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Software Tools for
Development of Sustainable
Solutions


George Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
Introduction


• What do we mean by ‘sustainable solutions?’
• In this presentation we will focus on:
   – Alternative energy
   – Catalysis
   – Identifying and reducing environmental toxins


• What tools will we use?
   – Molecular modeling like DFT & force fields
   – Data analysis like recursive partitioning and neural networks
   – Knowledge extraction tools – database searching and reporting


• These tools have also been used in research on
   – Carbon capture and sequestration
   – Replacement of chlorofluorocarbons
   – Improved crop production and protection
   – Hypoallergenic formulations
   – …
© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                2
Outline

• Overview of software methods
• Solutions for Alternative Energy
• Solutions for Catalysis
• Solutions for Toxicology
• Demos




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                3
Why Use Modeling?

                Select a                                                Test for          Screen for
                                   Synthesize          Analyze
              new candidate                                          Effectiveness         adverse




        Select a              Screen                                               Test for            Screen for
                                                Synthesize       Analyze
      new candidate           in silico                                         Effectiveness           adverse




                                Fast loop!

   • Typical workflows with and without modeling.
   • Modeling accelerates the discovery process by allowing you to test materials
     before going into the lab
      – Modeling faster than experiment
      – Though not 100% accurate, modeling can distinguish good leads from bad
      – Modeling lets you extract trends, understand what contributes to a “good” lead
   • Modeling allows you to focus your efforts on only the most promising leads,
     saving time and expense


© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                                               4
Virtual Screening
• Virtual screening is the cornerstone of in
  silico drug discovery
• Allows researchers to effectively screen
  drug design space to identify most
  promising structures
     – reduces the size of a chemical library to
       be screened experimentally: O(106) to
       O(10)                                        Quick & dirty
                                                    calculations
• Improves the likelihood of finding
  interesting structures
     – systematic screening
     – screen possible design space before
       synthesized                                  Sophisticated
                                                    calculations
• Saves time and money
     – computational evaluation is faster and
       much less expensive than experimental        Experiment
       testing

                        Now possible to apply techniques to materials science

© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                           5
Modeling & Simulation Overview


        • Quantum
              – Solution of the Schrödinger equation
              – Good results for structural, electronic, optical
                properties                                         HΨ = EΨ
              – Necessary for systems with bond-breaking,
                reactions and catalysis
              – Limited to <1000 atoms




          •      Molecular
                – Approximate atomic forces with ball-spring
                  model, charges, vdW forces
                – Good results for structures, interaction
                  energies, miscibility, solubility, adhesion
                – Diffusion, permeation, membrane transport
                – Useful up to around 10,000 atoms




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                        6
Modeling & Simulation Overview


        • Mesoscale
              – Groups of atoms represented by beads
              – Empirical forces between beads account for
                effects such as viscosity
              – Micelle or vesicle formation
              – Emulsions, kinetics and properties
              – Polymeric microspheres
              – Applicable to 100,000 atoms




          •      Bulk
                – Finite element models
                – Requires reliable parameters, built up from
                  more accurate methods or determined
                  empirically
                – Structural properties for bulk-scale systems
                – Elastic constants, thermal expansion, gas
                  permeability, crack propagation



© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                            7
Overview of Statistical Methods

• Goal: analyze the results of many calculations to
   – Extract trends
   – Gain understanding of which parameters are important to
     performance
• QSAR (Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship)
   – Assume a relationship exists between structure and function
   – Use things are easy to calculate to make predictions about things
     are hard
   – Ex, toxicology models
   – Can be quite quantitative when fit to large data set
• Data reduction
   – Simplify the way you look at many variables
   – Correlation matrix
   – Principle component analysis
• Cluster analysis
   – Define similarity based on some criteria
   – Nearest-neighbor analysis
   – Hierarchical clustering


© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                    8
Overview of Reporting

• Sometimes the best thing you can do is just look at your data
   – Do good results tend to one side or the other?
   – Can I spot an obvious minimum or maximum?
   – Does one result stand out?
• When you have lots & lots of data you can use interactive
  reports
   – One view gives high-level overview
   – Click on a point to zoom in and get detailed information
   – Create comparative reports of your selected results




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                             9
Alternative Energy Examples

• Fuel cells
   – Stability of polymer membranes
   – Hydrogen storage
   – Oxygen activation catalysts
• Biodiesel: fat to fuel
• Batteries: extending lifetime


• Other examples
   – Gas to liquid
   – Coal to liquid
   – Improved combustion




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Anatomy of a Fuel Cell

                        • Components we can model
                           – Hydrogen storage
                           – Hydrogen activation
                           – Proton exchange
                           – Oxygen activation


                        • Applications
                           – Power Stations
                           – Space Vehicles
                           – Home and Business Power Supply
                           – Transportation (buses, trucks, cars,
                             motorcycles…)
                           – Portable Applications
                              • Laptops, cell phones etc.
                              • Military




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                               11
Polymer Membranes

• Polymer membranes used in both hydrogen and direct methanol types of fuel cells –
  PEMFC, DMFC
• Proton conduction membranes usually consist of polymer with covalently-bound
  acidic groups such as SO3H or CO2H
• Traditionally based on Nafions (Dupont® perfluorosulfonate polymers)
• Some problems with Nafion include:
   – Poisoning of catalyst. Could be reduced by operating at higher temps (120-200°C)
   – Water must be present; Dehydration at higher temperatures (>~80°C) leads to loss of
     proton conductivity
   – Expensive
   – Diminished mechanical stability at higher temperatures
   – Undesirable permeability to methanol (DMFCs)
• Need new polymers to overcome limitations and create less expensive and more
  efficient cells capable of running at higher temperatures

                Acknowledgements
                    James Wescott (Accelrys)
                    Lalitha Subramanian (Accelrys)

© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                      12
Steps to Modeling PEFC

• Pick one problem at a time to start out
• Create appropriate model
• Decide on appropriate modeling methods
• Validate against known results before doing predictive modeling!
• Systematically change materials to optimize properties


• Ultimate goal: create a PEFC membrane that is more stable with
  respect to moisture
• Initial goal: predict structure as a function of water content
      – Experiment only probes surface structure, or has lead to ambiguous results
      – Need the structure in order do any other modeling
      – Maybe looking at the structure will give us ideas

• What model?
      – Amorphous Nafion, large periodic cell
      – Morphology of Nafion/water system has structures on the order of 10’s of nm
      – Requires 1000’s of atoms

• What tools?
      – Mesoscale model is needed because of the size




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                 13
Molecular Structure of Nafion®

        Non-polar                           Polar
                N                             P




             CF2 CF2    x
                            CF2 CF2
                                      y n


                               O CF2 CF           O CF2 CF2   SO3H
                                              z
                                        CF3




                        Atomistic model                       Parameterization   “Bead” model



© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                           14
Nafion Calculations

• Program: MS MesoDyn
      – Uses mean-field density functional theory
      – Coarse-grained method for the study of complex fluids, kinetics, and their
        equilibrium structures
• Considers interaction parameters between “beads”
• Parameters derived from force field calculations or obtained
  from literature
• Start from initial guess structure and allow to evolve until stable




                        Atomistic model   Parameterization      “Bead” model
© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                15
Mesocale Modeling Results

λ=2




λ=8

                        Mean squared difference of concentration
                        from average concentration, i.e., a measure
                        of phase separation.




