{"id":1048,"date":"2016-06-20T13:25:22","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T13:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/from-snot-to-tissue-org.gerdschroeder-turk.org\/?p=1048"},"modified":"2016-06-20T13:31:18","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T13:31:18","slug":"2-sept-2016-david-henry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/from-snot-to-tissue-org.gerdschroeder-turk.org\/?p=1048","title":{"rendered":"2 Sept 2016 : David Henry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Soil Water Repellence: A Molecular Dynamics Study of Amphiphilic Compounds on Mineral Surfaces<\/b><\/h2>\n

Speaker : Dr David Henry<\/a> – Murdoch University
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Venue \u00a0\u00a0 : Fri 2 Sept 2016 @ 3pm (Murdoch University, Senate Room)<\/strong><\/p>\n

This talk describes joint work with Nicholas Daniel,<\/i><\/span> S. M. Mijan Uddin,<\/i><\/span> Richard. J. Harper from the\u00a0<\/i><\/span>School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch WA. 6150 Australia.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Hydrophobic soils have been observed around the world, under different climates and land uses<\/span>1<\/span><\/sup>. It is estimated that southern Australia alone has between two and five million hectares affected by hydrophobic soils<\/span>2<\/span><\/sup>. Non-wettable soils cause both environmental and economic problems including increased surface runoff, enhanced erosion rates and chemical leaching, decreased nutrient storage and plant-available water and reduced crop yields.<\/span>3<\/span><\/sup> This hydrophobicity is caused by amphiphilic organic compounds deposited in the soil that originate from plant materials.<\/span>4<\/span><\/sup> Our experimental investigation of this phenomenon is complemented by computer modelling of the structuring and interaction of organic species, on different soil types, to identify key driving forces. <\/span><\/span><\/span>This study examines intermolecular interactions of monolayers of hexadecanol (CH<\/span>3<\/span><\/sub>(CH<\/span>2<\/span><\/sub>)<\/span>15<\/span><\/sub>OH) and hexadecanoic acid (CH<\/span>3<\/span><\/sub>(CH<\/span>2<\/span><\/sub>)<\/span>14<\/span><\/sub>COOH) on quartz, silica and kaolinite as a function of surface density, using classical molecular dynamics simulations. The computer simulations clearly indicate quite different packing and interfacial interactions between wax molecules on sand\/quartz (<\/span>Fig. 1a<\/b><\/span>) and clay\/kaolinite surfaces (<\/span>Fig. 1b<\/b><\/span>), respectively.<\/span>5<\/span><\/sup> Consequently, higher levels of wax material are required to render clay particles hydrophobic compared with sand particles. <\/span><\/p>\n

Figure 1. Alignment of CH3(CH2)15OH on (a) Quartz and (b) Kaolinite<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Analysis of the trajectories also reveals that acid mobility is greatest on the quartz surface, and lowest on the silica surface. While the interactions between the surface and acid chains are of primary interest, the interactions between acid chains are also important in determining the structure of the layers formed. Hydrogen-bonding is dominant between the acidic hydrogen and carbonyl oxygen atoms of the neighbouring acid chains. The structuring of water around the functional groups of the surfaces and the waxes also provides insight into the susceptibility of different surfaces to develop water repellence.<\/span><\/p>\n

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1<\/span><\/sup> S. H. Doerr, C. J. Ritsema, L. W. Dekker, D. F. Scott, D. Cater, D. <\/span>Hydrological Procs. <\/i><\/span>2007, <\/b><\/span>21, <\/i><\/span>2223-2228.<\/span><\/p>\n

2<\/span><\/sup> R. J. Harper, I. McKissock, R. J. Gilkes, D. J. Carter, P. S. Blackwell, <\/span>J. Hydrology <\/i><\/span>2000, <\/b><\/span>231-232, <\/i><\/span>371-383.<\/span><\/p>\n

3<\/span><\/sup> S. H. Doerr, R. A. Shakesby, R. P. D. Walsh, <\/span>Earth-Sci. Revs. <\/i><\/span>2000, <\/b><\/span>51, <\/i><\/span>33-65.<\/span><\/p>\n

4<\/span><\/sup> F. A. Hansel, C. T. Aoki, C. M. B. F. Maia, A. Cunha Jr, R. A. Dedecek, R.A. <\/span>Geoderma<\/i><\/span> 2008<\/b><\/span>, <\/span>148<\/i><\/span>, 167-172.<\/span><\/p>\n

5<\/span><\/sup> L. Walden, R. Harper, D. Mendham, D. Henry, J. Fontaine, <\/span>Soil Res<\/i><\/span>. <\/span>2015<\/b><\/span>, <\/span>53<\/i><\/span>, 168-177.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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