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Molinero Research Group


We investigate the interplay between microscopic structure, dynamics and phase transformations in materials using computer simulations and theory

water and solutions • ices • clathrates • crystallization • biological ice nucleation • amorphous ices • shear-driven transformations • silica • synthesis of zeolites and porous crystals • mesophases • fuel cell membranes • ion and water transport • water uptake • electrochemically generated nanobubbles • electrocatalysis • coarse-grained models • molecular dynamics • monte carlo • kinetic monte carlo

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Point of Contact
Valeria Molinero
Distinguished Professor
Jack and Peg Simons Endowed Chair of Theoretical Chemistry
valeria.molinero@utah.edu

Recent Publications


 

Medium Density Amorphous Unveils Shear-Rate as a New Dimension in Water’s Phase Diagram
Medium Density Amorphous Unveils Shear-Rate as a New Dimension in Water’s Phase Diagram

I. de Almeida Ribeiro, D. Dhabal, R. Kumar, S. Banik, S. Sankaranarayanan, and V. Molinero

PNAS (2024)
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Interzeolite Transformation Through Cross-Nucleation: A Molecular Mechanisms for Seed-Assisted Synthesis
Interzeolite Transformation Through Cross-Nucleation: A Molecular Mechanisms for Seed-Assisted Synthesis

C. Chu-Jon, A. A. Bertolazzo, S. Banik, J. D. Rimer, S.K.R.S. Sankaranarayanan, and V. Molinero

JACS (2024)
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Hierarchical Assembly and Environmental Enhancement of Bacterial Ice Nucleators
Hierarchical Assembly and Environmental Enhancement of Bacterial Ice Nucleators

G. Renzer, I. de Almeida Ribeiro, H.-B. Guo, J. Fröhlich-Nowoisky, R. Berry, M. Bonn, V. Molinero, and K. Meister

PNAS (2024)
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The Smallest Electrochemical Bubbles
The Smallest Electrochemical Bubbles

E. D. Gadea*, Y. Perez Sirkin, V. Molinero*, D. A. Scherlis

PNAS (2024)
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The Molinero research group gratefully acknowledges its current and past sponsors