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                 16
Mesoscale Modeling Results

• Phase separated micelles filled with water, surrounded by side chains containing
  sulfonic groups, and embedded in the fluorocarbon matrix starting around λ = 4
• General agreement with the experimental morphologies in terms of
   – Distribution and shape of water domains
   – Quantitative prediction of 2–5 nm cluster sizes


• Next steps
   – Study dynamic processes, e.g., hydrate – dehydrate
   – Model proton mobility
   – Change membrane components systematically and predict performance



• Acknowledgements
   – James Wescott (Accelrys)
   – Lalitha Subramanian (Accelrys)




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                17
Hydrogen Storage Challenges

• Seek a material that will allow on-board storage of
  Hydrogen (as H2, CH4, CH3OH, etc.)
• Engineering challenges
      – Target driving range of ≥ 300 mi
      – Must also meet cost, safety, etc. standards
• Materials Science Challenges
      –    High H2 storage capacity: 6 wt% by 2010; 9 wt% by 2015
      –    Low device weight
      –    Rapid discharge/recharge
      –    Durable for many discharge/recharge cycles




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                               18
Hydrogen Storage Materials


• Metal hydrides                                            • Chemical storage
     –    Alanates                                            – Sodium borate
     –    Destabilized binary hydride alloys                  – Liquid chemical hydride
     –    Lithium amides                                      – Magnesium hydride slurry
     –    Nanoscale lithium nitride materials
                                                            • New materials
• High surface area sorbents                                  –   Conducting polymers
     – Graphitic materials                                    –   Metal organic frameworks
     – Nanostructured carbon                                  –   Clathrates
                                                              –   Perhydrides




                           This list is not comprehensive


© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                        19
Steps in Modeling H2 Storage

• Focus on one problem
   – Type of material (e.g., metal clusters)
   – Form of hydrogen (e.g., H2)
   – Particular challenge (e.g., binding energy, loading capacity)
• Create appropriate model, .e.g.,
   – Generally, you will be working with a team that has already decided on a class of
     material
   – Periodic super-structure or cluster?
   – Make approximations in size?
      • Larger model → more accurate
      • Smaller model → faster calculations
• Select appropriate theoretical approach
   – Chemisorption needs QM-based method
   – Physisorption can use force fields
   – Time-evolution (diffusion) very expensive to do with anything but force fields




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                    20
Aluminum clusters for H2 Storage

• Magic cluster sizes, i.e. those with
  closed-shell electron numbers, are:
        N= 2, 8, 18, 20, 34, 40, 70, 112 …
     – Al13 cluster is only one electron short
       from ‘magic’
• Experimentally and theoretically both have
  been found to be especially stable


• Might these work for H2 storage?




                                                 …
    Acknowledgements
           Alexander Goldberg (Accelrys)
           Irene Yarovsky (RMIT)



© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                21
Goals of this work
   • Long term:
      – Develop a porous solid of Al nanostructures for use in H-storage
   • Short term:
      – Model stable geometries of atomic and molecular hydrogen adsorbed on Al clusters
      – Calculate adsorption capacity of Al clusters
      – Calculate adsorption-desorption barriers
      – Estimate mobility of H on the surface
      – Study the cluster size effects on H adsorption
   • Method
      – QM-based approach
      – Density Functional Theory (DFT)
      – Determination of energy minima
      – Determination of transition states and energy barriers
   • Model
      – Single nanoclusters of Al13

                                                                 Two isomers of (Al13H)2 from Alonso, et al.,
                                                                 Nanotechnology 13(2002) 253-257.




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                                    22
Al Cluster Calculations

• Density Functional Theory using MS DMol3
   – Fast implementation of DFT
   – Works for molecules and periodic solids
• DNP basis set – equivalent in size to Gaussian 6-31G**
• Exchange-correlation functional: BLYP
• TS search using LST/QST method of Halgren and Lipscomb: Chem. Phys. Lett. 49, 225
  (1977)
• Construct clusters starting from periodic Al metal models
• Approach validated by comparing to experimentally determined LUMO and IP of Al13-
  and Al13H




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                 23
Potential Energy Diagram


                        Potential                                           H-H bond breaking
                        Energy
                                                                            Al-H bond formation


                                                                               Distance

                                                       Physisorption well
                                        H          H


                                            Al13


                                        Chemisorption well
                              H     H


                                Al13

© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                             24
Potential Energy Diagram


                            Potential                                                   H-H bond breaking
                            Energy                            Al13+H2 energy
                                 5
                        Energy, kcal/mol                                                Al-H bond formation

                                            0
                                                 1.59                                      Distance
                                            -5                         Physisorption well
                                                                               Physisorption
                                                        H          H
                                           -10                                  3.6 kcal/mol

                                                            Al13
                                           -15
                                                                   Chemisorption
                                                                   14.24 kcal/mol
                                           -20          Chemisorption well
                                             H      H
                                                             separation distance, Å
                                                 Al13

© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                                         25
Hydrogen Storage Conclusions

• The reaction Al13 + H has no potential barrier
• The reaction Al13 + H2 has a small potential barrier
• Al13 is a potential storage medium!


• Future plans
       – Effect of element substitution
       – Crystals of clusters
       – Diffusion rates
       – Thermal stability




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                    26
Challenges in biodiesel fuel development


• Free fatty acid (FFA) content can result in soap formation and reduced yield of
  biodiesel (methyl ester) upon reaction with alkali catalysts.
• Soaps may allow emulsification that causes the separation of the glycerol and ester
  phases to be less sharp.
• When FFA levels are above 1%, it is possible to add extra alkali catalyst.
• For feedstock containing 5-30% FFAs, one needs to convert the FFA to biodiesel or
  the overall conversion will be low.




