrate nucleation in silica slit pores of 1-5 nm width is investigated by molecular dynamics simulations at temperatures between 250 and 295 K. Three-dimensional radial distribution functions reveal progressive suppression of hydrate-like structural order with decreasing pore width, with nucleation inhibited...