We report here an experimental-computational study of hydrated TiO2 anatase nanoparticles interacting with glycine, where we obtain quantitative agreement of the measured adsorption free energies. Ab initio simulations are performed within the tight binding and density functional theory in combination with enhanced free-energy sampling techniques, which exploit the thermodynamic integration of the unbiased mean forces collected on-the-fly along the molecular dynamics trajectories. The experiments adopt a new and efficient setup for electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements based on portable screen-printed gold electrodes, which allows fast and in situ signal assessment. The measured adsorption free energy is −30 kJ/mol (both from experiment and calculation), with preferential interaction of the charged NH3+ group which strongly adsorbs on the TiO2 bridging oxygens. This highlights the importance of the terminal amino groups in the adsorption mechanism of amino acids on hydrated metal oxides. The excellent agreement between computation and experiment for this amino acid opens the doors to the exploration of the interaction free energies for other moderately complex bionano systems.
Agosta, L., Fiore, L., Colozza, N., Pérez-Ropero, G., Lyubartsev, A., Arduini, F., et al. (2024). Adsorption of Glycine on TiO2 in Water from On-the-fly Free-Energy Calculations and In Situ Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy. LANGMUIR, 40(23), 12009-12016 [10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c00604].
Adsorption of Glycine on TiO2 in Water from On-the-fly Free-Energy Calculations and In Situ Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
Fiore, Luca
;Colozza, Noemi;Arduini, Fabiana;
2024-06-11
Abstract
We report here an experimental-computational study of hydrated TiO2 anatase nanoparticles interacting with glycine, where we obtain quantitative agreement of the measured adsorption free energies. Ab initio simulations are performed within the tight binding and density functional theory in combination with enhanced free-energy sampling techniques, which exploit the thermodynamic integration of the unbiased mean forces collected on-the-fly along the molecular dynamics trajectories. The experiments adopt a new and efficient setup for electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements based on portable screen-printed gold electrodes, which allows fast and in situ signal assessment. The measured adsorption free energy is −30 kJ/mol (both from experiment and calculation), with preferential interaction of the charged NH3+ group which strongly adsorbs on the TiO2 bridging oxygens. This highlights the importance of the terminal amino groups in the adsorption mechanism of amino acids on hydrated metal oxides. The excellent agreement between computation and experiment for this amino acid opens the doors to the exploration of the interaction free energies for other moderately complex bionano systems.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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