     Biodesiel Production Technology, J. Van Gerpen, B. Shanks, R. Pruszko, D. Clements, G. Knothe,
     NREL/SR-510-36244, July 2004.
© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                                 27
Options for High FFA

•      Enzymatics methods: Expensive and not used commercially
•      Glycerolysis: Requires high temperature and is slow.
•      Acid catalysis: Esterification of FFAs is fast, but transesterfication is slow. Water is
       produced which can halt reaction.
•      Acid catalysis followed by alkali catalysis. Acid catalysis is used for pre-treatment.
       When the FFA content is near 0.5%, alkali is added to convert triglycerides to methyl
       esters


•      Goal: predict fatty acid volume (FAV) as function of process conditions
•      Method
       – Apply statistical methods (neural networks and genetic function algorithms) to optimize
          process conditions (reaction time, methanol-to-oil ratio, H2SO4 concentration)




     Biodesiel Production Technology, J. Van Gerpen, B. Shanks, R. Pruszko, D. Clements, G. Knothe,
     NREL/SR-510-36244, July 2004.
© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                                 28
Statistical methods to optimize
biodiesel production
•     Does not require much computational power
•     Requires “lots” of data, 5 data points/parameter or more
•     Once you create a model, easy to test 1000’s of combinations
•     Start with systematic grid of data
      – Fit to a function (GFA or NN)
      – Search parameter space for optima




         “Prediction of optimized pretreatment process parameters for
         biodiesel production using ANN and GA”, Rajendra, P. C. Jena,
         H. Raheman, Fuel 88 (2009) 868–875.

© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                    29
Applying statistical methods to
optimize a function
• Development of statistical methods and process parameter optimization via graphical
  workflow tools
• Define input variables (reaction time, etc)
• Define dependent variable (FAV)
• Number of terms in the model
• Model can be saved, reused, sent to collaborators
• Workflow can set up systematic search of grid, identify optima




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                               30
Lithium Ion Batteries and SEI Film
Formation




• The electrolyte typically consists of one or more lithium salts dissolved in
  an aprotic solvent with at least one additional functional additive
• Additives are included in electrolyte formulations to increase the
  dielectric strength and enhance electrode stability by facilitating the
  formation of the solid/electrolyte interface (SEI) layer
      Acknowledgements
          Ken Tasaki (Mitsubishi Chemicals Inc.)
          Mathew Halls (Accelrys)
          Computational resources: HP
© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                            31
Lithium Ion Batteries and SEI Film
Formation

                                                       1 e- decomposition
                                                       scheme



                                                       2 e- decomposition
                                                       scheme


   • Initiation step leading to anode SEI formation is electron transfer to the
     SEI forming species resulting in a concerted or multi-step decomposition
     reaction producing the passivating SEI layer at the graphite-electrolyte
     interface
   • Important requirements for electrolyte additives selected to facilitate
     good SEI formation are:
      – higher reduction potential than the base solvent
      – maximal reactivity for a given chemical design space
      – large dipole moment for interaction with Li

© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                             32
Modeling Battery Additives

• Choose one aspect
   – Identify compounds that will form SEI by breaking down before the electrolyte does


• Select models
   – Library of candidate structures based on known additives with modification of pendant
     groups


• Choose computational approach
   – Modeling entire SEI formation is hard
   – Requirements for a good additive are easier to calculate:
      • Increased reduction potential correlates with a lower LUMO or higher electron
        affinity (EAv)
      • Measure of stability or reactivity is the chemical hardness of a system (η)
      • Larger dipole moment leads to stronger dipole-cation interactions (µ)
   – QM required for these properties
      • Work by Chung et al., has shown that semiempirical method is effective




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                        33
Anode SEI Additive Structure Library


                                      X   X    Z               Z   X
                              X                       X   X                X
                                      X   X    X              X    X
                        R4
                O
   O                                  X
                                          Z
                                                  X            X
                                                                       X
                         R3
                                              X            Z
            O           R2
                                  X
                                          X                        X

                   R1                     Z
                                                               X z1
                                      X       X
                                              X = F or H




• Cyclic carbonates, related to ethylene carbonate (EC), are often used as
  anode SEI additives for use with graphite anodes
• To explore the effect of alkylation or fluorination on EC-based additive
  properties an R-Group based enumeration scheme was used to generate a
  EC-based additive structure library (7381 stereochemically unique
  structures)
© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                          34
Anode SEI Additive Descriptors
• Increased reduction potential correlates with a
  lower LUMO energy value or a higher vertical
  electron affinity (EAv)                                  ELUMO, EAv
• Measure of stability or reactivity is the chemical
  hardness of a system (η)
• Larger dipole moment leads to stronger
  dipole-cation interactions (µ)
• Lots of calculations
     – Requires neutral, cation, anion for each molecule       µ
     – 1000’s of molecules
     – Automate computation and analysis with workflow
       management tools




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                   35
Anode SEI Additive Library Results

• No one material satisfies all 3 simultaneous
  objectives
• Multi-objective solutions represent a trade-off
• Pareto-optimal solutions are defined as a set of
  solutions such that is not possible to improve
  one property without making any other
  property worse
• For anode SEI additives Pareto optimal
  solution is the structure shown




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                36
Li-ion Battery Summary

    • The generation of virtual structure libraries can be used to explore
      materials design space
    • Advanced materials modeling workflows can be captured in
      pipelined protocols enabling the analysis of virtual materials
      libraries
    • Combination of molecular modeling and data analysis can identify
      leads efficiently
    • Acknowledgements
       – Ken Tasaki (Mitsubishi Chemicals Inc.)
       – Mathew Halls (Accelrys)
       – Computational resources: HP




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                        37
Catalysis

  • Catalysis is critical to modern chemical industry
     – 60% of chemical products
     – 90% of chemical processes
                                                                                    Z
  • A good catalyst will                                                                  1
     – Make the reaction proceed faster & at lower T                                               Without
     – Make the reaction run at lower temperature                                                  Catalyst
     – Increase yield                                                                 Z
                                                                  Ea,0                    2




                                                     Energy
  • Catalyst lowers the reaction energy barrier,
    increases rate                                                             Ea,1       Ea,2
                                                              R                                                          P
  • Modeling can provide                                                                                      ∆HR
        – Reaction energies ∆HR                               With             A*
        – Energy barriers Ea                                                                  P*
                                                              Catalyst
        – Structure of intermediates

  • Modeling allows you to explore in silico                             Reaction Coordinate
        – Effect of catalyst composition
        – Effect of poisons or promoters
        – Efficiency of catalyst for alternative R




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                                               38
Introduction to iCatDesign



• Goal: develop combined computational and experimental methods
  for improved catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel
  cells
• Collaboration with CMR Fuel Cells and Johnson Matthey
• Co-funded by Technology Strategy Board's Collaborative Research
  and Development Programme




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                  39
Adsorption and activation energies: ORR


                          E
                                E0=E(O2+*)



                                            ETS=E(O*-O*)


                                     E1=E(O2*)
                                                    E2=2E(O*)

                                        Reaction coordinate
                              Ediss=E2-E1        Eads1=E1-E0
                              Ea=ETS-E1          Eads2=E2-E0
                              Eads1=E1-E0


© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                     iCatDesign
                                                         iCatDesign
                                                                 40
Models

• Approach:
   – DFT calculations using plane-wave + pseudopotentials
   – 5-layer slabs, with 2 bottom layers ‘frozen’
   – Calculate reaction barrier for each combination of base &
     promoter element
   – Substitute 3 promoter atoms at a time
• Initial step: find alloys that bind atomic oxygen more tightly
    – Observation: center of d-band correlates with Oxygen
       absorption energy and is faster to calculate
• For Pd3Co in 3 layer model, there are 220 unique structures
   – Most stable corresponds to all Co atoms in the 3rd layer
   – Other configurations contribute to ensemble average
   – How do we keep track of all the calculations?
                                                   Config          gi   ∆E=E-E0, eV   exp(-∆E/kBT),
                                                                                      T=300K
                                                   A0B0C3          4    0.0000        0.643
                                                   A0B1C2          24   0.122-0.128   0.986E-02
                                                   A0B2C1          24   0.105-0.127   0.0154
                                                   A0B3C0          4    0.016         0.331
                                                   Total                              0.9993
© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                                 41
High Throughput Workflow
                              Calculate stable
                               surface alloy            Less expensive calculations:
                                                               perform many
                                structures

                        Oxygen reduction descriptors
                            - D-band centre positions
                          - Electron work functions …


                                  Potential
                                 Candidate?



                            Adsorption energies
                            Activation energies
       Database                                         More expensive calculations:
       of results                                              perform fewer
                           Predict reaction rates
                          Compare to experiments
© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                  42
Chemical reactivity and mechanical strain


  • What causes change of catalytic activity upon alloying?
     – Electronic properties of base metal are important
     – Base metal admixture results in mechanical surface strain, which in turn affects its
       catalytic activity
  • d-band center and work function are analyzed as functions of unit cell parameters
  • Using band structure as a guide
     – d-band should overlap O2 HOMO
     – Plot of band center shows how to change unit cell parameter to reposition d-band
     – Alloy with promoters that push the lattice parameter in the right direction!




                                Pt                          Pd                         Cu


              Pt: d-band overlaps O2   Pd: need to compress        Cu: need to expand lattice
              HOMO at equilibrium or   lattice to improve d-band   to improve d-band
              smaller values


© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                           iCatDesign
                                                                                                        43
Summary of iCatDesign


• iCatDesign project resulted in developments of new solutions

     – Streamlining high throughput QM calculations

     – Analysis and reporting of large amount of calculated data

     – New science in Fuel Cells developments and in heterogeneous and electro- catalysis
       in general




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                       44
iCatDesign Acknowledgements

• Primary researchers
   – Accelrys: Jacob Gavartin, Alexander Perlov, Dan Ormsby
   – Johnson Matthey: Sam French, Misbah Sarwar
   – CMR Fuel Cells: Dimitrios Papageorgopoulos
• Assistance from
   – Amity Andersen
   – Alexander Perlov
   – Alexandra Simperler
   – Victor Milman
   – Patricia Gestoso-Suoto
   – Gerhard Goldbeck-Wood
   – Julian Willmott
   – Mark Faller
   – Jaroslaw Tomczak
   – Stephane Vellay
   – Richard Cox




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                         45
Environmental Chemistry and
Toxicology Overview

Some challenges facing industry today:
• Inefficiency in collecting analyzing and acting on disparate data
• Determine toxicity of new compound
   – Compile physico-chemical and toxicity data with a minimum of additional testing
• Determine if a new compound will break down to toxic by-products
• Reduce animal testing




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                  46
Environmental Chemistry and
Toxicology Regulation

• Existing U.S. regulations
   – OSHA – Occupational Safety and Health Administration
        • Permissible Exposure Limits, Hazard Communication
   – RCRA – Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
        • Subtitle C – “Cradle to Grave” chemical tracking
   – CWA – Clean Water Act
        • Requires permitting of point source polluters including industrial facilities


• European Community REACH
   – Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization Chemicals                                     *
   – Guiding principle: “No data, no market.”
   – Reduce unnecessary experiments using QSAR and read-across
   – Protect human health and the environment from potentially
     harmful chemicals and make manufacturers and importers
     responsible for managing the risks of the chemicals
• Revision Looms For U.S. Chemical Law (C&E News, June 9, 2008)
   – 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) allows EPA to request toxicity data
   – EPA has no resources or mechanism for collecting this data
   – Thousands of high-production-volume (HPV) chemicals have no toxicity data
   – Congressional bills S. 3040 and H.R. 6100 introduced in May would require toxicity data


                                * Environ Health Perspect. 2008 March; 116(3): A124–A127
© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                              47
Solutions for Toxicology



   • Statistical data mining
   • Substructure searching
   • QSAR-based tools for
      – Predictive toxicology
      – Degradation products
      – ADME products
   • Data storage and retrieval
   • Deployment
      – By combining modeling tools with Pipeline Pilot, a simple web page is
        presented to a user who enters the structure or name of the
        compound. That input is seamlessly past to the modeling tool that returns
        related compounds and their known and predicted toxicity.




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                               48
Collect, Analyze, Act on Data
• Interactive reports
   – Ability to analyze specific components over time
   – Add all components that contain a specific regulated chemistry

• Molecular substructures
     – Automatically search for
       any compounds that
       contribute to a
       regulated endpoint

• Higher level reports
     – Principle compounds
       in effluent
• Lower level reports
     – Within a given time
       frame what did the
       raw analytical results
       look like




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                 49
Identify Degradation Products

• Challenge: For a given set of compounds identify the likely breakdown products
   – Generally monotonous, prone to oversights
   – Specialized reactions may be missed
• ECT-encoded biodegradation pathways
   – Automatically and systematically process compounds
   – Any unique pathways can be encoded so the reactions are never overlooked




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                              50
Identify Degradation Products

• Beyond first-level breakdown products
   – View the chemical breakdown process with references
   – Explore toxicity models
   – Expand to multiple levels of products




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                      51
Complete Aerobic
Biodegradation of Aspirin
      O           O                                             O   O

                      O       CH3                                       OH

                          O
                                  •                                          ••

                                              OH                                           O       O                                                  OH
                                                      OH                                                                                                         OH
                                                                                                       OH

                                                                                                                                              HO
                                                            •                         HO               ••                                                        ••

              O                               O                                                          O                                        O HO
      O                               O                                                                                                   O
                                                        CH2                                                  O
                                  O                                                                                                                                  O
                          O               O                                                O       O                                                         O
                          •••                                                     O    O
                                                                                                       ••                                                        ••

