## Monday, May 18, 2015

### Molecular Dynamic simulation of heating of gold nanorod in water (nature 2015)

Molecular Dynamic simulation of heating of gold nanorod in water

Potential Model for Gold

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of the gold nano rods in presence of water were
performed using embedded atom method (EAM)
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For the EAM, the total energy (Etot) for a system of N atoms can be written as equa S14.

To model the interactions of water molecules, we have employed flexible SPC/Fw water
model to conduct simulations at various temperatures9
. The potential interaction in the flexible
SPC/Fw, as shown in equation (S15), is a sum of pair-wise interactions for bonded and nonbonded
terms.

Potential model and parameters for gold-water interaction
We used the Lorentz-Berthelot rule to estimate the interaction between water and gold
that is modeled using standard 6-12 potential.

Melting temperatures as a function of nanorod aspect ratios:
We have further calculated the bulk melting point as well as the melting of nanorods with
different aspect ratios. The melting point of bulk gold predicted by the EAM potential used in this work is 1281 K. The experimental value is 1337 K and thus the prediction of our potential model is very good.
The melting points for nanorods with different aspect ratios (AR) are summarized below. It can be seen that nanorods with higher aspect ratios have lower melting points compared to bulk. This is not surprising since the surface area (Table S3) increases with increasing AR.

Ref: http://www.nature.com/srep/2015/150130/srep08146/extref/srep08146-s1.pdf

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