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De Gruyter, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials, 7-8(234), p. 451-460, 2018

DOI: 10.1515/zkri-2018-2132

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Computational screening of structure directing agents for the synthesis of zeolites. A simplified model

Journal article published in 2018 by María Gálvez-Llompart, Angel Cantín ORCID, Fernando Rey, German Sastre
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Abstract

Abstract Zeolite micropores become more energetically stable by the occlusion of organic structure directing agents (templates). This energetic stabilisation, if approximated by van der Waals zeo-template interactions, can be calculated in a fast way by using modern computing techniques incorporating big data handling algorithms for massive screening. A software suite is presented which calculates an arbitrarily large 2-D matrix (template×zeolite) giving the zeo-template van der Waals interaction energy corresponding to the minimum energy conformation assuming one template molecule in a pure silica zeolite unit cell. With the goal of simplicity, the software only needs two coordinate input files of template and zeolite unit cell. Though a number of approximations have been considered, the software allows to compare, for a given template, which competing zeolite phases may become more stabilised. Applied to zeolite hypothetical databases, it may be of help to suggest templates for their synthesis.