                                                                                                                         O                               O
                              O                   O                                            O
                                                                                                                 O
          O                               O                                            O
                                                      CH3                                          CH3                                    O
                              O                                                                                                      O            O                  O
          O                                   O                                            O
                              ••                            •                                            •                   O   •••                         O
                                                                                                                                                                 ••

                                          Mutagenicity              •
                                          Hepatotoxicity            •                                                        O                                   O
                                          Fathead Minnow            •                                                O                        O
                                                                                                                                 O
                                                                                                                                                                 O
                                          Solubility                •                                                    O                    O
                                                                                                                                     ••                          ••
© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                                                                                                    52
                                                                                                                                                         52
Predictive Analysis

• Get a comprehensive overview of physical, ADME, and toxicological properties
      – Easy-to-interpret graphical representations showing both calculated properties and business rules
      – With appropriate authority easily update business rules in response to changing regulations or
        environmental conditions




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                                       53
                                                                                                53
Detailed Bayesian Model

• Get a full understanding of the model used to predict end-points or other properties
      – Automatic “learning,” QSAR models
      – Optimum prediction space (OPS) analysis to ensure results are relevant




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                    54
                                                                                 54
Other Reports: Facility Reports
• Summary reports that can be live and include historical trends
• Drill-down capabilities
   – Summary data from multiple facilities or teams
   – Reports for individual
      chemists
   – Detailed reporting
      and analysis on
      each compound with
      all assay results




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                   55
                                                                   55
Summary

• Environmental health & safety regulations will force companies to maintain accurate
  records of materials, screening results, effluents, etc
• Companies will be responsible for demonstrating the safety of compounds
• Simple tools like databases and web reports make it simple to keep track of data
• Predictive tools based on QSAR make it possible to predict activity of new
  compounds




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                   56
Conclusions

• Software tools have already contributed to easing impact on the environment
   – Fuel cells
   – Batteries
   – Biomass conversion
   – Catalysts
   – Toxicology


• Tools include
   – Conventional molecular modeling
   – Statistical analysis
   – Reporting


• Software is becoming easier & easier to use, but …
• Applying some careful thought ahead of time to get the most out of your calculations




© 2008 Accelrys, Inc.                                                                    57

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Software Methods for Sustainable Solutions

