Physical Adsorption of noble gases on a monolayer graphene sheet using Grand Canonical Monte Carlo Simulation
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Abstract
Adsorption is defined as the attachment of atoms, or molecules of a gas, liquid or dissolved solid onto a surface, creating a film or monolayer of material onto the adsorbing surface. Using the Method of Grand Canonical Monte Carlo we computed the adsorption of Ar, Kr, and Xe on a monolayer graphene sheet, at various temperatures for each gas. For each temperature, we compute the adsorption isotherm, Energy gas-surface and Energy gas-gas, radial distribution function and structure function. We constructed the phase diagrams for 2D Ar and Kr on graphene.
*Partial funding for this research was provided by the Partnership for Reduced Dimensional Materials (PRDM), an NSF Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) (Award Number DMR-1205608) and by the CIQM, NSF Grant No. DMR-1231319