  • 1. Software Tools for Development of Sustainable Solutions George Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
  • 2. Introduction • What do we mean by ‘sustainable solutions?’ • In this presentation we will focus on: – Alternative energy – Catalysis – Identifying and reducing environmental toxins • What tools will we use? – Molecular modeling like DFT & force fields – Data analysis like recursive partitioning and neural networks – Knowledge extraction tools – database searching and reporting • These tools have also been used in research on – Carbon capture and sequestration – Replacement of chlorofluorocarbons – Improved crop production and protection – Hypoallergenic formulations – … © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 2
  • 3. Outline • Overview of software methods • Solutions for Alternative Energy • Solutions for Catalysis • Solutions for Toxicology • Demos © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 3
  • 4. Why Use Modeling? Select a Test for Screen for Synthesize Analyze new candidate Effectiveness adverse Select a Screen Test for Screen for Synthesize Analyze new candidate in silico Effectiveness adverse Fast loop! • Typical workflows with and without modeling. • Modeling accelerates the discovery process by allowing you to test materials before going into the lab – Modeling faster than experiment – Though not 100% accurate, modeling can distinguish good leads from bad – Modeling lets you extract trends, understand what contributes to a “good” lead • Modeling allows you to focus your efforts on only the most promising leads, saving time and expense © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 4
  • 5. Virtual Screening • Virtual screening is the cornerstone of in silico drug discovery • Allows researchers to effectively screen drug design space to identify most promising structures – reduces the size of a chemical library to be screened experimentally: O(106) to O(10) Quick & dirty calculations • Improves the likelihood of finding interesting structures – systematic screening – screen possible design space before synthesized Sophisticated calculations • Saves time and money – computational evaluation is faster and much less expensive than experimental Experiment testing Now possible to apply techniques to materials science © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 5
  • 6. Modeling & Simulation Overview • Quantum – Solution of the Schrödinger equation – Good results for structural, electronic, optical properties HΨ = EΨ – Necessary for systems with bond-breaking, reactions and catalysis – Limited to <1000 atoms • Molecular – Approximate atomic forces with ball-spring model, charges, vdW forces – Good results for structures, interaction energies, miscibility, solubility, adhesion – Diffusion, permeation, membrane transport – Useful up to around 10,000 atoms © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 6
  • 7. Modeling & Simulation Overview • Mesoscale – Groups of atoms represented by beads – Empirical forces between beads account for effects such as viscosity – Micelle or vesicle formation – Emulsions, kinetics and properties – Polymeric microspheres – Applicable to 100,000 atoms • Bulk – Finite element models – Requires reliable parameters, built up from more accurate methods or determined empirically – Structural properties for bulk-scale systems – Elastic constants, thermal expansion, gas permeability, crack propagation © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 7
  • 8. Overview of Statistical Methods • Goal: analyze the results of many calculations to – Extract trends – Gain understanding of which parameters are important to performance • QSAR (Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship) – Assume a relationship exists between structure and function – Use things are easy to calculate to make predictions about things are hard – Ex, toxicology models – Can be quite quantitative when fit to large data set • Data reduction – Simplify the way you look at many variables – Correlation matrix – Principle component analysis • Cluster analysis – Define similarity based on some criteria – Nearest-neighbor analysis – Hierarchical clustering © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 8
  • 9. Overview of Reporting • Sometimes the best thing you can do is just look at your data – Do good results tend to one side or the other? – Can I spot an obvious minimum or maximum? – Does one result stand out? • When you have lots & lots of data you can use interactive reports – One view gives high-level overview – Click on a point to zoom in and get detailed information – Create comparative reports of your selected results © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 9
  • 10. Alternative Energy Examples • Fuel cells – Stability of polymer membranes – Hydrogen storage – Oxygen activation catalysts • Biodiesel: fat to fuel • Batteries: extending lifetime • Other examples – Gas to liquid – Coal to liquid – Improved combustion © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 10
  • 11. Anatomy of a Fuel Cell • Components we can model – Hydrogen storage – Hydrogen activation – Proton exchange – Oxygen activation • Applications – Power Stations – Space Vehicles – Home and Business Power Supply – Transportation (buses, trucks, cars, motorcycles…) – Portable Applications • Laptops, cell phones etc. • Military © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 11
  • 12. Polymer Membranes • Polymer membranes used in both hydrogen and direct methanol types of fuel cells – PEMFC, DMFC • Proton conduction membranes usually consist of polymer with covalently-bound acidic groups such as SO3H or CO2H • Traditionally based on Nafions (Dupont® perfluorosulfonate polymers) • Some problems with Nafion include: – Poisoning of catalyst. Could be reduced by operating at higher temps (120-200°C) – Water must be present; Dehydration at higher temperatures (>~80°C) leads to loss of proton conductivity – Expensive – Diminished mechanical stability at higher temperatures – Undesirable permeability to methanol (DMFCs) • Need new polymers to overcome limitations and create less expensive and more efficient cells capable of running at higher temperatures Acknowledgements James Wescott (Accelrys) Lalitha Subramanian (Accelrys) © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 12
  • 13. Steps to Modeling PEFC • Pick one problem at a time to start out • Create appropriate model • Decide on appropriate modeling methods • Validate against known results before doing predictive modeling! • Systematically change materials to optimize properties • Ultimate goal: create a PEFC membrane that is more stable with respect to moisture • Initial goal: predict structure as a function of water content – Experiment only probes surface structure, or has lead to ambiguous results – Need the structure in order do any other modeling – Maybe looking at the structure will give us ideas • What model? – Amorphous Nafion, large periodic cell – Morphology of Nafion/water system has structures on the order of 10’s of nm – Requires 1000’s of atoms • What tools? – Mesoscale model is needed because of the size © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 13
  • 14. Molecular Structure of Nafion® Non-polar Polar N P CF2 CF2 x CF2 CF2 y n O CF2 CF O CF2 CF2 SO3H z CF3 Atomistic model Parameterization “Bead” model © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 14
  • 15. Nafion Calculations • Program: MS MesoDyn – Uses mean-field density functional theory – Coarse-grained method for the study of complex fluids, kinetics, and their equilibrium structures • Considers interaction parameters between “beads” • Parameters derived from force field calculations or obtained from literature • Start from initial guess structure and allow to evolve until stable Atomistic model Parameterization “Bead” model © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 15
  • 16. Mesocale Modeling Results λ=2 λ=8 Mean squared difference of concentration from average concentration, i.e., a measure of phase separation. © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 16
  • 17. Mesoscale Modeling Results • Phase separated micelles filled with water, surrounded by side chains containing sulfonic groups, and embedded in the fluorocarbon matrix starting around λ = 4 • General agreement with the experimental morphologies in terms of – Distribution and shape of water domains – Quantitative prediction of 2–5 nm cluster sizes • Next steps – Study dynamic processes, e.g., hydrate – dehydrate – Model proton mobility – Change membrane components systematically and predict performance • Acknowledgements – James Wescott (Accelrys) – Lalitha Subramanian (Accelrys) © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 17
  • 18. Hydrogen Storage Challenges • Seek a material that will allow on-board storage of Hydrogen (as H2, CH4, CH3OH, etc.) • Engineering challenges – Target driving range of ≥ 300 mi – Must also meet cost, safety, etc. standards • Materials Science Challenges – High H2 storage capacity: 6 wt% by 2010; 9 wt% by 2015 – Low device weight – Rapid discharge/recharge – Durable for many discharge/recharge cycles © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 18
  • 19. Hydrogen Storage Materials • Metal hydrides • Chemical storage – Alanates – Sodium borate – Destabilized binary hydride alloys – Liquid chemical hydride – Lithium amides – Magnesium hydride slurry – Nanoscale lithium nitride materials • New materials • High surface area sorbents – Conducting polymers – Graphitic materials – Metal organic frameworks – Nanostructured carbon – Clathrates – Perhydrides This list is not comprehensive © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 19
  • 20. Steps in Modeling H2 Storage • Focus on one problem – Type of material (e.g., metal clusters) – Form of hydrogen (e.g., H2) – Particular challenge (e.g., binding energy, loading capacity) • Create appropriate model, .e.g., – Generally, you will be working with a team that has already decided on a class of material – Periodic super-structure or cluster? – Make approximations in size? • Larger model → more accurate • Smaller model → faster calculations • Select appropriate theoretical approach – Chemisorption needs QM-based method – Physisorption can use force fields – Time-evolution (diffusion) very expensive to do with anything but force fields © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 20
  • 21. Aluminum clusters for H2 Storage • Magic cluster sizes, i.e. those with closed-shell electron numbers, are: N= 2, 8, 18, 20, 34, 40, 70, 112 … – Al13 cluster is only one electron short from ‘magic’ • Experimentally and theoretically both have been found to be especially stable • Might these work for H2 storage? … Acknowledgements Alexander Goldberg (Accelrys) Irene Yarovsky (RMIT) © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 21
  • 22. Goals of this work • Long term: – Develop a porous solid of Al nanostructures for use in H-storage • Short term: – Model stable geometries of atomic and molecular hydrogen adsorbed on Al clusters – Calculate adsorption capacity of Al clusters – Calculate adsorption-desorption barriers – Estimate mobility of H on the surface – Study the cluster size effects on H adsorption • Method – QM-based approach – Density Functional Theory (DFT) – Determination of energy minima – Determination of transition states and energy barriers • Model – Single nanoclusters of Al13 Two isomers of (Al13H)2 from Alonso, et al., Nanotechnology 13(2002) 253-257. © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 22
  • 23. Al Cluster Calculations • Density Functional Theory using MS DMol3 – Fast implementation of DFT – Works for molecules and periodic solids • DNP basis set – equivalent in size to Gaussian 6-31G** • Exchange-correlation functional: BLYP • TS search using LST/QST method of Halgren and Lipscomb: Chem. Phys. Lett. 49, 225 (1977) • Construct clusters starting from periodic Al metal models • Approach validated by comparing to experimentally determined LUMO and IP of Al13- and Al13H © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 23
  • 24. Potential Energy Diagram Potential H-H bond breaking Energy Al-H bond formation Distance Physisorption well H H Al13 Chemisorption well H H Al13 © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 24
  • 25. Potential Energy Diagram Potential H-H bond breaking Energy Al13+H2 energy 5 Energy, kcal/mol Al-H bond formation 0 1.59 Distance -5 Physisorption well Physisorption H H -10 3.6 kcal/mol Al13 -15 Chemisorption 14.24 kcal/mol -20 Chemisorption well H H separation distance, Å Al13 © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 25
  • 26. Hydrogen Storage Conclusions • The reaction Al13 + H has no potential barrier • The reaction Al13 + H2 has a small potential barrier • Al13 is a potential storage medium! • Future plans – Effect of element substitution – Crystals of clusters – Diffusion rates – Thermal stability © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 26
  • 27. Challenges in biodiesel fuel development • Free fatty acid (FFA) content can result in soap formation and reduced yield of biodiesel (methyl ester) upon reaction with alkali catalysts. • Soaps may allow emulsification that causes the separation of the glycerol and ester phases to be less sharp. • When FFA levels are above 1%, it is possible to add extra alkali catalyst. • For feedstock containing 5-30% FFAs, one needs to convert the FFA to biodiesel or the overall conversion will be low. Biodesiel Production Technology, J. Van Gerpen, B. Shanks, R. Pruszko, D. Clements, G. Knothe, NREL/SR-510-36244, July 2004. © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 27
  • 28. Options for High FFA • Enzymatics methods: Expensive and not used commercially • Glycerolysis: Requires high temperature and is slow. • Acid catalysis: Esterification of FFAs is fast, but transesterfication is slow. Water is produced which can halt reaction. • Acid catalysis followed by alkali catalysis. Acid catalysis is used for pre-treatment. When the FFA content is near 0.5%, alkali is added to convert triglycerides to methyl esters • Goal: predict fatty acid volume (FAV) as function of process conditions • Method – Apply statistical methods (neural networks and genetic function algorithms) to optimize process conditions (reaction time, methanol-to-oil ratio, H2SO4 concentration) Biodesiel Production Technology, J. Van Gerpen, B. Shanks, R. Pruszko, D. Clements, G. Knothe, NREL/SR-510-36244, July 2004. © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 28
  • 29. Statistical methods to optimize biodiesel production • Does not require much computational power • Requires “lots” of data, 5 data points/parameter or more • Once you create a model, easy to test 1000’s of combinations • Start with systematic grid of data – Fit to a function (GFA or NN) – Search parameter space for optima “Prediction of optimized pretreatment process parameters for biodiesel production using ANN and GA”, Rajendra, P. C. Jena, H. Raheman, Fuel 88 (2009) 868–875. © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 29
  • 30. Applying statistical methods to optimize a function • Development of statistical methods and process parameter optimization via graphical workflow tools • Define input variables (reaction time, etc) • Define dependent variable (FAV) • Number of terms in the model • Model can be saved, reused, sent to collaborators • Workflow can set up systematic search of grid, identify optima © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 30
  • 31. Lithium Ion Batteries and SEI Film Formation • The electrolyte typically consists of one or more lithium salts dissolved in an aprotic solvent with at least one additional functional additive • Additives are included in electrolyte formulations to increase the dielectric strength and enhance electrode stability by facilitating the formation of the solid/electrolyte interface (SEI) layer Acknowledgements Ken Tasaki (Mitsubishi Chemicals Inc.) Mathew Halls (Accelrys) Computational resources: HP © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 31
  • 32. Lithium Ion Batteries and SEI Film Formation 1 e- decomposition scheme 2 e- decomposition scheme • Initiation step leading to anode SEI formation is electron transfer to the SEI forming species resulting in a concerted or multi-step decomposition reaction producing the passivating SEI layer at the graphite-electrolyte interface • Important requirements for electrolyte additives selected to facilitate good SEI formation are: – higher reduction potential than the base solvent – maximal reactivity for a given chemical design space – large dipole moment for interaction with Li © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 32
  • 33. Modeling Battery Additives • Choose one aspect – Identify compounds that will form SEI by breaking down before the electrolyte does • Select models – Library of candidate structures based on known additives with modification of pendant groups • Choose computational approach – Modeling entire SEI formation is hard – Requirements for a good additive are easier to calculate: • Increased reduction potential correlates with a lower LUMO or higher electron affinity (EAv) • Measure of stability or reactivity is the chemical hardness of a system (η) • Larger dipole moment leads to stronger dipole-cation interactions (µ) – QM required for these properties • Work by Chung et al., has shown that semiempirical method is effective © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 33
  • 34. Anode SEI Additive Structure Library X X Z Z X X X X X X X X X X R4 O O X Z X X X R3 X Z O R2 X X X R1 Z X z1 X X X = F or H • Cyclic carbonates, related to ethylene carbonate (EC), are often used as anode SEI additives for use with graphite anodes • To explore the effect of alkylation or fluorination on EC-based additive properties an R-Group based enumeration scheme was used to generate a EC-based additive structure library (7381 stereochemically unique structures) © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 34
  • 35. Anode SEI Additive Descriptors • Increased reduction potential correlates with a lower LUMO energy value or a higher vertical electron affinity (EAv) ELUMO, EAv • Measure of stability or reactivity is the chemical hardness of a system (η) • Larger dipole moment leads to stronger dipole-cation interactions (µ) • Lots of calculations – Requires neutral, cation, anion for each molecule µ – 1000’s of molecules – Automate computation and analysis with workflow management tools © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 35
  • 36. Anode SEI Additive Library Results • No one material satisfies all 3 simultaneous objectives • Multi-objective solutions represent a trade-off • Pareto-optimal solutions are defined as a set of solutions such that is not possible to improve one property without making any other property worse • For anode SEI additives Pareto optimal solution is the structure shown © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 36
  • 37. Li-ion Battery Summary • The generation of virtual structure libraries can be used to explore materials design space • Advanced materials modeling workflows can be captured in pipelined protocols enabling the analysis of virtual materials libraries • Combination of molecular modeling and data analysis can identify leads efficiently • Acknowledgements – Ken Tasaki (Mitsubishi Chemicals Inc.) – Mathew Halls (Accelrys) – Computational resources: HP © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 37
  • 38. Catalysis • Catalysis is critical to modern chemical industry – 60% of chemical products – 90% of chemical processes Z • A good catalyst will 1 – Make the reaction proceed faster & at lower T Without – Make the reaction run at lower temperature Catalyst – Increase yield Z Ea,0 2 Energy • Catalyst lowers the reaction energy barrier, increases rate Ea,1 Ea,2 R P • Modeling can provide ∆HR – Reaction energies ∆HR With A* – Energy barriers Ea P* Catalyst – Structure of intermediates • Modeling allows you to explore in silico Reaction Coordinate – Effect of catalyst composition – Effect of poisons or promoters – Efficiency of catalyst for alternative R © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 38
  • 39. Introduction to iCatDesign • Goal: develop combined computational and experimental methods for improved catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells • Collaboration with CMR Fuel Cells and Johnson Matthey • Co-funded by Technology Strategy Board's Collaborative Research and Development Programme © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 39
  • 40. Adsorption and activation energies: ORR E E0=E(O2+*) ETS=E(O*-O*) E1=E(O2*) E2=2E(O*) Reaction coordinate Ediss=E2-E1 Eads1=E1-E0 Ea=ETS-E1 Eads2=E2-E0 Eads1=E1-E0 © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. iCatDesign iCatDesign 40
  • 41. Models • Approach: – DFT calculations using plane-wave + pseudopotentials – 5-layer slabs, with 2 bottom layers ‘frozen’ – Calculate reaction barrier for each combination of base & promoter element – Substitute 3 promoter atoms at a time • Initial step: find alloys that bind atomic oxygen more tightly – Observation: center of d-band correlates with Oxygen absorption energy and is faster to calculate • For Pd3Co in 3 layer model, there are 220 unique structures – Most stable corresponds to all Co atoms in the 3rd layer – Other configurations contribute to ensemble average – How do we keep track of all the calculations? Config gi ∆E=E-E0, eV exp(-∆E/kBT), T=300K A0B0C3 4 0.0000 0.643 A0B1C2 24 0.122-0.128 0.986E-02 A0B2C1 24 0.105-0.127 0.0154 A0B3C0 4 0.016 0.331 Total 0.9993 © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 41
  • 42. High Throughput Workflow Calculate stable surface alloy Less expensive calculations: perform many structures Oxygen reduction descriptors - D-band centre positions - Electron work functions … Potential Candidate? Adsorption energies Activation energies Database More expensive calculations: of results perform fewer Predict reaction rates Compare to experiments © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 42
  • 43. Chemical reactivity and mechanical strain • What causes change of catalytic activity upon alloying? – Electronic properties of base metal are important – Base metal admixture results in mechanical surface strain, which in turn affects its catalytic activity • d-band center and work function are analyzed as functions of unit cell parameters • Using band structure as a guide – d-band should overlap O2 HOMO – Plot of band center shows how to change unit cell parameter to reposition d-band – Alloy with promoters that push the lattice parameter in the right direction! Pt Pd Cu Pt: d-band overlaps O2 Pd: need to compress Cu: need to expand lattice HOMO at equilibrium or lattice to improve d-band to improve d-band smaller values © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. iCatDesign 43
  • 44. Summary of iCatDesign • iCatDesign project resulted in developments of new solutions – Streamlining high throughput QM calculations – Analysis and reporting of large amount of calculated data – New science in Fuel Cells developments and in heterogeneous and electro- catalysis in general © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 44
  • 45. iCatDesign Acknowledgements • Primary researchers – Accelrys: Jacob Gavartin, Alexander Perlov, Dan Ormsby – Johnson Matthey: Sam French, Misbah Sarwar – CMR Fuel Cells: Dimitrios Papageorgopoulos • Assistance from – Amity Andersen – Alexander Perlov – Alexandra Simperler – Victor Milman – Patricia Gestoso-Suoto – Gerhard Goldbeck-Wood – Julian Willmott – Mark Faller – Jaroslaw Tomczak – Stephane Vellay – Richard Cox © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 45
  • 46. Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology Overview Some challenges facing industry today: • Inefficiency in collecting analyzing and acting on disparate data • Determine toxicity of new compound – Compile physico-chemical and toxicity data with a minimum of additional testing • Determine if a new compound will break down to toxic by-products • Reduce animal testing © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 46
  • 47. Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology Regulation • Existing U.S. regulations – OSHA – Occupational Safety and Health Administration • Permissible Exposure Limits, Hazard Communication – RCRA – Resource Conservation and Recovery Act • Subtitle C – “Cradle to Grave” chemical tracking – CWA – Clean Water Act • Requires permitting of point source polluters including industrial facilities • European Community REACH – Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization Chemicals * – Guiding principle: “No data, no market.” – Reduce unnecessary experiments using QSAR and read-across – Protect human health and the environment from potentially harmful chemicals and make manufacturers and importers responsible for managing the risks of the chemicals • Revision Looms For U.S. Chemical Law (C&E News, June 9, 2008) – 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) allows EPA to request toxicity data – EPA has no resources or mechanism for collecting this data – Thousands of high-production-volume (HPV) chemicals have no toxicity data – Congressional bills S. 3040 and H.R. 6100 introduced in May would require toxicity data * Environ Health Perspect. 2008 March; 116(3): A124–A127 © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 47
  • 48. Solutions for Toxicology • Statistical data mining • Substructure searching • QSAR-based tools for – Predictive toxicology – Degradation products – ADME products • Data storage and retrieval • Deployment – By combining modeling tools with Pipeline Pilot, a simple web page is presented to a user who enters the structure or name of the compound. That input is seamlessly past to the modeling tool that returns related compounds and their known and predicted toxicity. © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 48
  • 49. Collect, Analyze, Act on Data • Interactive reports – Ability to analyze specific components over time – Add all components that contain a specific regulated chemistry • Molecular substructures – Automatically search for any compounds that contribute to a regulated endpoint • Higher level reports – Principle compounds in effluent • Lower level reports – Within a given time frame what did the raw analytical results look like © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 49
  • 50. Identify Degradation Products • Challenge: For a given set of compounds identify the likely breakdown products – Generally monotonous, prone to oversights – Specialized reactions may be missed • ECT-encoded biodegradation pathways – Automatically and systematically process compounds – Any unique pathways can be encoded so the reactions are never overlooked © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 50
  • 51. Identify Degradation Products • Beyond first-level breakdown products – View the chemical breakdown process with references – Explore toxicity models – Expand to multiple levels of products © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 51
  • 52. Complete Aerobic Biodegradation of Aspirin O O O O O CH3 OH O • •• OH O O OH OH OH OH HO • HO •• •• O O O O HO O O O CH2 O O O O O O O O ••• O O •• •• O O O O O O O O O CH3 CH3 O O O O O O O O •• • • O ••• O •• Mutagenicity • Hepatotoxicity • O O Fathead Minnow • O O O O Solubility • O O •• •• © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 52 52
  • 53. Predictive Analysis • Get a comprehensive overview of physical, ADME, and toxicological properties – Easy-to-interpret graphical representations showing both calculated properties and business rules – With appropriate authority easily update business rules in response to changing regulations or environmental conditions © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 53 53
  • 54. Detailed Bayesian Model • Get a full understanding of the model used to predict end-points or other properties – Automatic “learning,” QSAR models – Optimum prediction space (OPS) analysis to ensure results are relevant © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 54 54
  • 55. Other Reports: Facility Reports • Summary reports that can be live and include historical trends • Drill-down capabilities – Summary data from multiple facilities or teams – Reports for individual chemists – Detailed reporting and analysis on each compound with all assay results © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 55 55
  • 56. Summary • Environmental health & safety regulations will force companies to maintain accurate records of materials, screening results, effluents, etc • Companies will be responsible for demonstrating the safety of compounds • Simple tools like databases and web reports make it simple to keep track of data • Predictive tools based on QSAR make it possible to predict activity of new compounds © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 56
  • 57. Conclusions • Software tools have already contributed to easing impact on the environment – Fuel cells – Batteries – Biomass conversion – Catalysts – Toxicology • Tools include – Conventional molecular modeling – Statistical analysis – Reporting • Software is becoming easier & easier to use, but … • Applying some careful thought ahead of time to get the most out of your calculations © 2008 Accelrys, Inc. 57